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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 Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1929 PIT NL 21 SS 2 2 2 11 3 7 1 1 .909 5.00 .950 5.60
1930 PIT NL 22 SS 6 6 6 31 10 17 4 2 .871 4.50 .952 5.78
1930 PIT NL 22 2B 4 2 2 17 7 9 1 1 .941 4.00 .963 5.95
1931 PIT NL 23 SS 49 37 33 213 72 124 17 24 .920 4.00 .954 5.53
1931 PIT NL 23 2B 2 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 1.50 .965 5.60
1931 PIT NL 23 3B 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .940 2.85
3 Seasons SS 57 45 41 255 85 148 22 27 .914 4.09 .954 5.56
2 Seasons 2B 6 3 3 21 8 11 2 1 .905 3.17 .963 5.83
1 Season 3B 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .940 2.85
3 Seasons TOT 65 48 44 277 93 160 24 28 .913 3.89 .954 5.50
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1929 PIT NL 21 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1930 PIT NL 22 13 8 13 10 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1931 PIT NL 23 57 38 57 53 0 0 0 2 2 49 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
3 Seasons 72 48 72 65 0 0 0 6 2 57 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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