Chris Bando
| Chris Bando | |||
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| Catcher | |||
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Born: February 4, 1956 Cleveland, Ohio |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 13, 1981, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 1, 1989, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .227 | ||
| Home runs | 27 | ||
| Runs batted in | 142 | ||
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Christopher Michael Bando (born February 4, 1956) is a former catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 1980s, spending most of his career with the Cleveland Indians before playing for the Detroit Tigers and Oakland Athletics. In 498 career games, Bando had a batting average of .227 and 27 home runs.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Bando attended Arizona State University, where he played college baseball for the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team. He hit a home run in the championship game of the 1977 College World Series (CWS). He was chosen as the best catcher in the CWS during the 1970s.
In the 1978 MLB draft, Bando was selected by the Cleveland Indians as their second round pick. He began his minor league career that year with the Chattanooga Lookouts, batting .228 with four home runs and 21 runs batted in (RBIs) in 76 games. Bando also spent the following two seasons with the Lookouts, Cleveland's AA affiliate. In 1979, he played in only 21 games, posting a .242 batting average and driving in seven runs. His number of appearances jumped by a hundred the next year, as he saw action in 121 games for Chattanooga in 1980. His batting average also rose significantly, as he hit .349 for the season, while homering 12 times and collecting 73 RBIs.
In 1981, Bando played in 96 games for Cleveland's triple-A team, the Charleston Charlies. He batted .306, connected for 11 home runs and drove in 45 runners. Bando saw his first Major League action that fall. In 21 games for Cleveland, he had a .213 batting average and was the team's starting catcher eight times.
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