Willie Banks (baseball) explained

Willie Banks
Position:Pitcher
Birth Date:27 February 1969
Birth Place:Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:July 31
Debutyear:1991
Debutteam:Minnesota Twins
Final2league:MLB
Final2date:September 26
Final2year:2002
Final2team:Boston Red Sox
Debut2league:NPB
Debut2date:April 4
Debut2year:1999
Debut2team:Orix Blue Wave
Finalleague:NPB
Finaldate:October 10
Finalyear:1999
Finalteam:Orix Blue Wave
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:33–39
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat2value:4.75
Stat3label:Strikeouts
Stat3value:428
Stat2league:NPB
Stat21label:Win–loss record
Stat21value:3–3
Stat22label:Earned run average
Stat22value:3.94
Stat23label:Strikeouts
Stat23value:26
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Willie Anthony Banks (born February 27, 1969) is an American former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks and Boston Red Sox.

At St. Anthony's High School, he twice struck out 19 batters in a seven inning game.[1]

Banks was a member of the 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins and the 1995 National League Western Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

Banks missed the entire 1996 season following shoulder surgery necessitated by a nerve condition.[2]

In nine seasons he had a 33–39 record over 181 games, with 84 games started, 1 complete game, 1 shutout, 40 games finished, 2 saves, innings pitched, 632 hits allowed, 370 runs allowed, 322 earned runs allowed, 65 home runs allowed, 302 walks allowed, 428 strikeouts, 15 hit batsmen, 41 wild pitches, 2,717 batters faced, 16 intentional walks, 10 balks and a 4.75 ERA.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Araton . Harvey . 1991-08-01 . BASEBALL; Jersey City Rookie Joins Twins . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-03-18 . 0362-4331.
  2. News: Olney . Buster . Buster Olney . BASEBALL; Yanks Have 2 Plan B's Should Starters Falter . 5 January 2022 . . 24 February 1998.