He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).

Born in Brooklyn, Sandt graduated from Pacifica High School in West Garden Grove, California, in 1968.

He was selected by Oakland in the second round of the 1969 Major League Baseball draft, and made his pro debut that season.

His MLB playing career consisted of 42 games: one appearance on June 29, 1975, as a defensive replacement at second base against the California Angels,[1] and 41 games as a utility infielder in 1976, when he spent the entire season on the Oakland roster.

He then returned to Pittsburgh for a 21⁄2-year stint under skippers Gene Lamont (2000) and Lloyd McClendon (2001–2002).