History Characters / TheSandlot

* BassoProfundo: Courtesy of James Earl Jones.

* BigScaryBlackMan: He's built up as this scary individual who keeps a monstrous dog in his backyard. Subverted as he turns out to be a nice guy once the boys finally meet him. When the boys tell him that they were trying to get their ball back from his dog, he simply asks them why they didn't just ask him to get it for them.

* LongLived: According to the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, he lives to be "199 in doggy years," which would be equivalent to ''twenty-eight and a half'' for a human. That puts him just shy of the real world record holder for longest-lived dog, who lived to be twenty-nine years and five months old. It's especially impressive because the Beast is an English Mastiff, and large dogs tend to have shorter lifespans than small ones.

!!!'''Played by:''' Patrick Renna

Benny is the hero of the film, next to Smalls' SupportingProtagonist. In the Epilogue, he is revealed to have become a long-time pro baseball player, and is on the Dodgers at the end of the episode. It is suggested he had a very successful career, and is nicknamed "The Jet". He appears in ''The Sandlot: Heading Home'', where he's the manager of the baseball team called the Dodgers.

* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from barely knowing that baseball is a thing to a decent player to a successful sports commentator.

%%* HappilyMarried: Implied with Wendy.

* AscendedFanboy: Partial. While not as successful as Benny he does go on to play baseball.

* GameBreakingInjury: Took a fastball to the side of the head, which ended up blinding him.

Ham is a bit of a snarker, and is not afraid to hurl insults or show off an inordinant amount of bravado. Although portly, he is a good power hitter on the actual team, and a home run by him (getting rid of their last ball for that day) introduces us to The Beast. He frequently tires of Smalls' naivete and lack of experience in certain things, like s'mores, frequently saying, "You're ''killing'' me, Smalls!"

* TheBigGuy: The biggest guy on TheTeam and also the first to hit a homerun.

Bertram also has the appearance of a nerd like Squints, but is much more low-key. Has an aggressive edge, second only to Ham Porter, and has a rebellios edge. In the epilogue, Smalls said he disappeared after getting "really into TheSixties".

* LastNameBasis: To the Sandlot kids.

* HollywoodNerd: Scrawny and glasses looks the part but he's a ballplayer just as good as the others.

!!!'''Played by:''' Mike Vitar (young), Pablo Vitar (adult, first film), Danny Nucci (adult, ''Heading Home'')

The Beast is an English Mastiff owned by Mr. Mertle, a blind elderly black man who lives behind the Sandlot where the kids play baseball. Known by the kids as "The Beast", he greedily hoards any ball hit over the fence. Although the kids think he's mean and evil, it turns out he just likes keeping the balls and is defensive about them. Really, he turns out to be a gentle giant, and at the end he's considered their mascot.

* TheGenericGuy: Has no real defining characteristics of his own and seems to mostly be there to make up the numbers.
* Smoking IsCool: Seems to think so, when he bring 'Big Chief' tobacco to the celebration carnival. After everyone takes some, and goes on a spinny ride, [[SmokingisNotCool Not so much]].

Bertram also has the appearance of a nerd like Squints, but is much more low-key. Has an aggressive edge, second only to Ham Porter. In the epilogue, Smalls said he disappeared after getting "really into TheSixties".

!!!'''Played by:''' Tom Guiry (young), Arliss Howard (adult), David Mickey Evans (narrator)

!!!'''Played by:''' "Brandon Adams

!!'''Played by:''' Tom Guiry (young), Arliss Howard (adult), David Mickey Evans (narrator)

!!'''Played by:''' Mike Vitar (young), Pablo Vitar (adult, first film), Danny Nucci (adult, ''Heading Home'')

!!'''Played by:''' Patrick Renna

!!'''Played by:''' Chauncey Leopardi

!!'''Played by:''' Marty York

!!'''Played by:''' "Brandon Adams

!!'''Played by:''' Grant Gelt

!!'''Played by:''' Victor [=DiMattia=] (Timmy), Shane Obedzinski (Tommy)

!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JamesEarlJones

Scott Smalls (played by Tom Guiry), simply called "Smalls" by the other kids, is a boy who moved to suburban Los Angeles in 1962 with his mother and his new step-father. The crux of the first half of the film is him trying to fit in with the kids of his new neighborhood. Taken under the wing of Benny, he finds a new passion for baseball. It is his mistake of unwittingly using a ball signed by Babe Ruth (which belonged to his step-father) that drives the second half of the film.

The grown-up Smalls (played by Arliss Howard) is TheNarrator. In the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, he is revealed to be a radio commentator for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Benny (played by Mike Vitar) is the oldest, wisest and most mature of the Sandlot kids, and the one everyone looks up to. He is Hispanic, and a major fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers (he almost always wears a Dodgers ballcap). He is known particularly for his speed, and it comes into play when he outruns The Beast after getting Smalls' ball back in the second half.

Benny is the hero of the film, next to Smalls' SupportingProtagonist. In the Epilogue, he is revealed to have become a long-time pro baseball player, and is on the Dodgers at the end of the episode. It is suggested he had a very successful career, and is nicknamed "The Jet". Grown-up Benny is played by Pablo Vitar in the final scene of the film. He appears in ''The Sandlot: Heading Home'', where he's the manager of the baseball team called the Dodgers.

Ham (played by Patrick Renna) is a bit of a snarker, and is not afraid to hurl insults or show off an inordinant amount of bravado. Although portly, he is a good power hitter on the actual team, and a home run by him (getting rid of their last ball for that day) introduces us to The Beast. He frequently tires of Smalls' naivete and lack of experience in certain things, like s'mores, frequently saying, "You're ''killing'' me, Smalls!"

Squints (played by Chauncey Leopardi) looks like a nerd, but is also a good baseball player and a hammy storyteller. He is also a bit of a lech, having a major crush on an older local girl, Wendy Peffercorn. He largely drives the myths surrounding The Beast. In the epilogue, he's revealed to have bought the local pharmacy, and married Wendy. They have ''nine'' children.

[=Yeah-Yeah=] (played by Marty York) is a bit of a wise-cracker, and is known for starting a lot of his sentences by saying "[=Yeah-Yeah=]", hence his nickname.

[=DeNunez=] (played by Brandon Quentin Adams), an African American, is the team's pitcher, and possibly the most devoted to baseball besides Benny. When he grows up, he plays minor league ball for awhile and he does inner-city little league organization.

Bertram (played by Grant Gelt) also has the appearance of a nerd like Squints, but is much more low-key. Has an aggressive edge, second only to Ham Porter. In the epilogue, Smalls said he disappeared after getting "really into TheSixties".

Timmy (Victor [=DiMattia=]) and Tommy (Shane Obedzinski) are brothers, Timmy being the older one. Tommy is the youngest of the Sandlot kids, and frequently repeats everything Timmy says. At the end, Smalls says they become an architect and a contractor and invented the mini-mall.

!The Beast and Mr. Mertle

Mr. Mertle (played by Creator/JamesEarlJones), his owner, is actually a former Negro Leagues baseball player, whose blindness cut his career short. He named his dog in honor of his former teammate Creator/BabeRuth (who's considered the "Hercules of Baseball"). He befriends Smalls at the end. Smalls says at the end that Hercules lived to be 199 dog years old (about 28 1/2 years old).

* SmokingisCool: Seems to think so, when he bring 'Big Chief' tobacco to the celebration carnival. After everyone takes some, and goes on a spinny ride, [[SmokingisNotCool Not so much]].

Bertram (played by Grant Gelt) also has the appearance of a nerd like Squints, but is much more low-key. In the epilogue, Smalls said he disappeared after getting "really into TheSixties".

!Kenny [=DeNunez=]

Scott Smalls (played by Tom Guiry), simply called "Smalls" by the other kids, is a boy who moved to suburban Los Angeles in 1961 with his mother and his new step-father. The crux of the first half of the film is him trying to fit in with the kids of his new neighborhood. Taken under the wing of Benny, he finds a new passion for baseball. It is his mistake of unwittingly using a ball signed by Babe Ruth (which belonged to his step-father) that drives the second half of the film.