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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 MIN AL 23 OF 17 15 131.0 26 25 0 1 0 .962 -2.8 -25.6 -1.8 -0.9 -1.0 -1 1.72 1.47 .981 2.19 1.92
1962 MIN AL 23 RF 11 10 85.0 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -2.3 -32.5 -1.3 -0.5 -0.9 -1 1.80 1.55 .978 2.00 1.71
1962 MIN AL 23 LF 7 5 46.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -13.0 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 0 1.57 1.14 .975 2.02 1.61
1962 MIN AL 23 3B 6 5 45.0 13 1 11 1 1 .923 1.0 26.7 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 2.40 2.00 .954 3.08 2.78
1963 MIN AL 24 3B 21 18 170.0 67 22 39 6 4 .910 -0.5 -3.5 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 0 3.23 2.90 .949 3.02 2.85
1964 CLE AL 25 LF 3 3 24.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 35.0 0.7 0.4 0.4 0 2.25 2.00 .967 1.80 1.47
1964 CLE AL 25 OF 3 3 26.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 27.7 0.6 0.3 0.4 0 1.38 1.33 .975 2.04 1.80
1964 CLE AL 25 2B 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 5.18 4.50
1964 CLE AL 25 3B 1 1 9.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 40.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 4.00 4.00 .950 3.00 2.80
1964 CLE AL 25 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1965 CLE AL 26 3B 1 1 9.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.00 2.00 .950 3.10 2.90
4 Seasons 3B 29 25 233.0 86 25 54 7 6 .919 0.9 4.6 0.9 0.7 0.2 0 3.05 2.72 .950 3.03 2.83
2 Seasons OF 20 18 157.0 30 29 0 1 0 .967 -2.2 -16.8 -1.2 -0.6 -0.6 -1 1.66 1.45 .980 2.17 1.90
2 Seasons RF 12 10 87.0 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -2.4 -33.1 -1.4 -0.6 -0.9 -1 1.76 1.42 .978 2.00 1.70
2 Seasons LF 10 8 70.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 3.4 0.2 0.0 0.3 0 1.80 1.40 .971 1.94 1.57
1 Season 2B 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -90.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 5.18 4.50
5 Seasons TOT 50 43 394.0 117 55 54 8 6 .932 -1.6 -4.9 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 -1 0 2.49 2.18 .890 2.71 2.49

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1962 MIN AL 23 63 20 63 63 0 0 0 0 6 0 7 0 11 17 42 0
1963 MIN AL 24 25 18 25 25 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1964 CLE AL 25 9 4 9 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 3 5 0
1964 MIN AL 25 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 CLE AL 26 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1966 CLE AL 27 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 Seasons 106 43 106 106 0 0 0 1 29 0 10 0 12 20 59 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1962 MIN AL 23 185 70% 74% 24% 13 92% 0 1 1 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1963 MIN AL 24 722 66% 78% 24% 67 88% 0 22 19 1 2 41 31 9 0 0 6 0 6 0 4 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 2 50%
1964 CLE AL 25 36 53% 67% 25% 4 100% 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CLE AL 26 35 66% 69% 29% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 978 66% 76% 24% 86 90% 0 25 22 1 2 56 40 15 0 0 7 0 7 0 5 6 5 0 6 0 0 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 65%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 MIN AL 23 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 5 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 26.7% 11 0 0.0% 0 381 66% 78% 23% 40 43%
1964 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 63% 88% 38% 0
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 5 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 26.7% 11 0 0.0% 0 389 66% 78% 23% 40 43%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.1% 61% 77% 27% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 MIN AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 199 63% 80% 26% 21 38%
1964 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 103 60% 74% 22% 12 50%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 302 62% 78% 25% 33 42%
MLB Averages 57.1% 2.3% 61% 77% 27% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1964 CLE AL 25 13 62% 69% 23% 2 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 13 62% 69% 23% 2 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

* 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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