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Willie Banks
Willie Anthony Banks

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 202 lb.

Debut July 31, 1991
  vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 26, 2002
Born February 27, 1969 in Jersey City, NJ

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1987. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1991 22 MIN AL   1   1   5   3   0   0   2  0   17.3   21   15   11   1   12   16   0   3    85   0   0  5.71  4.27   75 1.904
 1992 23 MIN AL   4   4  16  12   0   0   2  0   71.0   80   46   45   6   37   37   2   5   324   0   1  5.70  4.03   71 1.648
 1993 24 MIN AL  11  12  31  30   0   0   1  0  171.3  186   91   77  17   78  138   3   9   754   2   5  4.04  4.34  107 1.541
 1994 25 CHC NL   8  12  23  23   1   1   0  0  138.3  139   88   83  16   56   91   2   8   598   3   1  5.40  4.18   77 1.410
 1995 26 TOT NL   2   6  25  15   0   0   2  0   90.7  106   71   57  14   58   62   2   9   430   7   1  5.66  4.08   72 1.809
         CHC NL   0   1  10   0   0   0   2  0   11.7   27   23   20   5   12    9   0   3    73   4   0 15.43  4.10   27 3.343
         LAD NL   0   2   6   6   0   0   0  0   29.0   36   21   13   2   16   23   1   4   138   2   1  4.03  3.81   94 1.793
         FLA NL   2   3   9   9   0   0   0  0   50.0   43   27   24   7   30   30   1   2   219   1   0  4.32  4.23   98 1.460
 1997 28 NYY AL   3   0   5   1   0   0   1  0   14.0    9    3    3   0    6    8   1   0    57   0   0  1.93  4.48  232 1.071
 1998 29 TOT      2   3  42   0   0   0  13  1   58.0   54   37   31   6   37   40   2   5   265   4   1  4.81  4.25   88 1.569
         NYY AL   1   1   9   0   0   0   5  0   14.3   20   16   16   4   12    8   1   1    77   2   0 10.05  4.42   44 2.233
         ARI NL   1   2  33   0   0   0   8  1   43.7   34   21   15   2   25   32   1   4   188   2   1  3.09  4.19  136 1.351
 2001 32 BOS AL   0   0   5   0   0   0   1  0   10.7    5    4    1   0    4   10   0   1    42   0   1  0.84  4.53  536 0.844
 2002 33 BOS AL   2   1  29   0   0   0  18  1   39.0   32   15   14   5   14   26   3   1   162   0   0  3.23  4.56  141 1.179
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .458  33  39 181  84   1   1  40  2  610.3  632  370  322  65  302  428  15  41  2717  16  10  4.75  4.24   89 1.530
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  10  46  21   0   0  10  0  156.3  162   94   82  16   77  109   3  10   697   4   2  4.75  4.24   89 1.530
 Career High     11  12  42  30   1   1  18  1  171.3  186   91   83  17   78  138   3   9   754   7   5  4.04  4.34  107 1.410

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1994 25 CHC NL  23   41    3    5   1  0   0    0   0  1   1  13  .122  .163  .146  -18    6   7   0   0   1   0
 1995 26 TOT NL  28   26    2    7   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   9  .269  .321  .308   69    8   1   0   0   1   0
         CHC NL  10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         LAD NL   6    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .125  .300  .125   23    1   1   0   0   1   0
         FLA NL  12   17    1    6   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   4  .353  .353  .412  101    7   0   0   0   0   0
 1998 29 TOT     40    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         ARI NL  31    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      156   68    5   12   2  0   0    1   0  1   2  23  .176  .222  .206   14   14   8   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         71    5   12   2  0   0    1   0  1   2  24  .176  .222  .206   14   15   8   0   0   2   0
 Career High     40   41    3    7   1  0   0    1   0  1   1  13                           8   7   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1994 25 CHC NL   50   44    1   0.6   108| .122  .273| .163  .340| .146  .427| .309  .768| -18  .021  -7.2  -0.7   0%
 1995 26 TOT NL   29   20    3   4.0   105| .269  .268| .321  .336| .308  .417| .629  .753|  69  .416  -1.1  -0.1   0%
         CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0   105| .000  .268| .000  .337| .000  .418| .000  .755|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         LAD NL   11    8    1   3.4    99| .125  .260| .300  .328| .125  .404| .425  .732|  23  .338  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         FLA NL   17   11    2   4.9   108| .353  .272| .353  .341| .412  .423| .765  .764| 101  .504  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1998 29 TOT       1    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .269| .000  .340| .000  .424| .000  .764|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         ARI NL    1    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .269| .000  .340| .000  .424| .000  .764|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons        80   65    4   1.6   107| .176  .271| .222  .339| .206  .423| .428  .762|  14  .120  -8.6  -0.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1991 22 MIN AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.58 0.00 1.82 3 17.3 1992 23 MIN AL P 16 9 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.88 0.56 1.77 1.72 12 71.0 1993 24 MIN AL P 31 13 15 6 1 .824 .952 0.90 0.56 1.47 1.79 30 171.3 1994 25 CHC NL P 23 9 13 1 0 .957 .957 0.96 0.54 1.43 1.86 23 138.3 1995 26 TOT NL P 25 13 10 1 0 .958 .958 0.92 0.51 2.28 1.84 15 90.7 CHC NL P 10 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.50 0.51 3.85 1.85 0 11.7 LAD NL P 6 4 3 0 0 1.000 .959 1.17 0.52 2.17 1.83 6 29.0 FLA NL P 9 6 5 1 0 .917 .957 1.22 0.51 1.98 1.84 9 50.0 1997 28 NYY AL P 5 0 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.80 0.48 2.57 1.74 1 14.0 1998 29 TOT P 42 10 10 1 1 .952 .962 0.48 0.53 3.10 1.83 0 58.0 NYY AL P 9 3 4 1 1 .875 .959 0.78 0.50 4.41 1.76 0 14.3 ARI NL P 33 7 6 0 0 1.000 .963 0.39 0.54 2.68 1.85 0 43.7 2001 32 BOS AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.48 0.00 1.77 0 10.7 2002 33 BOS AL P 29 3 8 1 0 .917 .957 0.38 0.48 2.54 1.68 0 39.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1991 22 MIN AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.58 0.00 1.82 3 17.3 1992 23 MIN AL P 16 9 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.88 0.56 1.77 1.72 12 71.0 1993 24 MIN AL P 31 13 15 6 1 .824 .952 0.90 0.56 1.47 1.79 30 171.3 1994 25 CHC NL P 23 9 13 1 0 .957 .957 0.96 0.54 1.43 1.86 23 138.3 1995 26 TOT NL P 25 13 10 1 0 .958 .958 0.92 0.51 2.28 1.84 15 90.7 CHC NL P 10 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.50 0.51 3.85 1.85 0 11.7 LAD NL P 6 4 3 0 0 1.000 .959 1.17 0.52 2.17 1.83 6 29.0 FLA NL P 9 6 5 1 0 .917 .957 1.22 0.51 1.98 1.84 9 50.0 1997 28 NYY AL P 5 0 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.80 0.48 2.57 1.74 1 14.0 1998 29 TOT P 42 10 10 1 1 .952 .962 0.48 0.53 3.10 1.83 0 58.0 NYY AL P 9 3 4 1 1 .875 .959 0.78 0.50 4.41 1.76 0 14.3 ARI NL P 33 7 6 0 0 1.000 .963 0.39 0.54 2.68 1.85 0 43.7 2001 32 BOS AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.48 0.00 1.77 0 10.7 2002 33 BOS AL P 29 3 8 1 0 .917 .957 0.38 0.48 2.54 1.68 0 39.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 181 57 65 10 3 .924 .956 0.67 0.53 1.80 1.80 84 610.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 181 57 65 10 3 .924 .956 0.67 0.53 1.80 1.80 84 610
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts/9IP
1993 AL-7.25-5

Shutouts
1994 NL-1-5

Bases On Balls Allow.
1994 NL-56-6

Losses
1994 NL-12-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1994 NL-83-3

Wild Pitches
1994 NL-8-8
1995 NL-9-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2555) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1771) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1987.

November 24, 1993: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Stevens and Matt Walbeck.

June 19, 1995: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dax Winslett (minors).

August 10, 1995: Selected off waivers by the Florida Marlins from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 4, 1995: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Florida Marlins.

March 8, 1996: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

January 3, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

June 3, 1998: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Scott Brow and Joe Lisio (minors).

December 21, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

July 12, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

October 18, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

April 2, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

August 15, 2001: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

August 23, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1992Minnesota Twins$110,000
1993Minnesota Twins$126,000
1994Chicago Cubs$190,000
1995Chicago Cubs$240,000
1998New York Yankees$342,500
2002Boston Red Sox$450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,458,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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