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Jumbo Brown League
10-22-2128
Tom Bannister First Base
Retired (1968, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .267 Total Rating   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .742 Status Deceased (2026) Option Years 0  
H 1412 Age at Death 93 Date of Birth 06-10-1933
HR 135 Drafted Round 3, Pick 53
(1953)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(16 games)
RBI 695
SB 129
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt D- Control   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A+ WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF C- (35.9%) Arm C- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF (1.0%)   Health LCS Appearances 0
3B D- (5.1%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1954 CF ARI 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1956 CF COL 158 158 1402.2 363 348 9 6 0 -2 2.29 .983
1957 CF COL 158 158 1401.0 346 335 5 6 0 -5 2.18 .983
1958 CF COL 29 27 241.0 73 72 1 0 0 0 2.73 1.000
RF COL 18 18 161.1 27 27 0 0 0 +1 1.51 1.000
LF COL 12 12 109.0 30 30 0 0 0 0 2.48 1.000
3B COL 9 9 84.0 20 6 13 1 1 -4 2.04 .950
1B COL 5 5 50.0 49 49 0 0 3 0 8.82 1.000
2B COL 3 3 25.0 12 7 3 2 1 -1 3.60 .833
1959 CF COL-BAL 38 11 125.0 32 30 2 0 0 +1 2.30 1.000
SS COL-BAL 2 2 17.0 10 3 5 2 1 -1 4.24 .800
1960 LF BAL 158 158 1404.0 354 340 10 4 0 +11 2.24 .989
1961 LF BAL 158 158 1386.1 316 305 9 2 0 +7 2.04 .994
1962 1B BAL 158 158 1300.0 1281 1244 32 5 90 +4 8.83 .996
1963 1B BAL 158 158 1397.2 1454 1401 49 4 120 +9 9.34 .997
1964 1B BAL 54 17 215.0 215 210 4 1 19 -1 8.96 .995
2B BAL 18 18 155.2 77 32 42 3 7 -3 4.28 .961
3B BAL 7 7 60.0 18 3 14 1 2 0 2.55 .944
1965 1B BAL 49 11 167.2 162 158 3 1 8 +3 8.64 .994
2B BAL 16 16 138.2 67 27 37 3 7 -2 4.15 .955
3B BAL 5 5 47.0 14 2 11 1 0 0 2.49 .929
C BAL 3 3 26.0 24 23 0 1 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0 7.96 .958
1966 1B BAL 113 112 1008.2 1027 987 37 3 82 +15 9.14 .997
3B BAL 37 37 325.1 96 17 64 15 1 -9 2.24 .844
C BAL 3 3 25.0 22 20 0 2 0 0 6 0 0.0% 0 7.20 .909
1967 1B BAL 38 19 214.1 218 217 1 0 17 +6 9.15 1.000
2B BAL 3 3 27.0 11 6 5 0 1 -2 3.67 1.000
3B BAL 4 1 12.0 5 1 3 1 0 0 3.00 .800
1968 1B BAL 20 0 34.2 37 36 0 1 4 0 9.35 .973
3B BAL 3 3 26.0 8 1 7 0 0 -1 2.77 1.000
Pos Total 1B 595 480 4388.0 4443 4302 126 15 343 +36 9.08 .997
CF 384 354 3170.2 814 785 17 12 0 -6 2.28 .985
LF 328 328 2899.1 700 675 19 6 0 +18 2.15 .991
3B 65 62 554.1 161 30 112 19 4 -14 2.31 .882
2B 40 40 346.1 167 72 87 8 16 -8 4.13 .952
RF 18 18 161.1 27 27 0 0 0 +1 1.51 1.000
C 6 6 51.0 46 43 0 3 0 0 9 0 0.0% 0 7.59 .935
SS 2 2 17.0 10 3 5 2 1 -1 4.24 .800
Total 1438 1290 11588.0 6368 5937 366 65 364 0 9 0 0.0% +26 4.90 .990
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01Tom Bannister has retired from the Baltimore Silverbacks
1959-04-08Trade #1260361 has been completed between the Colorado Smokies and the Baltimore Silverbacks. The Baltimore Silverbacks receive Tom Bannister, Bob Linton, Ramon Perranoski, Draft Pick 1962 Round 2 COL (Jeff Guzman), Draft Pick 1962 Round 1 COL (Rick McMillan) from the Colorado Smokies in exchange for John Bennett, Stan Bell.
1956-04-01The Colorado Smokies have promoted Tom Bannister to the major league team. The Colorado Smokies have designated Kitty Swanson for assignment.
1954-08-23The Arizona Raiders have promoted Walt Culberson to the major league team. The Arizona Raiders have sent Tom Bannister to the minors.
1954-08-05The Arizona Raiders have promoted Tom Bannister to the major league team.