George Banks
George Edward Banks
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
Final Game: May 7, 1966
Died: March 1, 1985 in Spartanburg, SC
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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
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 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 TOT AL 10 24 18 6 5 1 0 2 3 0 0 6 7 .278 .458 .667 1.125 211 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 1.184 227 12 0 0 0 0 0 /7459
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 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
5 Seasons 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 1.001 179 15 0 0 0 0 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
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 95 .333 .278 .255 .458 .323 .667 .396 1.125 .718 211 .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 95 .333 .294 .254 .478 .323 .706 .395 1.184 .718 227 .892 3.4 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 Seasons 245 171 28 4.4 101 .255 .219 .262 .340 .332 .403 .407 .743 .739 101 .502 1.4 0.1 .717 .363 .184 .0
162 Game Avg. 374 261 43 4.4 101 .255 .219 .262 .340 .332 .403 .407 .743 .739 101 .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 94 .357 .269 .253 .424 .322 .577 .392 1.001 .713 179 .771 3.2 0.3 1.050 .538 .308 .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
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 Seasons 245 3.7% 24.1% 15.1% 6.9% 39% 1.59 3.4 22.3 7.4 0.88 56%
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
1962 23 MIN AL 2 0 41% 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 64% 5 2 3 4 3 1 5 0 5
1963 24 MIN AL 1 0 11% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1964 25 TOT AL 0 0 44% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 25 CLE AL 0 0 44% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1965 26 CLE AL 0 0 0% 1 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 27 CLE AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 3 0 32% 74 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 60% 8 4 4 5 3 2 7 1 6
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
1962 23 MIN AL 130 18% 26 28 5 1 3 1.45 4 0 5 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 100% 33 6 18% 19 8 42% 103 12 12% 13 7 54% 8 4 50% 0
1963 24 MIN AL 81 26% 11 3 0 0 1 1.72 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 11 2 18% 6 2 33% 48 6 13% 5 4 80% 9 0 0% 0
1964 25 TOT AL 24 63% 5 5 1 0 0 1.29 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0% 2 0 0% 17 1 6% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1964 25 MIN AL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.86 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 1.40 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0% 2 0 0% 16 1 6% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1965 26 CLE AL 6 67% 1 3 0 0 0 1.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1966 27 CLE AL 4 50% 1 4 1 0 1 2.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 4 1 25% 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 245 27% 44 43 7 1 5 1.53 9 0 9 7 2 5 4 0 1 1 100% 52 8 15% 27 10 37% 173 20 12% 20 12 60% 19 4 21% 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
1962 23 63 130 103 22 26 0 2 4 15 0 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 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 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 0 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 0 1 37 59 .219 .340 .403 .743 101 81 8 2 1 4 1

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1962 23 63 129 103 22 26 0 2 4 15 0 21 27 .252 .372 .408 .780 16 63
1963 24 25 83 72 6 12 4 0 3 9 0 10 21 .167 .277 .347 .624 7 25
1964 25 10 26 19 6 6 1 0 2 3 0 7 7 .316 .500 .684 1.184 7 10
1965 26 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 4
1966 27 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
5 Seasons 106 248 203 34 44 5 2 9 27 0 39 59 .217 .343 .394 .737 30 106
162 Game Avg. 162 379 310 52 67 8 3 14 41 0 60 90 .217 .343 .394 .737 46 106

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1681), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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