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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	OAK		MIN	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	3B
2	2	Apr 7	OAK		MIN	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 8	OAK		MIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 11	OAK	@	CHW	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
5	5	Apr 12	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 13	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 14	OAK	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 17	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	59	13.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 18	OAK	@	KCR	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
10	10	Apr 19	OAK	@	KCR	L,8-16	GS	30	4.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 20	OAK		CAL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 21	OAK		CAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
13	13	Apr 22	OAK		CAL	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
14	14	Apr 23	OAK		CAL	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
15	15	Apr 24	OAK		CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
16	16	Apr 25	OAK		CLE	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
17	17	Apr 26	OAK		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
18	18	Apr 27	OAK		BAL	W,4-3	GS	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
19	19	Apr 28	OAK		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
20	20	Apr 29	OAK		BAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	OAK	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
22	22	May 2	OAK	@	MIL	W,7-3	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
23	23	May 4	OAK	@	CLE	W,11-4	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	24	May 5	OAK	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
25	25	May 6 (1)	OAK	@	CLE	W,12-0	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
26	26	May 6 (2)	OAK	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
27	27	May 7	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
28	28	May 9	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
29	29	May 10	OAK	@	TEX	W,17-2	GS	23	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	30	May 11	OAK	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
31	31	May 12	OAK	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
32	32	May 13	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
33	33	May 14	OAK		CHW	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
34	34	May 15	OAK		CHW	L,5-6	CG	49	12.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
35	35	May 16	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	36	May 17	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
37	37	May 18	OAK		KCR	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
38	38	May 19	OAK		KCR	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
39	39	May 20	OAK		KCR	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
40	40	May 21	OAK		KCR	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
41	43 (2)	May 25	OAK	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	50	12.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
42	44	May 26	OAK	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
43	45	May 28	OAK	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
44	46	May 29	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
45	47	May 30	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
46	48	May 31	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	49	Jun 1	OAK	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
48	50	Jun 2	OAK	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
49	51	Jun 3	OAK	@	BOS	W,12-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
50	52	Jun 4	OAK		MIL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
51	53	Jun 5	OAK		MIL	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
52	54	Jun 6	OAK		MIL	W,11-1	GS	22	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
53	55	Jun 8	OAK		DET	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
54	56	Jun 9	OAK		DET	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	57	Jun 10	OAK		DET	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
56	58	Jun 12	OAK		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
57	59	Jun 13	OAK		NYY	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
58	60	Jun 14	OAK		NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	61	Jun 15	OAK		BOS	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
60	62	Jun 16	OAK		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	3B
61	63	Jun 17	OAK		BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
62	64	Jun 18	OAK	@	KCR	W,9-5	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
63	65	Jun 19	OAK	@	KCR	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
64	66	Jun 20	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	47	11.1	1	1	1	3	0	3B
65	67	Jun 21	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
66	68	Jun 22	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-1	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
67	69	Jun 23	OAK	@	CHW	W,14-3	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
68	70	Jun 24 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
69	71	Jun 24 (2)	OAK	@	CHW	L,1-11	GS	28	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
70	72	Jun 25	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
71	74 (1)	Jun 27	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
72	75	Jun 28	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
73	76	Jun 29	OAK		CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
74	77	Jun 30	OAK		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	78	Jul 1 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	79	Jul 1 (2)	OAK		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
77	80	Jul 2	OAK		CAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
78	81	Jul 3	OAK		CAL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
79	82	Jul 4	OAK		CAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
80	83	Jul 6 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
81	84	Jul 6 (2)	OAK	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
82	85	Jul 7	OAK	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
83	86	Jul 8	OAK	@	BAL	W,6-5	GS	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
84	87	Jul 10	OAK	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS	20	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
85	88	Jul 11	OAK	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
86	89	Jul 12	OAK	@	MIL	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
87	90	Jul 13	OAK	@	MIL	W,13-4	GS	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
88	91	Jul 14	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
89	92	Jul 15	OAK	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
90	93	Jul 16	OAK		BAL	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
91	94	Jul 17	OAK		BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
92	95	Jul 18	OAK		BAL	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
93	96	Jul 20	OAK		CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
94	97	Jul 21	OAK		CLE	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
95	98	Jul 22	OAK		CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
96	99	Jul 26 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
97	100	Jul 26 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
98	101	Jul 27	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
99	102	Jul 28	OAK		TEX	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
100	103	Jul 29 (1)	OAK		TEX	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
101	104	Jul 29 (2)	OAK		TEX	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
102	105	Jul 30	OAK		TEX	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
103	106	Jul 31	OAK		MIN	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	107	Aug 1	OAK		MIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
105	108	Aug 2	OAK		MIN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
106	109	Aug 3	OAK	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
107	110	Aug 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
108	111	Aug 5	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
109	112	Aug 7 (1)	OAK	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
110	113	Aug 7 (2)	OAK	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
111	114	Aug 8	OAK	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
112	115	Aug 10	OAK	@	NYY	L,9-10	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
113	116	Aug 11	OAK	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
114	117	Aug 12	OAK	@	NYY	W,13-12	CG	48	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
115	118	Aug 13	OAK	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
116	119	Aug 14	OAK	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	3B
117	120	Aug 16	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
118	121	Aug 17	OAK		MIL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
119	122	Aug 18	OAK		MIL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
120	123	Aug 19	OAK		MIL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
121	124	Aug 20	OAK		DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
122	125	Aug 21	OAK		DET	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
123	126	Aug 22	OAK		DET	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
124	127	Aug 24	OAK		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
125	128	Aug 25	OAK		NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
126	129	Aug 26	OAK		NYY	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
127	130	Aug 27	OAK		BOS	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
128	131	Aug 28	OAK		BOS	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
129	132	Aug 29	OAK		BOS	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
130	133	Aug 31	OAK	@	KCR	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	134	Sep 1	OAK	@	KCR	L,9-10	CG	45	8.2	1	3	1	5	0	3B
132	135	Sep 2	OAK	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
133	136	Sep 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
134	137	Sep 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
135	138	Sep 5	OAK	@	CAL	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
136	139	Sep 6	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
137	140	Sep 7	OAK	@	TEX	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
138	141	Sep 8	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	0	2	0	2	1	3B
139	142	Sep 9	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
140	143	Sep 10	OAK		KCR	W,13-0	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
141	144	Sep 11	OAK		KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
142	145	Sep 12	OAK		KCR	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
143	146	Sep 14	OAK		TEX	W,5-1	CG	38	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
144	147	Sep 15	OAK		TEX	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
145	148	Sep 16	OAK		TEX	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
146	149	Sep 17	OAK		CAL	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
147	150	Sep 18	OAK		CAL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
148	151	Sep 19	OAK	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
149	152	Sep 20 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	1	2	2	5	0	3B
150	153	Sep 20 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
151	154	Sep 21	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-8	GS	27	5.0	1	1	0	2	2	3B
152	155	Sep 22	OAK	@	CHW	W,9-3	GS	23	6.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
153	156	Sep 23	OAK	@	CHW	W,10-5	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
154	157	Sep 24	OAK		MIN	L,6-7	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
155	158	Sep 25	OAK		MIN	L,4-9	GS	37	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
156	159	Sep 26	OAK		MIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
157	160	Sep 28	OAK		CHW	W,4-1	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
158	161	Sep 29	OAK		CHW	W,7-5	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
159	162	Sep 30	OAK		CHW	L,0-1	CG	38	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
							159gm		1363.0	126	281	22	429	24