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Jack Banta
Jackie Kay Banta

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 18, 1947
Final Game June 21, 1950
Born June 24, 1925 in Hutchinson, KS
Died September 17, 2006 in Hutchinson, KS

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1947 22 BRO NL   0   1   3   1   0   0   1  0    7.7    7    6    6   1    4    3   1   1    38       0  7.04  4.15   59 1.435
 1948 23 BRO NL   0   1   2   1   0   0   1  0    3.3    5    6    3   0    5    1   0   0    19       0  8.10  3.99   49 3.000
 1949 24 BRO NL  10   6  48  12   2   1  15  3  152.3  125   63   57  12   68   97   6   3   643       0  3.37  4.12  122 1.267
 1950 25 BRO NL   4   4  16   5   1   0   7  2   41.3   39   22   20   2   36   15   3   5   195       0  4.35  4.10   94 1.815
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .538  14  12  69  19   3   1  24  5  204.7  176   97   86  15  113  116  10   9   895       0  3.78  4.12  109 1.412
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10   9  53  14   2   0  18  3  158.0  136   74   66  11   87   89   7   6   691   0   0  3.78  4.12  109 1.412
 Career High     10   6  48  12   2   1  15  3  152.3  125   63   57  12   68   97   6   5   643   0   0  3.37  4.12  122 1.267

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 22 BRO NL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1948 23 BRO NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1949 24 BRO NL  48   46    2    5   1  0   0    1   0      3   9  .109  .163  .130  -22    6   1           0   1
 1950 25 BRO NL  16   12    1    2   0  0   0    2   0      1   1  .167  .231  .167    6    2   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       69   61    3    7   1  0   0    3   0  0   4  11  .115  .169  .131  -20    8   1   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        143    7   16   2  0   0    7   0  0   9  26  .115  .169  .131  -20   19   2   0   0   0   5
 Career High     48   46    2    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   3   9                           6   1   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 22 BRO NL    2    2    0   0.0   109| .000  .278| .000  .354| .000  .413| .000  .768|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1948 23 BRO NL    1    1    0   0.0   104| .000  .272| .000  .347| .000  .403| .000  .750|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1949 24 BRO NL   50   43    1   0.6   107| .109  .275| .163  .349| .130  .412| .293  .761| -22  .025  -8.2  -0.8     
 1950 25 BRO NL   13   11    0   0.0   110| .167  .272| .231  .349| .167  .422| .398  .771|   6  .000  -1.7  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        66   57    1   0.5   108| .115  .275| .169  .349| .131  .413| .300  .763| -20  .015 -10.8  -1.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1947 22 BRO NL P 3 0 5 0 1 1.000 .962 1.67 0.90 5.84 2.10 1 7.7 1948 23 BRO NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 2.18 1 3.3 1949 24 BRO NL P 48 8 27 3 3 .921 .954 0.73 0.91 2.07 2.04 12 152.3 1950 25 BRO NL P 16 0 4 0 2 1.000 .952 0.25 0.97 0.87 2.11 5 41.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1947 22 BRO NL P 3 0 5 0 1 1.000 .962 1.67 0.90 5.84 2.10 1 7.7 1948 23 BRO NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 2.18 1 3.3 1949 24 BRO NL P 48 8 27 3 3 .921 .954 0.73 0.91 2.07 2.04 12 152.3 1950 25 BRO NL P 16 0 4 0 2 1.000 .952 0.25 0.97 0.87 2.11 5 41.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 69 8 36 3 6 .936 .954 0.64 0.92 1.93 2.06 19 204.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 69 8 36 3 6 .936 .954 0.64 0.92 1.93 2.05 19 205
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1949   WS    BRO NYY     L   3   0   3.18  0  0  0  0   5.2   5   2   1   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1949   WS    BRO NYY     L   3   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Games
1949 NL-48-4

Strikeouts
1949 NL-97-10

Wild Pitches
1950 NL-5-8

Hit Batsmen
1949 NL-6-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1826) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1459) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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 

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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