Jack Banta

Jackie Kay Banta

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 24, 1925 in Hutchinson, KS
High School: Hutchinson HS (Hutchinson, KS)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1947
Team: Dodgers 1947-1950

Final Game: June 21, 1950
Died: September 17, 2006 in Hutchinson, KS
Buried: Penwell-Gabel Cemetery, Hutchinson, KS
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1944	19	LAD-min	D,AA,B	45	87	85	2	24	2	2	1	0	0	2	4	.282	.299	.353	.652		30	0	0	0		OLE,MTL,NNW · PONY,IL,PIED
1945	20	LAD-min	AA	24	56	50	3	12	1	0	6	0	0	2	5	.240	.269	.260	.529		13	1	0	4		MTL · IL
1946	21	LAD-min	AAA	35	76	66	7	12	0	1	5	0	0	4	6	.182	.239	.212	.452		14	1	1	5		MTL,STP · IL,AA
1947	22	LAD-min	AAA	32	87	74	10	18	1	2	6	0		9	12	.243	.325	.311	.636		23		0	4		MTL · IL
1947	22	BRO	NL	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1948	23	LAD-min	AAA	36	98	88	10	16	2	0	14	0		9	11	.182	.258	.205	.462		18		0	1		MTL · IL
1948	23	BRO	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1949	24	BRO	NL	48	50	46	2	5	1	0	1	0		3	9	.109	.163	.130	.294	-22	6	1	0	1	1
1950	25	LAD-min	AAA	19	37	36	6	5	1	0	3	0		1	10	.139	.162	.167	.329		6		0	0		MTL · IL
1950	25	BRO	NL	16	13	12	1	2	0	0	2	0		1	1	.167	.231	.167	.397	5	2	1	0	0	1
1951	26	LAD-min	AA	22	27	27		4	0	0						.148	.148	.148	.296		4					FTW · TL
1952	27	LAD-min	B	50	68	68		13	2	0						.191	.191	.221	.412		15					LNC · ISLG
4 Yrs				69	66	61	3	7	1	0	3	0		4	11	.115	.169	.131	.300	-20	8	2	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	155	143	7	16	2	0	7	0		9	26	.115	.169	.131	.300	-20	19	5	0	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1947	22	BRO	NL	3	2	-1	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.486	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1948	23	BRO	NL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1949	24	BRO	NL	48	50	-8	0	0	6	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$	1
1950	25	BRO	NL	16	13	-2	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
4 Seasons				69	66	-11	1	1	7	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.497	.500	-0.2	-0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1947	22	BRO	NL	2	2	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.278	.000	.354	.000	.412	.000	.765	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1948	23	BRO	NL	1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.274	.000	.349	.000	.405	.000	.754	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1949	24	BRO	NL	50	43	1	0.6	107	.135	.109	.275	.163	.349	.130	.412	.294	.761	-22	.025	-8.2	-0.8	.214	.087	.022
1950	25	BRO	NL	13	11	0	0.0	111	.182	.167	.273	.231	.351	.167	.424	.397	.774	5	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.273	.083	.000
4 Yrs				66	57	1	0.5	108	.140	.115	.275	.169	.350	.131	.414	.300	.764	-20	.015	-10.8	-1.1	.214	.082	.016
162 Game Avg.				155	134	2	0.5	108	.140	.115	.275	.169	.350	.131	.414	.300	.764	-20	.015	-10.8	-1.1	.214	.082	.016

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1949	24	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	22	BRO	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1948	23	BRO	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
1949	24	BRO	NL	50	0.0%	18.0%	6.0%	2.0%	20%	3.00	5.1		46.0	4.50	74%
1950	25	BRO	NL	13	0.0%	7.7%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	12.0		6.0	1.25	85%
4 Yrs				66	0.0%	16.7%	6.1%	1.5%	14%	2.75	5.5		20.3	2.91	76%
MLB Averages					1.8%	9.6%	10.1%	6.4%	28%	0.94	9.2	49.0	7.9	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1947	22	BRO	NL	-0.6	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	23	BRO	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.67	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3	0
1949	24	BRO	NL	-8.3	-0.8	52	-0.6	0.5	-1.1	1.00	-0.7	0.1	-6.8	-0.7	0.90	-7.3	0
1950	25	BRO	NL	-1.7	-0.2	14	0.0	0.3	-0.2	1.10	-0.1	0.1	-2.1	-0.2	1.20	-1.0	0
4 Yrs				-10.9	-1.1	67	-0.5	0.8	-1.3	1.02	-0.8	0.3	-9.1	-0.9	0.96	-8.5	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3
1948	23	BRO	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0
1949	24	BRO	NL	0	25%	16	2	100%	1	1	0	0
1950	25	BRO	NL	1	33%	9	1	0%	0	0	1	1
4 Yrs				1	27%	25	3	50%	1	1	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1948	23	BRO	NL	1	100%	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
1949	24	BRO	NL	50	62%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	9	1	11%	8	2	25%	28	2	7%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
1950	25	BRO	NL	13	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	5	0	0%	14	2	14%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				64	70%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%	14	2	14%	13	2	15%	42	4	10%	5	2	40%	2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			152%			19%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1947	22	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1948	23	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1949	24	53	53	49	2	5	1	1	3	10	.102	.154	.122	.276	-26	6	1	1
1950	25	69	66	61	3	7	1	3	4	11	.115	.169	.131	.300	-20	8	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1947	22	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1948	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1949	24	50	52	48	2	5	1	1	3	9	.104	.157	.125	.282	1	48
1950	25	17	14	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	16
4 Yrs		72	69	64	2	5	1	1	4	11	.078	.132	.094	.226	1	69
162 Game Avg.		162	155	144	5	11	2	2	9	25	.078	.132	.094	.226	2	69

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