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Sal Bando
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
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
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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