George Banks

George Edward Banks

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 24, 1938 in Pacolet Mills, SC
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1962
Teams (by GP): Twins/Indians 1962-1966

Final Game: May 7, 1966
Died: March 1, 1985 in Spartanburg, SC
Buried: Pacolet Memorial Gardens, Pacolet, SC
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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
1957	18	NYY-min	D-	42	157	157		40	8	0	6						.255	.255	.420	.675		66							KEA · NESL
1958	19	NYY-min	D	141	454	454		143	24	15	16						.315	.315	.540	.855		245							SPT · FLOR
1959	20	NYY-min	C,B	120	404	404		95	12	9	17						.235	.235	.436	.671		176							FMH,GBO · NORL,CARL
1960	21	NYY-min	B	137	468	468		127	20	4	26						.271	.271	.498	.769		233							GBO · CARL
1961	22	NYY-min	A	139	568	473	110	140	24	10	30	108	3		95	86	.296	.414	.579	.993		274							BNG · EL
1962	23	MIN	AL	63	130	103	22	26	0	2	4	15	0	0	21	27	.252	.372	.408	.780	107	42	6	1	1	4	0	9/75
1963	24	MIN-min	AAA	124	494	418	85	117	12	1	25	82	4	4	76	116	.280	.391	.493	.884		206							DFW · PCL
1963	24	MIN	AL	25	81	71	5	11	4	0	3	8	0	0	9	21	.155	.259	.338	.597	65	24	2	1	0	0	1	5
1964	25	CLE-MIN-min	AAA	124	518	435	72	110	16	3	26	78	3	1	72	113	.253	.362	.483	.845		210		5	2	4			POR,ATA · PCL,IL
1964	25	TOT	AL	10	24	18	6	5	1	0	2	3	0	0	6	7	.278	.458	.667	1.125	209	12	0	0	0	0	0	/7459
1964	25	MIN	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	25	CLE	AL	9	23	17	6	5	1	0	2	3	0	0	6	6	.294	.478	.706	1.184	225	12	0	0	0	0	0	/7459
1965	26	CLE-min	AAA	144	607	495	95	138	25	6	35	95	5	2	101	158	.279	.405	.566	.971		280		6	2	3			POR · PCL
1965	26	CLE	AL	4	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.200	.333	.400	.733	107	2	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1966	27	CLE-min	AAA	122	490	393	64	100	15	2	22	67	6	5	85	99	.254	.383	.471	.853		185		1	4	7			POR · PCL
1966	27	CLE	AL	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	45	1	0	0	0	0	0
1967	28	ANA-min	AAA	129	470	401	53	96	11	7	13	41	1	6	63	95	.239	.343	.399	.742		160		2	1	3			SLE · PCL
1968	29	PHI-min	A	45	140	140		36	5	0	7						.257	.257	.443	.700		62							SPB · WCRS
5 Yrs				106	245	201	33	44	6	2	9	27	0	1	37	59	.219	.340	.403	.743	101	81	8	2	1	4	1
162 Game Avg.				162	374	307	50	67	9	3	14	41	0	2	57	90	.219	.340	.403	.743	101	124	12	3	2	6	2

MIN (3 yrs)				89	212	175	27	37	4	2	7	23	0	0	30	49	.211	.327	.377	.704	90	66	8	2	1	4	1
CLE (3 yrs)				17	33	26	6	7	2	0	2	4	0	1	7	10	.269	.424	.577	1.001	178	15	0	0	0	0	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
1962	23	MIN	AL	63	130	2	0	-1	-2	-1	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.1	.497	.499	0.4	-0.3	4	$	9/75
1963	24	MIN	AL	25	81	-3	-0	-0	-0	0	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.2	.482	.497	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	5
1964	25	MIN	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.465	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$9,500
1964	25	CLE	AL	9	23	3	-0	0	1	-0	3	0.4	1	4	0.4	.541	.502	0.4	0.0	3	$	/7459
1965	26	CLE	AL	4	6	0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$9,500	/5
1966	27	CLE	AL	4	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.494	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
5 Seasons				106	245	1	-0	-2	-2	-1	-3	-0.4	7	3	0.3	.497	.500	0.6	-0.3	5	$19,000

MIN (3 yrs)				89	212	-2	0	-2	-2	-0	-6	-0.7	6	-0	-0.1	.492	.499	0.2	-0.3	2	$9,500
CLE (3 yrs)				17	33	3	-1	0	1	-0	3	0.3	1	4	0.4	.518	.501	0.4	0.0	3	$9,500

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
1962	23	MIN	AL	130	88	16	4.9	106	.289	.252	.268	.372	.341	.408	.417	.780	.758	107	.532	1.9	0.2	.771	.359	.155	.0
1963	24	MIN	AL	81	62	6	2.6	96	.170	.155	.258	.259	.324	.338	.398	.597	.722	65	.295	-3.4	-0.4	.548	.310	.183	.0
1964	25	TOT	AL	24	13	6	12.4	96	.333	.278	.256	.458	.324	.667	.397	1.125	.722	209	.877	3.1	0.3	1.385	.722	.389	.0
1964	25	MIN	AL	1	1	0	0.0	97		.000	.257	.000	.325	.000	.399	.000	.724	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1964	25	CLE	AL	23	12	6	13.5	96	.333	.294	.256	.478	.324	.706	.397	1.184	.721	225	.892	3.3	0.3	1.500	.765	.412	.0
1965	26	CLE	AL	6	5	0	0.0	93	.500	.200	.252	.333	.322	.400	.386	.733	.708	107	.000	0.1	0.0	.400	.200	.200
1966	27	CLE	AL	4	3	0	0.0	90	.333	.250	.248	.250	.315	.250	.383	.500	.698	45	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
5 Yrs				245	171	28	4.4	101	.255	.219	.262	.340	.333	.403	.407	.743	.740	101	.502	1.4	0.1	.717	.363	.184	.0
162 Game Avg.				374	261	43	4.4	101	.255	.219	.262	.340	.333	.403	.407	.743	.740	101	.502	2	0	.717	.363	.184

MIN (3 yrs)				212	151	22	3.9	102	.244	.211	.263	.327	.334	.377	.409	.704	.743	90	.446	-1.8	-0.2	.671	.337	.166	.0
CLE (3 yrs)				33	20	6	8.1	95	.357	.269	.254	.424	.323	.577	.393	1.001	.715	178	.771	3.2	0.3	1.050	.538	.308	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	23	MIN	AL	130	3.1%	20.8%	16.2%	4.6%	23%	1.29	3.8	25.8	6.9	0.88	58%
1963	24	MIN	AL	81	3.7%	25.9%	11.1%	8.6%	64%	2.33	3.4	23.7	8.9	1.11	58%
1964	25	TOT	AL	24	8.3%	29.2%	25.0%	12.5%	60%	1.17	2.6	9.0	6.0	0.20	38%
1964	25	MIN	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1964	25	CLE	AL	23	8.7%	26.1%	26.1%	13.0%	60%	1.00	2.8	8.5	5.7	0.20	39%
1965	26	CLE	AL	6	0.0%	50.0%	16.7%	16.7%	100%	3.00	1.7			0.00	33%
1966	27	CLE	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		4.0	1.00	75%
5 Yrs				245	3.7%	24.1%	15.1%	6.9%	39%	1.59	3.4	22.3	7.4	0.88	56%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.2%	8.1%	6.3%	28%	1.89	5.9	39.6	8.9	1.09	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	23	MIN	AL	1.9	0.2	130	-0.1	2.7	-2.8	1.25	0.4	-0.4	-2.6	-0.3	1.02	2.7	1.43	28
1963	24	MIN	AL	-3.4	-0.4	81	-0.4	1.2	-1.6	1.03	-0.3	-0.1	-3.3	-0.3	0.91	-3.6	1.65	3
1964	25	TOT	AL	3.1	0.3	24	0.2	0.7	-0.5	1.50	0.4	-0.3	3.2	0.3	1.02	4.0	1.18	5
1964	25	MIN	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.75	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.07	-0.3	0.75	1
1964	25	CLE	AL	3.4	0.3	23	0.2	0.7	-0.5	1.53	0.4	-0.3	3.5	0.3	1.02	4.3	1.29	4
1965	26	CLE	AL	0.1	0.0	7	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	1.31	-0.0	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.82	-0.4	1.62	3
1966	27	CLE	AL	-0.3	-0.0	4	0.0	0.2	-0.1	2.00	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	1.22	-0.2	2.00	4
5 Yrs				1.4	0.1	246	-0.4	4.8	-5.2	1.21	0.3	-0.7	-3.3	-0.3	0.98	2.5	1.48	43

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	23	MIN	AL	2	41%	43	0		0	1	1	64%	5	2	3	4	3	1	5	0	5
1963	24	MIN	AL	1	11%	20	0		0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1964	25	TOT	AL	0	44%	10	0		0	0	0	50%	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
1964	25	MIN	AL	0		0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	25	CLE	AL	0	44%	10	0		0	0	0	50%	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
1965	26	CLE	AL	0	0%	1	1	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	27	CLE	AL	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				3	32%	74	1	0%	1	1	1	60%	8	4	4	5	3	2	7	1	6

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
1962	23	MIN	AL	130	18%	26			28	5	1	3	1.43	4	0	5	4	0	3	1	0	1	1	100%	33	6	18%	19	8	42%	103	12	12%	13	7	54%	6	3	50%	0
1963	24	MIN	AL	81	26%	11			3	0	0	1	1.65	3	0	3	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		11	2	18%	6	2	33%	48	6	13%	5	4	80%	5	1	20%	0
1964	25	TOT	AL	24	63%	5			5	1	0	0	1.18	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		7	0	0%	2	0	0%	17	1	6%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1964	25	MIN	AL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1964	25	CLE	AL	23	61%	5			4	1	0	0	1.29	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		7	0	0%	2	0	0%	16	1	6%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1965	26	CLE	AL	6	67%	1			3	0	0	0	1.62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1966	27	CLE	AL	4	50%	1			4	1	0	1	2.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				245	27%	44			43	7	1	5	1.48	9	0	9	7	2	5	4	0	1	1	100%	52	8	15%	27	10	37%	173	20	12%	20	12	60%	12	5	42%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1962	23	63	130	103	22	26	0	2	4	15	0	21	27	.252	.372	.408	.780	107	42	6	1	1	4	0
1963	24	88	211	174	27	37	4	2	7	23	0	30	48	.213	.329	.379	.708	91	66	8	2	1	4	1
1964	25	98	235	192	33	42	5	2	9	26	0	36	55	.219	.342	.406	.748	102	78	8	2	1	4	1
1965	26	102	241	197	33	43	6	2	9	26	1	37	58	.218	.342	.406	.748	102	80	8	2	1	4	1
1966	27	106	245	201	33	44	6	2	9	27	1	37	59	.219	.340	.403	.743	101	81	8	2	1	4	1

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1962	23	63	128	102	21	25	0	2	4	14	20	27	.245	.362	.402	.764	15	63
1963	24	25	81	71	5	11	4	0	3	8	9	21	.155	.259	.338	.597	6	25
1964	25	10	24	18	6	5	1	0	2	3	6	7	.278	.458	.667	1.125	6	10
1965	26	4	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.400	.733	1	4
1966	27	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
5 Yrs		106	243	200	32	42	6	2	9	25	36	59	.210	.331	.395	.726	28	106
162 Game Avg.		162	371	306	49	64	9	3	14	38	55	90	.210	.331	.395	.726	43	106

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