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

Compared to Contemporary Shortstops (Top 50)

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	Career	HoF	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Willie Wells	SS	25	1924-1948	✔	61.8	47.9	5.8	0.1	8.3
2	Chester Williams	SS	13	1930-1942		14.3	6.1	4.1	0.0	4.0
3	Tommy Butts	SS	11	1938-1948		12.3	3.0	5.7	0.0	3.6
4	Sam Bankhead	SS	17	1932-1948		26.6	16.5	6.2	0.6	3.3
5	Silvio García	SS	9	1936-1947		21.8	17.9	0.8	0.2	2.8
6	Apolinar Pulido	SS	6	1940-1945		1.4	-0.2	-1.2	0.0	2.8
7	Hoss Walker	SS	19	1929-1948		0.6	-2.6	1.1	0.2	1.9
8	Jelly Jackson	SS	9	1934-1945		-4.2	-6.1	0.1	0.0	1.9
9	Jesse Williams	SS	7	1939-1945		11.6	6.1	3.9	0.0	1.6
10	Rabbit Martínez	SS	10	1935-1947		-0.7	-2.1	-0.2	0.0	1.6
11	Leroy Morney	SS	13	1932-1944		5.2	4.9	-1.2	0.0	1.5
12	Marcelino Bauza	SS	5	1930-1945		-3.1	-4.0	-0.5	0.0	1.4
13	Ramón Lagunas	SS	3	1940-1942		-0.2	-1.6	0.0	0.0	1.4
14	Bus Clarkson	SS	6	1938-1946		10.9	10.5	-0.6	0.0	1.1
15	Jake Dunn	SS	11	1930-1943		3.9	3.9	-1.0	0.0	1.1
16	T. J. Brown	SS	9	1939-1948		0.2	0.2	-0.9	0.0	0.9
17	Monte Irvin	SS	10	1938-1948	✔	16.5	16.9	-1.1	0.0	0.7
18	Anthony Cooper	SS	10	1928-1941		-1.2	-2.0	0.2	0.0	0.6
19	Clarence Lamar	SS	8	1937-1944		0.5	0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.6
20	Joe Sparks	SS	4	1937-1940		-0.8	0.2	-1.2	-0.3	0.5
21	Larnie Jordan	SS	4	1936-1942		0.9	0.9	-0.4	0.0	0.4
22	John Lyles	SS	8	1932-1943		0.5	1.2	-1.0	0.0	0.3
23	Jimmy Johnson	SS	4	1932-1943		0.0	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3
24	Tice James	SS	4	1936-1946		-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.3
25	Philly Holmes	SS	4	1937-1945		0.0	0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.3
26	Ulysses Redd	SS	2	1940-1941		-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2
27	Curtis Henderson	SS	8	1936-1946		-0.8	-0.1	-0.9	0.0	0.2
28	Sy Morton	SS	4	1940-1947		-0.7	-1.0	0.1	0.0	0.2
29	Leamon Johnson	SS	6	1940-1945		-1.5	-0.5	-1.3	0.0	0.2
30	Ormond Sampson	SS	4	1932-1941		-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.2
31	John Sutter	SS	1	1940		0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
32	Spencer Davis	SS	4	1938-1942		-0.3	-0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1
33	Bill Sadler	SS	4	1935-1944		-0.5	0.0	-0.4	-0.1	0.1
34	Oscar Givens	SS	3	1939-1948		0.0	0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.1
35	Skeeter Scalzi	SS	1	1940		0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.1
36	Melvin Coleman	SS	2	1937-1944		-0.2	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.1
37	Leo Sanders	SS	3	1937-1942		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
38	Emmett Mueller	SS	3	1936-1941		0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
39	Vernon Riddick	SS	2	1939-1941		0.0	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1
40	John Hawkins	SS	1	1940		-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
41	Lee Carter	SS	1	1940		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
42	Erkie Wilson	SS	1	1940		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
43	James Mickey	SS	1	1940		0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0

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