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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1991 MIN AL 22 P 5 3 17.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.82 0.58
1992 MIN AL 23 P 16 12 71.0 14 9 5 0 0 1.000 1.77 0.88 .950 1.72 0.56
1993 MIN AL 24 P 31 30 171.1 34 13 15 6 1 .824 1.47 0.90 .959 1.79 0.56
1994 CHC NL 25 P 23 23 138.1 23 9 13 1 0 .957 1.43 0.96 .957 1.86 0.54
1995 TOT NL 26 P 25 15 90.2 24 13 10 1 0 .958 2.28 0.92 .958 1.84 0.51
1995 CHC NL 26 P 10 0 11.2 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 0.50 .960 1.85 0.51
1995 LAD NL 26 P 6 6 29.0 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 2.17 1.17 .957 1.83 0.52
1995 FLA NL 26 P 9 9 50.0 12 6 5 1 0 .917 1.98 1.22 .958 1.84 0.51
1997 NYY AL 28 P 5 1 14.0 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.57 0.80 .950 1.74 0.48
1998 TOT MLB 29 P 42 0 58.0 21 10 10 1 1 .952 3.10 0.48 .962 1.83 0.53
1998 NYY AL 29 P 9 0 14.1 8 3 4 1 1 .875 4.40 0.78 .962 1.76 0.50
1998 ARI NL 29 P 33 0 43.2 13 7 6 0 0 1.000 2.68 0.39 .962 1.85 0.54
2001 BOS AL 32 P 5 0 10.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.77 0.48
2002 BOS AL 33 P 29 0 39.0 12 3 8 1 0 .917 2.54 0.38 .958 1.68 0.48
9 Seasons P 181 84 610.1 132 57 65 10 3 .924 1.80 0.67 .958 1.80 0.53
9 Seasons TOT 181 84 610.1 132 57 65 10 3 .924 1.80 0.67 .882 1.80 0.53

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
1991 MIN AL 22 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MIN AL 23 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 MIN AL 24 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 CHC NL 25 23 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 FLA NL 26 12 9 12 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1995 CHC NL 26 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 LAD NL 26 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 NYY AL 28 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 ARI NL 29 33 0 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 NYY AL 29 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 BOS AL 32 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 BOS AL 33 29 0 3 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 184 38 85 181 181 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1991 MIN AL 22 90 69% 28% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MIN AL 23 340 78% 29% 6 100% 0 9 1 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1993 MIN AL 24 781 72% 32% 24 58% 1 13 0 12 14 10 1 6 0 1 5 1 1 1 1 0 4 25%
1994 CHC NL 25 623 76% 36% 16 75% 0 9 0 9 13 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 50%
1995 CHC NL 26 81 74% 36% 5 40% 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1995 FLA NL 26 222 73% 30% 5 80% 0 6 0 6 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1995 LAD NL 26 147 73% 37% 5 80% 0 4 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 NYY AL 28 57 74% 33% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1998 ARI NL 29 196 70% 36% 9 78% 1 7 1 6 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1998 NYY AL 29 81 74% 32% 6 67% 3 3 0 2 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 50%
2001 BOS AL 32 44 68% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 BOS AL 33 170 75% 34% 7 100% 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 2832 74% 33% 87 74% 5 54 2 48 65 45 5 10 2 2 6 2 3 2 3 0 19 63%
MLB Averages 75% 30% 91% 86%

* 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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