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Sal Bando played 16 major-league seasons (1966-1981) as a 3B (1,896), 1B (25), SS (6), 2B (3), OF (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 22 | KC1 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .292 | .737 | 117 |
| 1967 | 23 | KC1 | 47 | 130 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 24 | .192 | .541 | 67 |
| 1968 | 24 | OAK | 162 | 605 | 67 | 152 | 9 | 67 | 13 | 51 | 78 | .251 | .668 | 109 |
| 1969 | 25 | OAK | 162 | 609 | 106 | 171 | 31 | 113 | 1 | 111 | 82 | .281 | .885 | 155 |
| 1970 | 26 | OAK | 155 | 502 | 93 | 132 | 20 | 75 | 6 | 118 | 88 | .263 | .837 | 140 |
| 1971 | 27 | OAK | 153 | 538 | 75 | 146 | 24 | 94 | 3 | 86 | 55 | .271 | .828 | 143 |
| 1972 | 28 | OAK | 152 | 535 | 64 | 126 | 15 | 77 | 3 | 78 | 55 | .236 | .709 | 119 |
| 1973 | 29 | OAK | 162 | 592 | 97 | 170 | 29 | 98 | 4 | 82 | 84 | .287 | .873 | 145 |
| 1974 | 30 | OAK | 146 | 498 | 84 | 121 | 22 | 103 | 2 | 86 | 79 | .243 | .778 | 124 |
| 1975 | 31 | OAK | 160 | 562 | 64 | 129 | 15 | 78 | 7 | 87 | 80 | .230 | .693 | 97 |
| 1976 | 32 | OAK | 158 | 550 | 75 | 132 | 27 | 84 | 20 | 76 | 74 | .240 | .762 | 123 |
| 1977 | 33 | ML4 | 159 | 580 | 65 | 145 | 17 | 82 | 4 | 75 | 89 | .250 | .731 | 99 |
| 1978 | 34 | ML4 | 152 | 540 | 85 | 154 | 17 | 78 | 3 | 72 | 52 | .285 | .810 | 128 |
| 1979 | 35 | ML4 | 130 | 476 | 57 | 117 | 9 | 43 | 2 | 57 | 42 | .246 | .674 | 83 |
| 1980 | 36 | ML4 | 78 | 254 | 28 | 50 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 29 | 35 | .197 | .589 | 62 |
| 1981 | 37 | ML4 | 32 | 65 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .200 | .621 | 78 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 35 | ML4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 70 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 3B | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| 1967 | 3B | 44 | 38 | 43 | 96 | 6 | 7 |
| 1968 | 3B | 162 | 159 | 188 | 272 | 17 | 27 |
| 1968 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | 3B | 162 | 162 | 178 | 321 | 24 | 36 |
| 1970 | 3B | 152 | 150 | 158 | 258 | 20 | 22 |
| 1971 | 3B | 153 | 153 | 141 | 267 | 12 | 22 |
| 1972 | 3B | 151 | 151 | 123 | 337 | 19 | 29 |
| 1972 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1973 | 3B | 159 | 159 | 126 | 281 | 22 | 24 |
| 1974 | 3B | 141 | 139 | 113 | 287 | 23 | 28 |
| 1975 | 3B | 160 | 159 | 122 | 314 | 15 | 36 |
| 1976 | 3B | 155 | 155 | 125 | 304 | 17 | 26 |
| 1976 | SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 1977 | 3B | 135 | 135 | 96 | 277 | 13 | 31 |
| 1977 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1977 | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3B | 134 | 131 | 89 | 329 | 14 | 25 |
| 1978 | 1B | 5 | 4 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1979 | 3B | 109 | 107 | 87 | 222 | 12 | 16 |
| 1979 | 1B | 4 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1979 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3B | 57 | 53 | 46 | 110 | 11 | 12 |
| 1980 | 1B | 7 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1981 | 3B | 15 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 1981 | 1B | 9 | 5 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Sal Bando won: TSN All-Star 1973 (AL), TSN All-Star 1974 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (7 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1976, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 18 / 336 | 0 |
| 1970 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 27 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1971 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 182 / 336 | 4 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 30 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 83 / 336 | 0 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 143 / 336 | 3 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 31 / 336 | 0 |
Sal Bando ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #103 | third basemen | 1969 | 155 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.