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Alan
Bannister		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: September 3, 1951 in Usa, CA, MONTEBELLO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1978   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 22 CLN NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1975 23 CLN NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 9
1976 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1977 25 BAL AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1978 26 BAL AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 6 7 7 9 9 9
1979 27 BAL AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1980 28 BAL AL $ 1,221,429   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9
1981 29 BAL AL $ 1,710,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 8 8 6 7 7 9 9 9
1982 30 MIA NL $ 1,710,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
1983 31 MIA NL $ 1,710,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
1984 32 MIA NL $ 1,710,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
1985 33 MIA NL $ 2,090,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,090,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9
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
1974 22 AAA   34 120 16 29 3 0 1 7 6 4 13 15 .242 .316 .292 .607 11.6  
    AA   53 205 23 61 7 1 1 16 7 1 18 16 .298 .354 .356 .710 26.8  
1975 23 AAA   137 553 72 140 31 5 10 85 18 5 56 52 .253 .322 .382 .703 70.0  
1976 24 CLN NL 52 156 27 44 7 0 3 18 5 2 26 13 .282 .385 .385 .769 22.7 4.0
    AAA   106 413 84 141 28 2 5 52 17 6 59 29 .341 .424 .455 .879 77.5  
1977 25 BAL AL 135 515 70 145 21 6 4 51 19 10 49 44 .282 .343 .369 .712 64.2 13.1
1978 26 BAL AL 158 537 59 161 22 5 2 54 22 11 48 37 .300 .357 .371 .728 67.8 12.4
1979 27 BAL AL 154 586 68 143 21 5 2 49 12 2 55 40 .244 .311 .307 .618 55.8 4.5
1980 28 BAL AL 156 584 68 177 31 6 0 68 21 7 46 33 .303 .353 .377 .729 77.1 12.6
1981 29 BAL AL 152 641 90 174 38 7 3 53 23 10 55 52 .271 .327 .367 .693 76.6 14.6
1982 30 BAL AL 97 309 35 84 16 2 1 32 8 2 31 22 .272 .336 .346 .683 35.5 6.4
  MIA NL 54 199 19 55 12 1 0 16 5 2 19 12 .276 .338 .347 .685 22.4 3.9
  TOT   151 508 54 139 28 3 1 48 13 4 50 34 .274 .337 .346 .683 57.9 10.3
1983 31 MIA NL 146 582 64 157 26 4 2 41 11 6 41 51 .270 .316 .338 .654 63.4 9.0
1984 32 MIA NL 155 573 68 159 39 1 2 50 3 0 63 55 .277 .349 .360 .708 71.6 15.4
1985 33 MIA NL 7 24 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .125 .250 .125 .375 0.8 0.0
10 Years Sim 1266 4706 570 1302 233 37 19 434 129 52 437 364 .277 .337 .354 .691 557.8 96.0
3 Years AAA 277 1086 172 310 62 7 16 144 41 15 128 96 .285 .362 .400 .761 159.1  
1 Years AA 53 205 23 61 7 1 1 16 7 1 18 16 .298 .348 .356 .704 26.8  
4 Years Minors 330 1291 195 371 69 8 17 160 48 16 146 112 .287 .360 .393 .752 185.8  
162 Game Average 602 72 166 29 4 2 55 16 6 55 46 .277 .337 .354 .691 71.4  
Career Highs 158 641 90 177 39 7 4 68 23 11 63 55 .303 .385 .385 .769 77.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3441 407 949 159 24 16 320 95 35 286 276 .276 .331 .350 .681 401.4
vs LH   1265 163 353 74 13 3 114 34 17 151 88 .279 .355 .365 .720 167.1
Home 639 2317 286 646 107 22 9 206 58 29 211 168 .279 .338 .356 .694 279.4
Away 627 2389 284 656 126 15 10 228 71 23 226 196 .275 .337 .352 .689 289.1
RISP   1034 0 288 44 5 5 378 0 0 109 80 .279 .339 .345 .684 126.5
Pinch Hitting   59 5 20 5 0 0 9 0 2 9 5 .339 .414 .424 .838 9.8
Close/Late   554 66 149 31 5 5 58 0 0 61 42 .269 .338 .370 .708 70.6
Mar/Apr 185 720 76 201 30 6 3 62 17 9 66 59 .279 .338 .350 .688 86.0
May 217 806 124 224 39 7 4 68 29 5 76 66 .278 .341 .359 .699 101.7
June 205 747 88 201 35 8 0 70 17 10 70 63 .269 .328 .337 .666 83.8
July 187 703 82 195 44 4 3 73 18 11 57 56 .277 .329 .364 .693 82.5
August 239 877 112 257 45 5 5 90 28 7 83 56 .293 .354 .373 .727 117.3
Sep/Oct 233 853 88 224 40 7 4 71 20 10 85 64 .263 .331 .340 .671 97.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 24 CLN NL 2B 52 52 440.0 108 190 1 51 .997 6.10   2.6
1977 25 BAL AL 2B 80 77 697.7 198 283 11 72 .978 6.21   2.5
    3B 52 51 450.0 27 106 4 12 .971 2.66   0.8
    SS 4 0 7.0 1 5 0 2 1.000 7.71   0.1
1978 26 BAL AL 2B 143 129 1160.3 284 536 19 131 .977 6.36   5.7
    3B 8 0 15.0 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 27 BAL AL 2B 91 84 737.7 170 356 12 78 .978 6.42   2.7
    RF 39 39 359.3 87 4 2 0 .978 2.28   0.8
    LF 24 24 204.0 42 0 5 0 .894 1.85    
    3B 6 0 12.0 0 4 0 2 1.000 3.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 28 BAL AL 3B 99 97 866.3 66 219 7 20 .976 2.96   2.2
    2B 51 50 447.3 83 197 3 34 .989 5.63   1.3
    SS 3 1 17.7 4 6 0 2 1.000 5.10   0.1
1981 29 BAL AL SS 116 115 1029.0 154 444 35 87 .945 5.23   3.7
    2B 33 33 287.3 65 112 5 25 .973 5.54   1.1
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
1982 30 BAL AL SS 95 95 784.8 128 309 15 63 .967 5.01   2.9
    2B 1 0 1.8 0 2 0 0 1.000 10.00   0.0
  MIA NL SS 53 53 501.9 82 197 10 41 .965 5.00   2.9
    2B 1 0 1.2 0 1 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.0
  TOT   SS 148 148 1286.7 210 506 25 104 .966 5.01   5.8
      2B 2 0 3.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1983 31 MIA NL SS 141 137 1216.3 184 487 35 86 .950 4.96   6.4
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    3B 2 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 32 MIA NL SS 148 145 1259.3 187 556 31 94 .960 5.31   8.0
    2B 6 0 8.0 1 2 1 0 .750 3.38   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1985 33 MIA NL SS 7 7 62.0 8 36 1 8 .978 6.39   0.6
  SS 570 553 4883.0 748 2041 128 383 .956 5.14   24.6
  2B 460 425 3785.3 909 1680 52 391 .980 6.16   16.0
  3B 168 148 1348.0 96 332 11 34 .975 2.86   3.1
  RF 40 39 360.3 87 4 2 0 .978 2.27   0.8
  LF 27 25 217.0 45 0 5 0 .900 1.87   0.0
Career Totals   1265 1190 10593.7 1885 4057 198 808 .968 5.05   44.5
Career Highs   161 149 1331.3 299 558 40 131 .997 6.39    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1981 29 BAL AL 5 23 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .261 .320 .261 .581
Career Post-Season Batting 5 23 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .261 .320 .261 .581
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1980-10-.303
 Games
1978-1-158
1980-3-156
1984-10-155
 At-Bats
1981-2-641
 Singles
1978-7-132
1980-7-140
 Doubles
1981-7-38
1984-7-39
 Triples
1981-10-7
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Dick Smith (937)
  5. Julio Franco (932)
  6. Bob Aspromonte (927)
  7. Tony Piet (922)
  8. Terry Harmon (918)
  9. Brian Giles (918)
  10. Doc Gautreau (917)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 40th overall pick, by Seattle in 1974
Injured on 5/30/1974 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks
Traded from Seattle to Cleveland (N) on 7/31/1974 (Going to SEM: 2B Cookie Rojas. Going to CLN: 2B Alan Bannister, RF Jose Ortiz)
Had first career hit (double) on 7/31/1976, off Stan Perzanowski (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 8/20/1976, off Milt Wilcox (PIT)
Injured on 3/5/1977 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Washington on 8/5/1977
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1978
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,221,429 through salary arbitration
4/3/1980: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $1,710,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 4/12/1981
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 8/30/1981
Traded from Baltimore to Miami on 7/31/1982 (Going to MIA: SS Alan Bannister. Going to BAL: SS Mario Ramirez)
Injured on 7/24/1983 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
7/31/1984: Signed a contract extension with Miami, $2,090,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 4/9/1985 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for entire career
 
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