C Luis Banda #54
Age: 32 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
10/05/1972
C LUIS BANDA #54 - AGE: 32 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
133 451 109 14 1 17 61 33 82 .242 .302 .390 0 2.6
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 40 45 40 40
Gap 45 45 45 45
Power 60 65 60 60
Eye 45 45 45 45
Avoid K's 40 45 40 40
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 30 25
Errors: - 35 30
Arm: 40 35 30
Turn DP: - 25 -
Framing: 65 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 55 Left Field: -
1st Base: 30 Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 20
Stealing Aggressiveness: 20
Stealing Ability: 30
Baserunning Inst.: 20
Sacrifice Bunt: 80
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/24/1972 SFS Win, 7-0 3 1 2 3 1 0 1 0
09/23/1972 SFS Win, 4-3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/21/1972 @ TCN Loss, 1-12 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/20/1972 @ TCN Win, 4-2 7 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
09/19/1972 @ TCN Loss, 7-9 3 1 2 2 0 2 1 0
09/18/1972 @ HOU Win, 1-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/16/1972 @ HOU Win, 4-3 6 1 4 0 0 1 0 0
09/15/1972 @ HOU Loss, 3-5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/13/1972 @ SFS Win, 3-2 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
09/12/1972 @ SFS Win, 5-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
He rarely gets outsmarted.
High: Intelligence
Birthday:12/10/1939
Born in:Miami, FL
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$250,000
Signed Through:1973 Season
Major Service:10 Years, None
Service This Yr:173 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1962, 18th Pick in Round 1
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1972 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 133 451 109 14 1 17 61 53 33 82 .242 .302 .390 .692 .318 .149 109
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 122 494 7 2 0 11 14 3 176 32 0 0 0.0 52.9 3.86 2.6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   135 41 5 0 7 23 24 13 23 1 1 0 .304 .362 .496 .859
Versus Right   316 68 9 1 10 38 29 20 59 2 13 7 .215 .275 .345 .620
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   74 13 2 0 3 8 7 1 16 1 5 1 .176 .195 .324 .519
May   70 15 3 0 3 9 9 5 15 0 6 0 .214 .267 .386 .652
June   77 20 3 0 4 9 9 3 11 0 2 3 .260 .313 .455 .768
July   73 14 1 0 1 13 6 6 11 1 1 3 .192 .277 .247 .524
August   89 25 1 1 4 12 10 7 15 0 0 0 .281 .333 .449 .783
September   68 22 4 0 2 10 12 11 14 1 0 0 .324 .412 .471 .883
Spring Training   39 10 1 0 3 10 5 3 5 0 1 1 .256 .326 .513 .838
Last Year   445 82 12 0 12 41 38 36 80 3 7 1 .184 .245 .292 .537
2 Years Ago   480 134 20 0 29 80 74 33 81 4 4 6 .279 .331 .502 .833
Career   3697 871 124 7 135 458 394 291 711 32 80 38 .236 .296 .382 .678
Home   209 56 8 1 6 31 27 14 33 2 6 4 .268 .323 .402 .725
Road   242 53 6 0 11 30 26 19 49 1 8 3 .219 .283 .380 .663
Grass   451 109 14 1 17 61 53 33 82 3 14 7 .242 .302 .390 .692
Day   268 70 9 1 13 43 36 17 48 2 3 4 .261 .313 .448 .760
Night   183 39 5 0 4 18 17 16 34 1 11 3 .213 .286 .306 .592
As Starter   441 109 14 1 17 61 53 33 78 3 14 7 .247 .308 .399 .707
As Reliever / Substitution   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   117 21 3 1 0 7 8 6 24 1 5 3 .179 .236 .222 .458
Inning 1-3   138 39 8 0 8 27 22 11 31 2 6 2 .283 .340 .514 .854
Inning 4-6   160 42 3 0 4 17 16 13 22 0 3 2 .263 .326 .356 .682
Inning 7-9   138 22 3 1 5 17 12 9 27 1 5 3 .159 .225 .304 .530
Extra Innings   15 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
0 Outs   150 35 2 0 5 15 24 6 25 1 14 4 .233 .280 .347 .626
1 Outs   141 27 2 1 4 21 15 11 28 2 0 1 .191 .252 .305 .557
2 Outs   160 47 10 0 8 25 14 16 29 0 0 2 .294 .365 .506 .871
Scoring Position   113 30 4 0 6 42 17 10 26 3 14 1 .265 .323 .460 .783
Bases Empty   259 60 5 1 8 8 28 18 39 0 0 3 .232 .289 .351 .641
Runner on 1st   79 19 5 0 3 11 8 5 17 0 0 3 .241 .310 .418 .728
Runner on 2nd   34 11 4 0 3 12 8 4 8 0 9 0 .324 .395 .706 1.101
Runner on 3rd   11 5 0 0 2 10 4 3 3 1 1 0 .455 .533 1.000 1.533
Runner on 1st & 2nd   32 7 0 0 1 6 2 1 5 0 1 0 .219 .242 .312 .555
Runner on 1st & 3rd   14 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 .071 .133 .071 .205
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   12 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 5 1 3 0 .167 .214 .167 .381
Bases Loaded   10 4 0 0 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 1 .400 .417 .400 .817
Two Strikes   197 39 3 0 6 21 16 18 82 0 0 2 .198 .272 .305 .576
First Pitch   79 17 3 0 1 8 6 2 0 1 5 2 .215 .250 .291 .541
Count 0-1   46 15 3 0 2 7 6 0 0 0 3 1 .326 .340 .522 .862
Count 0-2   39 8 0 0 0 2 2 0 16 0 0 0 .205 .205 .205 .410
Count 1-0   39 11 1 0 3 9 6 0 0 2 4 0 .282 .268 .538 .807
Count 1-1   38 10 1 1 3 6 7 0 0 0 1 1 .263 .282 .579 .861
Count 1-2   58 11 1 0 3 9 3 0 30 0 0 1 .190 .203 .362 .565
Count 2-0   15 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .333 .533
Count 2-1   25 11 0 0 2 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 .440 .440 .680 1.120
Count 2-2   60 12 1 0 1 6 5 0 22 0 0 1 .200 .213 .267 .480
Count 3-0   1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .750 .000 .750
Count 3-1   11 3 1 0 0 2 5 10 0 0 0 1 .273 .636 .364 1.000
Full Count   40 8 1 0 2 4 6 18 14 0 0 0 .200 .448 .375 .823
Behind in Count   143 34 4 0 5 18 11 0 46 0 3 2 .238 .248 .371 .619
Ahead in Count   91 28 4 0 5 19 18 13 0 2 5 1 .308 .393 .516 .909
Batting 3rd   80 30 4 1 5 18 17 10 11 1 0 0 .375 .440 .637 1.077
Batting 4th   93 19 1 0 1 10 5 5 18 1 0 3 .204 .265 .247 .512
Batting 5th   71 18 3 0 3 10 10 7 15 0 0 0 .254 .321 .423 .743
Batting 6th   150 30 4 0 4 15 15 7 28 1 13 2 .200 .244 .307 .550
Batting 7th   47 11 2 0 3 6 5 4 5 0 1 2 .234 .321 .468 .789
Batting 8th   5 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .200 .800 1.000
Batting 9th   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   198 60 8 1 12 26 29 13 29 0 1 4 .303 .358 .535 .893
Medium Leverage   171 30 6 0 4 19 15 13 30 1 9 2 .175 .241 .281 .521
High Leverage   81 19 0 0 1 16 9 6 23 2 4 1 .235 .289 .272 .560
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1963 Los Angeles - MLB 23 83 281 66 7 3 7 33 30 21 3 5 70 0 0 .235 .290 .356 .646 91 90 1.2
1964 Los Angeles - MLB 24 101 167 46 8 1 4 22 19 15 3 3 35 0 0 .275 .340 .407 .748 122 120 1.0
1965 Los Angeles - MLB 25 56 155 30 3 0 8 20 15 13 2 0 37 0 0 .194 .265 .368 .632 86 90 0.8
1966 Los Angeles - MLB 26 128 413 100 15 0 18 66 51 27 4 7 78 0 0 .242 .290 .409 .700 105 105 2.5
1967 Los Angeles - MLB 27 133 433 100 15 0 12 37 30 27 4 0 96 0 0 .231 .282 .349 .631 95 96 2.8
1968 Los Angeles - MLB 28 40 123 25 3 0 4 7 11 9 4 0 19 0 0 .203 .279 .325 .605 88 93 0.8
1968 San Diego - MLB 28 91 297 67 11 0 7 35 20 24 1 4 57 0 0 .226 .282 .333 .616 92 89 1.1
1968 Total - MLB 28 131 420 92 14 0 11 42 31 33 5 4 76 0 0 .219 .281 .331 .612 91 90 1.9
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB 29 136 452 112 16 2 17 56 53 53 3 3 76 0 0 .248 .329 .405 .734 113 112 3.5
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB 30 133 480 134 20 0 29 80 74 33 6 4 81 0 0 .279 .331 .502 .833 126 126 4.9
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB 31 133 445 82 12 0 12 41 38 36 1 3 80 0 0 .184 .245 .292 .537 55 57 0.0
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB 32 73 241 50 8 0 10 28 26 13 4 1 45 0 0 .207 .259 .365 .624 82 90 0.9
1972 Dallas - MLB 32 60 210 59 6 1 7 33 27 20 3 2 37 0 0 .281 .349 .419 .768 123 131 2.2
1972 Total - MLB 32 133 451 109 14 1 17 61 53 33 7 3 82 0 0 .242 .302 .390 .692 101 109 3.1
Total MLB 1167 3697 871 124 7 135 458 394 291 38 32 711 0 0 .236 .296 .382 .678 98 100 21.7
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1962 Total - 22 43 191 50 8 0 10 31 50 21 5 0 28 1 1 .262 .350 .461 .811 100 100 1.2
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB 31 5 15 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .267 .312 .333 .646 87 89 1.0
Total MLB 5 15 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .267 .312 .333 .646 87 89
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1963 Los Angeles - MLB C 82 77 388 42 4 432 2 .995 682.0 5.67 +2.1 1.049 7 29 15 51.7
1964 Los Angeles - MLB C 43 38 232 25 3 257 0 1.000 341.2 6.77 +1.0 1.050 6 17 9 52.9
1964 Los Angeles - MLB 1B 52 1 143 9 14 154 2 .987 127.2 10.72 -1.5 .871
1965 Los Angeles - MLB C 45 38 207 23 1 230 0 1.000 370.0 5.59 +1.6 1.088 1 17 4 23.5
1965 Los Angeles - MLB 1B 5 0 11 1 0 12 0 1.000 12.0 9.00 -0.1 1.044
1966 Los Angeles - MLB C 119 111 538 65 11 603 0 1.000 971.1 5.59 +1.3 1.019 11 70 31 44.3
1967 Los Angeles - MLB C 121 121 546 91 12 640 3 .995 1047.2 5.47 +1.7 1.086 9 107 40 37.4
1968 Los Angeles - MLB C 35 35 173 14 3 188 1 .995 289.0 5.82 +0.2 1.351 2 17 4 23.5
1968 San Diego - MLB C 78 76 434 61 10 497 2 .996 693.2 6.42 +0.4 .929 10 49 23 46.9
1968 San Diego - MLB 1B 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 4.0 6.75 -0.0 .000
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB C 126 125 774 86 8 868 8 .991 1107.2 6.99 -0.7 .958 12 91 30 33.0
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB C 127 123 675 76 9 754 3 .996 1084.1 6.23 +3.2 1.234 10 80 34 42.5
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB C 126 123 648 71 1 724 5 .993 1097.0 5.90 -0.4 .891 14 89 36 40.4
1972 Pittsburgh - MLB C 69 69 398 49 4 451 4 .991 617.1 6.52 -2.7 .879 9 71 22 31.0
1972 Dallas - MLB C 54 53 383 41 4 424 0 1.000 489.0 7.80 +0.4 1.006 7 49 20 40.8
TOTAL C 1025 989 5396 644 70 6068 28 .995 8790.2 6.18 +8.0 1.018 98 686 268 39.1
TOTAL 1B 58 1 157 10 14 169 2 .988 143.2 10.46 -1.6 .884
PLAYER HISTORY
11/08/1962 Drafted in the 1962 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 18, 18th overall pick) by the Los Angeles Pobladores, out of college Florida International
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (50); Power: 40 (55); Eye: 45 (50).
04/09/1963 Named the #48 prospect in the MLB
11/15/1963 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $185,600 with the Los Angeles Pobladores organization.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 40 (55); Eye: 45 (50).
06/26/1964 Injured (sore hamstring),day-to-day for 2 days.
01/01/1965 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 45 (50).
01/01/1966 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 45 (50).
07/10/1966 Was selected to the 1966 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
09/04/1966 Injured (bruised elbow),day-to-day for 4 days.
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 45 (50).
08/01/1967 Injured (strained abdominal muscle),day-to-day for 1 day.
11/12/1967 Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $444,000 with the Los Angeles Pobladores organization.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 45 (50).
06/03/1968 Was traded by the Los Angeles Pobladores to the San Diego Captains in exchange for C Ken Blair, a 2nd round draft pick, and a 3rd round draft pick.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 65 (65); Eye: 50 (50).
02/03/1969 Was traded by the San Diego Captains to the Pittsburgh Industrials in exchange for RP Gary Forgette and a 3rd round draft pick.
10/29/1969 Declined his contract option.
11/02/1969 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $1,000,000 with the Pittsburgh Industrials organization.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 65 (65); Eye: 50 (50).
09/11/1970 Injured (bruised elbow),day-to-day for 2 days.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 60 (60); Eye: 45 (45).
07/17/1971 Injured (hamstring spasms),day-to-day for 4 days.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 60 (60); Eye: 45 (45).
07/12/1972 Was traded by the Pittsburgh Industrials to the Dallas Wranglers, along with C Rick Johnson, 2B Dennis Snyder, and a 1st round draft pick, in exchange for C Terry McClellan.
09/10/1972 Goes 5-5 against the Twin Cities Northmen, with 2 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI and 4 R.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year HR Rank
1970 29 8
Year HP Rank
1970 6 10
Year SH Rank
1966 14 5
1967 17 3
1972 14 5
Year SF Rank
1966 7 5
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