Ben Sankey

Benjamin Turner Sankey

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: September 2, 1907 in Nauvoo, AL
School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL) (All Transactions)
Debut: October 5, 1929
Team: Pirates 1929-1931

Final Game: September 27, 1931
Died: October 14, 2001 in Washington, GA
Buried: Resthaven Cemetery, Augusta, GA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1928	20	SEL	B	106	349	349		72	8	2	1					.206	.206	.249	.456		87				SEL · SEAL
1929	21	SEL	B	137	474	474		124	25	8	0					.262	.262	.348	.610		165				SEL · SEAL
1929	21	PIT	NL	2	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-30	1	0	1	/6
1930	22	PIT-min	A	31	109	109		28	7	1	0					.257	.257	.339	.596		37				WCH,BPT · WL,EL
1930	22	PIT	NL	13	32	30	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.167	.219	.167	.385	-5	5	0	0	/64
1931	23	PIT	NL	57	152	132	14	30	2	5	0	14	0	14	10	.227	.301	.318	.620	68	42	0	6	6/45
1932	24	OAK-min	AA	138	555	555		139	29	6	0					.250	.250	.324	.575		180				POR,MIS · PCL
1933	25	POR	AA	157	587	587		153	24	4	2					.261	.261	.325	.586		191				POR · PCL
1934	26	MTL	AA	151	564	564		149	21	5	0					.264	.264	.319	.583		180				MTL · IL
1935	27	MTL	AA	155	591	591		159	33	11	3					.269	.269	.377	.646		223				MTL · IL
1936	28	MTL	AA	150	486	486		118	19	4	2					.243	.243	.311	.553		151				MTL · IL
1937	29	PIT-min	AA	149	560	560		148	23	4	1					.264	.264	.325	.589		182				MTL · IL
1938	30	PIT-min	AA	139	489	489		136	22	5	1					.278	.278	.350	.628		171				MTL · IL
1939	31	LAD-min	AA	109	324	324		89	13	2	0					.275	.275	.327	.602		106				SYR,MTL,BLT · IL
1940	32	PHI-min	AA	76	190	190		58	14	3	0					.305	.305	.411	.716		78				BLT · IL
1941	33	BLT	AA	70	221	194	17	31	6	1	0	19	0	23	13	.160	.252	.201	.453		39	1	3		BLT · IL
3 Yrs				72	192	169	21	36	2	5	0	14	0	16	14	.213	.281	.284	.565	50	48	0	7
162 Game Avg.				162	432	380	47	81	5	11	0	32	0	36	32	.213	.281	.284	.565	50	108	0	16

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1929	21	PIT	NL	2	8	-2	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.424	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/6
1930	22	PIT	NL	13	32	-5	0	0	-5	-0.4	1	-4	-0.3	.468	.497	-0.3	0.0	-4	$	/64
1931	23	PIT	NL	57	152	-6	2	3	-1	-0.1	4	4	0.3	.498	.499	0.1	0.4	2	$	6/45
3 Seasons				72	192	-13	2	3	-7	-0.7	6	-2	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.3	0.5	-4	$

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
1929	21	PIT	NL	8	7	0	0.0	123	.167	.143	.308	.143	.373	.143	.449	.286	.821	-30	.000	-1.5	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
1930	22	PIT	NL	32	25	1	1.1	126	.185	.167	.312	.219	.370	.167	.464	.385	.834	-5	.042	-5.2	-0.5	.280	.067	.000
1931	23	PIT	NL	152	108	13	3.2	102	.246	.227	.283	.301	.341	.318	.399	.620	.740	68	.340	-6.3	-0.6	.549	.197	.091
3 Yrs				192	140	14	2.7	107	.232	.213	.289	.281	.348	.284	.413	.565	.760	50	.250	-13.1	-1.2	.481	.166	.071
162 Game Avg.				432	315	32	2.7	107	.232	.213	.289	.281	.348	.284	.413	.565	.760	50	.250	-13.1	-1.2	.481	.166	.071

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1929	21	PIT	NL	8	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		7.0			75%
1930	22	PIT	NL	32	0.0%	9.4%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	1.50	10.0			84%
1931	23	PIT	NL	152	0.0%	6.6%	9.2%	4.6%	23%	0.71	13.2		9.4	80%
3 Yrs				192	0.0%	7.3%	8.3%	3.7%	19%	0.88	12.1		12.1	81%
MLB Averages					1.4%	7.9%	8.1%	7.3%	29%	0.98	11.3	64.9	7.3	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1929	21	2	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-30	1	1
1930	22	15	40	37	7	6	0	0	0	2	4	.162	.205	.162	.367	-9	6	1
1931	23	72	192	169	21	36	2	5	14	16	14	.213	.281	.284	.565	50	48	7

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	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1929	21	2	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1930	22	14	33	31	6	5	0	0	0	2	3	.161	.212	.161	.373	1	13
1931	23	60	160	139	15	32	2	5	15	15	10	.230	.305	.317	.622	14	57
3 Yrs		76	201	177	21	37	2	5	15	17	14	.209	.278	.277	.555	15	72
162 Game Avg.		162	428	377	45	79	4	11	32	36	30	.209	.278	.277	.555	32	72

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