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	16	44	42	6	9	2	1	0	1	1		2	1		0	0			.214	.250	.310	.560	68
1933	NEG/WES	EWA/NN2	22	CF	38	162	149	26	43	5	1	1	18	6	0	12	0	0	0	1		0	.289	.342	.356	.697	88
1934	NEG/WES	EWA/NN2	23	SS	40	172	160	28	55	4	2	2	25	10	1	8	1		1	3			.344	.379	.431	.810	124
1935	PC	NLP/NN2	24	LF	63	291	248	55	82	14	8	2	36	10	0	29	0		2	12			.331	.405	.476	.881	125
1936	MULT	MULT	25	LF	70	290	255	41	84	18	4	1	42	9	0	21	0		0	14			.329	.380	.443	.824	112
1937	PC/SDS	IND/NN2	26	LF	12	51	46	6	9	2	0	0	1	0		4			0	1			.196	.260	.239	.499	43
1938	MULT	MULT	27	CF	36	163	144	24	34	6	1	2	18	8	0	16	0	0	0	3		0	.236	.313	.333	.646	69
1939	HG	MULT	28	2B	43	192	165	35	47	4	3	2	24	5		17	2	0	1	8	1	0	.285	.353	.382	.735	95
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	76
1944	EAS/HG	MULT	33	SS	62	283	240	53	63	9	5	1	29	8	0	31	0	0	3	9	0		.263	.354	.354	.708	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	109
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	921	4014	3532	623	1037	146	60	37	538	163	1	377	62	0	17	87	1	0	.294	.364	.400	.765	104
162 Game Average						706	621	110	182	26	11	7	95	29	8	66	44	0	3	15	3	0	.294	.364	.400	.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				726	3120	2743	469	773	106	37	21	379	112	1	275	7	0	16	85	1	0	.282	.351	.370	.721	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	Birmingham Black Barons			LF	6	16	16	2	2	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.125	.125	.188	.313	-3
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	85	351	324	56	102	10	4	3	43	16		22	1		1	4			.315	.360	.398	.758	109
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	172	760	664	124	204	39	13	5	96	26	0	66	0		2	28			.307	.372	.428	.799	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	4	0	0	.375	.375	.458	.833	117
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	444	1915	1670	279	448	53	20	13	233	68	0	183	3	0	13	48	1	0	.268	.345	.347	.692	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	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	44	.266	.306	4.5%		2.3%	6.1%	2.00		0.0%	0.8%	.095	.089
1933	NEG/WES	EWA/NN2	162	.322	.332	7.4%		0.0%	6.7%			0.6%	1.2%	.067	.124
1934	NEG/WES	EWA/NN2	172	.376	.337	4.7%		0.6%	7.9%	8.00		1.2%	0.8%	.088	.095
1935	PC	NLP/NN2	291	.386	.353	10.0%		0.0%	8.7%			0.7%	1.5%	.145	.131
1936	MULT	MULT	290	.362	.351	7.2%		0.0%	8.8%			0.3%	1.6%	.114	.125
1937	PC/SDS	IND/NN2	51	.236	.316	7.8%			7.4%			0.0%	1.3%	.043	.117
1938	MULT	MULT	163	.301	.348	9.8%		0.0%	9.5%			1.2%	1.5%	.097	.129
1939	HG	MULT	192	.331	.346	8.9%		1.0%	8.8%	8.50		1.0%	1.6%	.097	.117
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	.376	.339	11.0%		0.7%	9.7%	15.00		1.1%	1.0%	.105	.102
1943	MULT	MULT	335	.319	.355	9.9%		0.3%	10.0%	33.00		0.3%	0.7%	.048	.100
1944	EAS/HG	MULT	283	.332	.345	11.0%		0.0%	8.4%			0.4%	0.9%	.092	.103
1945	MULT	MULT	170	.346	.329	7.1%		0.0%	8.7%			0.0%	0.8%	.064	.093
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		4014	.354	.347	9.4%	9.1%	6.0%	8.5%	1.77	1.92	0.9%	1.1%	.107	.112

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
15	Negro Leagues		3120	.335	.342	8.8%	8.8%	5.2%	4.4%	1.14	5.88	0.7%	1.1%	.089	.108
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		16	.145	.302	0.0%	6.3%					0.0%	0.4%	.063	.075
1	Louisville Black Caps		4	.239	.311	0.0%	6.5%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.077
3	Baltimore Elite Giants		351	.352	.333	6.3%	7.3%	16.7%	5.7%	0.00	0.63	0.9%	1.0%	.083	.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		760	.356	.350	8.7%	8.8%	0.0%	2.1%		4.10	0.7%	1.5%	.120	.128
2	NNL All Stars II		10	.251	.416	20.0%	13.8%					0.0%	1.2%	.000	.164
6	East All Stars		28	.334	.329	0.0%	8.1%	7.7%	11.5%	0.00	0.76	0.0%	0.5%	.083	.085
1	Santo Domingo Stars		16	.091	.263	12.5%	6.0%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.083
8	Homestead Grays		1915	.328	.342	9.6%	9.1%	4.4%	2.4%	1.33	8.24	0.7%	1.0%	.079	.102
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	.323	0.0%	7.2%					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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