Scott Bankhead

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 175 lb

BornJuly 31, 1963 · Raleigh, NC, USA

MLB debutMay 25, 1986

Final gameJuly 18, 1995

Seasons10 (1986–1995)

Kansas City Royals 1986; Seattle Mariners 1987–1991; Cincinnati Reds 1992; Boston Red Sox 1993–1994; New York Yankees 1995

Percentile snapshot

1989 season — qualified pitchers

33.8

53.2

48.1

92.2

22.1

SHO

51.9

187

59.7

48.1

62.3

140

59.7

32.5

210.3

50.6

ERA

3.34

57.1

WHIP

1.189

64.9

K/9

5.99

FIP

3.64

44.2

FIP-

90.8

67.5

ERA+

120.0

68.8

sWAR

3.7

66.2

of 78 qualified 1989 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

9.9

86.8

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1986	24	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.7
1987	27	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.3
1988	21	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0
1989	33	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.7
1990	4	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0
1991	17	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1
1992	54	11	9	2	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	11.5	25.0	.206	1.3
1993	40	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4
1994	27	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5
1995	20	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1986	24	17	8	9	0	0	0	121	62	37	94	14	121.0	4.61	1.306	6.99	3.73	88.7	91.3	0.7
1987	27	25	9	8	0	2	0	168	90	37	95	35	149.3	5.42	1.373	5.73	5.45	116.6	86.2	0.3
1988	21	21	7	9	0	2	1	115	46	38	102	8	135.0	3.07	1.133	6.80	2.95	71.4	134.7	3.0
1989	33	33	14	6	0	3	2	187	78	63	140	19	210.3	3.34	1.189	5.99	3.64	90.8	120.0	3.7
1990	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	18	16	7	10	2	13.0	11.08	1.923	6.92	4.88	123.7	35.7	-1.0
1991	17	9	3	6	0	0	0	73	33	21	28	8	60.7	4.90	1.549	4.15	4.84	117.6	84.0	0.1
1992	54	0	10	4	1	0	0	57	23	29	53	4	70.7	2.93	1.217	6.75	3.37	93.4	123.2	1.3
1993	40	0	2	1	0	0	0	59	25	29	47	7	64.3	3.50	1.368	6.58	4.31	94.5	130.3	1.4
1994	27	0	3	2	0	0	0	34	19	12	25	5	37.7	4.54	1.221	5.97	4.55	91.7	109.3	0.5
1995	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	44	26	16	20	9	39.0	6.00	1.538	4.62	6.35	136.4	77.5	-0.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

267

RBI

.2222

OBP

.2222

SLG

.2222

OPS

.4444

Pitching

G (P)

267

110

SHO

901

SO (P)

614

BB allowed

289

ERA

4.175

WHIP

1.2930

K/9

6.13

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	H	TB
1992-04-18	CIN @ SF Gameday	2	1	1
1992-04-22	CIN @ LAD Gameday	1	1	1
1992-04-09	CIN @ HOU Gameday	0	0	0
1992-04-14	ATL @ CIN Gameday	0	0	0
1992-04-21	CIN @ LAD Gameday	0	0	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1987-04-19	ATH @ SEA Gameday	9.0	5	1	1	3	9	1
1989-09-23	SEA @ KC Gameday	9.0	2	0	0	3	9	0
1988-08-16	SEA @ BOS Gameday	9.0	9	0	0	0	8	0
1987-07-19	SEA @ DET Gameday	7.0	6	4	4	0	8	3
1988-08-21	SEA @ NYY Gameday	7.0	5	2	1	3	8	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.