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Name Team Age
Bill Banks Retired (1975, Age 37) Died (2015, Age 77)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 7
(1959)		 C R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Joe Jackson League 0 15 years (71 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A  C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  B+ B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B  B+ B 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D  B- B 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 3/10/1938
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
3 7 10
Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
D+ (22.8 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1959 PHI 6 25 2 4 0 1 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 .490 .250 .240 .160
1960 PHI 58 228 29 39 7 1 4 14 24 38 5 4 1 .513 .250 .263 .171
1961 PHI 143 599 70 137 27 7 10 53 46 109 8 6 2 .630 .283 .347 .229
1962 PHI 140 538 89 144 25 2 17 79 52 94 17 8 5 .751 .334 .416 .268
1963 PHI 119 472 65 126 18 1 9 63 39 99 5 6 2 .696 .330 .367 .267
1964 PHI 95 369 65 123 22 5 13 81 37 54 22 10 2 .916 .390 .526 .333
1965 PHI 134 505 72 140 26 3 16 70 55 90 0 0 0 .784 .349 .436 .277
1966 PHI 121 467 62 131 22 2 18 75 48 92 17 5 0 .797 .346 .452 .281
1967 PHI 121 402 51 117 22 3 9 65 41 65 19 4 0 .784 .357 .428 .291
1968 PHI 138 453 59 121 18 6 8 55 47 79 16 4 0 .726 .339 .386 .267
1969 PHI 145 508 68 144 20 6 13 75 47 80 29 17 0 .766 .343 .423 .283
1970 PHI 129 445 72 125 23 4 19 77 43 72 14 7 0 .823 .344 .479 .281
1971 PHI 144 527 94 155 31 4 19 74 50 93 20 9 1 .831 .355 .476 .294
1972 PHI 119 427 73 127 22 5 17 72 43 66 11 2 1 .853 .361 .492 .297
1973 PHI 129 396 52 105 15 4 7 55 44 66 5 0 2 .718 .342 .376 .265
1974 PHI 64 188 25 59 11 3 8 43 18 22 4 1 0 .913 .381 .532 .314
1975 PHI 80 232 30 58 6 1 8 27 25 49 1 0 5 .707 .319 .388 .250
Total 1885 6781 978 1855 315 58 195 978 662 1174 193 83 21 .762 .339 .423 .274
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1975-11-01Bill Banks has retired from the Philadelphia Sky Blues
1975-04-01The Philadelphia Sky Blues have renamed Buster Schlump to Bill Banks.
1972-09-09Buster Schlump of the Philadelphia Mojo is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1970-05-29Buster Schlump of the Philadelphia Mojo is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1968-07-15Buster Schlump of the Philadelphia Cheetahs is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1964-10-03The Philadelphia Cheetahs have promoted Buster Schlump to the major league team. The Philadelphia Cheetahs have sent Pat MaGroyn to the minors.
1964-09-21The Philadelphia Cheetahs have promoted Ken Jay to the major league team. The Philadelphia Cheetahs have sent Buster Schlump to the minors.
1964-09-20The Philadelphia Cheetahs have promoted Buster Schlump to the major league team. The Philadelphia Cheetahs have sent Corey Patrick to the minors.
1964-09-02The Philadelphia Cheetahs have promoted Pat MaGroyn to the major league team. The Philadelphia Cheetahs have sent Buster Schlump to the minors.
1964-06-08The Philadelphia Cheetahs have promoted Buster Schlump to the major league team. The Philadelphia Cheetahs have sent Ahmeen Baddah to the minors.
1964-05-12The Philadelphia Cheetahs have promoted Corey Patrick to the major league team. The Philadelphia Cheetahs have sent Buster Schlump to the minors.
1963-10-03The Philadelphia Cheetahs have promoted Buster Schlump to the major league team. The Philadelphia Cheetahs have sent Corey Patrick to the minors.
1963-09-26The Philadelphia Cheetahs have promoted Corey Patrick to the major league team. The Philadelphia Cheetahs have sent Buster Schlump to the minors.
1963-09-23The Philadelphia Cheetahs have promoted Buster Schlump to the major league team. The Philadelphia Cheetahs have sent Corey Patrick to the minors.
1963-09-01The Philadelphia Cheetahs have promoted Corey Patrick to the major league team. The Philadelphia Cheetahs have sent Buster Schlump to the minors.
1960-07-22The Philadelphia Cheetahs have promoted Buster Schlump to the major league team. The Philadelphia Cheetahs have sent Luther Griggs to the minors.
1960-03-01The Philadelphia Cheetahs have promoted Marv Gorecki to the major league team. The Philadelphia Cheetahs have sent Buster Schlump to the minors.
1959-09-26The Philadelphia Cheetahs have promoted Buster Schlump to the major league team. The Philadelphia Cheetahs have sent Nick Armas to the minors.
1959-04-01The Philadelphia Cheetahs have renamed Bill Johnson to Buster Schlump.