Sal Bando
Salvatore Leonard Bando
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 13, 1944 in Cleveland, OH
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 6th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1966
Final Game: October 3, 1981
Relatives: Brother of Chris Bando
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1966 KCA AL 22 3B 7 6 56.1 30 5 23 2 1 .933 1.2 25.6 1.2 0.0 1.2 0 4.47 4.00 .953 3.04 2.80
1967 KCA AL 23 3B 44 38 340.2 145 43 96 6 7 .959 7.2 25.4 7.2 3.0 4.2 0 3.67 3.16 .955 3.13 2.72
1968 OAK AL 24 3B 162 159 1414.2 477 188 272 17 27 .964 -1.3 -1.1 -2.3 -0.6 -1.7 1 2.93 2.84 .950 3.05 2.67
1968 OAK AL 24 LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1968 OAK AL 24 OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
1969 OAK AL 25 3B 162 162 1480.2 523 178 321 24 36 .954 2.4 1.9 1.4 0.7 0.7 1 3.03 3.08 .955 3.16 2.74 AS,MVP-16
1970 OAK AL 26 3B 152 150 1327.1 436 158 258 20 22 .954 4.1 3.7 4.1 3.3 0.8 0 2.82 2.74 .949 3.07 2.67 MVP-27
1971 OAK AL 27 3B 153 153 1368.1 420 141 267 12 22 .971 6.5 5.7 6.5 4.9 1.6 0 2.68 2.67 .955 3.04 2.74 MVP-2
1972 OAK AL 28 3B 151 151 1344.0 479 123 337 19 29 .960 11.4 10.2 10.4 5.1 5.3 1 3.08 3.05 .954 2.98 2.70 AS,MVP-30
1972 OAK AL 28 2B 1 0 0.2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.5 -900.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 13.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.40 AS,MVP-30
1973 OAK AL 29 3B 159 159 1363.0 429 126 281 22 24 .949 -7.4 -6.5 -6.4 -4.6 -1.7 -1 2.69 2.56 .950 3.00 2.68 AS,MVP-4
1973 OAK AL 29 DH 3 AS,MVP-4
1974 OAK AL 30 3B 141 139 1197.0 423 113 287 23 28 .946 -4.2 -4.2 -4.2 -4.4 0.2 0 3.01 2.84 .954 3.12 2.77 AS,MVP-3
1974 OAK AL 30 DH 3 AS,MVP-3
1975 OAK AL 31 3B 160 159 1371.0 451 122 314 15 36 .967 4.6 4.0 2.6 3.0 -0.4 2 2.86 2.73 .953 3.16 2.81
1976 OAK AL 32 3B 155 155 1330.1 446 125 304 17 26 .962 1.8 1.6 0.8 -1.9 2.7 1 2.90 2.77 .952 2.94 2.64 MVP-13
1976 OAK AL 32 SS 5 0 10.2 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 0.4 45.0 0.4 -0.2 0.6 0 6.75 1.60 .962 4.98 4.40 MVP-13
1976 OAK AL 32 DH 2 MVP-13
1977 MIL AL 33 3B 135 135 1163.0 386 96 277 13 31 .966 7.1 7.3 5.1 5.8 -0.7 2 2.89 2.76 .956 2.97 2.72
1977 MIL AL 33 DH 24
1977 MIL AL 33 2B 1 0 2.0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 18.00 4.00 .975 5.40 4.80
1977 MIL AL 33 SS 1 0 7.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.3 51.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 5.14 4.00 .950 4.76 4.10
1978 MIL AL 34 3B 134 131 1148.0 432 89 329 14 25 .968 7.6 7.9 7.6 3.2 4.4 0 3.28 3.12 .953 3.00 2.59
1978 MIL AL 34 DH 12
1978 MIL AL 34 1B 5 4 38.0 47 43 3 1 4 .979 1.3 41.1 1.3 0.7 0.6 0 10.89 9.20 .991 10.04 8.76
1979 MIL AL 35 3B 109 107 934.1 321 87 222 12 16 .963 -2.8 -3.6 -2.8 -4.0 1.2 0 2.98 2.83 .953 3.07 2.66
1979 MIL AL 35 DH 19
1979 MIL AL 35 1B 4 2 20.0 20 18 2 0 3 1.000 -0.1 -6.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 9.00 5.00 .990 10.08 8.85
1979 MIL AL 35 2B 1 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.80
1979 MIL AL 35 P 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.80
1980 MIL AL 36 3B 57 53 456.2 167 46 110 11 12 .934 -3.2 -8.4 -4.2 -1.0 -3.2 1 3.07 2.74 .952 3.01 2.59
1980 MIL AL 36 DH 15
1980 MIL AL 36 1B 7 1 18.2 19 16 2 1 2 .947 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0 8.68 2.57 .995 10.03 8.40
1981 MIL AL 37 3B 15 10 96.2 30 7 22 1 3 .967 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.5 -0.7 0 2.70 1.93 .950 2.95 2.52
1981 MIL AL 37 1B 9 5 51.0 61 58 3 0 6 1.000 -0.1 -2.4 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 10.76 6.78 .993 10.06 8.57
1981 MIL AL 37 DH 2
16 Seasons 3B 1896 1867 16392.0 5595 1647 3720 228 345 .959 34.9 2.6 26.9 13.0 13.9 8 2.95 2.83 .953 3.05 2.70
8 Seasons DH 80
4 Seasons 1B 25 12 127.2 147 135 10 2 15 .986 1.1 10.3 1.1 1.0 0.1 0 10.22 5.80 .993 10.05 8.60
2 Seasons SS 6 0 17.2 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 0.7 47.5 0.7 -0.2 0.9 0 6.11 2.00 .958 4.89 4.35
3 Seasons 2B 3 0 4.2 8 3 4 1 1 .875 -0.3 -77.1 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 13.50 2.33 .988 5.40 4.67
1 Season LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1 Season OF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
1 Season P 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.80
16 Seasons TOT 1932 1879 16548.0 5762 1788 3743 231 362 .960 36.3 2.6 28.3 13.4 14.9 8 3.01 2.86 .914 3.10 2.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1966 KCA AL 22 11 6 11 11 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1967 KCA AL 23 47 38 47 47 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1968 OAK AL 24 162 159 162 162 0 0 0 0 162 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
1969 OAK AL 25 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 OAK AL 26 155 150 155 155 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
1971 OAK AL 27 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 OAK AL 28 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 1 151 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 OAK AL 29 162 162 162 159 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
1974 OAK AL 30 146 141 146 141 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
1975 OAK AL 31 160 159 160 160 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1976 OAK AL 32 158 156 158 156 0 0 0 0 155 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
1977 MIL AL 33 159 159 159 135 0 0 0 1 135 1 0 0 0 0 24 0 0
1978 MIL AL 34 152 147 152 138 0 0 5 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 0
1979 MIL AL 35 130 127 130 111 1 0 4 1 110 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 0
1980 MIL AL 36 78 68 78 62 0 0 7 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 0
1981 MIL AL 37 32 16 32 24 0 0 9 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 1
16 Seasons 2019 1954 2019 1928 1 0 25 3 1897 6 1 0 0 1 75 42 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1966 KCA AL 22 264 66% 78% 25% 29 93% 0 5 4 0 1 23 20 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1967 KCA AL 23 1417 59% 76% 25% 140 93% 4 44 36 4 4 94 73 16 3 1 6 0 6 0 4 8 6 0 6 2 1 1 4 100%
1968 OAK AL 24 6054 52% 75% 26% 435 94% 4 185 139 13 33 270 216 45 4 8 17 0 14 3 10 26 20 2 26 0 0 0 11 82%
1969 OAK AL 25 6486 54% 77% 26% 505 91% 5 177 149 12 16 319 238 66 3 5 24 1 17 6 19 36 27 3 34 2 2 0 13 92%
1970 OAK AL 26 5737 55% 77% 25% 427 91% 1 155 129 12 14 262 206 42 5 9 20 0 18 2 15 22 13 2 20 1 0 0 7 86%
1971 OAK AL 27 5766 61% 75% 25% 428 91% 6 143 113 15 15 265 206 51 3 5 12 0 10 2 9 23 19 1 21 1 1 0 16 63%
1972 OAK AL 28 5565 67% 78% 27% 463 92% 1 121 96 11 14 331 269 54 1 6 19 0 18 1 15 29 20 3 26 3 2 0 14 86%
1973 OAK AL 29 5832 68% 79% 26% 409 92% 3 126 90 13 23 283 220 53 2 10 22 0 21 1 20 25 15 2 18 4 3 1 13 92%
1974 OAK AL 30 5099 69% 81% 26% 403 92% 4 115 91 8 16 284 219 49 3 9 23 1 18 4 17 28 18 1 22 6 6 0 5 80%
1975 OAK AL 31 5932 63% 79% 25% 434 93% 6 126 92 11 23 317 241 59 4 13 15 0 13 2 15 36 26 3 31 4 2 2 13 62%
1976 OAK AL 32 5809 56% 82% 27% 424 92% 7 126 92 10 24 306 249 40 3 8 17 0 15 2 16 26 19 0 21 3 3 0 3 100%
1977 MIL AL 33 5230 55% 79% 27% 378 91% 5 99 70 14 15 274 204 60 2 10 13 0 9 4 11 31 27 1 30 1 1 0 10 70%
1978 MIL AL 34 4995 59% 84% 31% 423 91% 4 87 58 14 15 326 271 45 2 6 14 0 12 2 12 25 17 1 22 3 1 2 15 67%
1979 MIL AL 35 4140 57% 85% 28% 329 91% 4 89 72 3 14 228 177 43 3 2 12 0 11 1 11 15 13 1 14 1 1 0 10 70%
1980 MIL AL 36 1974 56% 86% 29% 164 88% 1 47 39 4 4 107 85 17 0 3 10 0 9 1 9 13 8 2 11 2 1 1 9 33%
1981 MIL AL 37 425 53% 78% 27% 31 87% 1 7 6 0 1 22 18 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0%
16 Seasons 70725 59% 79% 26% 5422 92% 56 1652 1276 144 232 3711 2912 647 38 96 227 2 193 32 185 347 252 22 306 33 24 7 146 75%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1978 MIL AL 34 164 60% 84% 32% 13 92% 0 43 1 42 0 8 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 MIL AL 35 86 56% 87% 19% 4 100% 0 18 2 15 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
1980 MIL AL 36 86 49% 81% 30% 6 83% 0 17 0 17 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1981 MIL AL 37 206 63% 79% 29% 16 94% 0 58 9 49 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 1 2 100%
4 Seasons 542 59% 82% 28% 39 92% 0 136 12 123 1 16 10 7 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 15 0 0 1 12 1 2 0 2 3 100%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1976 OAK AL 32 49 57% 80% 20% 6 100% 0 1 0 1 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1977 MIL AL 33 27 81% 93% 26% 4 100% 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 76 66% 84% 22% 10 100% 0 2 1 1 0 9 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1972 OAK AL 28 4 50% 100% 50% 2 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 MIL AL 33 7 57% 100% 71% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1979 MIL AL 35 10 60% 90% 30% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 21 57% 95% 48% 4 75% 0 4 1 3 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1968 OAK AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 62% 77% 0% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 62% 77% 0% 0
MLB Averages 57.6% 2.7% 60% 78% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1979 MIL AL 35 13 100% 38% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 13 100% 38% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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