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Sal
Bando		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: February 13, 1944 in Usa, OH, CLEVELAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1974   
Gold Glove 1976   
All-Star Selections 1971    1973    1974    1976    1978    1979   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 22 WAS NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 7 7 7
1967 23 WAS NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 7 7 7
1968 24 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6
1969 25 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1970 26 WAS NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1971 27 WAS NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1972 28 WAS NL $ 4,150,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1973 29 WAS NL $ 4,150,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1974 30 WAS NL $ 4,150,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1975 31 BSN NL $ 4,150,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1976 32 BSN NL $ 4,150,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1977 33 BSN NL $ 4,150,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1978 34 BSN NL $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1979 35 BSN NL $ 5,000,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 6 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 6
1980 36 BSN NL $ 5,000,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4
1981 37 BSN NL $ 5,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1966 22 AAA   137 504 67 124 17 1 26 99 5 5 81 63 .246 .350 .438 .789 81.1  
1967 23 WAS NL 51 176 19 43 7 1 4 20 0 0 19 29 .244 .323 .364 .687 21.2 3.3
    AAA   106 379 78 121 16 2 24 90 5 6 95 55 .319 .456 .562 1.018 94.2  
1969 25 WAS NL 149 519 65 141 32 4 12 82 5 7 56 92 .272 .344 .418 .762 69.7 12.8
1970 26 WAS NL 154 544 68 153 26 3 15 66 8 5 49 103 .281 .345 .423 .768 74.5 13.4
1971 27 WAS NL 158 570 93 191 33 0 24 102 5 1 58 74 .335 .396 .519 .915 105.7 24.6
1972 28 WAS NL 157 580 72 135 15 1 25 85 4 4 50 80 .233 .292 .391 .683 66.4 7.4
1973 29 WAS NL 158 592 93 180 26 2 18 86 2 1 59 84 .304 .365 .446 .811 94.6 18.6
1974 30 WAS NL 155 574 86 189 24 2 33 121 4 4 70 75 .329 .403 .551 .954 117.0 27.8
1975 31 BSN NL 157 588 96 167 29 3 20 95 2 1 70 76 .284 .362 .446 .807 87.9 17.3
1976 32 BSN NL 154 587 91 154 29 1 25 106 2 0 52 101 .262 .327 .443 .770 77.2 13.6
1977 33 BSN NL 136 503 66 128 22 2 14 71 0 2 45 83 .254 .315 .390 .705 61.8 8.1
1978 34 BSN NL 155 569 103 161 24 2 26 73 0 0 66 80 .283 .359 .469 .828 95.5 23.5
1979 35 BSN NL 138 541 82 156 28 3 18 68 0 1 54 94 .288 .358 .451 .809 84.1 19.8
1980 36 BSN NL 151 567 81 153 13 2 23 84 0 1 54 103 .270 .333 .422 .755 77.2 14.1
1981 37 AAA   100 374 40 84 8 1 8 26 2 0 35 78 .225 .291 .316 .606 36.2  
13 Years Sim 1873 6910 1015 1951 308 26 257 1059 32 27 702 1074 .282 .350 .446 .796 1032.8 204.4
3 Years AAA 343 1257 185 329 41 4 58 215 12 11 211 196 .262 .371 .439 .810 211.5  
162 Game Average 597 87 168 26 2 22 91 2 2 60 92 .282 .350 .446 .796 89.3  
Career Highs 158 592 103 191 33 4 33 121 8 7 70 103 .335 .403 .551 .954 117.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4605 675 1263 190 22 156 655 25 16 444 736 .274 .339 .427 .766 661.3
vs LH   2305 340 688 118 4 101 404 7 11 258 338 .298 .371 .485 .855 397.3
Home 946 3413 485 971 174 11 115 531 17 20 343 535 .285 .351 .443 .794 516.7
Away 927 3497 530 980 134 15 142 528 15 7 359 539 .280 .349 .449 .798 541.9
RISP   1729 0 487 74 7 60 736 0 0 218 278 .282 .355 .437 .791 274.8
Pinch Hitting   78 12 25 4 0 3 16 0 0 8 12 .321 .384 .487 .871 13.8
Close/Late   830 130 235 29 1 37 128 0 0 104 115 .283 .365 .454 .819 137.4
Mar/Apr 300 1129 162 323 58 5 44 178 3 8 104 170 .286 .346 .463 .809 174.3
May 321 1173 171 337 48 4 38 145 1 5 118 180 .287 .355 .432 .787 175.4
June 311 1145 162 342 48 4 46 170 6 6 133 175 .299 .374 .468 .842 194.3
July 302 1136 170 312 60 6 40 187 7 3 114 157 .275 .340 .444 .784 170.0
August 338 1258 200 353 46 4 53 210 8 3 130 214 .281 .349 .450 .799 196.4
Sep/Oct 301 1069 150 284 48 3 36 169 7 2 103 178 .266 .333 .417 .750 148.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1967 23 WAS NL SS 27 27 241.7 43 119 8 21 .953 6.03   1.3
    2B 24 23 203.7 56 91 1 27 .993 6.50   1.0
1969 25 WAS NL 3B 142 141 1241.7 55 303 26 25 .932 2.59   3.1
    SS 4 0 8.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1970 26 WAS NL 3B 148 144 1265.3 71 319 16 30 .961 2.77   6.7
    SS 3 1 14.0 3 9 1 1 .923 7.71   0.2
    2B 6 0 13.3 5 6 1 3 .917 7.43   0.1
1971 27 WAS NL 3B 153 148 1313.3 88 356 17 40 .963 3.04   5.1
    2B 4 0 7.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.91   0.0
    SS 2 0 5.7 1 3 0 2 1.000 6.36   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 28 WAS NL 3B 151 146 1316.3 89 349 24 29 .948 2.99   5.3
    2B 4 0 11.0 7 3 0 1 1.000 8.18   0.1
    SS 1 0 1.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 27.00   0.1
1973 29 WAS NL 3B 144 140 1259.0 82 361 24 29 .949 3.17   4.2
    2B 7 7 68.0 15 22 1 3 .974 4.90   0.2
    SS 3 0 4.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1974 30 WAS NL 2B 136 136 1203.0 291 523 15 119 .982 6.09   5.2
    3B 14 9 95.0 5 25 1 3 .968 2.84   0.2
    SS 5 0 11.0 2 6 1 1 .889 6.55   0.1
1975 31 BSN NL 3B 148 147 1315.3 67 316 22 29 .946 2.62   4.9
    2B 4 0 5.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.77   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00   0.0
1976 32 BSN NL 3B 145 144 1273.0 94 376 25 33 .949 3.32   5.8
    SS 4 0 11.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.0
    2B 4 0 8.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
1977 33 BSN NL 3B 127 125 1102.0 65 267 18 19 .949 2.71   4.0
    SS 7 6 60.7 9 25 0 6 1.000 5.04   0.4
    2B 2 0 10.0 2 6 0 2 1.000 7.20   0.1
1978 34 BSN NL 3B 122 117 1040.3 63 291 26 27 .932 3.06   3.9
    SS 29 26 234.0 39 105 3 24 .980 5.54   1.3
    2B 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 35 BSN NL 3B 23 21 184.7 8 53 5 2 .924 2.97   0.5
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1980 36 BSN NL SS 6 1 25.3 3 9 0 1 1.000 4.26   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 1318 1282 11407.0 687 3017 204 266 .948 2.92   43.8
  2B 196 166 1535.0 379 661 18 155 .983 6.10   6.8
  SS 94 61 621.6 106 287 14 57 .966 5.69   3.5
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1609 1509 13564.6 1172 3965 236 478 .956 3.41   54.1
Career Highs   160 148 1331.0 298 554 29 123 1.000 6.24    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1969 25 WAS NL 7 26 6 10 0 0 3 6 1 0 2 1 .385 .414 .731 1.145
1970 26 WAS NL 12 40 4 16 2 0 1 7 1 0 8 0 .400 .500 .525 1.025
1971 27 WAS NL 6 17 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 .176 .364 .235 .599
1972 28 WAS NL 6 23 2 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .261 .280 .391 .671
1973 29 WAS NL 4 15 3 6 0 0 1 6 0 0 2 1 .400 .444 .600 1.044
1975 31 BSN NL 5 18 0 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 .278 .409 .389 .798
1976 32 BSN NL 12 46 11 13 1 0 5 14 2 0 4 5 .283 .340 .630 .970
1978 34 BSN NL 5 20 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .150 .261 .200 .461
Career Post-Season Batting 57 205 30 62 7 0 11 41 5 0 28 17 .302 .384 .498 .882
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1971-2-.335
1973-5-.304
1974-1-.329
 On-Base Pct
1971-3-.396
1974-2-.403
 Slugging Pct
1971-4-.519
1974-3-.551
1978-7-.469
 OPS
1971-2-.915
1974-1-.954
1978-10-.828
 XR
1971-1-105.7
1973-9-94.6
1974-2-117.0
1978-7-95.5
 Games
1971-2-158
1972-3-157
1973-3-158
1975-3-157
1978-3-155
At-Bats
1972-10-580
1975-9-588
 Runs
1971-8-93
1973-9-93
1975-7-96
1978-4-103
 Hits
1971-1-191
1973-3-180
1974-2-189
 Total Bases
1971-3-296
1974-2-316
1975-10-262
1978-8-267
 Singles
1971-2-134
1973-4-134
1974-8-130
 Doubles
1971-7-33
Homeruns
1972-10-25
1974-3-33
1976-6-25
1978-7-26
 RBIs
1971-9-102
1974-1-121
1976-5-106
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 79    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Sid Gordon (925)
  2. Bobby Thomson (921)
  3. Whitey Kurowski (915)
  4. Jim Spencer (913)
  5. Bob Nieman (903)
  6. Roy Sievers (901)
  7. Bob Horner (900)
  8. Norm Siebern (894)
  9. Jackie Jensen (893)
  10. Fred Lynn (892)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1966
Traded from Kansas City to Washington on 2/1/1966 (Going to WAS: 3B Sal Bando, LF Rich Reese. Going to KCR: P Don Sutton, P Johnny James)
Injured on 7/7/1967 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 7/31/1967, off Dean Chance (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 8/1/1967, off Dave Giusti (SEM)
Injured on 3/13/1968 with a Broken Foot, out for full season
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1971, hitting .458 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1971, hitting .366 with 6 HR, 23 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1971, hitting .335 with 24 HR, 102 RBI
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,150,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,150,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $4,150,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1974, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1974, hitting .536 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1974, hitting .424 with 5 HR, 20 RBI
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 7/17/1974
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (N) on 8/25/1974
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1974, hitting .571 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1974, hitting .364 with 8 HR, 33 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1974, hitting .329 with 33 HR, 121 RBI
Traded from Washington to Boston (N) on 2/1/1975 (Going to BSN: P Mike Marshall, 3B Sal Bando. Going to WAS: P John Denny, P Don Demola, 1B Dan Meyer)
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1975, hitting .343 with 7 HR, 28 RBI
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (N) on 4/28/1976
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1976
3/3/1977: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/18/1977 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit 3 homeruns against Philadelphia, driving in 4 runs on 6/13/1978
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1979, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 9/13/1979 with a Spasms Back, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 7/15/1981 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
 
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