Sal Bando

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: February 13, 1944 in Cleveland, OH us

Died: January 20, 2023 in Oconomowoc, WI

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 6th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

High School: Warrensville Heights HS (Warrensville Heights, OH)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: September 3, 1966 (Age 22-202d, 12,498th in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1981 (Age 37-232d)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

Full Name: Salvatore Leonard Bando

Nicknames: Captain Sal

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Relatives: Brother of Chris Bando

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

61.5

7060

1790

242

.254

982

RBI

1039

OBP

.352

SLG

.408

OPS

.760

OPS+

119

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	OAK		CHW	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 9	OAK		CHW	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 10	OAK		CHW	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 11	OAK	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 12	OAK	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 14	OAK	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
7	7	Apr 15	OAK	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	2	3	1	6	1	3B
8	8	Apr 16	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
9	9	Apr 18	OAK		MIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
10	10	Apr 19	OAK		MIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 20 (1)	OAK		MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 20 (2)	OAK		MIN	W,5-1	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 21	OAK		TEX	W,11-6	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	14	Apr 22	OAK		TEX	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
15	15	Apr 23	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	16	Apr 24	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
17	17	Apr 25	OAK	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
18	18	Apr 26	OAK	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
19	19	Apr 27 (1)	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
20	20	Apr 27 (2)	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 2	OAK	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
22	22	May 3	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
23	23	May 4	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	24	May 6	OAK		CAL	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
25	25	May 7	OAK		CAL	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
26	26	May 8	OAK		CAL	L,0-5	GS	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
27	28 (1)	May 10	OAK		NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
28	29	May 11	OAK		NYY	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
29	30	May 12	OAK		BOS	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
30	31	May 13	OAK		BOS	W,9-5	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
31	32	May 16	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
32	33	May 17	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
33	34	May 18	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
34	35	May 19	OAK	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	39	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
35	36	May 20	OAK	@	BOS	L,0-7	GS	34	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
36	37	May 21	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
37	38	May 23	OAK	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
38	39	May 24	OAK	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
39	40	May 25 (1)	OAK	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
40	41	May 25 (2)	OAK	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
41	42	May 26	OAK		BAL	W,6-5	GS	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
42	43	May 27	OAK		BAL	W,4-2	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
43	44	May 28	OAK		BAL	W,5-0	GS	26	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	45	May 30	OAK		CLE	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
45	46	May 31	OAK		CLE	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	47	Jun 1	OAK		CLE	W,6-3	GS	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
47	48	Jun 2	OAK		MIL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
48	49	Jun 3	OAK		MIL	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	50	Jun 4	OAK		MIL	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
50	51	Jun 6	OAK		DET	L,2-11	GS	43	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
51	52	Jun 7	OAK		DET	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	53	Jun 8	OAK		DET	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
53	54	Jun 9	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	58	15.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
54	55	Jun 10	OAK	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
55	56	Jun 11	OAK	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
56	57	Jun 12	OAK	@	MIL	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
57	58	Jun 13	OAK	@	DET	W,7-5	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
58	59	Jun 14	OAK	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
59	60	Jun 16	OAK	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
60	61	Jun 17 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	62	Jun 17 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
62	63	Jun 18	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	64	Jun 19	OAK	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
64	65	Jun 20	OAK		KCR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
65	66	Jun 21	OAK		KCR	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	3B
66	67	Jun 22 (1)	OAK		KCR	W,7-6	CG	57	12.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
67	68	Jun 22 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
68	69	Jun 23	OAK		MIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
69	70	Jun 24	OAK		MIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
70	71	Jun 25	OAK		MIN	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
71	72	Jun 27	OAK	@	CAL	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
72	73	Jun 28	OAK	@	CAL	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
73	74	Jun 29	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-1	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
74	75	Jun 30	OAK	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	76	Jul 1	OAK	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
76	77	Jul 2	OAK	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	3B
77	78	Jul 3	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
78	79	Jul 4	OAK		CAL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
79	80	Jul 5	OAK		CAL	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
80	81	Jul 6	OAK		CAL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
81	82	Jul 7	OAK		CLE	W,7-3	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
82	83	Jul 8	OAK		CLE	W,15-5	GS	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	84	Jul 9	OAK		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
84	85	Jul 11	OAK		BAL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
85	86	Jul 12	OAK		BAL	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
86	87	Jul 13	OAK		BAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	3B
87	88	Jul 17	OAK	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	89	Jul 18	OAK	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
89	90	Jul 19 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
90	91	Jul 19 (2)	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
91	92	Jul 20	OAK	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
92	93	Jul 21	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
93	94	Jul 22 (1)	OAK	@	DET	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
94	95	Jul 22 (2)	OAK	@	DET	W,16-4	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
95	96	Jul 23	OAK	@	DET	W,3-0	GS	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
96	97	Jul 24	OAK	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
97	98	Jul 25	OAK		CHW	W,8-6	CG	54	13.0	2	3	1	6	2	3B
98	99	Jul 26	OAK		CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
99	100	Jul 27 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	3	3B
100	101	Jul 27 (2)	OAK		CHW	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
101	102	Jul 28	OAK		TEX	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
102	103	Jul 29	OAK		TEX	L,1-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
103	104	Jul 30	OAK		TEX	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	105	Aug 1	OAK	@	KCR	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
105	106	Aug 2	OAK	@	KCR	W,6-5	GS	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
106	107	Aug 3	OAK	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
107	108	Aug 4	OAK	@	TEX	L,0-12	CG	48	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
108	109	Aug 5 (1)	OAK	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
109	110	Aug 5 (2)	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-15	GS	43	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
110	111	Aug 6	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
111	112	Aug 7	OAK	@	TEX	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	3	3B
112	113	Aug 8	OAK		BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
113	114	Aug 9	OAK		BOS	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
114	115	Aug 10	OAK		BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
115	116	Aug 11	OAK		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
116	117	Aug 12	OAK		NYY	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
117	118	Aug 13	OAK		NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
118	119	Aug 14	OAK		NYY	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
119	120	Aug 15	OAK		MIL	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
120	121	Aug 16	OAK		MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
121	122	Aug 17	OAK		MIL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
122	123	Aug 18	OAK		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
123	124	Aug 19	OAK		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
124	125	Aug 20	OAK		DET	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
125	126	Aug 21	OAK	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	3B
126	127	Aug 23 (1)	OAK	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
127	128	Aug 23 (2)	OAK	@	MIL	W,9-3	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
128	129	Aug 24	OAK	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
129	130	Aug 26	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
130	131	Aug 27	OAK	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
131	132	Aug 28	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
132	133	Aug 29	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	3B
133	134	Aug 30	OAK	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
134	135	Aug 31	OAK	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS	35	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
135	136	Sep 1	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-3	GS	24	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
136	137	Sep 2	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
137	138	Sep 5	OAK		TEX	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
138	139	Sep 6	OAK		TEX	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
139	140	Sep 7 (1)	OAK		TEX	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
140	141	Sep 7 (2)	OAK		TEX	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
141	142	Sep 8	OAK		KCR	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
142	143	Sep 9	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	GS	41	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
143	144	Sep 10	OAK		KCR	W,9-1	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
144	145	Sep 12 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,11-4	GS	33	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
145	146	Sep 12 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
146	147	Sep 13	OAK	@	MIN	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
147	148	Sep 14	OAK	@	MIN	L,8-10	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
148	149	Sep 16 (1)	OAK	@	TEX	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
149	150	Sep 16 (2)	OAK	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
150	151	Sep 17	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
151	152	Sep 18	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
152	153	Sep 19	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
153	154	Sep 20	OAK	@	KCR	W,16-4	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
154	155	Sep 21	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
155	156	Sep 22	OAK		MIN	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
156	157	Sep 23	OAK		MIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
157	158	Sep 24	OAK		CHW	W,13-2	GS	33	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
158	160 (1)	Sep 26	OAK		CAL	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
159	161	Sep 27	OAK		CAL	W,6-3	GS	21	5.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
160	162	Sep 28	OAK		CAL	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
							160gm		1371.0	122	314	15	451	36