Ben Sankey

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 155lb (178cm, 70kg)

Born: September 2, 1907 in Nauvoo, AL us

Died: October 14, 2001 in Washington, GA

Buried: Resthaven Cemetery, Augusta, GA

School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)

Debut: October 5, 1929 (Age 22-033d, 6,976th in major league history)
vs. STL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1931 (Age 24-025d)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: Benjamin Turner Sankey

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

169

.213

RBI

OBP

.281

SLG

.284

OPS

.565

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	15 (14)	May 1	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	19 (3)	May 6	PIT		STL	L,5-6	GF	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	28 (8)	May 19	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	29	May 20	PIT	@	PHI	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	30	May 23	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	31	May 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
7	32	May 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	2	3	1	6	2
8	33	May 26	PIT	@	STL	L,9-11	GS	31	7.0	3	3	1	7	1
9	34	May 27	PIT	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
10	35	May 28	PIT	@	STL	W,11-8	CG	35	7.0	1	3	0	4	1
11	36	May 29	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	47	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
12	37	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
13	38	May 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
14	39	May 31	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	40	Jun 2	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
16	41	Jun 3	PIT		BSN	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	42	Jun 4	PIT		BSN	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
18	43	Jun 5	PIT		BSN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	5	3	1	9	1
19	44	Jun 6	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
20	45	Jun 9	PIT		PHI	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
21	47 (1)	Jun 11	PIT		NYG	L,6-8	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	55 (7)	Jun 20 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-10	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
23	56	Jun 21	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-4	GF	19	4.0	2	2	0	4	0
24	63 (6)	Jun 27 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	68 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		STL	W,9-8		23	4.0	0	0	2	2	0
26	70 (1)	Jul 5	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	79 (8)	Jul 14 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	84 (4)	Jul 18 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,0-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	100 (15)	Aug 5 (2)	PIT		STL	L,2-16	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	103 (2)	Aug 8	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
31	123 (19)	Aug 25 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	1	2	1	4	1
32	126 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,4-11	GF	16	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	135 (8)	Sep 7 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,6-1	GF	13	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
34	136	Sep 7 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
35	137	Sep 8	PIT		CIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
36	138	Sep 9	PIT		BRO	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
37	139	Sep 10	PIT		NYG	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	2	7	1	10	2
38	140	Sep 11	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
39	141	Sep 12	PIT		NYG	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	142	Sep 13	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	0	5	0	5	0
41	143	Sep 15 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
42	144	Sep 15 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
43	145	Sep 16	PIT		BRO	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
44	146	Sep 17 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	147	Sep 17 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,4-2	CG	32	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
46	148	Sep 18 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
47	149	Sep 18 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	2	8	2
48	150	Sep 19	PIT		BSN	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
49	151	Sep 21	PIT		PHI	L,4-6	GS	33	8.0	2	6	1	9	1
50	152	Sep 22	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	47	13.0	2	3	0	5	0
51	153	Sep 24	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
52	154	Sep 27 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
53	155	Sep 27 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
							53gm		367.0	73	127	18	218	24