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Jack
Banta		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: June 24, 1925 in Usa, KS, HUTCHINSON
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 22 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 7 8 7 4 5 4 6 6 6
1948 23 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 7 8 7 4 5 5 5 6 6
1949 24 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 6 8 7 4 5 5 6 6 6
1950 25 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 7 8 7 4 5 5 5 6 5
1951 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 6 8 7 4 5 5 6 6 6
1952 27 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 6 8 7 4 5 5 6 6 6
1953 28 PIT NL $ 350,000 6 6 8 7 4 5 5 5 6 6
1954 29 NYG NL $ 350,000 6 6 8 7 4 5 4 5 6 5
1955 30 MIN AL $ 350,000 6 7 8 7 3 5 4 5 5 5
1956 31 MIN AL $ 350,000 6 7 8 7 3 4 4 5 5 5
1957 32 MIN AL $ 1,291,429 6 7 8 7 3 5 4 5 5 5
1958 33 DET AL $ 300,000 6 6 7 7 3 5 4 4 5 5
1959 34 CIN NL $ 300,000 6 5 7 6 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 5 7 6 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,291,429 6 7 8 7 4 5 5 6 6 6
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 22 MIN AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1948 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1949 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1950 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1951 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1952 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1953 28 PIT NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1954 29 NYG NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1955 30 MIN AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1956 31 MIN AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1957 32 MIN AL $ 1,291,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1958 33 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1959 34 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,291,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1947 22 MIN AL 2 2 .500 10 0 0 0 0 11.0 7 6 1 7 3 4.91 .179 .304 .308 .612 0.9
    AAA   2 1 .667 51 0 0 0 5 47.3 48 23 5 28 41 4.37 .265 .364 .398 .761  
    AA   0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 2 8.7 5 2 0 6 11 2.08 .167 .306 .267 .572  
1948 23 MIN AL 1 2 .333 30 0 0 0 1 32.7 27 14 2 15 19 3.86 .216 .298 .320 .618 2.7
1949 24 MIN AL 0 2 .000 20 0 0 0 0 16.3 15 11 1 10 5 6.06 .250 .356 .367 .723 0.4
    AAA   1 2 .333 32 0 0 0 2 43.0 35 18 5 19 41 3.77 .223 .307 .357 .664  
1950 25 MIN AL 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 0 10.0 16 12 4 8 2 10.80 .356 .453 .756 1.208 0.0
  PIT NL 1 1 .500 15 0 0 0 1 16.0 10 6 2 5 6 3.38 .172 .238 .328 .566 2.0
  TOT   1 2 .333 24 0 0 0 1 26.0 26 18 6 13 8 6.23 .252 .336 .515 .851 2.0
    AAA   5 3 .625 30 0 0 0 3 30.0 16 12 3 14 26 3.60 .157 .259 .275 .533  
1951 26 PIT NL 3 7 .300 78 0 0 0 18 81.7 73 45 5 44 34 4.96 .238 .338 .345 .683 9.5
1952 27 PIT NL 4 5 .444 40 0 0 0 4 45.3 58 35 4 29 27 6.95 .301 .392 .435 .827 0.0
1953 28 AAA   1 3 .250 69 0 0 0 2 68.7 66 33 10 34 66 4.33 .257 .344 .432 .776  
1954 29 AAA   3 4 .429 72 0 0 0 8 79.0 83 36 6 31 84 4.10 .267 .333 .402 .735  
1955 30 MIN AL 7 3 .700 71 0 0 0 5 73.3 76 40 10 45 44 4.91 .267 .369 .449 .818 3.4
1956 31 MIN AL 9 5 .643 61 4 0 0 8 99.0 84 34 7 54 59 3.09 .230 .330 .328 .658 10.6
1957 32 MIN AL 6 5 .545 59 1 0 0 4 70.3 60 39 11 52 49 4.99 .228 .356 .388 .744 2.9
1958 33 AAA   7 3 .700 55 1 0 0 2 54.7 40 28 12 30 67 4.61 .204 .310 .434 .743  
    AA   1 1 .500 18 0 0 0 3 13.0 6 4 1 9 17 2.77 .136 .283 .205 .488  
1959 34 AAA   0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 9.7 9 3 1 5 12 2.80 .250 .341 .361 .703  
    AA   1 2 .333 28 0 0 0 1 45.7 40 17 6 26 65 3.35 .230 .330 .379 .709  
9 Years Sim 33 33 .500 393 5 0 0 41 455.6 426 242 47 269 248 4.78 .245 .347 .383 .730 32.5
7 Years AAA 19 16 .543 315 1 0 0 22 332.3 297 153 42 161 337 4.14 .240 .327 .395 .722  
3 Years AA 2 4 .333 57 0 0 0 6 67.3 51 23 7 41 93 3.07 .206 .318 .335 .653  
10 Years Minors 21 20 .512 372 1 0 0 28 399.6 348 176 49 202 430 3.96 .234 .325 .385 .711  
Season Average 3 3 .500 43 0 0 0 4 50.6 47 26 5 29 27 4.78 .245 .347 .383 .730  
Career Highs 9 7 .700 78 4 0 0 18 99.0 84 45 11 54 59 6.95 .301 .392 .515 .851  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   228 130 26 124 166   .228 .314 .364 .677
vs LH   198 112 21 145 82   .266 .386 .409 .795
Home 18 19 .486 195 4 0 0 15 238.3 222 128 27 147 140 4.83 .245 .350 .406 .756
Away 15 14 .517 198 1 0 0 26 217.3 204 114 20 122 108 4.72 .245 .341 .359 .700
Mar/Apr 6 8 .429 60 1 0 0 5 70.0 68 38 9 39 36 4.89 .249 .343 .396 .739
May 4 7 .364 88 0 0 0 10 96.0 89 59 11 62 57 5.53 .244 .354 .419 .773
June 5 3 .625 50 2 0 0 7 66.0 65 37 6 34 40 5.05 .258 .346 .377 .723
July 5 5 .500 53 1 0 0 8 61.3 60 28 7 34 30 4.11 .249 .342 .357 .699
August 4 3 .571 60 1 0 0 4 74.3 66 37 7 45 39 4.48 .241 .348 .380 .728
Sep/Oct 9 7 .563 82 0 0 0 7 88.0 78 43 7 55 46 4.40 .232 .340 .360 .700
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1948 23 MIN AL 30 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1950 25 MIN AL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  PIT NL 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1951 26 PIT NL 78 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1952 27 PIT NL 40 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1955 30 MIN AL 71 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.2
1956 31 MIN AL 61 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.7 0.0
1957 32 MIN AL 59 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
7 Years Sim 363 27 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .111 .111 .111 .222 -1.0 0.2
162 Game Average 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.4  
Career Highs 78 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   18 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1
vs LH   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
Home 167 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .067 .067 .067 .133 -0.8
Away 151 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
RISP   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Close/Late   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 31 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
May 36 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
June 21 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
July 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
August 47 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Sep/Oct 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1947 22 MIN AL P 10 0 11.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82    
1948 23 MIN AL P 30 0 32.7 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.76    
1949 24 MIN AL P 20 0 16.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.20    
1950 25 MIN AL P 9 0 10.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80    
  PIT NL P 15 0 16.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.13    
  TOT   P 24 0 26.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.38    
1951 26 PIT NL P 78 0 81.7 6 13 0 2 1.000 2.09    
1952 27 PIT NL P 40 0 45.3 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.58    
1955 30 MIN AL P 71 0 73.3 6 13 0 0 1.000 2.33    
1956 31 MIN AL P 61 4 99.0 3 18 0 2 1.000 1.91    
1957 32 MIN AL P 59 1 70.3 7 10 0 0 1.000 2.18    
Career Totals   393 5 455.6 28 80 0 5 1.000 2.13    
Career Highs   78 4 99.0 7 18 0 2 1.000 2.76    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1948 23 MIN AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 4 0 4 2 36.00 .400 .667 .600 1.267
1955 30 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 4 1 4 2 9.00 .250 .438 .500 .938
1956 31 MIN AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.3 3 0 0 0 3 0.00 .250 .250 .333 .583
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 0 8.3 8 8 1 8 7 8.64 .276 .432 .448 .881
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1951-1-18
1956-7-8
 Games Pitched
1951-2-78
1955-6-71
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 20th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1947
Earned first career win on 9/1/1947
Traded from Minnesota to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1950 (Going to PIT: 3B Lee Handley, P Jack Banta. Going to MIN: P Al Javery)
Had first career hit on 6/24/1952, off Dave Ferriss (SDP)
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (N) on 7/31/1954 (Going to PIT: 1B Lennie Merullo. Going to NYG: P Jack Banta)
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 2/1/1955 (Going to NYG: LF Del Ennis, P Erv Palica. Going to MIN: LF Steve Bilko, LF Jerry Lynch, P Paul Foytack, P Jack Banta, P Don Johnson)
Won World Series with Minnesota in 1955
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,291,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/2/1958 to a 4-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Traded from Detroit to Cincinnati on 5/1/1959 (Going to CIN: P Jack Banta, 1B Ferris Fain, P Ray Moore. Going to DET: P Bob Milliken)
Injured on 9/1/1959 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
 
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