Robert
Banister
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: November 9, 1977 in Puerto Rico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 2007   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 23 HOL GL $ 100,000 4 4 4 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5
2002 24 HOL GL $ 100,000 4 4 4 5 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
2003 25 HOL GL $ 100,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
2004 26 HOL GL $ 100,000 5 4 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
2005 27 HOL GL $ 2,940,000 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
2006 28 KEN VL $ 3,000,000 5 5 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
2007 29 KEN VL $ 3,000,000 5 5 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5
2008 30 KEN VL $ 3,000,000 5 5 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
2009 31 KEN VL $ 3,000,000 5 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2010 32 KEN VL $ 3,000,000 5 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2011 33 KEN VL $ 2,700,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2012 34 KEN VL $ 2,700,000 5 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2013 35 KEN VL $ 2,700,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2014 36 KEN VL $ 1,830,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2015 37 SEM GL $ 100,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
Min Ratings $ 100,000 4 4 4 5 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Max Ratings $ 3,000,000 5 5 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 23 HOL GL 14 34 3 9 5 0 1 4 1 0 5 6 .265 .359 .500 .859 6.1 0.8
    AAA   125 474 65 144 18 4 12 67 18 6 51 73 .304 .371 .435 .806 76.4  
2002 24 HOL GL 78 294 61 95 21 0 11 51 6 1 31 52 .323 .392 .507 .898 57.0 8.4
    AAA   83 346 64 98 16 3 5 36 11 2 42 63 .283 .361 .390 .751 50.7  
2003 25 HOL GL 127 441 57 110 21 1 11 68 5 7 37 84 .249 .313 .376 .690 51.9 5.1
2004 26 HOL GL 157 598 79 161 32 0 15 85 8 4 52 128 .269 .327 .398 .725 79.3 9.9
2005 27 HOL GL 162 604 92 163 35 1 21 96 13 8 40 102 .270 .317 .435 .753 82.7 14.9
2006 28 KEN VL 162 593 96 152 22 0 23 94 5 7 59 101 .256 .326 .410 .736 80.8 10.6
2007 29 KEN VL 162 614 75 173 33 2 15 94 8 4 66 97 .282 .356 .415 .771 92.3 18.6
2008 30 KEN VL 162 608 74 162 34 2 9 79 5 2 61 95 .266 .342 .373 .715 76.5 13.4
2009 31 KEN VL 26 97 15 26 4 0 4 13 4 0 6 19 .268 .311 .433 .744 12.7 2.4
2010 32 KEN VL 162 530 65 137 28 0 12 78 17 10 42 105 .258 .319 .379 .698 66.2 12.3
2011 33 KEN VL 162 577 80 143 48 0 8 76 22 7 46 141 .248 .305 .373 .678 64.8 11.0
2012 34 KEN VL 161 545 67 130 30 3 13 54 15 12 33 122 .239 .292 .376 .668 57.3 5.3
2013 35 KEN VL 160 531 62 126 44 4 15 70 1 0 17 135 .237 .270 .420 .690 60.4 10.2
2014 36 KEN VL 132 460 58 122 39 1 18 65 0 0 29 114 .265 .317 .472 .789 68.3 13.6
2015 37 SEM GL 13 18 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .333 .455 .389 .843 3.5 1.0
15 Years Sim 1840 6544 885 1715 397 14 176 928 110 62 527 1305 .262 .322 .408 .730 859.9 137.4
2 Years AAA 208 820 129 242 34 7 17 103 29 8 93 136 .295 .369 .416 .785 127.0  
162 Game Average 576 77 150 34 1 15 81 9 5 46 114 .262 .322 .408 .730 75.7  
Career Highs 162 614 96 173 48 4 23 96 22 12 66 141 .333 .455 .507 .898 92.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4657 616 1178 280 10 124 643 73 37 372 911 .253 .314 .397 .711 566.4
vs LH   1887 269 537 117 4 52 285 32 25 155 394 .285 .342 .433 .775 266.1
Home 913 3131 405 809 191 6 90 457 47 31 251 653 .258 .320 .409 .729 395.3
Away 927 3413 480 906 206 8 86 471 58 31 276 652 .265 .324 .406 .730 437.2
RISP   1629 0 454 96 5 49 707 0 0 162 333 .279 .339 .434 .773 239.2
Pinch Hitting   10 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .200 .333 .300 .633 0.8
Close/Late   683 74 169 40 1 15 71 0 0 64 138 .247 .316 .375 .691 80.4
Mar/Apr 294 1038 135 279 59 1 23 138 21 18 83 210 .269 .325 .394 .719 128.0
May 288 1021 136 251 53 1 27 129 26 11 90 211 .246 .315 .379 .694 120.9
June 280 992 119 243 53 1 27 155 12 8 71 205 .245 .300 .382 .682 110.9
July 234 817 99 197 53 2 19 120 11 11 81 176 .241 .312 .381 .693 95.6
August 306 1077 156 306 71 2 31 154 12 5 94 185 .284 .343 .440 .783 157.3
Sep/Oct 437 1599 240 439 108 7 49 232 23 9 108 318 .275 .330 .443 .772 219.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2001 23 HOL GL SS 13 9 89.0 11 31 1 9 .977 4.25   0.5
2002 24 HOL GL SS 78 78 666.7 97 192 10 47 .967 3.90   2.2
2003 25 HOL GL SS 127 124 1081.3 197 386 17 78 .972 4.85   8.0
2004 26 HOL GL SS 156 156 1391.7 188 498 10 104 .986 4.44   15.1
2005 27 HOL GL SS 162 162 1447.3 225 556 21 112 .974 4.86   11.1
2006 28 KEN VL SS 162 162 1454.3 237 536 23 102 .971 4.78   11.1
2007 29 KEN VL SS 162 162 1437.0 200 539 15 109 .980 4.63   12.7
2008 30 KEN VL SS 162 162 1429.3 213 501 26 101 .965 4.50   10.5
2009 31 KEN VL SS 26 26 233.0 35 84 1 17 .992 4.60   1.9
2010 32 KEN VL SS 162 162 1371.7 193 552 22 86 .971 4.89   9.3
2011 33 KEN VL SS 162 162 1439.0 207 483 23 93 .968 4.32   10.4
2012 34 KEN VL SS 161 160 1366.7 194 467 16 84 .976 4.35   9.5
2013 35 KEN VL SS 160 160 1403.3 193 520 31 96 .958 4.57   10.5
2014 36 KEN VL 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 130 126 1077.3 143 364 18 80 .966 4.24   8.9
2015 37 SEM GL SS 9 5 49.0 5 14 1 3 .950 3.49   0.2
  SS 1832 1816 15936.6 2338 5723 235 1121 .972 4.55   121.8
  CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1834 1816 15939.6 2339 5723 235 1121 .972 4.55   121.9
Career Highs   162 162 1454.3 237 556 31 112 .992 4.89    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2005 27 HOL GL 10 37 4 9 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 3 .243 .263 .297 .560
2006 28 KEN VL 5 15 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .200 .333
2011 33 KEN VL 13 44 8 8 1 1 1 5 4 0 3 5 .182 .240 .318 .558
2012 34 KEN VL 16 59 3 11 5 0 1 4 2 1 2 19 .186 .213 .322 .535
2013 35 KEN VL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 46 159 15 30 7 2 2 11 7 2 6 31 .189 .220 .296 .516
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2005-8-162
2006-6-162
2007-1-162
2008-1-162
2010-1-162
2011-1-162
2012-6-161
2013-3-160
Doubles
2011-3-48
2013-6-44
Caught Stealing
2012-8-12
Strikeouts
2011-9-141
2013-9-135
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 14th round, 493rd overall pick, by Columbus in 2001
Was selected to the 2002 All-Rookie Team
Traded from Hollywood to Kentucky on 3/2/2006
Drove in 6 runs against Greenbelt on 9/24/2006
Drove in 7 runs against Greenbelt on 7/2/2007
Injured on 5/1/2009 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Won Solecismic Series with Kentucky in 2011