Brian Banks

Brian Glen Banks

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 28, 1970 in Mesa, AZ
High School: Mountain View HS (Mesa, AZ)
School: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
Drafted
by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 29, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1996
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Marlins 1996-2003

Final Game: September 28, 2003
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1996 25 MIL AL 4 8 7 2 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .571 .625 1.286 1.911 362 9 0 0 0 0 0 /73
1997 26 MIL AL 28 75 68 9 14 1 0 1 8 0 1 6 17 .206 .267 .265 .531 39 18 1 0 0 1 0 7/35D9
1998 27 MIL NL 24 28 24 3 7 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 7 .292 .393 .500 .893 134 12 0 0 0 0 0 /2357
1999 28 MIL NL 105 249 219 34 53 7 1 5 22 6 1 25 59 .242 .317 .352 .669 71 77 2 0 3 2 5 32/79
2002 31 FLA NL 20 29 28 3 9 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 6 .321 .345 .464 .809 114 13 0 0 0 0 0 /9735
2003 32 FLA NL 92 180 149 14 35 6 2 4 23 2 1 25 38 .235 .348 .383 .731 93 57 4 2 2 2 1 739/D
6 Yrs 273 569 495 65 122 19 3 13 64 8 3 62 129 .246 .330 .376 .706 83 186 7 2 5 5 6
162 Game Avg. 162 338 294 39 72 11 2 8 38 5 2 37 77 .246 .330 .376 .706 83 110 4 1 3 3 4
MIL (4 yrs) 161 360 318 48 78 12 1 8 37 6 2 36 85 .245 .319 .365 .684 76 116 3 0 3 3 5
FLA (2 yrs) 112 209 177 17 44 7 2 5 27 2 1 26 44 .249 .348 .395 .743 96 70 4 2 2 2 1
NL (4 yrs) 241 486 420 54 104 16 3 11 54 8 2 55 110 .248 .335 .379 .713 85 159 6 2 5 4 6
AL (2 yrs) 32 83 75 11 18 3 0 2 10 0 1 7 19 .240 .301 .360 .661 71 27 1 0 0 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1996 25 MIL AL 4 8 3 0 0 -0 -0 2 0.2 0 3 0.2 .550 .501 0.3 -0.0 3 $ /73
1997 26 MIL AL 28 75 -7 -0 -0 1 -1 -7 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .476 .496 -0.5 0.1 -6 $150,000 7/35D9
1998 27 MIL NL 24 28 1 0 0 -1 0 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .499 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $ /2357
1999 28 MIL NL 105 249 -12 1 1 -6 -1 -17 -1.7 7 -11 -1.1 .484 .490 -0.4 -0.7 -4 $203,000 32/79
2002 31 FLA NL 20 29 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $ /9735
2003 32 FLA NL 92 180 -2 -0 -0 -3 -2 -8 -0.8 5 -3 -0.3 .491 .495 0.0 -0.5 0 $300,000 739/D
6 Seasons 273 569 -17 1 1 -10 -5 -30 -3.0 16 -14 -1.5 .489 .497 -0.3 -1.4 -4 $653,000
MIL (4 yrs) 161 360 -15 1 1 -7 -2 -22 -2.2 10 -12 -1.3 .486 .497 -0.4 -0.8 -5 $353,000
FLA (2 yrs) 112 209 -2 0 0 -3 -3 -8 -0.8 6 -2 -0.2 .493 .498 0.1 -0.6 1 $300,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1996 25 MIL AL 8 3 6 53.7 118 .750 .571 .281 .625 .354 1.286 .451 1.911 .805 362 .984 2.9 0.2 3.333 .857 .714 .0
1997 26 MIL AL 75 57 5 2.4 110 .255 .206 .272 .267 .342 .265 .431 .531 .773 39 .192 -6.2 -0.6 .411 .132 .059 .0
1998 27 MIL NL 28 17 5 7.9 107 .375 .292 .269 .393 .340 .500 .424 .893 .764 134 .709 1.3 0.1 .941 .375 .208 .0
1999 28 MIL NL 249 174 26 4.0 114 .306 .242 .273 .317 .348 .352 .440 .669 .788 71 .373 -9.8 -0.9 .633 .247 .110 5.5
2002 31 FLA NL 29 19 5 7.0 105 .381 .321 .262 .345 .336 .464 .417 .809 .753 114 .669 0.4 0.0 .737 .179 .143 .0
2003 32 FLA NL 180 123 21 4.6 108 .284 .235 .266 .348 .338 .383 .427 .731 .765 93 .465 -0.9 -0.1 .714 .322 .148 2.7
6 Yrs 569 393 68 4.6 111 .304 .246 .270 .330 .343 .376 .433 .706 .776 83 .453 -12.4 -1.2 .666 .265 .129 9.9
162 Game Avg. 338 233 40 4.6 111 .304 .246 .270 .330 .343 .376 .433 .706 .776 83 .453 -12.4 -1.2 .666 .265 .129 6
MIL (4 yrs) 360 251 42 4.5 113 .307 .245 .273 .319 .346 .365 .437 .684 .783 76 .428 -11.8 -1.1 .637 .245 .119 6.9
FLA (2 yrs) 209 142 26 4.9 107 .300 .249 .266 .348 .338 .395 .425 .743 .763 96 .499 -0.5 -0.0 .717 .299 .147 2.9
NL (4 yrs) 486 333 57 4.6 111 .307 .248 .270 .335 .343 .379 .433 .713 .776 85 .450 -9.0 -0.8 .685 .276 .131 9.3
AL (2 yrs) 83 60 11 4.9 111 .291 .240 .273 .301 .343 .360 .433 .661 .776 71 .473 -3.3 -0.3 .559 .200 .120 .0

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 32 FLA NL NLDS SFG W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 32 FLA NL NLCS CHC W 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1996 25 MIL AL 8 12.5% 25.0% 12.5% 37.5% 75% 2.00 3.5 7.0 3.5 0.67 50% 40% 33.3% 0%
1997 26 MIL AL 75 1.3% 22.7% 8.0% 2.7% 14% 2.83 4.0 68.0 8.5 0.58 0.63 68% 17% 3.4% 12%
1998 27 MIL NL 28 3.6% 25.0% 14.3% 10.7% 43% 1.75 3.4 24.0 4.8 0.55 1.00 57% 29% 10.0% 9%
1999 28 MIL NL 249 2.0% 23.7% 10.0% 5.2% 25% 2.36 3.7 43.8 10.0 0.55 0.74 63% 23% 5.7% 14%
2002 31 FLA NL 29 3.5% 20.7% 3.5% 6.9% 22% 6.00 4.7 28.0 7.0 0.40 0.63 72% 45% 6.7% 0%
2003 32 FLA NL 180 2.2% 21.1% 13.9% 6.7% 34% 1.52 3.9 37.3 6.5 0.64 0.77 61% 19% 6.3% 7%
6 Yrs 569 2.3% 22.7% 10.9% 6.2% 29% 2.08 3.8 38.1 7.7 0.57 0.74 63% 23% 6.2% 10%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.8% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 1.88 5.3 31.5 7.4 0.78 1.08 70% 22% 8.3% 14%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1996 25 MIL AL 2.9 0.2 8 0.2 0.3 -0.0 .68 0.2 0.1 2.2 0.2 0.72 3.0 0.02 1
1997 26 MIL AL -6.2 -0.6 77 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .88 -0.7 0.2 -4.5 -0.4 0.88 -7.8 1.32 8
1998 27 MIL NL 1.3 0.1 28 0.2 0.7 -0.5 1.02 0.3 -0.2 1.3 0.1 0.98 2.9 1.20 15
1999 28 MIL NL -10.2 -0.9 259 -1.1 3.7 -4.8 1.04 -0.7 -0.3 -9.3 -0.9 0.96 -10.3 1.36 25
2002 31 FLA NL 0.4 0.0 29 0.0 0.4 -0.4 .72 0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.0 0.89 2.1 0.75 10
2003 32 FLA NL -0.9 -0.1 186 -0.5 2.8 -3.3 .99 -0.1 -0.4 -1.3 -0.1 0.98 -1.3 1.41 45
6 Yrs -12.7 -1.2 587 -1.6 8.7 -10.3 .98 -0.7 -1.0 -11.8 -1.1 0.95 -11.5 1.29 104

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1996 25 MIL AL 0 0 25% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1997 26 MIL AL 0 0 42% 21 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38% 4 4 0 2 0 2 2 1 1
1998 27 MIL NL 0 0 20% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1999 28 MIL NL 1 0 40% 91 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 45% 15 10 5 6 3 3 10 3 6
2002 31 FLA NL 0 0 22% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2003 32 FLA NL 0 0 17% 68 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 22% 8 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
6 Yrs 1 0 30% 220 8 3 73% 7 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 11 39% 31 24 7 10 3 7 15 6 8

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1996 25 MIL AL 8 100% 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.02 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1997 26 MIL AL 75 100% 14 2 0 8 1 0 0 1.32 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 1 8% 7 3 43% 44 7 16% 2 2 100% 4 4 100% 0
1998 27 MIL NL 28 100% 7 3 0 15 5 1 3 1.20 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 19 4 21% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1999 28 MIL NL 249 100% 53 7 2 25 5 0 1 1.36 5 0 7 4 1 4 1 0 6 3 50% 42 2 5% 29 8 28% 158 17 11% 16 7 44% 7 2 29% 0
2002 31 FLA NL 29 100% 9 1 0 10 4 0 1 0.75 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 20 3 15% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
2003 32 FLA NL 180 98% 35 4 0 45 8 0 5 1.41 4 0 4 2 2 1 3 0 2 2 100% 39 4 10% 20 9 45% 130 19 15% 17 5 29% 6 5 83% 0
6 Yrs 569 99% 122 17 2 104 23 1 10 1.29 13 1 17 7 6 6 7 0 8 5 63% 100 7 7% 59 21 36% 373 51 14% 38 16 42% 18 12 67% 0
MLB Averages 54% 73% 11% 34% 15% 53% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1996 25 MIL AL 8 39 4.88 22 56% 18% 18% 41% 23% 82% 0% 46% 78% 50% 13% 1 0 13% 1 0 13% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1997 26 MIL AL 72 261 3.63 165 63% 21% 19% 31% 30% 79% 0% 50% 76% 46% 1% 1 0 15% 11 8 8% 6 2 41% 3 0 0
1998 27 MIL NL 28 113 4.04 63 56% 22% 22% 29% 27% 78% 0% 43% 71% 32% 4% 1 0 18% 5 4 18% 5 4 14% 0 0 0
1999 28 MIL NL 250 963 3.85 581 60% 20% 23% 29% 28% 80% 5% 48% 71% 35% 5% 12 1 15% 37 20 7% 18 9 20% -1 0 0
2002 31 FLA NL 29 88 3.03 62 70% 16% 21% 27% 35% 84% 0% 59% 75% 52% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 3% 1 1 67% 0 0 0
2003 32 FLA NL 180 674 3.74 404 60% 22% 18% 32% 28% 78% 1% 47% 77% 34% 8% 14 0 18% 33 10 9% 16 12 24% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 567 2138 3.77 1297 61% 21% 21% 30% 29% 79% 3% 48% 74% 37% 5% 29 1 15% 87 42 8% 47 28 26% 2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.72 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 30% 5% 15% 9% 28%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1996 25 4 8 7 2 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .571 .625 1.286 1.911 362 9 0 0 0 0 0
1997 26 32 83 75 11 18 3 0 2 10 0 1 7 19 .240 .301 .360 .661 71 27 1 0 0 1 0
1998 27 56 111 99 14 25 5 0 3 15 0 1 11 26 .253 .324 .394 .718 86 39 1 0 0 1 0
1999 28 161 360 318 48 78 12 1 8 37 6 2 36 85 .245 .319 .365 .684 76 116 3 0 3 3 5
2000 29 161 360 318 48 78 12 1 8 37 6 2 36 85 .245 .319 .365 .684 76 116 3 0 3 3 5
2001 30 161 360 318 48 78 12 1 8 37 6 2 36 85 .245 .319 .365 .684 76 116 3 0 3 3 5
2002 31 181 389 346 51 87 13 1 9 41 6 2 37 91 .251 .321 .373 .694 79 129 3 0 3 3 5
2003 32 273 569 495 65 122 19 3 13 64 8 3 62 129 .246 .330 .376 .706 83 186 7 2 5 5 6

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1996 25 4 8 7 2 4 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 .571 .625 1.286 1.911 5 4
1997 26 28 75 68 9 14 1 0 1 8 0 6 17 .206 .267 .265 .531 5 28
1998 27 24 28 24 3 7 2 0 1 5 0 4 7 .292 .393 .500 .893 5 24
1999 28 105 245 216 30 50 7 1 5 20 6 24 59 .231 .306 .343 .648 22 105
2002 31 20 30 29 3 10 1 0 1 4 0 1 6 .345 .367 .483 .849 5 20
2003 32 92 178 148 14 34 6 2 4 22 2 24 38 .230 .341 .378 .719 19 92
6 Yrs 273 564 492 61 119 19 3 13 61 8 60 129 .242 .324 .372 .696 61 273
162 Game Avg. 162 335 292 36 71 11 2 8 36 5 36 77 .242 .324 .372 .696 36 273

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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