George Binks

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: July 11, 1914 in Chicago, IL us

Died: November 13, 2010 in Woodbury, TN

Buried: Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, IL

High School: Carter Henry Harrison Technical HS (Chicago, IL)

Debut: September 23, 1944 (Age 30-074d, 9,780th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 3, 1948 (Age 33-358d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: George Alvin Binks

Nicknames: Bingo

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.7

1093

277

.253

112

RBI

130

OBP

.299

SLG

.344

OPS

.643

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 19	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	GF	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	5	Apr 20 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	6	Apr 20 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
4	7	Apr 23	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	9 (1)	Apr 26	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	10	Apr 27	PHA	@	BOS	T,6-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	11	Apr 29	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	12	May 2	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	13	May 3	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	14	May 4 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	15	May 4 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
12	16	May 6	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
13	17	May 7	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	18	May 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	19	May 10	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	20	May 11 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	21	May 11 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	22	May 12	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	40	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
19	23	May 13	PHA		CLE	W,7-6	GS	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
20	24	May 15	PHA		DET	L,2-4	CG	55	14.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	25	May 16	PHA		DET	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	27 (1)	May 18 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	28	May 18 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	29	May 20	PHA		SLB	L,1-11	GS	36	7.0	11	1	0	12	0
25	30	May 21	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	12	3	0	15	0
26	32 (1)	May 24	PHA		WSH	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	33	May 25	PHA		WSH	L,1-3	CG	30	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	36 (2)	May 29	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
29	37	May 30 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	38	May 30 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-0	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	39	Jun 1	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	45 (5)	Jun 8 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-0	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	49 (3)	Jun 11 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-7	GF	35	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
34	50	Jun 11 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
35	51	Jun 13	PHA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
36	52	Jun 15 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	73 (20)	Jul 6 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-9	GF	38	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	74	Jul 10 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-3	GF	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	75	Jul 10 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	26	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	76	Jul 11	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	77	Jul 12 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	78	Jul 12 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	79	Jul 13 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	80	Jul 13 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	81	Jul 15	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	82	Jul 16 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	83	Jul 16 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	84	Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	W,16-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	85	Jul 18	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
50	86	Jul 20 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	87	Jul 20 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	88	Jul 22	PHA		CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	89	Jul 23	PHA		CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
54	90	Jul 24	PHA		CLE	L,1-6	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	104 (13)	Aug 5	PHA		NYY	L,5-8	GF	19	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	105	Aug 6	PHA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	106	Aug 9	PHA		WSH	W,8-1	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	107	Aug 10 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	108	Aug 10 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	109	Aug 11	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	110	Aug 13	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	111	Aug 14	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	112	Aug 15	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
64	113	Aug 16	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	114	Aug 17 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	115	Aug 17 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	116	Aug 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
68	117	Aug 20	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	118	Aug 21	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	119	Aug 22	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	120	Aug 23	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	121	Aug 24 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	122	Aug 24 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
74	123	Aug 25	PHA	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	124	Aug 26	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	8	0	0	8	0
76	125	Aug 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	126	Aug 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	127	Aug 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	128	Aug 31	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	129	Sep 1 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,0-4	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	130	Sep 1 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	131	Sep 2	PHA		WSH	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
83	132	Sep 3	PHA		WSH	W,3-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	133	Sep 5	PHA		BOS	W,9-7	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	134	Sep 6	PHA		BOS	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
86	135	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
87	136	Sep 7 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
							89gm		80.0	229	16	7	252	5