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Sal Bando

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: February 13, 1944 in Cleveland, OH us

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

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: September 3, 1966 (Age 22-202d, 12,512th 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

AB

7060

H

1790

HR

242

BA

.254

R

982

RBI

1039

SB

OBP

.352

SLG

.408

OPS

.760

OPS+

119

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1965	21	KCA-min	A	60	253	221	28	58	10	2	6	35	3	3	26	41	.262	.339	.407	.746		90		1	2	3			BUR · MIDW
1966	22	KCA-min	AA	119	459	393	55	109	11	4	12	50	5	2	51	55	.277	.369	.417	.787		164		8	4	3			MOB · SOUL
1966	22	KCA	AL	11	26	24	1	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	.292	.320	.417	.737	113	10	0	0	1	0	0	/5H
1967	23	KCA-min	AAA	116	444	371	39	108	14	2	9	55	6	4	61	52	.291	.392	.412	.804		153		3	5	4			VAN · PCL
1967	23	KCA	AL	47	152	130	11	25	3	2	0	6	1	0	16	24	.192	.295	.246	.541	63	32	0	3	3	0	0	5/H
1968	24	OAK	AL	162	674	605	67	152	25	5	9	67	13	4	51	78	.251	.314	.354	.668	108	214	12	7	6	5	6	*5/7
1969	25	OAK	AL	162	734	609	106	171	25	3	31	113	1	4	111	82	.281	.400	.484	.885	153	295	12	11	2	1	5	*5	AS,MVP-16
1970	26	OAK	AL	155	636	502	93	132	20	2	20	75	6	10	118	88	.263	.407	.430	.837	135	216	12	6	7	3	5	*5/H	MVP-27
1971	27	OAK	AL	153	643	538	75	146	23	1	24	94	3	7	86	55	.271	.377	.452	.828	137	243	14	8	6	5	11	*5	MVP-2
1972	28	OAK	AL	152	631	535	64	126	20	3	15	77	3	1	78	55	.236	.341	.368	.709	116	197	13	9	6	3	17	*5/4H	AS,MVP-30
1973	29	OAK	AL	*162*	690	592	97	170	32	3	29	98	4	2	82	84	.287	.375	.498	.873	150	295	13	4	6	5	5	*5/D	AS,MVP-4
1974	30	OAK	AL	146	603	498	84	121	21	2	22	103	2	3	86	79	.243	.352	.426	.778	130	212	10	5	1	13	4	*5/HD	AS,MVP-3
1975	31	OAK	AL	160	658	562	64	129	24	1	15	78	7	1	87	80	.230	.337	.356	.693	98	200	10	5	2	2	2	*5/H
1976	32	OAK	AL	158	640	550	75	132	18	2	27	84	20	6	76	74	.240	.335	.427	.762	128	235	7	4	7	3	1	*5/6DH	MVP-13
1977	33	MIL	AL	159	666	580	65	145	27	3	17	82	4	2	75	89	.250	.336	.395	.731	99	229	10	3	3	5	3	*5D/46
1978	34	MIL	AL	152	629	540	85	154	20	6	17	78	3	2	72	52	.285	.371	.439	.810	128	237	11	6	4	7	4	*5D/3H
1979	35	MIL	AL	130	543	476	57	117	14	3	9	43	2	0	57	42	.246	.330	.345	.674	83	164	17	3	6	1	3	*5D/341H
1980	36	MIL	AL	78	291	254	28	50	12	1	5	31	5	3	29	35	.197	.278	.311	.589	64	79	7	1	3	4	2	5D/3H
1981	37	MIL	AL	32	73	65	10	13	4	0	2	9	1	1	6	3	.200	.268	.354	.621	82	23	1	0	2	0	1	5H/3D
16 Yrs				2019	8289	7060	982	1790	289	38	242	1039	75	46	1031	923	.254	.352	.408	.760	119	2881	149	75	65	57	69
162 Game Avg.				162	665	566	79	144	23	3	19	83	6	4	83	74	.254	.352	.408	.760	119	231	12	6	5	5	6

OAK (11 yrs)				1468	6087	5145	737	1311	212	25	192	796	60	38	792	702	.255	.359	.418	.776	127	2149	103	62	47	40	56
MIL (5 yrs)				551	2202	1915	245	479	77	13	50	243	15	8	239	221	.250	.335	.382	.717	98	732	46	13	18	17	13