Sam Bankhead

Position
Shortstop
Years
1932–1948
Hall Rating
35
MLE Rating
97
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Sam Bankhead is eligible for the Hall of Fame via the Classic Baseball Era Committee in 2025.
Peak
36%
Longevity
64%

Negro League MLEs by Eric Chalek

Due to the different opportunities presented to Black and Latino players before integration, the Hall Rating of these players does not accurately reflect their Hall of Fame cases. When possible, the Hall of Stats uses Eric Chalek’s Negro League MLEs to present an alternate Hall Rating for prominent early Black and Latino stars. Sam Bankhead has a 97 Hall Rating using these MLEs. The rest of the stats on this page come from real game data, not MLEs.

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Career Statistics

Win-Value Statistics
WAR WAA adjWAR adjWAA
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12.5 4.5 26.9 5.8
Run-Value Statistics
Bat Run DP Fld Pos Pit
1 4 0 19 21 0
Season-by-Season Statistics
Year Team WAA WAR
1932 3 teams 0.3 0.7
1932 BBB 0.1 0.2
1932 LVB 0.2 0.3
1932 NEG (BEG) 0.0 0.2
1933 NEG (BEG) 0.5 1.0
1934 NEG (BEG) 0.7 1.2
1935 PC 0.1 0.8
1936 PC 0.8 1.6
1937 PC -0.1 0.0
1938 PC -0.3 0.2
1939 HG 0.6 1.0
1942 HG 0.3 0.8
1943 HG 0.8 1.4
1944 HG 0.3 0.9
1945 2 teams 0.5 0.9
1945 CBE -0.1 -0.1
1945 HG 0.6 1.0
1946 HG 0.2 0.8
1947 HG -1.0 -0.2
1948 HG 0.8 1.4