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Sam Bankhead

Samuel Howard Bankhead

Born: September 18, 1910 in Sulligent, AL
Died: July 24, 1976 in Pittsburgh, PA
(65 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 165

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Notes:

Buried: Greenwood Cemetery (Sharpsburg, PA)
Relatives: Dan Bankhead (Brother) , Fred Bankhead (Brother)
Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1932	MULT	NSC / NSL	21	SP	13	35	33	5	8	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	.242	.286	.333	.619	85
1933	NEG / WES	EWA / NN2	22	CF	37	158	145	25	41	5	1	0	18	6	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	.283	.338	.331	.669	81
1934	NEG / WES	EWA / NN2	23	SS	38	163	151	25	51	3	2	1	20	10	1	8	1	1	3	.338	.375	.404	.779	115
1935	PC	NLP / NN2	24	LF	58	269	228	54	78	13	8	2	34	9	0	28	0	2	11	.342	.419	.496	.914	131
1936	MULT	MULT	25	LF	65	268	235	38	79	17	4	1	39	6	0	20	0	0	13	.336	.388	.455	.844	114
1937	PC / SDS	IND / NN2	26	LF	12	51	46	6	9	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	.196	.260	.239	.499	44
1938	MULT	MULT	27	CF	35	158	140	23	32	5	0	2	17	7	0	15	0	0	0	3	0	.229	.303	.307	.610	60
1939	HG	MULT	28	2B	42	188	161	34	46	4	3	2	24	5	1	17	2	1	1	8	1	0	.286	.356	.385	.741	97
1940	CBM	MEX	29	SS	93	429	384	80	122	19	11	8	74	32	43	29	1	1	.318	.388	.487	.875	128
1941	CBM	MEX	30	SS	101	465	405	74	142	21	12	8	85	19	59	26	0	1	.351	.433	.521	.954	137
1942	EAS / HG	MULT	31	SS	63	272	239	41	72	6	5	3	51	9	0	30	2	0	1	2	0	.301	.381	.406	.787	121
1943	MULT	MULT	32	SS	79	335	291	54	76	7	2	1	47	17	0	33	1	3	8	.261	.343	.309	.652	77
1944	EAS / HG	MULT	33	SS	62	283	240	53	63	9	5	1	29	8	0	31	0	0	3	8	1	.263	.353	.354	.707	92
1945	MULT	MULT	34	SS	42	170	157	16	48	8	1	0	22	4	12	0	0	0	1	0	.306	.355	.369	.724	110
1946	EAS / HG	EWA / NN2	35	SS	54	230	207	28	55	4	1	3	26	5	16	1	6	0	.266	.321	.338	.660	83
1947	HG	NN2	36	SS	61	253	223	19	52	9	2	1	25	13	21	1	8	.233	.302	.305	.607	67
1948	HG	MULT	37	SS	48	212	177	37	44	8	1	2	14	7	0	23	0	3	9	.249	.345	.339	.684	102
17	13			SS	903	3939	3462	612	1018	141	59	35	527	158	2	374	62	1	17	84	2	0	.294	.365	.399	.765	104
162 Game Average						707	621	110	183	25	11	6	95	28	6	67	38	3	3	15	6	0	.294	.365	.399	.765	104

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
15	Negro Leagues				708	3045	2673	458	754	101	36	19	368	107	2	272	7	1	16	82	2	0	.282	.352	.368	.720	95
2	vs Latin Leagues				194	894	789	154	264	40	23	16	159	51	102	55	1	2	.335	.411	.504	.916	133
1	vs Major Leagues				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	3	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-10
1	Louisville Black Caps			RP	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	52
3	Baltimore Elite Giants			CF	82	338	311	52	96	9	4	1	38	16	22	1	1	4	.309	.356	.373	.729	101
2	West All Stars			-	2	7	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	87
4	Pittsburgh Crawfords			LF	161	711	620	119	193	36	12	5	90	21	0	63	0	2	26	.311	.377	.432	.809	107
2	NNL All Stars II			-	3	10	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125	.425	-3
6	East All Stars			2B	7	28	24	5	9	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	.375	.360	.458	.818	114
1	Santo Domingo Stars			SS	4	16	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	.000	.133	.000	.133	-50
8	Homestead Grays			SS	443	1911	1666	278	447	53	20	13	233	68	1	183	3	1	13	48	1	0	.268	.345	.348	.693	92
2	Sultanes de Monterrey			SS	194	894	789	154	264	40	23	16	159	51	102	55	1	2	.335	.411	.504	.916	133
1	NNL South All Stars			SS	1	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	246
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			2B	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	46
1	North All Stars			-	1	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	21

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1932	MULT	NSC / NSL	35	.296	.307		5.7%		2.9%	6.0%		2.00		0.0%	1.0%		.091	.093
1933	NEG / WES	EWA / NN2	158	.312	.330		7.6%		0.0%	6.6%			0.0%	1.1%		.048	.122
1934	NEG / WES	EWA / NN2	163	.363	.338		4.9%		0.6%	7.9%		8.00		0.6%	0.8%		.066	.096
1935	PC	NLP / NN2	269	.399	.354		10.4%		0.0%	8.7%			0.7%	1.5%		.154	.134
1936	MULT	MULT	268	.370	.355		7.5%		0.0%	8.9%			0.4%	1.6%		.119	.127
1937	PC / SDS	IND / NN2	51	.235	.313		7.8%		7.3%			0.0%	1.3%		.043	.117
1938	MULT	MULT	158	.287	.348		9.5%		0.0%	9.6%			1.3%	1.6%		.079	.131
1939	HG	MULT	188	.330	.346		9.0%		1.1%	8.9%		8.50		1.1%	1.6%		.099	.115
1940	CBM	MEX	429	.397	.350		10.0%	9.3%		6.8%	10.2%		1.48	0.91		1.9%	1.2%		.169	.126
1941	CBM	MEX	465	.441	.378		12.7%	11.2%		5.6%	8.5%		2.27	1.31		1.7%	1.1%		.170	.124
1942	EAS / HG	MULT	272	.375	.339		11.0%		0.7%	9.7%		15.00		1.1%	1.0%		.105	.102
1943	MULT	MULT	335	.319	.354		9.9%		0.3%	9.9%		33.00		0.3%	0.7%		.048	.100
1944	EAS / HG	MULT	283	.331	.344		11.0%		0.0%	8.3%			0.4%	0.9%		.092	.103
1945	MULT	MULT	170	.346	.328		7.1%		0.0%	8.7%			0.0%	0.8%		.064	.092
1946	EAS / HG	EWA / NN2	230	.311	.343		7.0%		9.4%			1.3%	1.0%		.072	.097
1947	HG	NN2	253	.286	.342		8.3%	8.9%				0.4%	1.0%		.072	.103
1948	HG	MULT	212	.322	.323		10.8%		8.5%			0.9%	0.7%		.090	.093
17	13		3939	.354	.347		9.5%	9.2%		5.2%	7.5%		1.98	3.40		0.9%	1.1%		.105	.112

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
15	Negro Leagues		3045	.334	.342		8.9%	8.8%		2.4%	2.6%		3.00	9.38		0.6%	1.1%		.086	.109
2	vs Latin Leagues		894	.420	.365		11.4%	10.3%		6.2%	9.4%		1.85	1.12		1.8%	1.1%		.170	.125
1	vs Major Leagues		0	.000		0.0%				0.0%		.000

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	Birmingham Black Barons		7	.137	.302		0.0%	6.3%				0.0%	0.4%		.000	.074
1	Louisville Black Caps		4	.239	.311		0.0%	6.5%				0.0%	0.4%		.000	.077
3	Baltimore Elite Giants		338	.341	.332		6.5%	7.2%		16.7%	5.7%		0.00	0.63		0.3%	1.0%		.064	.108
2	West All Stars		7	.263	.329		0.0%	4.5%		14.3%	16.1%		0.00	0.39		0.0%	0.7%		.000	.145
4	Pittsburgh Crawfords		711	.359	.351		8.9%	8.9%		0.0%	2.1%		4.10		0.7%	1.6%		.121	.131
2	NNL All Stars II		10	.251	.416		20.0%	13.8%				0.0%	1.2%		.000	.164
6	East All Stars		28	.334	.328		0.0%	8.0%		7.7%	11.5%		0.00	0.75		0.0%	0.5%		.083	.085
1	Santo Domingo Stars		16	.091	.262		12.5%	6.0%				0.0%	0.8%		.000	.086
8	Homestead Grays		1911	.328	.341		9.6%	9.1%		1.3%	1.3%		5.67	11.41		0.7%	0.9%		.079	.101
2	Sultanes de Monterrey		894	.420	.365		11.4%	10.3%		6.2%	9.4%		1.85	1.12		1.8%	1.1%		.170	.125
1	NNL South All Stars		4	.566	.336		0.0%	5.6%				0.0%	0.0%		.250	.088
1	Cleveland Buckeyes		4	.238	.322		0.0%	7.0%				0.0%	0.6%		.000	.089
1	North All Stars		5	.200	.330		0.0%	10.3%				0.0%	0.0%		.000	.043

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