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Sal Bando
Salvatore Leonard Bando

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 205 lb.
School Arizona State

MLB Debut September 3, 1966
Final Game October 3, 1981
Born February 13, 1944 in Cleveland, OH
Died January 20, 2023 (age 78)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1967 23 KCA AL   34   86    6   19   3   0   0    9   0   0    6   16  .221  .302  .256  .558    85    22   1   0   0   4   0  
 1968 24 OAA AL  162  629   58  132  10   2   7   54  16   1   32   80  .210  .252  .266  .517    81   167  10   5   3   5  13  
 1969 25 OAA AL  162  614  122  164  21   2  27   91   0   3  103   90  .267  .388  .440  .827   120   270   1   5   1  21  23  MVP-11
 1970 26 OAA AL  162  543   95  139  20   1  16   56   1   0  122  113  .256  .392  .385  .777   100   209  37   5   2   3  11  
 1971 27 OAA AL  152  565   84  138  19   1  17   54   1   2   72   67  .244  .335  .372  .707   104   210   6   1   3   6  19  
 1972 28 OAA AL  156  557   67  126  17   0  14   65   1   0   45   71  .226  .296  .332  .628    90   185   8   2   1  11  16  
 1973 29 OAA AL  163  658  112  176  31   7  23  114   0   0   73  115  .267  .340  .441  .781   103   290   0   9   1   4  19  MVP-9
 1974 30 OAA AL  154  536   96  125  24   1  29   99   1   1  101   98  .233  .359  .444  .803   107   238   0   3   0   6  19  MVP-10
 1975 31 OAA AL  162  559   70  123  26   1  11   72   1   1   87   78  .220  .332  .329  .661    95   184   2   4   5   9  13  
 1976 32 OAA AL  162  614   84  141  23   2  28  106  14   3   72  103  .230  .316  .410  .726   106   252   2   4   1   7  17  MVP-7
 1977 33 TOA AL  153  571   89  145  29   4  18   82   3   1   76   81  .254  .340  .413  .753    97   236  11   7   0   2  10  
 1978 34 TOA AL  155  582   76  161  22   6  15   81   1   0   59   59  .277  .347  .412  .759   107   240   0   6   3   7  17  
 1979 35 CHN NL  137  421   36  100  11   2   4   39   0   1   47   46  .238  .321  .302  .622    85   127   4   1   1   5  10  
 1980 36 CHA AL   54  133    9   27   7   0   2   15   0   0    8   14  .203  .248  .301  .549    78    40   2   0   0   0   3  
 1981 37 MLA AL   13   42    3    7   2   0   0    1   1   0    2    1  .167  .205  .214  .419    61     9   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     1981 7110 1007 1723 265  29 211  938  40  13  905 1032  .242  .333  .377  .710        2679  84  52  21  90 190
 Per 600 PA           518   73  125  19   2  15   68   3   1   66   75                                 195   6   4   2   7  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With OAA     1469 5361  794 1283 194  17 172  720  35  11  713  831  .239  .335  .378  .713        2027  67  38  17  76 150
   With TOA      308 1153  165  306  51  10  33  163   4   1  135  140  .265  .344  .413  .756         476  11  13   3   9  27
   With CHN      137  421   36  100  11   2   4   39   0   1   47   46  .238  .321  .302  .622         127   4   1   1   5  10
   With CHA       54  133    9   27   7   0   2   15   0   0    8   14  .203  .248  .301  .549          40   2   0   0   0   3
   With MLA       13   42    3    7   2   0   0    1   1   0    2    1  .167  .205  .214  .419           9   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2019 7060  982 1790 289  38 242 1039  75  46 1031  923  .254  .352  .408  .760        2881  65  57  69  75 149
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1967 23 KCA AL  41    7   3.0   6   2   0  .333   4    8    3  .375    0    0  .000  3B   3e21       16   
 1968 24 OAA AL  32   43   2.2   0   0   0  .000  14   82   61  .744    0    0  .000  3B   2e17     -151   
 1969 25 OAA AL  30  107   6.0   0   0   0  .000  20   87   62  .713    0    0  .000  3B   2e24      -57   
 1970 26 OAA AL  31   93   5.5   0   0   0  .000  30   93   58  .624    0    0  .000  3B   2e22      -60   
 1971 27 OAA AL  29   70   4.2   0   0   0  .000   8   75   60  .800    0    0  .000  3B   2e13     -121   
 1972 28 OAA AL  21   54   3.2   6   0   0  .000  16   72   48  .667    0    0  .000  3B   2e20      -81   
 1973 29 OAA AL  36   98   5.2   0   0   0  .000  20   86   61  .709    0    0  .000  3B   2e23      -92   
 1974 30 OAA AL  34   87   5.5   0   0   0  .000  23   71   41  .577    0    0  .000  3B   2e27       25   
 1975 31 OAA AL  30   65   3.9   0   0   0  .000  14   91   72  .791    0    0  .000  3B   2e16      -31   
 1976 32 OAA AL  21   80   4.4   0   0   0  .000  15   82   57  .695    0    0  .000  3B   2e18      -36   
 1977 33 TOA AL  27   84   5.0   4   2   0  .500  39  181   95  .525    0    0  .000  SS   4e48       22   
 1978 34 TOA AL  31   83   5.1   0   0   0  .000  19   79   53  .671    0    0  .000  3B   2e18      -51   
 1979 35 CHN NL  17   42   3.4   5   1   0  .200  25   94   51  .543    0    0  .000  3B   2e19      -52   
 1980 36 CHA AL  73    9   2.3   9   2   0  .222   3    5    2  .400    0    0  .000  1B   4e25      -40   
 1981 37 MLA AL  57    2   1.6   0   0   0  .000   2    5    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   4e25     -203   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 15 Seasons          932   4.4  30   7   0  .233 252 1111  724  .652    0    0  .000                 -57   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 29.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 34.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1967 23 KCA AL  3B    26    11    28    4    1   .907    20   187.1   1.87
 1968 24 OAA AL  3B   162   145   280   14   38   .968   161  1471.0   2.60  GG
 1969 25 OAA AL  3B   162   123   314   20   34   .956   162  1475.1   2.67
 1970 26 OAA AL  3B   162   119   273   30   31   .929   161  1443.0   2.44
 1971 27 OAA AL  3B   152   121   301    8   32   .981   149  1340.0   2.83  GG
 1972 28 OAA AL  3B   149   125   272   16   20   .961   146  1322.0   2.70
                 2B     3     2     2    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   6.00
 1973 29 OAA AL  3B   163   186   316   20   53   .962   163  1457.2   3.10
 1974 30 OAA AL  3B   154   180   288   23   32   .953   143  1323.1   3.18
 1975 31 OAA AL  3B   162   150   404   14   33   .975   162  1452.1   3.43  GG
 1976 32 OAA AL  3B   162   163   317   15   44   .970   161  1432.1   3.02  GG
                 SS     1     0     2    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
 1977 33 TOA AL  SS   151   258   512   39  101   .952   148  1317.1   5.26
 1978 34 TOA AL  3B   153   113   320   19   25   .958   149  1320.0   2.95
                 1B     8    34     3    0    2  1.000     3    31.0  10.74
 1979 35 CHN NL  3B    72    69   127   12   15   .942    72   623.2   2.83
                 2B    59   133   137   13   32   .954    53   459.1   5.29
                 1B     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1980 36 CHA AL  1B    30   233    17    3   28   .988    26   236.1   9.52
 1981 37 MLA AL  1B     8    66     8    2    9   .974     8    74.0   9.00
                 3B     4     2     7    0    1  1.000     3    26.0   3.12
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B  1683  1507  3247  195  359   .961  1652 14874.0   2.88
                 SS   152   258   514   39  101   .952   148  1318.1   5.27
                 2B    62   135   139   13   32   .955    53   465.1   5.30
                 1B    47   334    28    5   39   .986    37   343.1   9.49
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1971 ALCS  OAA BAA   W    4  15  1  3  2  0  0   2  3  1  .200  .316  .333  0
      WS    OAA LAN   W    7  30  5  9  2  0  1   3  2  3  .300  .344  .467  0
 1973 ALCS  OAA BAA   W    3  15  6  8  0  0  2   7  3  1  .533  .611  .933  0
      WS    OAA LAN   L    5  17  0  2  0  0  0   0  3  5  .118  .250  .118  0
 1974 ALCS  OAA BOA   L    4  16  2  4  0  0  0   1  2  4  .250  .333  .250  0
 1975 ALCS  OAA BOA   W    5  19  0  5  2  0  0   3  2  2  .263  .318  .368  0
      WS    OAA LAN   L    5  21  5  3  0  0  2   4  1  4  .143  .182  .429  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1967  KCA   70-92   Mike Tomeo, Alan Boodman
 1968  OAA   84-78   Bob Lind
 1969  OAA   96-66   Bob Lind
 1970  OAA   91-71   Bob Lind
 1971  OAA  100-62   Bob Lind
 1972  OAA   89-73   Drew Kennedy
 1973  OAA   90-73   Drew Kennedy
 1974  OAA  101-61   Drew Kennedy
 1975  OAA   99-63   Drew Kennedy
 1976  OAA   91-71   Drew Kennedy
 1977  TOA   60-102  Darrell Fitzwater
 1978  TOA   52-110  Thomas Treece
 1979  CHN   70-92   Alan Bosslet
 1980  CHA   56-106  Ben Lea
 1981  MLA   65-97   Mark Simons

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