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	33	33	5	8	1	1	0	2	1		0			0	0			.242	.242	.333	.576	74
1933	WES/NEG	EWA/NN2	22	CF	38	162	147	28	44	5	2	0	18	6	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	.299	.356	.361	.717	95
1934	WES/NEG	EWA/NN2	23	SS	38	163	151	25	51	3	2	1	20	10	1	8	1		1	3	0	0	.338	.375	.404	.779	115
1935	PC	NLC/NN2	24	LF	58	269	228	54	78	13	8	2	34	9	0	28			2	11			.342	.419	.496	.914	132
1936	MULT	MULT	25	LF	65	268	235	38	79	17	4	1	39	6		20	0		0	13	0	0	.336	.388	.455	.844	115
1937	SDS/PC	IND/NN2	26	LF	12	51	46	6	9	2	0	0	1	0		4			0	1			.196	.260	.239	.499	44
1938	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	27	CF	34	153	136	23	31	5	0	2	17	7	0	14	0	0	0	3	0	0	.228	.300	.309	.609	61
1939	HG	MULT	28	2B	40	181	157	31	48	5	2	2	21	8		19				5			.306	.381	.401	.782	112
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	46	190	164	27	46	5	3	1	28	4	0	21	0	0	0	4	1	0	.280	.360	.366	.726	110
1943	MULT	MULT	32	SS	78	329	288	54	75	6	2	1	45	17		33	1		3	5	0	0	.260	.343	.306	.648	76
1944	HG/EAS	MULT	33	SS	61	278	234	52	63	9	5	1	29	8		31	0	0	3	10	0	0	.269	.362	.363	.725	95
1945	MULT	MULT	34	SS	41	167	154	15	46	7	1	0	21	3	0	12		0	0	1			.299	.349	.357	.707	104
1946	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	35	SS	54	230	207	28	55	4	1	3	26	5		16		0	1	6	0	0	.266	.321	.338	.660	84
1947	HG	NN2	36	SS	61	253	222	19	52	9	2	1	25	13		21			1	9			.234	.303	.306	.610	67
1948	HG	MULT	37	SS	47	207	173	37	43	8	1	2	14	7		23			3	8			.249	.347	.341	.688	102
17	13			SS	880	3828	3364	596	992	139	57	33	499	155	1	365	57	0	15	83	1	0	.295	.366	.400	.766	104
162 Game Average						705	619	110	183	26	10	6	92	34	23	67	45	0	3	15	2	0	.295	.366	.400	.766	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				685	2934	2575	442	728	99	34	17	340	104	1	263	2	0	14	81	1	0	.283	.352	.367	.720	96
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	Louisville Black Caps			RP	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	55
1	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	3	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.143	.143	.143	.286	-8
3	Baltimore Elite Giants			CF	83	340	313	55	98	9	5	1	39	16		21			1	5			.313	.358	.383	.742	105
2	West All Stars			RF	2	7	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	143
4	Pittsburgh Crawfords			LF	161	711	620	119	193	36	12	5	90	21	0	63			2	26			.311	.377	.432	.809	108
1	NNL All Stars II			-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0
6	East All Stars			CF	8	32	26	5	9	2	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	.346	.357	.423	.780	110
1	Santo Domingo Stars			-	4	16	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2			0	1			.000	.133	.000	.133	-50
8	Homestead Grays			SS	420	1804	1572	259	419	51	17	11	204	65		176		0	11	45	0	0	.267	.345	.342	.686	91
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	South All Stars			SS	1	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0		0			0	0	0		.500	.500	.750	1.250	229
1	North All Stars			-	1	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0			.200	.200	.200	.400	21
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			-	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	46

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	.297	0.0%			5.4%			0.0%	0.9%	.091	.089
1933	WES/NEG	EWA/NN2	162	.330	.329	8.0%		0.0%	6.5%			0.0%	1.1%	.061	.121
1934	WES/NEG	EWA/NN2	163	.363	.338	4.9%		0.6%	7.9%	8.00		0.6%	0.8%	.066	.096
1935	PC	NLC/NN2	269	.399	.353	10.4%			8.7%			0.7%	1.5%	.154	.134
1936	MULT	MULT	268	.370	.354	7.5%		0.0%	8.9%			0.4%	1.6%	.119	.127
1937	SDS/PC	IND/NN2	51	.235	.313	7.8%			7.3%			0.0%	1.3%	.043	.117
1938	EAS/PC	EWA/NN2	153	.285	.342	9.2%		0.0%	9.4%			1.3%	1.6%	.081	.128
1939	HG	MULT	181	.359	.341	10.5%			8.4%			1.1%	1.8%	.096	.111
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	190	.345	.330	11.1%		0.0%	9.7%			0.5%	1.0%	.085	.094
1943	MULT	MULT	329	.320	.353	10.0%		0.3%	9.6%	33.00		0.3%	0.7%	.045	.100
1944	HG/EAS	MULT	278	.338	.346	11.2%		0.0%	8.4%			0.4%	0.9%	.094	.103
1945	MULT	MULT	167	.339	.328	7.2%			8.7%			0.0%	0.8%	.058	.092
1946	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	230	.311	.339	7.0%			9.3%			1.3%	1.0%	.072	.097
1947	HG	NN2	253	.286	.343	8.3%	8.9%					0.4%	1.0%	.072	.104
1948	HG	MULT	207	.325	.324	11.1%			8.5%			1.0%	0.7%	.092	.093
17	13		3828	.354	.346	9.5%	9.1%	6.1%	9.4%	1.81	1.11	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		2934	.334	.341	9.0%	8.7%	5.4%	9.5%	0.50	1.06	0.6%	1.1%	.085	.108
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
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	.136	.290	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		340	.344	.331	6.2%	7.1%					0.3%	1.0%	.070	.107
2	West All Stars		7	.393	.333	0.0%	4.5%	14.3%	16.1%	0.00	0.39	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.138
4	Pittsburgh Crawfords		711	.360	.350	8.9%	8.9%					0.7%	1.6%	.121	.130
1	NNL All Stars II		0		.000		0.0%						0.0%		.000
6	East All Stars		32	.320	.334	3.1%	9.4%	3.3%	8.0%	1.00	1.21	0.0%	0.6%	.077	.084
1	Santo Domingo Stars		16	.091	.261	12.5%	6.0%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.086
8	Homestead Grays		1804	.326	.340	9.8%	9.0%					0.6%	1.0%	.075	.100
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	South All Stars		4	.555	.341	0.0%	4.3%					0.0%	0.0%	.250	.105
1	Cleveland Buckeyes		4	.237	.320	0.0%	6.9%					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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