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Willie Banks
Willie Anthony Banks

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 202 lb.

Born: February 27, 1969 in Jersey City, NJ
High School: St. Anthony (Jersey City, NJ)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1991
Final Game: September 26, 2002
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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
1994	25	CHC	NL	23	50	41	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	13	.122	.163	.146	.309	-18	6	0	1	7	0	0	1
1995	26	TOT	NL	28	29	26	2	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.269	.321	.308	.629	69	8	0	1	1	0	0	1
1995	26	CHC	NL	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	26	LAD	NL	6	11	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.300	.125	.425	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	/1
1995	26	FLA	NL	12	17	17	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.353	.353	.412	.765	101	7	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1998	29	TOT	MLB	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	29	ARI	NL	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2002	33	BOS	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9 Seasons				85	80	68	5	12	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	22	.176	.222	.206	.428	14	14	0	2	8	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	152	130	10	23	4	0	0	2	0	2	4	42	.176	.222	.206	.428	14	27	0	4	15	0	0

CHC (2 yrs)				33	51	42	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	14	.119	.159	.143	.302	-20	6	0	1	7	0	0
ARI (1 yr)				31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (2 yrs)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				6	11	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.300	.125	.425	23	1	0	1	1	0	0
FLA (1 yr)				12	17	17	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.353	.353	.412	.765	101	7	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				82	80	68	5	12	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	23	.176	.222	.206	.428	14	14	0	2	8	0	0
AL (7 yrs)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	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
1994	25	CHC	NL	50	44	1	0.6	108	.179	.122	.273	.163	.340	.146	.427	.309	.768	-18	.021	-7.2	-0.7	.189	.024	.024
1995	26	TOT	NL	29	20	3	4.0	105	.412	.269	.268	.321	.336	.308	.417	.629	.753	69	.416	-1.1	-0.1	.526	.077	.038
1995	26	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	105		.000	.268	.000	.337	.000	.418	.000	.755	-100	.000	-0.3	0.0	.000	.000	.000
1995	26	LAD	NL	11	8	1	3.4	99	.250	.125	.260	.300	.328	.125	.404	.425	.732	23	.338	-0.8	-0.1	.429	.125	.000
1995	26	FLA	NL	17	11	2	4.9	108	.462	.353	.272	.353	.341	.412	.423	.765	.764	101	.504	-0.0	0.0	.636	.059	.059

1998	29	TOT	MLB	1	1	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.269	.000	.340	.000	.424	.000	.764	-100	.000	-0.3	0.0	.000	.000	.000
1998	29	ARI	NL	1	1	0	0.0	107		.000	.269	.000	.340	.000	.424	.000	.764	-100	.000	-0.3	0.0	.000	.000	.000
9 Seasons				80	65	4	1.6	107	.261	.176	.271	.222	.339	.206	.423	.428	.762	14	.120	-8.6	-0.8	.298	.044	.029
162 Game Avg.				152	124	8	1.6	107	.261	.176	.271	.222	.339	.206	.423	.428	.762	14	.120	-8.6	-0.8	.298	.044	.029

CHC (2 yrs)				51	45	1	0.6	108	.179	.119	.273	.159	.340	.143	.427	.302	.767	-20	.021	-7.5	-0.7	.184	.024	.024
ARI (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	107		.000	.269	.000	.340	.000	.424	.000	.764	-100	.000	-0.3	0.0	.000	.000	.000
LAD (1 yr)				11	8	1	3.4	99	.250	.125	.260	.300	.328	.125	.404	.425	.732	23	.338	-0.8	-0.1	.429	.125	.000
FLA (1 yr)				17	11	2	4.9	108	.462	.353	.272	.353	.341	.412	.423	.765	.764	101	.504	-0.0	0.0	.636	.059	.059

NL (3 yrs)				80	65	4	1.7	107	.267	.176	.271	.222	.339	.206	.423	.428	.762	14	.120	-8.6	-0.8	.298	.044	.029

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
1994	25	CHC	NL	50	0.0%	26.0%	2.0%	2.0%	20%	13.00	3.2			2.13	2.63	56%	6%	0.0%	25%
1995	26	TOT	NL	29	0.0%	31.0%	3.5%	3.5%	14%	9.00	2.9		26.0	1.13	1.20	59%	17%	0.0%	13%
1995	26	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
1995	26	LAD	NL	11	0.0%	36.4%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	4.00	2.0			3.00		36%	20%	0.0%	0%
1995	26	FLA	NL	17	0.0%	23.5%	0.0%	5.9%	17%		4.3		17.0	0.86	0.40	76%	15%	0.0%	14%

1998	29	TOT	MLB	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
1998	29	ARI	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
9 Seasons				80	0.0%	28.8%	2.5%	2.5%	17%	11.50	3.0		68.0	1.63	2.08	56%	9%	0.0%	19%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1994	25	CHC	NL	2	0	43%	14	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
1995	26	TOT	NL	0	0	22%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	29%	4	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	1
1995	26	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	26	LAD	NL	0	0	33%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1995	26	FLA	NL	0	0	17%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0%	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0

1998	29	TOT	MLB	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	29	ARI	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Seasons				2	0	31%	29	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	27%	6	4	2	1	1	0	4	2	1
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
1994	25	CHC	NL	50	16%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	70%	13	0	0%	12	4	33%	33	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1995	26	TOT	NL	29	52%	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.89	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	14	1	7%	0	0		0	0		0
1995	26	CHC	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1995	26	LAD	NL	11	55%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1995	26	FLA	NL	17	53%	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0

1998	29	TOT	MLB	1	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
1998	29	ARI	NL	1	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
9 Seasons				80	29%	12	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.89	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	8	73%	15	0	0%	14	5	36%	47	1	2%	0	0		0	0		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
1994	25	CHC	NL	48	149	3.10	119	80%	19%	23%	29%	29%	81%	0%	64%	72%	52%	0%	0	0	2%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	2	0	0
1995	26	TOT	NL	24	84	3.50	60	71%	17%	27%	33%	23%	83%	0%	60%	68%	54%	4%	1	0	13%	3	1	8%	2	2	0%	5	0	0
1995	26	CHC	NL	1	3	3.00	3	100%	33%	33%	33%	0%	67%		67%	50%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1995	26	LAD	NL	8	32	4.00	22	69%	23%	32%	32%	14%	77%	0%	53%	59%	50%	13%	1	0	13%	1	0	13%	1	1	0%	3	0	0
1995	26	FLA	NL	15	49	3.27	35	71%	11%	23%	34%	31%	89%	0%	63%	74%	53%	0%	0	0	13%	2	1	7%	1	1	0%	2	0	0

1998	29	TOT	MLB	1	3	3.00	3	100%	67%	33%	0%	0%	33%		33%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1998	29	ARI	NL	1	3	3.00	3	100%	67%	33%	0%	0%	33%		33%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
3 Seasons				73	236	3.23	182	77%	19%	24%	30%	27%	81%	0%	62%	70%	52%	1%	1	0	5%	4	1	3%	2	2	0%	7	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
1994	25	23	50	41	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	13	.122	.163	.146	.309	-18	6	0	1	7	0	0
1995	26	51	79	67	5	12	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	22	.179	.225	.209	.434	16	14	0	2	8	0	0
1996	27	51	79	67	5	12	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	22	.179	.225	.209	.434	16	14	0	2	8	0	0
1997	28	51	79	67	5	12	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	22	.179	.225	.209	.434	16	14	0	2	8	0	0
1998	29	82	80	68	5	12	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	22	.176	.222	.206	.428	14	14	0	2	8	0	0
1999	30	82	80	68	5	12	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	22	.176	.222	.206	.428	14	14	0	2	8	0	0
2000	31	82	80	68	5	12	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	22	.176	.222	.206	.428	14	14	0	2	8	0	0
2001	32	82	80	68	5	12	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	22	.176	.222	.206	.428	14	14	0	2	8	0	0
2002	33	85	80	68	5	12	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	22	.176	.222	.206	.428	14	14	0	2	8	0	0

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
1994	25	32	63	59	3	8	2	0	0	0	0	2	18	.136	.190	.169	.360	1	23
1995	26	32	32	30	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	10	.300	.344	.333	.677	3	28

1998	29	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
3 Seasons		95	96	90	5	17	3	0	0	1	0	3	29	.189	.240	.222	.462	4	82
162 Game Avg.		162	164	153	9	29	5	0	0	2	0	5	49	.189	.240	.222	.462	7	82

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