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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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1950 Majors 22 33.67 4 / 5 3 / 5 5 / 6 2 / 2 3 / 4 1 / 4 4 / 7 22 / 33
1951 Majors 23 22.57 3 / 3 3 / 5 3 / 3 0 / 1 3 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 12 / 22
1952 Majors 24 24.72 2 / 2 4 / 4 3 / 4 3 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 3 14 / 24
1953 Majors 25 14.69 2 / 3 3 / 3 1 / 2 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 8 / 14
1954 Majors 26 4.63 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4
1955 Majors 27 2.45 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2
1956 Majors 28 3.10 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 3
1957 Minors 29 9.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 2 / 9
1958 Minors 30 5.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 5
1959 Minors 31 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1959 Majors 31 4.20 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 4
1960 Majors 32 4.40 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 4
1961 Majors 33 11.20 0 / 0 0 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 1 / 11
1962 Majors 34 1.70 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
Total 0 0 0 11 / 18 14 / 23 13 / 24 10 / 15 8 / 13 1 / 21 4 / 23 61 / 137
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.