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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
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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1991 22 MIN AL 1 1 .500 5.71 5 3 2 0 0 0 17.1 21 15 11 1 12 0 16 0 0 3 85 75 1.904 10.9 0.5 6.2 8.3 1.33
1992 23 MIN AL 4 4 .500 5.70 16 12 2 0 0 0 71.0 80 46 45 6 37 0 37 2 1 5 324 71 1.648 10.1 0.8 4.7 4.7 1.00
1993 24 MIN AL 11 12 .478 4.04 31 30 1 0 0 0 171.1 186 91 77 17 78 2 138 3 5 9 754 107 1.541 9.8 0.9 4.1 7.2 1.77
1994 25 CHC NL 8 12 .400 5.40 23 23 0 1 1 0 138.1 139 88 83 16 56 3 91 2 1 8 598 77 1.410 9.0 1.0 3.6 5.9 1.63
1995 26 TOT NL 2 6 .250 5.66 25 15 2 0 0 0 90.2 106 71 57 14 58 7 62 2 1 9 430 72 1.809 10.5 1.4 5.8 6.2 1.07
1995 26 CHC NL 0 1 .000 15.43 10 0 2 0 0 0 11.2 27 23 20 5 12 4 9 0 0 3 73 27 3.343 20.8 3.9 9.3 6.9 0.75
1995 26 LAD NL 0 2 .000 4.03 6 6 0 0 0 0 29.0 36 21 13 2 16 2 23 1 1 4 138 94 1.793 11.2 0.6 5.0 7.1 1.44
1995 26 FLA NL 2 3 .400 4.32 9 9 0 0 0 0 50.0 43 27 24 7 30 1 30 1 0 2 219 98 1.460 7.7 1.3 5.4 5.4 1.00
1997 28 NYY AL 3 0 1.000 1.93 5 1 1 0 0 0 14.0 9 3 3 0 6 0 8 1 0 0 57 232 1.071 5.8 0.0 3.9 5.1 1.33
1998 29 TOT 2 3 .400 4.81 42 0 13 0 0 1 58.0 54 37 31 6 37 4 40 2 1 5 265 88 1.569 8.4 0.9 5.7 6.2 1.08
1998 29 NYY AL 1 1 .500 10.05 9 0 5 0 0 0 14.1 20 16 16 4 12 2 8 1 0 1 77 44 2.233 12.6 2.5 7.5 5.0 0.67
1998 29 ARI NL 1 2 .333 3.09 33 0 8 0 0 1 43.2 34 21 15 2 25 2 32 1 1 4 188 136 1.351 7.0 0.4 5.2 6.6 1.28
2001 32 BOS AL 0 0 0.84 5 0 1 0 0 0 10.2 5 4 1 0 4 0 10 0 1 1 42 536 0.844 4.2 0.0 3.4 8.4 2.50
2002 33 BOS AL 2 1 .667 3.23 29 0 18 0 0 1 39.0 32 15 14 5 14 0 26 3 0 1 162 141 1.179 7.4 1.2 3.2 6.0 1.86
9 Seasons 33 39 .458 4.75 181 84 40 1 1 2 610.1 632 370 322 65 302 16 428 15 10 41 2717 89 1.530 9.3 1.0 4.5 6.3 1.42
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .458 4.75 46 22 10 0 0 1 157 162 95 83 17 77 4 110 4 3 11 697 89 1.530 9.3 1.0 4.5 6.3 1.42
MIN (3 yrs) 16 17 .485 4.61 52 45 5 0 0 0 259.2 287 152 133 24 127 2 191 5 6 17 1163 92 1.594 9.9 0.8 4.4 6.6 1.50
BOS (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 2.72 34 0 19 0 0 1 49.2 37 19 15 5 18 0 36 3 1 2 204 167 1.107 6.7 0.9 3.3 6.5 2.00
CHC (2 yrs) 8 13 .381 6.18 33 23 2 1 1 0 150.0 166 111 103 21 68 7 100 2 1 11 671 67 1.560 10.0 1.3 4.1 6.0 1.47
NYY (2 yrs) 4 1 .800 6.04 14 1 6 0 0 0 28.1 29 19 19 4 18 2 16 2 0 1 134 74 1.659 9.2 1.3 5.7 5.1 0.89
ARI (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.09 33 0 8 0 0 1 43.2 34 21 15 2 25 2 32 1 1 4 188 136 1.351 7.0 0.4 5.2 6.6 1.28
LAD (1 yr) 0 2 .000 4.03 6 6 0 0 0 0 29.0 36 21 13 2 16 2 23 1 1 4 138 94 1.793 11.2 0.6 5.0 7.1 1.44
FLA (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.32 9 9 0 0 0 0 50.0 43 27 24 7 30 1 30 1 0 2 219 98 1.460 7.7 1.3 5.4 5.4 1.00
AL (7 yrs) 22 19 .537 4.45 100 46 30 0 0 1 337.2 353 190 167 33 163 4 243 10 7 20 1501 97 1.528 9.4 0.9 4.3 6.5 1.49
NL (3 yrs) 11 20 .355 5.12 81 38 10 1 1 1 272.2 279 180 155 32 139 12 185 5 3 21 1216 81 1.533 9.2 1.1 4.6 6.1 1.33

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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 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

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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 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 AL--7.249--5th

Shutouts s c a p y
1994 NL--1--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1994 NL--56--6th

Losses s c a p y
1994 NL--12--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1994 NL--83--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1994 NL--8--8th
1995 NL--9--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2902), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1789), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1987.

November 24, 1993: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Stevens and Matt Walbeck.

June 19, 1995: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dax Winslett (minors).

August 10, 1995: Selected off waivers by the Florida Marlins from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 4, 1995: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Florida Marlins.

March 8, 1996: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

January 3, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

June 3, 1998: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Joe Lisio (minors) and Scott Brow.

December 21, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

July 12, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

October 18, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

April 2, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

August 15, 2001: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

August 23, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1992Minnesota Twins$110,000
1993Minnesota Twins$126,000
1994Chicago Cubs$190,000
1995Chicago Cubs$240,000
1998New York Yankees$342,500
2002Boston Red Sox$450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,458,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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