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

About Graph

Biographical
Wikipedia	BR Bullpen	SABR Bio Project	SABR Index

Photos & Videos
Google Photos / + Baseball	Yahoo Photos / + Baseball	MLB.com	YouTube

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

Fielding

Shortstop

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1933	NEG	NN2	22	10	7	58.0	13	25	3	2	.927	.912	5.90	4.94	4.2	72.7	4.2
1934	NEG	NN2	23	23	20	164.1	38	51	8	4	.918	.941	4.87	5.11	-1.4	-8.6	-1.4
1935	PC	NN2	24	3	2	19.0	4	6	0	1	1.000	.926	4.74	5.11	0.0	2.1	0.0
1936	PC	NN2	25	16	15	133.0	31	49	8	8	.909	.938	5.41	5.22	1.7	12.4	1.7
1937	SDS	IND	26	4	4	35.0	6	14	2	3	.909	.877	5.14	4.56	2.5	71.6	2.5
1938	PC	NN2	27	2	2	18.0	2	5	1	0	.875	.918	3.50	5.19	-0.8	-44.8	-0.8
1939	HG	NLC	28	1	0	4.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	.952	6.75	4.56	0.4	94.9	0.4
1940	CBM	MEX	29	93
1941	CBM	MEX	30	101
1942	HG	NN2	31	43	41	359.2	82	148	9	16	.962	.933	5.76	5.32	11.8	32.9	11.8
1942	HG	NVS	31	1	1	9.0	2	3	0	0	1.000	.857	5.00	3.18	1.0	109.5	1.0
1942	HG	WS	31	2	2	18.0	2	4	3	1	.667	.900	3.00	3.38	-1.7	-92.2	-1.7
1943	HG	NN2	32	72	72	604.1	186	240	9	32	.979	.918	6.34	5.54	24.0	39.7	24.0
1943	NNS	NLA	32	1	1	9.0	2	4	2	0	.750	.833	6.00	5.29	1.5	169.1	1.5
1943	HG	WS	32	5	5	45.0	9	17	2	5	.929	.932	5.20	4.47	2.5	54.9	2.5
1944	HG	NN2	33	48	47	419.1	122	163	16	27	.947	.935	6.12	5.27	10.5	25.2	10.5
1944	EAS	EWA	33	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		1.000	0.00	2.65	-0.1	-60.4	-0.1
1944	HG	WS	33	5	5	45.0	10	14	3	2	.889	.933	4.80	5.66	-0.8	-18.7	-0.8
1945	HG	NN2	34	33	33	282.1	73	99	6	15	.966	.938	5.48	5.45	0.9	3.0	0.9
1945	HG	WS	34	4	4	34.0	7	12	0	0	1.000	1.000	5.03	5.40	-1.6	-45.9	-1.6
1945	NOS	NSA	34	1	1	9.0	4	2	0	1	1.000	.917	6.00	5.50	-0.6	-71.3	-0.6
1946	HG	NN2	35	53	53	450.0	115	185	13	24	.958	.939	6.00	5.62	13.1	29.1	13.1
1946	EAS	EWA	35	1	1	5.0	1	4	1	1	.833	.914	9.00	8.47	1.4	281.4	1.4
1947	HG	NN2	36	59	59	489.1	124	149	11	30	.961	.946	5.02	5.26	-7.3	-14.9	-7.3
1948	HG	NN2	37	28	26	230.2	41	90	7	11	.949	.928	5.11	5.14	4.2	18.0	4.2
1948	HG	NLC	37	4	4	34.0	11	11	0	0	1.000	1.000	5.82	4.96	0.9	27.3	0.9
1948	HG	WS	37	2	2	18.0	3	6	1	1	.900	.952	4.50	5.14	0.0	2.3	0.0
16	8			616	407	3495.0	889	1303	105	184	.954	.934	5.64	5.33	66.3	19.0	66.3

Left Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1932	BBB	NSL	21	1	1	5.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	.955	5.40	2.03	1.1	227.6	1.2	0.0
1932	NEG	NSL	21	2	2	14.0	6	2	0	0	1.000	.955	5.14	2.03	3.0	211.5	1.8	1.2
1933	NEG	NN2	22	5	5	38.0	8	0	0	0	1.000	.951	1.89	1.63	0.8	22.1	1.1	-0.3
1934	NEG	NN2	23	1	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.944	6.75	1.59	0.5	352.2	0.5	0.0
1935	PC	NN2	24	52	52	460.0	70	1	7	0	.910	.941	1.39	1.82	-13.5	-29.4	-10.4	-3.1
1935	PC	NLP	24	7	7	61.0	12	3	1	1	.938	.958	2.21	1.69	1.1	17.8	0.4	0.6
1936	PC	NN2	25	40	40	319.0	65	5	0	2	1.000	.959	1.97	1.77	3.9	12.2	3.1	0.8
1936	EAS	EWA	25	1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.00	1.50	0.8	83.9	0.8	0.0
1936	NAS	NVM	25	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0		.889	0.00	1.69	-0.1	-95.7	-0.1	0.0
1937	PC	NN2	26	8	8	70.0	15	0	0	0	1.000	.943	1.93	1.65	0.4	5.9	0.8	-0.4
1942	HG	NN2	31	9	9	70.0	23	1	2	0	.923	.952	3.09	1.63	6.5	92.6	6.1	0.4
7	6			127	126	1048.1	205	12	10	3	.956	.949	1.86	1.76	4.5	4.2	5.3	-0.8

Center Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1932	NEG	NSC	21	2	1	14.0	5	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	3.86	2.50	1.1	81.2	0.8	0.4
1933	NEG	NN2	22	26	25	212.0	59	4	1	1	.984	.955	2.67	2.23	8.9	42.0	7.8	1.1
1934	NEG	NN2	23	18	18	145.1	35	3	0	2	1.000	.983	2.35	2.19	2.2	15.5	1.0	1.2
1935	PC	NN2	24	1	1	8.0	0	0	1	0	.000	.956	0.00	2.32	-1.3	-156.9	-1.2	-0.1
1936	PC	NN2	25	2	2	17.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	.961	1.59	2.29	-0.8	-44.9	-0.7	-0.1
1938	PC	NN2	27	29	29	243.0	74	2	2	0	.974	.955	2.81	2.21	8.3	34.2	8.4	-0.1
1938	EAS	EWA	27	1	1	8.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.25	2.12	0.2	27.2	0.2	0.0
1938	NAS	NAA	27	2	2	19.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	.909	1.42	2.45	-0.2	-8.5	-0.2	0.0
1942	HG	NN2	31	2	2	16.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	.962	1.69	2.52	-1.0	-63.7	-0.9	-0.1
1942	EAS	EWA	31	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		1.000	0.00	2.00	-0.1	-73.0	-0.1	0.0
1947	HG	NN2	36	2	2	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	.962	1.00	2.38	-0.9	-95.8	-0.8	-0.1
8	5			86	83	693.1	185	10	4	3	.980	.961	2.53	2.23	16.6	24.0	14.4	2.2

Second Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1932	BBB	NSL	21	1	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	.936	4.50	5.35	-0.9	-216.1	-0.9
1934	NEG	NN2	23	1	1	7.0	1	5	1	0	.857	.946	7.71	5.19	1.7	244.9	1.7
1936	PC	NN2	25	6	3	39.0	14	15	1	2	.967	.944	6.69	5.62	0.9	21.8	0.9
1939	HG	NN2	28	36	36	303.2	83	118	8	20	.962	.956	5.96	5.65	9.6	31.7	9.6
1939	HG	NLP	28	2	2	17.0	6	5	1	1	.917	.962	5.82	4.68	0.2	11.0	0.2
1939	HG	NLC	28	5	5	35.0	8	13	1	1	.955	.959	5.40	5.35	0.5	15.3	0.5
1942	EAS	EWA	31	2	2	12.0	1	5	1	0	.857	.813	4.50	3.25	1.3	106.6	1.3
1943	EAS	EWA	32	1	1	8.0	1	4	0	1	1.000	1.000	5.63	6.35	-1.0	-130.0	-1.0
1944	HG	NN2	33	8	8	69.0	18	30	3	4	.941	.947	6.26	5.61	3.5	51.3	3.5
1944	EAS	EWA	33	1	1	6.0	2	0	1	0	.667	.857	3.00	3.18	-0.6	-100.5	-0.6
1945	CBE	NAL	34	1	1	9.0	3	1	0	0	1.000	.944	4.00	5.59	-1.2	-137.5	-1.2
1948	HG	NN2	37	16	15	122.0	37	44	3	8	.964	.949	5.98	5.45	2.1	17.2	2.1
9	6			80	75	631.2	176	240	20	37	.954	.950	5.93	5.50	16.1	25.5	16.1

Pitcher

Third Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1935	PC	NN2	24	1	1	8.0	0	3	1	.750	.921	3.38	2.84	0.8	104.6	0.8
1936	PC	NN2	25	7	7	57.0	7	13	2	.909	.913	3.16	2.72	0.9	15.2	0.9
1938	PC	NN2	27	1	0	4.0	0	1	0	1.000	.928	2.25	2.51	0.2	46.8	0.2
1945	HG	NN2	34	1	1	9.0	1	5	0	1.000	.917	6.00	2.87	2.0	218.7	2.0
4	2			10	9	78.0	8	22	3	.909	.915	3.46	2.74	3.9	49.5	3.9

Right Field

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range	Arm
1933	WES	EWA	22	1	1	9.0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.00	1.59	0.3	30.1	0.3	0.0
1934	WES	EWA	23	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.00	2.50	-0.2	-26.5	-0.2	0.0
1938	PC	NN2	27	1	1	8.0	3	0	1	.750	.949	3.38	1.82	0.8	104.8	0.9	-0.1
1942	HG	NN2	31	4	4	32.0	3	0	0	1.000	.962	0.84	1.64	-1.9	-59.4	-1.7	-0.2
4	3			7	7	58.0	9	1	1	.909	.972	1.55	1.79	-1.0	-17.8	-0.8	-0.3

First Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age		G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP		Fld%	Lg		RF	Lg		Runs	Rate	Range
1942	HG	NN2	31		3	1	14.0	17	1	0	0		1.000	.982		11.57	10.51		0.1	6.4	0.1
1	1				3	1	14.0	17	1	0	0		1.000	.982		11.57	10.51		0.1	6.4	0.1

Pinch Hitter

Catcher