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
1993	22	MIL-min	A,Rk	50	215	195	29	55	6	2	6	27	2	4	18	42	.282	.344	.426	.770		83	3	1	0	1	0		BEL,HEL · MIDW,PION
1994	23	MIL-min	A+,A	132	564	483	70	129	22	2	13	75	14	9	67	86	.267	.357	.402	.759		194	11	4	4	6	7		STK,BEL · CALL,MIDW
1995	24	MIL-min	AA	128	536	441	81	136	39	10	12	78	9	9	81	113	.308	.413	.524	.937		231	10	3	3	8	6		ELP · TL
1996	25	MIL-min	AAA	137	564	487	71	132	29	7	16	64	17	8	66	105	.271	.356	.458	.814		223	6	2	2	7	3		NOR · AA
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-min	AAA	98	421	378	53	112	26	3	10	63	7	3	35	83	.296	.353	.460	.814		174	6	1	2	5	2		TUC · PCL
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-min	AAA	85	355	299	58	87	18	1	21	66	14	3	52	72	.291	.397	.569	.966		170	5	2	0	2	3		LOU · IL
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-min	AAA	6	27	24	3	5	2	1	1	6	0	0	2	5	.208	.259	.500	.759		12	0	0	0	1	1		LOU · IL
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

2000	29	FKA	Fgn																										FKA · JPPL
2001	30	CHC-FLA-min	AAA	118	438	396	72	111	29	4	24	67	5	4	36	108	.280	.342	.556	.898		220	7	3	0	3	3		IWA,CGY · PCL
2002	31	FLA-min	AAA	130	525	439	90	136	38	3	19	89	10	5	73	77	.310	.410	.540	.949		237	6	6	0	7	2		CGY · PCL
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
2004	33	FLA-min	AAA	67	248	216	31	50	12	2	6	30	0	0	27	46	.231	.319	.389	.707		84	5	2	0	3	0		ABQ · PCL
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
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

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2003	32	FLA	NL	NLDS	SFG	W	2	2	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2003	32	FLA	NL	NLCS	CHC	W	2	2	1	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500
1 Yr (2 Series)							4	4	3	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250
1 NLDS							2	2	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 NLCS							2	2	1	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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

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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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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