Sal Bando

1966–1981 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, Athletics

2,019G

.254AVG

.352OBP

.408SLG

More career statistics

1,790H

242HR

1,039RBI

75SB

3.0IP

6.00ERA

0GS

6Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · At bats	7,061	7,060
Batting · Strikeouts	924	922
Batting · Plate appearances	8,289	8,287
Batting · Walks	1,031	1,029

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2,019	8,289	7,061	982	1,790	289	38	242	1,039	1,031	924	75	46	75	57	2,881	.254	.352	.408	.760

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	1.000

Streaks

14longest hitting streak · 1969-06-12 to 1969-06-25

35longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
71	Five-Walk Game	1977-05-29	1 in 1,833 games	box score ↗
57	Triple Play	1980-08-20	1 in 498 games	box score ↗
52	7 RBI	1969-04-27	1 in 6,468 player-games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	998	4001	863	119	493	544	442	.256	.352	.411
Away	1021	4286	927	123	546	485	480	.251	.329	.406

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	226	941	186	32	120	126	110	.234	.332	.414
May	365	1486	317	40	176	216	148	.257	.359	.404
June	345	1468	318	50	205	181	160	.254	.340	.423
July	344	1399	311	42	184	163	164	.258	.339	.411
August	368	1522	325	34	154	160	165	.246	.319	.376
September	354	1414	323	42	197	178	167	.268	.354	.426
October	17	57	10	2	3	5	8	.196	.263	.392

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
california-angels	210	862	177	31	122	106	139	.240	.328	.424
minnesota-twins	206	838	190	25	108	120	94	.273	.370	.422
chicago-white-sox	193	804	184	21	110	114	83	.275	.371	.426
kansas-city-royals	173	721	186	27	103	90	81	.303	.383	.495
boston-red-sox	171	701	155	26	92	68	73	.251	.318	.420
cleveland-guardians	169	693	149	16	84	88	81	.256	.342	.408
detroit-tigers	165	667	151	21	71	67	55	.258	.327	.417
new-york-yankees	162	662	131	13	63	85	50	.231	.326	.357

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1966	Kansas City Athletics	11	24	7	–	1	–	.292	–	–
1967	Kansas City Athletics	47	130	25	–	6	1	.192	–	–
1968	Athletics	162	605	152	9	67	13	.251	–	–
1969	Athletics	162	609	171	31	113	1	.281	–	–
1970	Athletics	155	502	132	20	75	6	.263	–	–
1971	Athletics	153	538	146	24	94	3	.271	–	–
1972	Athletics	152	535	126	15	77	3	.236	–	–
1973	Athletics	162	592	170	29	98	4	.287	–	–
1974	Athletics	146	498	121	22	103	2	.243	–	–
1975	Athletics	160	562	129	15	78	7	.230	–	–
1976	Athletics	158	550	132	27	84	20	.240	–	–
1977	Milwaukee Brewers	159	580	145	17	82	4	.250	–	–
1978	Milwaukee Brewers	152	540	154	17	78	3	.285	–	–
1979	Milwaukee Brewers	130	476	117	9	43	2	.246	3	–
1980	Milwaukee Brewers	78	254	50	5	31	5	.197	–	–
1981	Milwaukee Brewers	32	65	13	2	9	1	.200	–	–