Sal Bando, top, jumps on the heap as the jubilant Athletics whoop it up on the field after beating the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the World Series, on Oct. 17, 1974, in Oakland, California.

Sal Bando, the captain of the Athletics’ dynasty that won back-to-back-to-back World Series championships in the 1970s, died on Friday night after a battle with cancer. He was 78.

Sal Bando, a former four-time Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star and three-time World Series champion, has died at the age of 78, the league announced on Saturday.

Bando and the A's won the World Series in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and while in Oakland Bando made four All-Star teams and finished runner-up in the American League MVP balloting in 1971.

Sal Bando, the third baseman and captain of the Oakland Athletics in the 1970s during the team’s run of three consecutive World Series victories, died on Friday in Oconomowoc, Wis., a suburb of ...

Bando hit .254 with 242 homers and 1,039 RBIs in 16 seasons with the Athletics and Brewers. The four-time All-Star, who also starred for Arizona State in college, won three straight titles with ...