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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

Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1932	MULT	NSC/NSL	21	SP	44	58.1		0.5	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
1933	NEG/WES	EWA/NN2	22	CF	162			1.5	0.3	1.2	0.0	0.0
1934	NEG/WES	EWA/NN2	23	SS	172	0.1		1.4	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
1935	PC	NLP/NN2	24	LF	291			0.6	1.8	-0.9	0.0	-0.2
1936	MULT	MULT	25	LF	290			1.9	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.0
1937	PC/SDS	IND/NN2	26	LF	51			0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
1938	MULT	MULT	27	CF	163			0.8	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0
1939	HG	MULT	28	2B	192			1.7	0.6	1.0	0.0	0.2
1940	CBM	MEX	29	SS	429			4.0	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.6
1941	CBM	MEX	30	SS	465			4.3	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.6
1942	EAS/HG	MULT	31	SS	272	9.0		3.7	1.6	1.6	0.3	0.2
1943	MULT	MULT	32	SS	335			3.0	0.3	2.3	0.0	0.4
1944	EAS/HG	MULT	33	SS	283	10.0		2.3	0.7	1.2	0.0	0.4
1945	MULT	MULT	34	SS	170			1.0	0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.3
1946	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	35	SS	230			2.1	0.2	1.5	0.0	0.3
1947	HG	NN2	36	SS	253			-0.3	0.1	-0.8	0.0	0.4
1948	HG	MULT	37	SS	212			2.1	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.3
17	13			SS	4014	77.2		30.5	17.0	9.8	0.3	3.4
162 Game Average					677	13.0		5.2	2.9	1.7	0.0	0.6

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
2	vs Latin Leagues				894			8.3	7.1	0.0	0.0	1.2
15	Negro Leagues				3120	77.2		22.3	10.0	9.8	0.3	2.2
1	vs Major Leagues							0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Birmingham Black Barons			LF	16	23.1		-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
3	Nashville Elite Giants			CF	351	26.0		3.6	1.7	1.8	0.0	0.1
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			2B	4			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
6	East All Stars			2B	28			0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
8	Homestead Grays			SS	1915	19.0		15.4	5.3	7.4	0.2	2.4
1	Louisville Black Caps			RP	4	9.1		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
2	Carta Blanca de Monterrey			SS	894			8.3	7.1	0.0	0.0	1.2
2	NNL All Stars			-	10			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1	NNL South All Stars			SS	4			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
1	North All Stars			-	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
4	Pittsburgh Crawfords			LF	760			3.2	3.2	0.4	0.0	-0.3
1	Santo Domingo Stars			SS	16			0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
2	West All Stars			-	7			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0

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