Jack Banta (baseball)

Jack Banta
Jack Banta
	Pitcher
	Born: June 24, 1925; Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S.
	Died: September 17, 2006 (aged 81); Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S.
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 18, 1947, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
	June 21, 1950, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	14–12
Earned run average	3.78
Strikeouts	116
Teams
	Brooklyn Dodgers (1947–1950);

Jackie Kay Banta (June 24, 1925 – September 17, 2006) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in 69 games in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers between 1947 and 1950. The native of Hutchinson, Kansas, threw right-handed and batted left-handed; he stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).

Banta's professional career, spent entirely in the Brooklyn organization, began in

innings of two-hit, scoreless relief, preserving a 7–7 tie and enabling Brooklyn to win the contest in the top half of the tenth inning, 9–7,^[1] to outlast the second-place St. Louis Cardinals by a single game. He then appeared in relief in Games 3, 4 and 5 of the 1949 World Series against the New York Yankees

, won by the Bombers in five games.

A shoulder injury suffered in 1950 curtailed Banta's MLB and professional career.

bases on balls, and struck out 116. In his lone World Series, in 1949, he posted a 0–0 (3.18) record in three games, permitting two earned runs

, five hits, and one base on balls, and recording four strikeouts, in 52⁄3 innings.

References

^ "Brooklyn Dodgers 9, Philadelphia Phillies 7", Retrosheet box score (October 2, 1949)
^ Keenan, Jimmy. "Jack Banta". sabr.org. Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project. Retrieved October 22, 2023.

External links

Jack Banta at Find a Grave
Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

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[1] "Brooklyn Dodgers 9, Philadelphia Phillies 7", Retrosheet box score (October 2, 1949)

[2] Keenan, Jimmy. "Jack Banta". sabr.org. Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project. Retrieved October 22, 2023.

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