Ben Sankey stats

Last played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1931

Age 119

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Ben Sankey played 3 MLB seasons, 1929 to 1931.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
72
AB
169
R
21
H
36
HR
0
RBI
14
SB
0
AVG
.213
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1929PIT2711000.143
1930PIT133065000.167
1931PIT5713214300140.227

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
192
TB
48
XBH
7
HBP
0
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1929PIT8100000
1930PIT32500000
1931PIT1524270000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
-0.1
RC
14.6
RC/27
2.80
ISOP
.071
SECA
.166
BB/K
1.14
AB/HR
0.0
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1929PIT-0.10-0.2.0000000
1930PIT-0.30.70.8.0000.10.700
1931PIT0.3143.5.0910.21.400

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
119 yearsSep 2, 1907
Debut
1929

What were Ben Sankey's career stats?

Ben Sankey played 3 seasons for the Pirates. He was a career .213 hitter with 36 hits, 0 home runs and 14 RBI. His best season was 1931: a .227 batting average, 0 home runs and 14 RBI.

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