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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	MIL		BAL	W,16-3	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	4 (1)	Apr 11	MIL		NYY	W,9-6	GS	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
3	6 (1)	Apr 14	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
4	7	Apr 15	MIL	@	BAL	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
5	9 (1)	Apr 16 (2)	MIL	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
6	10	Apr 17	MIL	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
7	11	Apr 18	MIL	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	1	4	1	6	0	3B
8	13 (1)	Apr 21	MIL	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
9	14	Apr 22	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	57	11.2	0	6	0	6	0	3B
10	15	Apr 23	MIL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
11	16	Apr 25	MIL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
12	18 (1)	Apr 28	MIL	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
13	19	Apr 29	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-11	GS	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B 1B
14	20	Apr 30	MIL	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	21	May 2	MIL		CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
16	22	May 3	MIL		CHW	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
17	23	May 5	MIL		KCR	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
18	24	May 6	MIL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
19	25	May 7	MIL		KCR	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
20	26	May 9	MIL		TEX	L,1-7	GS	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
21	27	May 10	MIL		TEX	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
22	28	May 12	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	19	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	29	May 13	MIL	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
24	30	May 14	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	9	0	9	0	3B
25	31	May 15	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
26	32	May 16	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
27	34 (1)	May 18	MIL		DET	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
28	35	May 19	MIL		CAL	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
29	36	May 20	MIL		CAL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	3	1	9	1	3B
30	37	May 21	MIL		CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
31	38	May 23	MIL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
32	39	May 24	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
33	40	May 26	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
34	41	May 27	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
35	42	May 28	MIL	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
36	43	May 29	MIL		OAK	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
37	44	May 30	MIL		OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	46 (1)	Jun 1	MIL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	47	Jun 2	MIL		CLE	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
40	48	Jun 3	MIL		CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	50 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	MIL		CLE	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
42	51	Jun 6	MIL		DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
43	52	Jun 7	MIL		DET	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
44	53	Jun 9	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
45	54	Jun 10	MIL		TOR	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
46	55	Jun 11 (1)	MIL		TOR	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
47	57 (1)	Jun 12	MIL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
48	58	Jun 13	MIL	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
49	59	Jun 14 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
50	60	Jun 14 (2)	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-0	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
51	61	Jun 16	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
52	62	Jun 17	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
53	63	Jun 18 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
54	64	Jun 18 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
55	65	Jun 20	MIL		BAL	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
56	66	Jun 21	MIL		BAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
57	67	Jun 22	MIL		BAL	L,3-10	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
58	68	Jun 23	MIL		SEA	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
59	69	Jun 24	MIL		SEA	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
60	70	Jun 25	MIL		SEA	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
61	71	Jun 26	MIL		MIN	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
62	72	Jun 27	MIL		MIN	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
63	73	Jun 28 (1)	MIL		NYY	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
64	74	Jun 28 (2)	MIL		NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
65	75	Jun 30	MIL	@	SEA	W,13-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	76	Jul 1	MIL	@	SEA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
67	77	Jul 2	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GF	23	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
68	78	Jul 3	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	79	Jul 4	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-7	GS	31	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
70	80	Jul 5	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
71	81	Jul 7	MIL		NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	9	0	9	1	3B
72	82	Jul 8	MIL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	83	Jul 9	MIL		NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
74	84	Jul 13	MIL		KCR	W,13-2	GS	15	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
75	88 (3)	Jul 17	MIL		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
76	89	Jul 18	MIL		CHW	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	90	Jul 19	MIL		BOS	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
78	91	Jul 20	MIL		BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
79	92	Jul 21	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-3	GF	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
80	93	Jul 22	MIL	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
81	94	Jul 23	MIL	@	TEX	W,17-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
82	95	Jul 24	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
83	96	Jul 25	MIL	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	2	3	0	3B
84	97	Jul 26	MIL		CAL	L,9-11	CG	47	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
85	98	Jul 27	MIL		CAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	3B
86	99	Jul 28	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	46	10.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
87	101 (1)	Jul 30	MIL	@	TOR	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
88	102	Jul 31 susp	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	1	4	0	5	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	103	Aug 2	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
90	104	Aug 3	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
91	105	Aug 4	MIL		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
92	106	Aug 5	MIL		BOS	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
93	107	Aug 6	MIL		BOS	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
94	108	Aug 8	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
95	110 (1)	Aug 10	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
96	111	Aug 11	MIL	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
97	112	Aug 12 (1)	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
98	113	Aug 12 (2)	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
99	114	Aug 13	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	0	5	0	5	0	3B
100	115	Aug 14	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
101	116	Aug 15	MIL		TOR	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
102	117	Aug 16 (1)	MIL		TOR	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
103	118	Aug 16 (2)	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
104	120 (1)	Aug 18	MIL		DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
105	121	Aug 19	MIL		DET	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
106	123 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	MIL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
107	124	Aug 22 (2)	MIL		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
108	125	Aug 23	MIL		CLE	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
109	127 (1)	Aug 25	MIL	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	2	5	0	3B
110	129 (1)	Aug 27	MIL	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
111	130	Aug 28	MIL	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
112	131	Aug 29	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
113	132	Aug 31 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
114	133	Aug 31 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	L,6-12	CG	44	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	135 (1)	Sep 2	MIL		TEX	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
116	136	Sep 3	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
117	137	Sep 4 (1)	MIL		SEA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
118	139 (1)	Sep 6	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
119	140	Sep 7	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
120	141	Sep 8	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
121	143 (1)	Sep 10	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
122	144	Sep 11	MIL	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
123	145	Sep 12	MIL	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	0	1	1	2	0	3B
124	146	Sep 13	MIL		BAL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
125	147	Sep 14	MIL		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	3B
126	148	Sep 15	MIL		MIN	L,3-10	GS	36	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
127	149	Sep 16	MIL		MIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
128	150	Sep 17	MIL		MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
129	151	Sep 18	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
130	152	Sep 19	MIL	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
131	153	Sep 20	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
132	154	Sep 21	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
133	156 (1)	Sep 23	MIL		OAK	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
134	157	Sep 24	MIL		OAK	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
135	159 (1)	Sep 27	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
136	160	Sep 29	MIL	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
137	161	Sep 30	MIL	@	OAK	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
138	162	Oct 1	MIL	@	OAK	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							139gm		1186.0	132	332	15	479	29