Brian Banks
Brian Glen Banks
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 28, 1970 in Mesa, AZ
High School: Mountain View (Mesa, AZ)
School: Brigham Young University
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 29, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1996
Final Game: September 28, 2003
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Standard Batting

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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 1.911 360 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 70 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 Seasons 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 75 116 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

Advanced Batting

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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 53.7 119 .750 .571 .282 .625 .356 1.286 .453 1.911 .808 360 .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 4.0 115 .306 .242 .274 .317 .350 .352 .442 .669 .791 70 .373 -10.2 -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 Seasons 569 393 68 4.6 111 .304 .246 .271 .330 .344 .376 .434 .706 .778 83 .453 -12.7 -1.2 .666 .265 .129 9.9
162 Game Avg. 338 233 40 4.6 111 .304 .246 .271 .330 .344 .376 .434 .706 .778 83 .453 -12.7 -1.2 .666 .265 .129 6
MIL (4 yrs) 360 251 42 4.5 113 .307 .245 .274 .319 .347 .365 .438 .684 .786 75 .428 -12.2 -1.2 .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 .344 .379 .434 .713 .778 85 .450 -9.4 -0.9 .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

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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 Season (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*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.01 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% 3 2 67% 0
1998 27 MIL NL 28 100% 7 3 0 15 5 1 3 1.22 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 19 4 21% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0
1999 28 MIL NL 249 100% 53 7 2 25 5 0 1 1.37 5 0 7 4 1 4 1 0 6 3 50% 42 2 5% 29 8 28% 158 17 11% 16 7 44% 15 4 27% 0
2002 31 FLA NL 29 100% 9 1 0 10 4 0 1 0.80 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 20 3 15% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
2003 32 FLA NL 180 100% 35 4 0 45 8 0 5 1.43 4 0 4 2 2 1 3 0 2 2 100% 39 4 10% 20 9 45% 130 19 15% 17 5 29% 14 7 50% 0
6 Seasons 569 100% 122 17 2 104 23 1 10 1.30 13 1 17 7 6 6 7 0 8 5 63% 100 7 7% 59 21 36% 373 51 14% 38 16 42% 37 15 41% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 249 960 3.86 580 60% 20% 23% 29% 28% 80% 5% 48% 71% 35% 5% 12 1 15% 37 20 7% 18 9 20% 0 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 Seasons 566 2135 3.77 1296 61% 21% 21% 30% 29% 79% 3% 48% 74% 37% 5% 29 1 15% 87 42 8% 47 28 26% 3 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 1.911 360 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 75 116 3 0 3 3 5
2000 29 161 360 318 48 78 12 1 8 37 6 2 36 85 .245 .319 .365 .684 75 116 3 0 3 3 5
2001 30 161 360 318 48 78 12 1 8 37 6 2 36 85 .245 .319 .365 .684 75 116 3 0 3 3 5
2002 31 181 389 346 51 87 13 1 9 41 6 2 37 91 .251 .321 .373 .694 78 129 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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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 28 105 245 218 31 52 7 1 5 20 6 25 59 .239 .314 .349 .663 24 105
2002 31 20 30 29 3 10 1 0 1 4 0 1 6 .345 .367 .483 .849 5 20
2003 32 92 180 150 14 36 6 2 4 23 2 26 38 .240 .356 .387 .742 21 92
6 Seasons 273 566 496 62 123 19 3 13 62 8 63 129 .248 .332 .377 .709 65 273
162 Game Avg. 162 336 294 37 73 11 2 8 37 5 37 77 .248 .332 .377 .709 39 273

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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