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Bob Gibson League
4-1-2095
Turkey Banta Left Field
Retired (1962, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .225 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .598 Status Deceased (2022) Option Years 0  
H 265 Age at Death 94 Date of Birth 06-24-1928
HR 20 Drafted Round 2, Pick 17
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 10 years
(53 games)
RBI 109
SB 7
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L D+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R Power vs. L C+ Velocity B-   Mentor vR B+
Speed C+ Bunt A- Control D+   Mentor vL C-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A+ WS Rings 2
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm A+ WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF (88.6%)   Health A+ LCS Appearances 3
3B D- (7.5%) RF (89.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 0% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1950 BOS
111
305
41
67
9
2
9
37
26
64 1 2
1
4 8
.632
.281
.351
.131
.220
1951 BOS
86
209
22
51
8
0
2
13
15
50 1 0
1
1 4
.609
.298
.311
.067
.244
1952 BOS
77
238
22
52
9
1
3
20
21
51 0 0
1
4 2
.584
.282
.303
.084
.218
1953 BOS
77
139
8
28
2
0
2
12
7
27 1 0
3
7 1
.504
.245
.259
.058
.201
1954 BOS
38
42
10
13
1
1
2
7
3
6 1 0
0
2 0
.893
.370
.524
.214
.310
1955 BOS
24
21
1
6
1
0
0
0
2
4 1 0
0
0 0
.708
.375
.333
.048
.286
1956 BOS
60
29
4
6
0
0
1
5
1
9 0 1
1
0 0
.536
.226
.310
.103
.207
1959 BOS
13
39
4
10
4
0
0
3
3
9 0 0
0
0 1
.668
.310
.359
.103
.256
1960 BOS-BRO
57
40
2
11
2
0
1
5
3
7 0 1
0
0 0
.718
.318
.400
.125
.275
1961 BRO
71
102
4
18
4
0
0
6
8
25 1 1
0
0 4
.457
.241
.216
.039
.176
1962 BRO-PHI
47
16
0
3
0
0
0
1
1
7 0 0
0
0 0
.423
.235
.188
.000
.188
Total
661
1180
118
265
40
4
20
109
90
259 6 5
7
18 20
.598
.282
.316
.092
.225
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1962-11-01Turkey Banta has retired from the Philadelphia Nazz
1962-08-23The Philadelphia Nazz have re-claimed Turkey Banta from the waiver wire.
1962-08-15The Philadelphia Nazz have promoted Dolph Straub to the major league team. The Philadelphia Nazz have designated Turkey Banta for assignment.
1962-04-08The Philadelphia Nazz have acquired Turkey Banta from the waiver wire.
1962-03-25The Brooklyn Southmen have promoted Walt Harris to the major league team. The Brooklyn Southmen have designated Turkey Banta for assignment.
1960-04-15The Brooklyn Southmen have acquired Turkey Banta from the waiver wire.
1960-04-02The Boston Minutemen have promoted Rafael Brackenridge to the major league team. The Boston Minutemen have promoted Terry Craft to the major league team. The Boston Minutemen have designated Turkey Banta for assignment. The Boston Minutemen have designated Tito Palagyi for assignment.
1959-07-15The Boston Minutemen have promoted Turkey Banta to the major league team.
1956-10-03The Boston Minutemen have designated Turkey Banta for assignment.