Jack Banta

Full Name: Jackie Kay Banta	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2.5"/175	First Game: September 18, 1947
Birthdate: June 24, 1925	Final Game: June 21, 1950
Birthplace: Hutchinson, Kansas	MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: September 17, 2006
Deathplace: Hutchinson, Kansas
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Born on June 24, 1925 in Hutchinson, Kansas, Jack Banta (Jackie Kay Banta) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers for his entire 4 year career. Banta broke into the bigs on September 18, 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 3.37 ERA in 152.1 innings pitched in 1949, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jack Banta's best season was 1949, when he posted a 3.37 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 97 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1947	BRO	N	3	1	0	1	7.04	3	6	6	0	0	0	7.2	7	1	4	1	1
1948	BRO	N	2	1	0	1	8.10	1	6	3	0	0	0	3.1	5	0	5	0	0
1949	BRO	N	48	12	10	6	3.37	97	63	57	2	1	3	152.1	125	12	68	3	6
1950	BRO	N	16	5	4	4	4.35	15	22	20	1	0	2	41.1	39	2	36	5	3
Total			69	19	14	12	3.78	116	97	86	3	1	5	204.2	176	15	113	9	10

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1947	BRO	N	P	3	0	5	0	1	1.000
1948	BRO	N	P	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1949	BRO	N	P	48	8	27	3	3	.921
1950	BRO	N	P	16	0	4	0	2	1.000
Total			P	69	8	36	3	6	.936

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1947	BRO	N	3	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
1948	BRO	N	2	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1949	BRO	N	48	46	2	5	1	.109	.163	.130	1	3	9	1	1
1950	BRO	N	16	12	1	2	2	.167	.231	.167	0	1	1	0	1
Total			69	61	3	7	3	.115	.169	.131	1	4	11	1	2

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1944).

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