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Sal Bando

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Sal Bando

Full name Salvatore Leonard Bando
Born February 13, 1944, Cleveland, Ohio
Died January 20, 2023, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
First Game: September 3, 1966; Final Game: October 11, 1981
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 195
Brother of Chris Bando
Named third baseman on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1973 to 1974)
Ejections: 1968 (1), 1969 (1), 1970 (1), 1972 (2), 1973 (2), 1974 (1), 1976 (1), 1977 (1), 1978 (2). Total: 12
SABR Biography
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Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1966 KC  A    Daily Splits   11    24    1    7   1   1   0    1    1   0    3   0   1   0   0   2   0    0   0  .292  .320  .417   0.4 1966 KC  A
1967 KC  A    Daily Splits   47   130   11   25   3   2   0    6   16   0   24   3   3   0   0   5   0    1   0  .192  .295  .246   0.4 1967 KC  A
1968 OAK A    Daily Splits  162   605   67  152  25   5   9   67   51   6   78   7   6   5   0  12  12   13   4  .251  .314  .354   0.2 1968 OAK A
1969 OAK A    Daily Splits  162   609  106  171  25   3  31  113  111   5   82  11   2   1   0  17  12    1   4  .281  .400  .484   3.8 1969 OAK A
1970 OAK A    Daily Splits  155   502   93  132  20   2  20   75  118   5   88   6   7   3   0   8  12    6  10  .263  .407  .430   1.7 1970 OAK A
1971 OAK A    Daily Splits  153   538   75  146  23   1  24   94   86  11   55   8   6   5   0   9  14    3   7  .271  .377  .452   0.8 1971 OAK A
1972 OAK A    Daily Splits  152   535   64  126  20   3  15   77   78  17   55   9   6   3   0  10  13    3   1  .236  .341  .368   1.5 1972 OAK A
1973 OAK A    Daily Splits  162   592   97  170  32   3  29   98   82   5   84   4   6   5   1  12  13    4   2  .287  .375  .498   1.3 1973 OAK A
1974 OAK A    Daily Splits  146   498   84  121  21   2  22  103   86   4   79   5   1  13   0  14  10    2   3  .243  .352  .426   1.0 1974 OAK A
1975 OAK A    Daily Splits  160   562   64  129  24   1  15   78   87   2   80   5   2   2   0   7  10    7   1  .230  .337  .356  -1.9 1975 OAK A
1976 OAK A    Daily Splits  158   550   75  132  18   2  27   84   76   1   74   4   7   3   0  12   7   20   6  .240  .335  .427   2.0 1976 OAK A
1977 MIL A    Daily Splits  159   580   65  145  27   3  17   82   75   3   89   3   3   5   0   5  10    4   2  .250  .336  .395  -0.3 1977 MIL A
1978 MIL A    Daily Splits  152   540   85  154  20   6  17   78   72   4   52   6   4   7   0   4  11    3   2  .285  .371  .439   2.7 1978 MIL A
1979 MIL A    Daily Splits  130   476   57  117  14   3   9   43   57   3   42   3   6   1   0   9  17    2   0  .246  .330  .345  -2.4 1979 MIL A
1980 MIL A    Daily Splits   78   254   28   50  12   1   5   31   29   2   35   1   3   4   0   7   7    5   3  .197  .278  .311  -1.6 1980 MIL A
1981 MIL A    Daily Splits   32    65   10   13   4   0   2    9    6   1    3   0   2   0   0   3   1    1   1  .200  .268  .354  -0.4 1981 MIL A
Total    (16 Years) Splits 2019  7060  982 1790 289  38 242 1039 1031  69  923  75  65  57   1 136 149   75  46  .254  .352  .408   9.2 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
           Division Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 MIL A    Daily Splits    5    17    1    5   3   0   0    1    2   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .294  .368  .471 1981 MIL A
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1971 OAK A    Daily Splits    3    11    3    4   2   0   1    1    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .364  .417  .818 1971 OAK A
1972 OAK A    Daily Splits    5    20    0    4   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   2   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .200  .200 1972 OAK A
1973 OAK A    Daily Splits    5    18    2    3   0   0   2    3    3   0    6   1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .318  .500 1973 OAK A
1974 OAK A    Daily Splits    4    13    4    3   0   0   2    2    4   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .231  .412  .692 1974 OAK A
1975 OAK A    Daily Splits    3    12    1    6   2   0   0    2    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .667 1975 OAK A
Total    ( 5 Years) Splits   20    74   10   20   4   0   5    8    8   0   12   1   2   0   0   0   1    0   0  .270  .349  .527 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1972 OAK A    Daily Splits    7    26    2    7   1   0   0    1    2   1    5   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .269  .321  .308 1972 OAK A
1973 OAK A    Daily Splits    7    26    5    6   1   1   0    1    4   1    7   0   1   0   0   3   0    0   0  .231  .333  .346 1973 OAK A
1974 OAK A    Daily Splits    5    16    3    1   0   0   0    2    2   0    5   1   0   1   0   1   0    0   0  .063  .200  .063 1974 OAK A
Total    ( 3 Years) Splits   19    68   10   14   2   1   0    4    8   2   17   1   1   1   0   4   1    0   0  .206  .295  .265 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1969 AL       Daily Splits    1     3    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .333 1969 AL   
1972 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1972 AL   
1973 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1973 AL   
Total    ( 3 Years) Splits    3     6    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .167  .167 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1979 MIL A    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    3      3    13   0    2    2    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   6.00     -   0.0 1979 MIL A

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1966 KC  A Daily Splits  3B    7    6    6    56.1     5   23    2    1   0                      .933
1967 KC  A Daily Splits  3B   44   38   37   340.2    43   96    6    7   0                      .959
1968 OAK A Daily Splits  3B  162  159  157  1414.2   188  272   17   27   0                      .964
1968 OAK A               LF    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0                         -
1968 OAK A               OF    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0                         -     1    0    0 
1969 OAK A Daily Splits  3B  162  162  162  1480.2   178  321   24   36   0                      .954
1970 OAK A Daily Splits  3B  152  150  147  1327.1   158  258   20   22   0                      .954
1971 OAK A Daily Splits  3B  153  153  141  1368.1   141  267   12   22   0                      .971
1972 OAK A Daily Splits  3B  151  151  140  1344     123  337   19   29   0                      .960
1972 OAK A               2B    1    0    0     0.2     1    0    1    0   0                      .500
1973 OAK A Daily Splits  3B  159  159  136  1363     126  281   22   24   0                      .949
1973 OAK A               DH    3    3    2                                                          -
1974 OAK A Daily Splits  3B  141  139  120  1197     113  287   23   28   0                      .946
1974 OAK A               DH    3    2    2                                                          -
1975 OAK A Daily Splits  3B  160  159  130  1371     122  314   15   36   0                      .967
1976 OAK A Daily Splits  3B  155  155  125  1330.1   125  304   17   26   0                      .962
1976 OAK A               SS    5    0    0    10.2     2    6    0    1   0                     1.000
1976 OAK A               DH    2    1    0                                                          -
1977 MIL A Daily Splits  3B  135  135  124  1163      96  277   13   31   0                      .966
1977 MIL A               DH   24   24   22                                                          -
1977 MIL A               SS    1    0    0     7       1    3    0    0   0                     1.000
1977 MIL A               2B    1    0    0     2       1    3    0    1   0                     1.000
1978 MIL A Daily Splits  3B  134  131  123  1148      89  329   14   25   0                      .968
1978 MIL A               DH   12   12   12                                                          -
1978 MIL A               1B    5    4    4    38      43    3    1    4   0                      .979
1979 MIL A Daily Splits  3B  110  107   97   934.1    87  222   12   16   1                      .963
1979 MIL A               DH   18   18   16                                                          -
1979 MIL A               1B    4    2    1    20      18    2    0    3   0                     1.000
1979 MIL A               2B    1    0    0     2       1    1    0    0   0                     1.000
1979 MIL A                P    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1980 MIL A Daily Splits  3B   57   53   40   456.2    46  110   11   12   0                      .934
1980 MIL A               DH   15   14   14                                                          -
1980 MIL A               1B    7    1    1    18.2    16    2    1    2   0                      .947
1981 MIL A Daily Splits  3B   15   10   10    96.2     7   22    1    3   0                      .967
1981 MIL A               1B    9    5    1    51      58    3    0    6   0                     1.000
1981 MIL A               DH    2    1    1                                                          -
Total (16 Years) Splits  3B 1897 1867 1695 16392    1647 3720  228  345   1                      .959
Total ( 8 Years)         DH   79   75   69                                                          -
Total ( 4 Years)         1B   25   12    7   127.2   135   10    2   15   0                      .986
Total ( 2 Years)         SS    6    0    0    17.2     3    9    0    1   0                     1.000
Total ( 3 Years)         2B    3    0    0     4.2     3    4    1    1   0                      .875
Total ( 1 Year )         LF    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0                         -
Total ( 1 Year )         OF    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0                         -     1    0    0 
Total ( 1 Year )          P    1    0    0     3       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
           Division Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1981 MIL A Daily Splits  3B    5    5    5    44       3    5    0    0   0 1.000
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1971 OAK A Daily Splits  3B    3    3    3    25       6    2    0    2   0 1.000
1972 OAK A Daily Splits  3B    5    5    5    46       6   17    0    2   0 1.000
1973 OAK A Daily Splits  3B    5    5    5    46       7   10    0    0   0 1.000
1974 OAK A Daily Splits  3B    4    4    4    36       3    8    0    2   0 1.000
1975 OAK A Daily Splits  3B    3    3    3    25       4    9    1    1   0  .929
Total ( 5 Years) Splits  3B   20   20   20   178      26   46    1    7   0  .986
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1972 OAK A Daily Splits  3B    7    7    7    62       3   12    1    0   0  .938
1973 OAK A Daily Splits  3B    7    7    7    66       6   14    1    2   0  .952
1974 OAK A Daily Splits  3B    5    5    5    44       2   10    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years) Splits  3B   19   19   19   172      11   36    2    2   0  .959
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1969 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    1    0     6       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1972 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    0    0     5.1     1    1    0    1   0 1.000
1973 AL    Daily Splits  3B    1    0    0     3       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years) Splits  3B    3    1    0    14.1     1    3    0    1   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-25-1968     BOX  OAK A  Al Salerno          Called third strike
 8-27-1969     BOX  OAK A  Bill Kunkel         Called third strike
 8- 2-1970(1)  BOX  OAK A  Jake O'Donnell      Called third strike
 4-16-1972     BOX  OAK A  Marty Springstead   Called third strike
 8- 2-1972     BOX  OAK A  Marty Springstead   Fighting
 5- 2-1973     BOX  OAK A  Hank Morgenweck     Called third strike
 8- 7-1973(2)  BOX  OAK A  Larry McCoy         Called third strike
 9-20-1974     BOX  OAK A  Jim McKean          Called third strike
 9-25-1976     BOX  OAK A  Terry Cooney        Call at 1B (Threw helmet)
 7-30-1977     BOX  MIL A  Durwood Merrill     Check swing (Bumped umpire)
 5- 9-1978     BOX  MIL A  Jerry Neudecker     Arguing ground out was foul ball
 7- 4-1978     BOX  MIL A  Greg Kosc           Called third strike

Transaction Information

Selected by Kansas City Athletics in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (June 8,
1965).

Granted free agency (November 1, 1976).

Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (November 19, 1976).
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