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George
Banks		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: September 24, 1938 in Usa, SC, PACOLET MILLS
 
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
1962 23 TOR AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1963 24 TOR AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 4 4 4
1964 25 TOR AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 4 4 4
1965 26 TOR AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1966 27 TOR AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 4 4 4
1967 28 KCR AL     3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10 4 4 4
1968 29 KCR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1969 30 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
1970 31 PIT NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1971 32 PIT NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1972 33 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
1973 34 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 4 4 4
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
1962 23 AAA   137 497 85 116 14 3 36 90 2 5 96 148 .233 .358 .491 .848 91.4  
1963 24 TOR AL 102 350 54 66 12 5 10 27 2 1 46 106 .189 .286 .337 .623 36.0 4.4
    AAA   54 188 31 54 9 0 14 35 2 3 43 43 .287 .420 .559 .978 43.3  
1964 25 TOR AL 92 262 29 37 9 1 8 28 1 2 32 73 .141 .252 .275 .527 17.2 0.0
    AAA   54 188 27 43 6 0 11 33 0 4 37 46 .229 .356 .436 .792 30.5  
1965 26 TOR AL 141 314 30 65 9 1 9 37 1 2 55 89 .207 .324 .328 .652 36.2 5.3
1966 27 TOR AL 66 111 13 18 3 0 3 8 0 1 27 36 .162 .326 .270 .596 10.9 0.8
    AAA   56 192 34 42 5 1 17 29 1 2 47 55 .219 .372 .521 .893 39.7  
1967 28 AAA   104 353 67 83 10 2 22 63 2 4 75 91 .235 .369 .462 .831 64.1  
    A   31 101 18 26 5 0 10 20 0 1 34 26 .257 .444 .604 1.048 27.5  
1968 29 KCR AL 32 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 .000 .138 .000 .138 -1.3 0.0
1969 30 PIT NL 50 113 12 17 3 1 5 10 0 1 25 31 .150 .298 .327 .625 14.1 1.2
    AAA   54 197 26 40 5 0 10 31 3 5 28 50 .203 .302 .381 .683 23.9  
1970 31 PIT NL 42 96 11 17 2 0 5 8 0 0 12 27 .177 .277 .354 .631 11.2 0.9
1971 32 PIT NL 133 390 56 49 11 1 9 24 0 3 63 113 .126 .246 .228 .474 22.5 0.0
1972 33 BOS AL 25 52 4 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 5 23 .096 .186 .173 .360 0.7 0.0
    AAA   81 270 33 49 16 2 17 49 6 3 56 69 .181 .322 .444 .767 43.0  
    A   26 82 20 17 2 0 11 25 0 2 34 20 .207 .440 .634 1.074 24.0  
1973 34 BOS AL 12 27 5 9 0 0 4 6 0 0 8 5 .333 .486 .778 1.263 9.0 2.1
    AAA   126 365 56 73 17 3 23 72 5 6 87 91 .200 .354 .452 .806 64.0  
10 Years Sim 695 1740 215 283 50 9 54 151 5 10 277 513 .163 .280 .295 .575 156.4 14.6
8 Years AAA 666 2250 359 500 82 11 150 402 21 32 469 593 .222 .359 .468 .828 400.0  
2 Years A 57 183 38 43 7 0 21 45 0 3 68 46 .235 .443 .617 1.061 51.5  
10 Years Minors 723 2433 397 543 89 11 171 447 21 35 537 639 .223 .367 .480 .846 451.5  
162 Game Average 405 50 65 11 2 12 35 1 2 64 119 .163 .280 .295 .575 36.4  
Career Highs 141 390 56 66 12 5 10 37 2 3 63 113 .333 .486 .778 1.263 36.2  
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   1157 140 196 35 7 37 110 3 6 177 331 .169 .283 .308 .590 110.8
vs LH   583 75 87 15 2 17 41 2 4 100 182 .149 .276 .269 .545 49.3
Home 347 875 96 140 27 5 21 78 2 8 126 272 .160 .268 .274 .542 68.5
Away 348 865 119 143 23 4 33 73 3 2 151 241 .165 .293 .316 .609 91.7
RISP   343 0 49 9 2 6 84 0 0 61 96 .143 .274 .233 .507 25.7
Pinch Hitting   118 16 22 3 0 5 16 0 0 23 36 .186 .324 .339 .663 15.0
Close/Late   251 26 43 6 1 8 23 0 0 47 76 .171 .307 .299 .605 26.9
Mar/Apr 103 259 35 36 7 0 7 21 1 3 42 84 .139 .267 .247 .514 18.2
May 120 319 29 50 9 1 8 23 1 2 53 88 .157 .280 .266 .546 26.8
June 121 306 30 46 8 3 4 24 0 0 41 105 .150 .249 .235 .484 19.1
July 95 245 35 53 9 2 6 16 2 1 42 64 .216 .337 .343 .680 31.1
August 105 258 36 42 9 1 11 27 0 1 32 68 .163 .256 .333 .589 23.7
Sep/Oct 151 353 50 56 8 2 18 40 1 3 67 104 .159 .295 .346 .641 41.2
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
1963 24 TOR AL RF 97 95 745.3 144 3 3 1 .980 1.78   0.7
    SS 7 0 24.3 7 14 1 6 .955 7.77   0.3
    3B 9 0 16.7 0 7 0 1 1.000 3.78   0.1
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1964 25 TOR AL 3B 82 75 658.0 45 163 15 9 .933 2.84   1.8
    RF 2 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 6 0 9.3 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.82   0.0
1965 26 TOR AL 3B 90 73 665.0 39 156 8 12 .961 2.64   2.9
    SS 21 0 53.3 13 13 1 4 .963 4.39   0.2
    LF 3 0 7.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1966 27 TOR AL 3B 19 7 85.0 5 21 2 2 .929 2.75   0.2
    SS 10 6 63.0 13 22 0 6 1.000 5.00   0.4
    RF 8 7 58.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.79   0.5
    LF 6 5 45.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
1968 29 KCR AL SS 8 0 14.0 4 5 0 1 1.000 5.79   0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1969 30 PIT NL SS 22 17 160.3 30 64 3 14 .969 5.28   1.3
    3B 26 17 158.3 11 33 2 2 .957 2.50   0.7
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1970 31 PIT NL SS 27 17 170.0 26 66 1 18 .989 4.87   0.9
    3B 10 6 55.0 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.2
    1B 2 2 12.0 18 0 0 2 1.000 13.50   0.0
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1971 32 PIT NL SS 69 65 554.0 89 195 7 41 .976 4.61   2.3
    3B 34 30 270.3 11 43 4 5 .931 1.80   0.5
    1B 19 19 152.0 188 13 1 16 .995 11.90   0.3
    LF 6 5 48.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.31   0.1
    RF 3 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1972 33 BOS AL 3B 10 8 66.0 4 18 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.2
    SS 9 4 42.7 8 14 1 3 .957 4.64   0.2
    LF 3 1 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.1
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00    
    1B 1 1 8.0 12 0 1 1 .923 13.50   0.0
1973 34 BOS AL RF 8 8 66.0 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.32   0.2
    CF 1 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    SS 2 0 5.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 10.80   0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 281 216 1976.3 119 452 31 31 .949 2.60   6.7
  SS 181 109 1096.0 194 400 14 95 .977 4.88   5.8
  RF 123 112 908.3 185 5 3 2 .984 1.88   1.4
  1B 23 22 173.0 219 14 2 19 .991 12.12   0.3
  LF 21 12 129.7 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.2
  CF 1 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   631 471 4291.3 744 872 50 148 .970 3.39   14.5
Career Highs   131 120 1035.3 298 251 15 62 1.000 5.06    
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Toronto in 1962
Had first career hit (triple) on 6/1/1963, off Charlie Beamon (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 6/27/1963, off Ken Rowe (BOS)
Injured on 5/9/1967 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Traded from Toronto to Kansas City on 7/31/1967 (Going to KCR: P Billy Hoeft, 3B George Banks. Going to TOR: P Jim Waugh)
3/3/1968: Signed a minor league contract extension with Kansas City
Traded from Kansas City to Pittsburgh on 6/1/1969 (Going to KCR: CF Don Hahn. Going to PIT: SS Mike Shannon, 3B George Banks)
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/2/1972 to a minor league deal
10/22/1972: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $300,000 per year, for 1 years
Injured on 5/20/1973 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/25/1973 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
 
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