Sam Bankhead
1932–1948 · bats R / throws R · ASE, ASW, Birmingham Black Barons, Cleveland Buckeyes, Homestead Grays, Kansas City Monarchs, KCR, LS4
696G
.285AVG
.353OBP
.377SLG
More career statistics
728H
21HR
367RBI
109SB
2–6W–L
77.2IP
30K
5.10ERA
9GS
6Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 696 | 547 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,558 | 2,019 |
| Batting · Doubles | 101 | 88 |
| Batting · Hits | 728 | 584 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 14 | 6 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,904 | 2,255 |
| Batting · Runs | 441 | 360 |
| Batting · RBI | 367 | 177 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 109 | 84 |
| Batting · Triples | 36 | 32 |
| Batting · Walks | 258 | 175 |
| Pitching · Games | 13 | 3 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 336 | 13 |
| Pitching · p cg | 8 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 44 | 4 |
| Pitching · p gs | 9 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 92 | 4 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 233 | 7 |
| Pitching · p k | 30 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 46 | 4 |
| Pitching · p w | 12 | 3 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 696 | 2,904 | 2,558 | 441 | 728 | 101 | 36 | 21 | 367 | 258 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 964 | .285 | .353 | .377 | .730 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77.7 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 92 | 46 | 44 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5.10 | 1.339 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1935-08-14 to 1936-05-17
35longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1934-07-29 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1948-05-30 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1934-07-29 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 279 | 1088 | 289 | 11 | 91 | 83 | 2 | .296 | .342 | .419 |
| Away | 268 | 1167 | 295 | 10 | 86 | 92 | 4 | .283 | .332 | .374 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 4 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .412 | .412 | .647 |
| May | 142 | 564 | 147 | 6 | 49 | 46 | 3 | .293 | .342 | .413 |
| June | 123 | 525 | 122 | 4 | 37 | 39 | 0 | .258 | .307 | .313 |
| July | 122 | 503 | 134 | 6 | 45 | 40 | 2 | .297 | .346 | .410 |
| August | 107 | 452 | 116 | 1 | 36 | 33 | 1 | .286 | .330 | .409 |
| September | 41 | 161 | 48 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .331 | .366 | .483 |
| October | 7 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | .464 | .381 |
| 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | .600 | .800 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 112 | 480 | 115 | 4 | 41 | 38 | 4 | .265 | .319 | .355 |
| newark-eagles | 87 | 354 | 72 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 0 | .229 | .274 | .333 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 82 | 349 | 98 | 2 | 23 | 34 | 1 | .322 | .378 | .405 |
| new-york-cubans | 72 | 266 | 69 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 0 | .287 | .335 | .417 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 40 | 164 | 49 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0 | .329 | .390 | .483 |
| homestead-grays | 30 | 123 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .349 | .382 | .486 |
| chicago-american-giants | 24 | 106 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .261 | .330 | .420 |
| WEG | 24 | 96 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .295 | .312 | .409 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | NSH, PRG | 38 | 142 | 48 | 1 | 10 | 7 | .338 | – | – |
| 1934 | NSH | 34 | 131 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 11 | .313 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 59 | 235 | 75 | 2 | 10 | 8 | .319 | – | – |
| 1936 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 66 | 246 | 73 | 1 | 21 | 7 | .297 | – | – |
| 1937 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | .500 | – | – |
| 1938 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 29 | 107 | 30 | 2 | 17 | 7 | .280 | – | – |
| 1939 |  Homestead Grays | 28 | 107 | 31 | 2 | 9 | 3 | .290 | – | – |
| 1942 | Homestead Grays | 32 | 104 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .231 | – | – |
| 1943 | Homestead Grays | 44 | 154 | 41 | 1 | 23 | 14 | .266 | – | – |
| 1944 | Birmingham Black Barons, Homestead Grays, Kansas City Monarchs | 52 | 184 | 52 | 1 | 18 | 6 | .283 | 2 | – |
| 1945 | Homestead Grays | 29 | 86 | 34 | 2 | 19 | 2 | .395 | – | – |
| 1946 | Homestead Grays | 45 | 172 | 47 | 3 | 14 | 3 | .273 | – | – |
| 1947 | Homestead Grays | 48 | 185 | 41 | 1 | 13 | 7 | .222 | – | – |
| 1948 | Homestead Grays | 40 | 158 | 43 | 2 | 7 | 8 | .272 | – | – |