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)
• 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	33	33	5	8	1	1	0	2	1		0	1		0	0			.242	.242	.333	.576	74
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	82
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	2		2	11			.342	.419	.496	.914	132
1936	MULT	MULT	25	LF	65	268	235	38	79	17	4	1	39	6	0	20	0		0	13			.336	.388	.455	.844	115
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	61
1939	HG	NN2	28	2B	42	188	161	34	46	4	3	2	24	5	1	17	2	1	1	8	1	0	.286	.356	.385	.741	96
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	4	0	1	2	0	0	.301	.381	.406	.787	123
1943	MULT	MULT	32	SS	79	335	291	54	76	7	2	1	47	17	0	33	1	0	3	8			.261	.343	.309	.652	76
1944	EAS/HG	MULT	33	SS	62	284	240	53	63	9	5	1	29	8	0	31	1	0	3	8	2	0	.263	.351	.354	.706	90
1945	MULT	MULT	34	SS	42	170	157	16	48	8	1	0	22	4		12	1	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		1	6		0	.266	.321	.338	.660	85
1947	HG	NN2	36	SS	61	253	223	19	52	9	2	1	25	13		21	0		1	8		0	.233	.302	.305	.607	67
1948	HG	MULT	37	SS	47	207	173	37	43	8	1	2	14	7		23	0		3	8			.249	.347	.341	.688	102
17	13			SS	902	3933	3458	612	1017	141	59	35	528	158	2	372	69	1	17	83	3	0	.294	.365	.399	.765	104
162 Game Average						706	621	110	183	25	11	6	95	40	2	67	19	1	3	15	2	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				706	3034	2664	456	749	101	35	19	368	107	2	270	14	1	16	81	3	0	.281	.350	.367	.717	95
2	vs Latin Leagues				194	894	789	154	264	40	23	16	159	51		102	55		1	2			.335	.411	.504	.916	133
2	vs Major Leagues				2	5	5	2	4	0	1	0	1	0		0		0	0	0		0	.800	.800	1.200	2.000	559

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			2B	3	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.143	.143	.143	.286	-8
1	Louisville Black Caps			-	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	55
3	Baltimore Elite Giants			CF	82	336	311	52	96	9	4	1	39	16		20	1		1	4			.309	.352	.373	.725	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	2		2	26		0	.311	.377	.432	.809	108
2	NNL All Stars II			-	3	10	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2		0	0	0		0	.125	.300	.125	.425	12
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	112
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	442	1907	1662	278	446	53	20	13	233	68	1	183	8	1	13	47	2	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	255
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	33	.267	.298	0.0%	1.1%	3.0%	5.4%	0.00	74.55	0.0%	0.9%	.091	.089
1933	NEG/WES	EWA/NN2	158	.312	.329	7.6%	0.2%	0.0%	6.6%			0.0%	1.1%	.048	.122
1934	NEG/WES	EWA/NN2	163	.363	.338	4.9%	1.0%	0.6%	7.9%	8.00	13.49	0.6%	0.8%	.066	.096
1935	PC	NLP/NN2	269	.399	.353	10.4%	1.0%	0.7%	8.7%	14.00	9.40	0.7%	1.5%	.154	.133
1936	MULT	MULT	268	.370	.354	7.5%	0.4%	0.0%	8.9%		32.00	0.4%	1.6%	.119	.127
1937	PC/SDS	IND/NN2	51	.235	.313	7.8%	1.1%		7.3%		42.88	0.0%	1.3%	.043	.117
1938	MULT	MULT	158	.287	.344	9.5%	0.8%	0.0%	9.4%		22.68	1.3%	1.5%	.079	.129
1939	HG	NN2	188	.329	.347	9.0%	8.8%	1.1%	0.8%	8.50	11.43	1.1%	1.6%	.099	.119
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	.377	12.7%	11.2%	5.6%	8.6%	2.27	1.31	1.7%	1.1%	.170	.124
1942	EAS/HG	MULT	272	.376	.335	11.0%	1.9%	1.5%	9.6%	7.50	7.13	1.1%	1.0%	.105	.101
1943	MULT	MULT	335	.319	.354	9.9%		0.3%	10.0%	33.00		0.3%	0.7%	.048	.100
1944	EAS/HG	MULT	284	.330	.344	10.9%	0.8%	0.4%	8.3%	31.00	21.46	0.4%	0.9%	.092	.103
1945	MULT	MULT	170	.346	.327	7.1%	0.6%	0.6%	8.7%	12.00	14.06	0.0%	0.8%	.064	.092
1946	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	230	.311	.339	7.0%	0.3%	0.4%	9.3%	16.00	34.11	1.3%	1.0%	.072	.096
1947	HG	NN2	253	.286	.343	8.3%	9.0%	0.0%	0.1%		62.93	0.4%	1.0%	.072	.104
1948	HG	MULT	207	.325	.324	11.1%	0.2%	0.0%	8.5%		47.58	1.0%	0.7%	.092	.092
17	13		3933	.354	.346	9.5%	9.1%	2.0%	2.7%	4.90	21.49	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		3034	.333	.341	8.9%	8.8%	0.5%	0.7%	16.86	27.91	0.6%	1.1%	.086	.109
2	vs Latin Leagues		894	.420	.364	11.4%	10.3%	6.2%	9.4%	1.85	1.12	1.8%	1.1%	.170	.125
2	vs Major Leagues		5	.963	.289	0.0%	5.3%					0.0%	0.0%	.400	.050

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	Birmingham Black Barons		7	.136	.291	0.0%	5.7%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
1	Louisville Black Caps		4	.238	.302	0.0%	5.9%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.073
3	Baltimore Elite Giants		336	.338	.331	6.0%	7.2%	0.6%	0.4%	8.00	20.19	0.3%	1.0%	.064	.107
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	.360	.350	8.9%	8.9%	0.4%	0.6%	24.00	23.60	0.7%	1.6%	.121	.130
2	NNL All Stars II		10	.251	.361	20.0%	11.8%					0.0%	1.3%	.000	.137
6	East All Stars		28	.334	.329	0.0%	7.9%	7.7%	11.5%	0.00	0.75	0.0%	0.5%	.083	.088
1	Santo Domingo Stars		16	.091	.262	12.5%	6.0%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.086
8	Homestead Grays		1907	.328	.341	9.6%	9.1%	0.4%	0.5%	22.50	30.75	0.7%	0.9%	.079	.101
2	Sultanes de Monterrey		894	.420	.364	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	.327	0.0%	5.6%					0.0%	0.0%	.250	.090
1	Cleveland Buckeyes		4	.238	.321	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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