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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 9	MIL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
3	3	Apr 10	MIL	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
4	4	Apr 12	MIL		BAL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
5	5	Apr 14	MIL		BAL	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
6	6	Apr 15	MIL		NYY	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 16	MIL		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
8	8	Apr 17	MIL		NYY	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 19	MIL	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
10	10	Apr 20	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
11	11	Apr 22	MIL	@	CAL	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
12	12	Apr 23	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
13	13	Apr 24	MIL	@	CAL	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
14	14	Apr 26	MIL		BOS	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
15	15	Apr 27	MIL		BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
16	16	Apr 29	MIL		CLE	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
17	17	Apr 30	MIL		CLE	L,0-1	CG	46	12.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1 (1)	MIL		CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
19	19	May 1 (2)	MIL		CLE	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	20	May 2	MIL	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
21	21	May 3	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
22	22	May 4	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	23	May 5	MIL	@	TOR	L,8-9	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
24	24	May 6	MIL	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	3B
25	25	May 7	MIL	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
26	26	May 8	MIL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
27	27	May 10 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	33	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
28	28	May 10 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
29	29	May 11	MIL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
30	30	May 12	MIL		DET	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
31	31	May 13	MIL		DET	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
32	32	May 14	MIL		DET	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
33	33	May 15 (1)	MIL		DET	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
34	34	May 15 (2)	MIL		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
35	35	May 17	MIL		TOR	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
36	36	May 18	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
37	37	May 19	MIL		TOR	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
38	38	May 20	MIL	@	BOS	W,15-7	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	39	May 21	MIL	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	44	8.2	0	4	0	4	1	3B
40	40	May 22 (1)	MIL	@	BOS	L,10-14	CG	43	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
41	41	May 22 (2)	MIL	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
42	42	May 23	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	43	May 24	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	44	May 25	MIL		CHW	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
45	45	May 26	MIL		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
46	46	May 27	MIL		TEX	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
47	47	May 28	MIL		TEX	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
48	48	May 29	MIL		TEX	L,4-5	CG	53	11.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
49	49	May 30 (1)	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
50	50	May 30 (2)	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	51	Jun 3	MIL	@	TEX	L,8-15	GS	41	7.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
52	52	Jun 4	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
53	53	Jun 5	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
54	54	Jun 6	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
55	55	Jun 7	MIL		BAL	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
56	56	Jun 8	MIL		NYY	L,2-9	GS	30	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	57	Jun 9	MIL		NYY	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
58	58	Jun 10	MIL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
59	59	Jun 11	MIL		KCR	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	60	Jun 12	MIL		KCR	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
61	61	Jun 14	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	51	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
62	62	Jun 15	MIL	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
63	63	Jun 16	MIL	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
64	64	Jun 17	MIL		CAL	L,5-7	CG	42	10.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
65	65	Jun 18	MIL		CAL	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
66	66	Jun 19	MIL		CAL	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
67	67	Jun 21	MIL		OAK	W,12-1	GS	16	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
68	68	Jun 22	MIL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
69	69	Jun 24	MIL		SEA	W,7-1	GS	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
70	70	Jun 25	MIL		SEA	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	71	Jun 26	MIL		SEA	W,8-6	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
72	72	Jun 27	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
73	73	Jun 28	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
74	74	Jun 29	MIL	@	MIN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	75	Jul 1	MIL	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	76	Jul 2	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
77	77	Jul 3	MIL	@	SEA	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
78	78	Jul 4	MIL		MIN	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	79	Jul 5	MIL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
80	80	Jul 6	MIL	@	KCR	L,7-8	CG	39	8.1	1	3	0	4	1	3B
81	81	Jul 8	MIL		BOS	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
82	82	Jul 9	MIL		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
83	83	Jul 10 (1)	MIL		BOS	L,5-8	CG	61	11.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
84	85 (1)	Jul 12	MIL		NYY	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
85	86	Jul 13	MIL		NYY	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
86	87	Jul 14	MIL		NYY	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
87	88	Jul 15	MIL		BAL	L,2-4	GS	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B SS
88	89	Jul 16	MIL		BAL	L,0-5	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
89	90	Jul 17	MIL		BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
90	91	Jul 21 (1)	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
91	92	Jul 21 (2)	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	41	10.0	3	8	0	11	1	3B 2B
92	93	Jul 22	MIL	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
93	94	Jul 23	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
94	95	Jul 24 (1)	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
95	96	Jul 24 (2)	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
96	97	Jul 25	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	45	10.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
97	98	Jul 26	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
98	99	Jul 27	MIL	@	BOS	W,14-5	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
99	100	Jul 28	MIL	@	BOS	L,0-12	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
100	101	Jul 29	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	102	Jul 30	MIL	@	TOR	W,3-2	GS	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
102	103	Jul 31	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	104	Aug 1	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
104	105	Aug 2 (1)	MIL		CLE	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
105	106	Aug 2 (2)	MIL		CLE	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	107	Aug 3	MIL		CLE	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
107	108	Aug 5	MIL		TOR	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
108	109	Aug 6	MIL		TOR	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
109	110	Aug 7 (1)	MIL		TOR	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
110	111	Aug 7 (2)	MIL		TOR	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
111	112	Aug 8	MIL	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
112	113	Aug 9 (1)	MIL	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
113	114	Aug 9 (2)	MIL	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
114	115	Aug 10	MIL	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
115	116	Aug 12 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
116	117	Aug 12 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
117	118	Aug 13	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
118	119	Aug 14 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-12	GS	38	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
119	120	Aug 14 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	L,5-14	CG	46	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
120	121	Aug 15	MIL		TEX	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
121	122	Aug 16	MIL		TEX	L,3-11	GS	38	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
122	123	Aug 17	MIL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
123	124	Aug 18	MIL		BOS	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
124	125	Aug 19	MIL		CHW	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
125	126	Aug 20	MIL		CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
126	127	Aug 21 (1)	MIL		CHW	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
127	128	Aug 21 (2)	MIL		CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	141 (12)	Sep 3	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
129	142	Sep 4	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
130	143	Sep 5	MIL	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
131	144	Sep 7	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
132	146 (1)	Sep 10	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
133	147	Sep 11	MIL	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
134	155 (7)	Sep 24	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
135	156	Sep 25 (1)	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
							137gm		1172.0	98	283	13	394	32