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Willie Anthony Banks (born February 27, 1969) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks and Boston Red Sox.

Willie Banks
Pitcher
Born: (1969-02-27) February 27, 1969 (age 53) Jersey City, New Jersey
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: July 31, 1991, for the Minnesota Twins
NPB: April 4, 1999, for the Orix Blue Wave
Last appearance
NPB: October 10, 1999, for the Orix Blue Wave
MLB: September 26, 2002, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	33–39
Earned run average	4.75
Strikeouts	428
NPB statistics
Win–loss record	3–3
Earned run average	3.94
Strikeouts	26
Teams
Minnesota Twins (1991–1993) Chicago Cubs (1994–1995) Los Angeles Dodgers (1995) Florida Marlins (1995) New York Yankees (1997–1998) Arizona Diamondbacks (1998) Orix BlueWave (1999) Boston Red Sox (2001–2002)

At St. Anthony's High School, he twice struck out 19 batters in a seven inning game.[1]

Banks was a member of the 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins and the 1995 National League Western Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

Banks missed the entire 1996 season following shoulder surgery necessitated by a nerve condition.[2]

In nine seasons he had a 33–39 record over 181 games, with 84 games started, 1 complete game, 1 shutout, 40 games finished, 2 saves, 610+1⁄3 innings pitched, 632 hits allowed, 370 runs allowed, 322 earned runs allowed, 65 home runs allowed, 302 walks allowed, 428 strikeouts, 15 hit batsmen, 41 wild pitches, 2,717 batters faced, 16 intentional walks, 10 balks and a 4.75 ERA.

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Nippon Professional Baseball, or Retrosheet, or The Baseball Gauge, or Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

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