Willie Banks

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: February 27, 1969 in Jersey City, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Anthony's HS (Jersey City, NJ).

High School: St. Anthony's HS (Jersey City, NJ)

Debut: July 31, 1991 (Age 22-154d, 15,994th in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 26, 2002 (Age 33-211d)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

National Team: us USA (18U)

Full Name: Willie Anthony Banks

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.0

ERA

4.75

181

610.1

428

WHIP

1.530

Summary of 65 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 25 go ahead

7 Tms
MIN	24
CHC	21
FLA	7
BOS	5
NYY	4
ARI	2
LAD	2

Platoon
vs RHB	34
vs LHB	31

Home/Road
Away	34
Home	31

Outs
2	27
0	20
1	18

26 Opps
TEX	8
OAK	5
ATL	5
MON	5
HOU	5
CIN	4
ANA/CAL	3
NYY	3
PIT	3
CHW	3
ARI	2
COL	2
SEA	2
KCR	2
CLE	2
SFG	1
SDP	1
CHC	1
BAL	1
DET	1
NYM	1
PHI	1
LAD	1
FLA	1
TOR	1
MIL	1

59 Batters
Juan González	3
Troy Neel	2
Kevin McReynolds	2
Larry Walker	2
Reggie Sanders	2
Damian Miller	1
Raúl Mondesí	1
Brian Hunter	1
Andújar Cedeño	1
Todd Hollandsworth	1
Harold Baines	1
Kurt Abbott	1
Andy Van Slyke	1
Jeff Blauser	1
Denny Neagle	1
Thomas Howard	1
Doug Dascenzo	1
Ken Caminiti	1
Rondell White	1
Rubén Sierra	1
Tony Tarasco	1
Tim Raines	1
Albert Belle	1
Dave Magadan	1
Ryan Klesko	1
Jeff Bagwell	1
Scott Brosius	1
Jim Eisenreich	1
David Justice	1
Jay Buhner	1
Mickey Tettleton	1
Matt Nokes	1
Marquis Grissom	1
José Hernández	1
Bret Boone	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Eddie Williams	1
Erubiel Durazo	1
Jim Edmonds	1
Lance Parrish	1
Chili Davis	1
Matt Williams	1
Sean Berry	1
Scott Servais	1
Roberto Kelly	1
Rusty Greer	1
Jeff Conine	1
Carlos Baerga	1
Pat Borders	1
Danny Tartabull	1
Karim García	1
Trent Hubbard	1
Chipper Jones	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Fred McGriff	1
Doug Strange	1
Kevin Reimer	1
Leo Gómez	1
Jeff Kent	1

26 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	10
Metrodome (MIN)	10
SunLife Stad (MIA)	5
Arlington St (ARL)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Astrodome (HOU)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
MileHigh Std (DEN)	1

Where Hit
9	21
7	19
78	11
89	8
8	6

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	19
2	12
3	10
4	9
5	6
6	5
Unk	2
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	46
2·HR gms	8
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	8
-2-	7
12-	6
1-3	4
123	2
--3	2
-23	1

110 Runs
RISP	22
0 on	35
1 on	17
2 on	11
3 on	2
Any on	30

Inning
1	7
2	7
3	10
4	15
5	3
6	7
7	3
8	10
9	1
Extra	2

1-3	24
4-6	25
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	1
+2	2
+1	11
Tied	21
-1	7
-2	2
-3	2
-4..	9

Ahead	24
Tied	21
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	18
1-0	8
1-1	7
1-2	5
2-1	5
3-2	4
3-1	4
0-1	4
2-2	4
2-0	3
Unk	2
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	13
LF	13
CF	8
DH	8
C	6
3B	6
2B	4
1B	3
SS	3
P	1

OrderPos
4th	19
5th	10
3rd	9
6th	7
7th	6
8th	5
1st	4
2nd	4
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	27

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1991-08-13	Lance Parrish	CAL	@	MIN	behind 0-1	t 2	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	2	17%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); S. Abner Scores; L. Parrish Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1992-06-05	Juan González	TEX		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	8	11%	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. González Scores
3	3	2	2	1992-06-05	Rubén Sierra	TEX		MIN	ahead 3-2	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	11%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); R. Sierra Scores
4	4	3	1	1992-06-26	Harold Baines	OAK		MIN	behind 0-1	b 3	2	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	4	DH	24%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); C. Lansford Scores; H. Baines Scores
5	5	4	1	1992-07-07	Matt Nokes	NYY		MIN	tied 1-1	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	23%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Nokes Scores
6	6	5	1	1992-07-12	Leo Gómez	BAL		MIN	behind 0-4	b 2	1	12-	3,(1-1) SBX	3	7	5	21%	41%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); R. Milligan Scores; J. Orsulak Scores; L. Gómez Scores
7	7	6	1	1992-08-04	Carlton Fisk	CHW		MIN	ahead 12-6	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	2	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Fisk Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1993-04-10	Kevin McReynolds	KCR		MIN	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	6,(2-2) CBCFBX	1	6	7	10%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	2	1	1993-04-25	Mickey Tettleton	DET	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	5,(2-2) CBSBX	1	5	7	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	3	1	1993-05-21	Pat Borders	TOR		MIN	ahead 7-2	b 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Jackson Scores
11	11	4	1	1993-05-29	Carlos Baerga	CLE	@	MIN	behind 0-4	t 4	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	3	4	17%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Lofton Scores; W. Kirby Scores
12	12	5	1	1993-06-02	Doug Dascenzo	TEX	@	MIN	behind 1-3	t 3	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	9	10%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	6	1	1993-06-08	Juan González	TEX		MIN	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	4,(1-2) FFBX	1	4	DH	14%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
14	14	7	2	1993-06-08	Doug Strange	TEX		MIN	tied 1-1	b 6	2	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	2	4	19%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
15	15	8	1	1993-06-26	Chili Davis	CAL	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 6	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	4	DH	37%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball); G. Disarcina Scores; L. Polonia Scores; T. Salmon Scores
16	16	9	1	1993-07-11	Kevin Reimer	MIL		MIN	behind 0-1	b 1	1	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	4	DH	20%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Hamilton Scores; R. Yount Scores
17	17	10	1	1993-07-28	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA		MIN	behind 0-4	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	8	6%	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	11	1	1993-08-08	Danny Tartabull	NYY	@	MIN	ahead 2-1	t 6	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	4	DH	20%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Mattingly Scores
19	19	12	1	1993-08-14 (1)	Troy Neel	OAK		MIN	behind 0-1	b 6	1	---	5,(1-2) FBCFX	1	4	DH	19%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	13	1	1993-08-21	Tim Raines	CHW	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	1	7	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
21	21	14	1	1993-08-26	Kevin McReynolds	KCR		MIN	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	7,(2-2) BFBFFFX	1	6	7	10%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	15	1	1993-09-15	Troy Neel	OAK	@	MIN	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	DH	12%	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
23	23	16	2	1993-09-15	Scott Brosius	OAK	@	MIN	ahead 2-1	t 4	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	8	8	18%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Gates Scores; C. Paquette Scores
24	24	17	1	1993-10-02	Jay Buhner	SEA	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	4,(1-2) CBSX	2	4	9	18%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Griffey Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1994-04-11	Jeff Kent	NYM		CHC	behind 1-8	b 3	2	12-	5,(3-1) BBBSX	3	5	4	9%	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. Viña Scores; K. McReynolds Scores
26	26	2	1	1994-04-27	Andújar Cedeño	HOU		CHC	behind 0-5	b 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	6	5%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
27	27	3	2	1994-04-27	Ken Caminiti	HOU		CHC	behind 1-5	b 4	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	6	5	22%	39%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Biggio Scores; L. Gonzalez Scores
28	28	4	1	1994-05-02	Thomas Howard	CIN	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	4,(1-2) BFLX	1	4	7	10%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
29	29	5	2	1994-05-02	Bret Boone	CIN	@	CHC	ahead 4-0	t 3	2	-2-	3,(0-2) CCX	2	7	4	8%	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); T. Fernández Scores
30	30	6	1	1994-05-08 (1)	Andy Van Slyke	PIT		CHC	behind 1-2	b 3	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	3	8	12%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
31	31	7	1	1994-06-04	Marquis Grissom	MON	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
32	32	8	2	1994-06-04	Larry Walker	MON	@	CHC	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	9	15%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Alou Scores
33	33	9	1	1994-06-27	Brian Hunter	PIT	@	CHC	behind 0-1	t 8	0	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	5	3	25%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
34	34	10	1	1994-07-02	Jeff Bagwell	HOU		CHC	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	9	12%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
35	35	11	1	1994-07-07	Scott Servais	HOU	@	CHC	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	11%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
36	36	12	1	1994-07-15	Reggie Sanders	CIN		CHC	ahead 4-0	b 3	1	1--	4,(2-1) 1FBB1X	2	5	9	6%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); H. Morris Scores/unER
37	37	13	1	1994-07-20	Trent Hubbard	COL		CHC	behind 4-5	b 4	2	-2-	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	1	7	22%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); H. Johnson Scores
38	38	14	1	1994-07-25	Denny Neagle	PIT		CHC	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	9	1	11%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); L. Parrish Scores
39	39	15	1	1994-08-05	Eddie Williams	SDP	@	CHC	ahead 2-1	t 8	0	---		1	4	3	12%	86%		Home Run (Deep CF)
40	40	16	1	1994-08-10	Matt Williams	SFG	@	CHC	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	4	5	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1995-04-29	Roberto Kelly	MON	@	CHC	behind 2-5	t 8	2	---	6,(3-2) BFBBFX	1	3	8	4%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	2	1	1995-05-25	Reggie Sanders	CIN	@	CHC	ahead 3-2	t 8	2	--3	3,(1-1) BFX	2	5	9	18%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Harris Scores
43	43	3	1	1995-06-06	Ryan Klesko	ATL		CHC	ahead 7-1	b 4	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	5	7	2%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Grissom Scores; C. Jones Scores; F. McGriff Scores
44	44	4	2	1995-06-06	Jeff Blauser	ATL		CHC	ahead 11-1	b 4	1	---	7,(3-2) CBBFBFX	1	6	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
45	45	5	3	1995-06-06	Chipper Jones	ATL		CHC	ahead 12-2	b 5	2	1--	3,(2-0) .BBX	2	3	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Kelly Scores
46	46	6	1	1995-07-22	Jeff Conine	FLA		LAD	behind 3-7	b 4	2	1-3		3	3	7	23%	38%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Carr Scores/unER; J. Browne Scores/unER; J. Conine Scores/unER
47	47	7	1	1995-07-27	David Justice	ATL	@	LAD	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1-3	6,(3-2) BBBSFX	3	5	9	25%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Blauser Scores; F. McGriff Scores
48	48	8	1	1995-08-15	Fred McGriff	ATL		FLA	tied 1-1	b 3	2	--3	5,(3-1) BBBFX	2	4	3	19%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Grissom Scores
49	49	9	1	1995-08-26	Dave Magadan	HOU	@	FLA	tied 0-0	t 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	17%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
50	50	10	1	1995-08-31	José Hernández	CHC	@	FLA	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	7	6	9%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
51	51	11	1	1995-09-16	Larry Walker	COL		FLA	tied 3-3	b 3	2	-2-	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	4	9	17%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Bichette Scores
52	52	12	1	1995-09-21	Jim Eisenreich	PHI		FLA	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	7	10%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
53	53	13	1	1995-09-26	Tony Tarasco	MON	@	FLA	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	9	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
54	54	14	2	1995-09-26	Sean Berry	MON	@	FLA	behind 1-3	t 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	5	11%	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1998-04-02	Jim Edmonds	ANA		NYY	ahead 8-1	b 8	2	1--	2,(1-1) BX	2	2	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Erstad Scores
56	56	2	1	1998-05-06	Juan González	TEX		NYY	behind 7-13	b 4	2	12-	1,(0-1) X	3	4	9	13%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. McLemore Scores; R. Greer Scores
57	57	3	1	1998-05-14	Rusty Greer	TEX	@	NYY	tied 5-5	t 13	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	3	7	35%	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); T. Goodwin Scores
58	58	4	1	1998-05-27	Albert Belle	CHW		NYY	tied 5-5	b 4	2	-23	5,(3-1) CBBBX	3	4	7	26%	83%		Home Run (Line Drive); R. Durham Scores; M. Caruso Scores
59	59	5	1	1998-06-06	Kurt Abbott	OAK		ARI	ahead 9-3	b 8	2	---	6,(3-2) BBBFFX	1	4	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
60	60	6	1	1998-09-08	Raúl Mondesí	LAD	@	ARI	behind 2-5	t 8	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	5	9	31%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); E. Karros Scores; B. Bonilla Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	2002-04-14	Rondell White	NYY	@	BOS	ahead 2-0	t 7	0	---	5,(3-1) BSBBX	1	7	7	8%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
62	62	2	1	2002-06-09	Damian Miller	ARI	@	BOS	ahead 5-1	t 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
63	63	3	2	2002-06-09	Erubiel Durazo	ARI	@	BOS	ahead 6-3	t 9	2	---	6,(2-2) BSFBFX	1	4	DH	3%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
64	64	4	1	2002-08-20	Todd Hollandsworth	TEX	@	BOS	tied 2-2	t 10	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	32%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
65	65	5	1	2002-08-30	Karim García	CLE		BOS	behind 2-14	b 8	1	1--	3,(1-1) SBX	2	5	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Burks Scores