{"sport":"mlb","slug":"brian-banks","bio":{"fullName":"Brian Banks","position":"1B","team":"MIA","heightInches":75,"weightLbs":220,"birthDate":"1970-09-28","rookieSeason":1996,"lastSeason":2003,"status":"RET","externalIds":{"mlbam":"110532","chadwick":"84550eba","retro":"bankb001","wikidata":"Q4963043"}},"draft":{"year":1993,"round":null,"pick":null,"team":null,"undrafted":false},"statTables":[{"id":"batting","label":"Batting","columns":[{"key":"g"},{"key":"ab"},{"key":"r"},{"key":"h"},{"key":"doubles"},{"key":"triples"},{"key":"hr"},{"key":"rbi"},{"key":"sb"},{"key":"bb"},{"key":"so"},{"key":"avg"},{"key":"obp"},{"key":"slg"},{"key":"ops"}],"rows":[{"season":1996,"seasonType":"REG","team":"MIL","gamesPlayed":4,"values":{"g":4,"ab":7,"r":2,"h":4,"doubles":2,"triples":0,"hr":1,"rbi":2,"sb":0,"bb":1,"so":2,"avg":0.571,"obp":0.625,"slg":1.286,"ops":1.911},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1997,"seasonType":"REG","team":"MIL","gamesPlayed":28,"values":{"g":28,"ab":68,"r":9,"h":14,"doubles":1,"triples":0,"hr":1,"rbi":8,"sb":0,"bb":6,"so":17,"avg":0.206,"obp":0.267,"slg":0.265,"ops":0.532},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1998,"seasonType":"REG","team":"MIL","gamesPlayed":24,"values":{"g":24,"ab":24,"r":3,"h":7,"doubles":2,"triples":0,"hr":1,"rbi":5,"sb":0,"bb":4,"so":7,"avg":0.292,"obp":0.393,"slg":0.5,"ops":0.893},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1999,"seasonType":"REG","team":"MIL","gamesPlayed":105,"values":{"g":105,"ab":219,"r":34,"h":53,"doubles":7,"triples":1,"hr":5,"rbi":22,"sb":6,"bb":25,"so":59,"avg":0.242,"obp":0.317,"slg":0.352,"ops":0.669},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2002,"seasonType":"REG","team":"MIA","gamesPlayed":20,"values":{"g":20,"ab":28,"r":3,"h":9,"doubles":1,"triples":0,"hr":1,"rbi":4,"sb":0,"bb":1,"so":6,"avg":0.321,"obp":0.345,"slg":0.464,"ops":0.809},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2003,"seasonType":"REG","team":"MIA","gamesPlayed":92,"values":{"g":92,"ab":149,"r":14,"h":35,"doubles":6,"triples":2,"hr":4,"rbi":23,"sb":2,"bb":25,"so":38,"avg":0.235,"obp":0.348,"slg":0.383,"ops":0.731},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2003,"seasonType":"POST","team":"MIA","gamesPlayed":4,"values":{"g":4,"ab":3,"r":1,"h":0,"doubles":0,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":0,"sb":0,"bb":1,"so":0,"avg":0,"obp":0.25,"slg":0,"ops":0.25},"rowScope":"team"}],"careerTotals":{"REG":{"g":273,"ab":495,"r":65,"h":122,"doubles":19,"triples":3,"hr":13,"rbi":64,"sb":8,"bb":62,"so":129,"avg":0.246,"obp":0.33,"slg":0.376,"ops":0.706},"POST":{"g":4,"ab":3,"r":1,"h":0,"doubles":0,"triples":0,"hr":0,"rbi":0,"sb":0,"bb":1,"so":0,"avg":0,"obp":0.25,"slg":0,"ops":0.25}}},{"id":"advanced","label":"Advanced (League-Relative)","columns":[{"key":"ops_plus","label":"OPS+","description":"On-base plus slugging vs the player's own season+league (100 = league average). Park-unadjusted; OBP uses a consistent (H+BB)/(AB+BB) rate. Higher is better.","format":"int","higherIsBetter":true},{"key":"era_plus","label":"ERA+","description":"Earned-run average vs the player's own season+league (100 = league average). Park-unadjusted. Higher is better.","format":"int","higherIsBetter":true}],"rows":[{"season":1996,"seasonType":"REG","team":"MIL","values":{"ops_plus":404,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1997,"seasonType":"REG","team":"MIL","values":{"ops_plus":47,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1998,"seasonType":"REG","team":"MIL","values":{"ops_plus":144,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":1999,"seasonType":"REG","team":"MIL","values":{"ops_plus":76,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2002,"seasonType":"REG","team":"MIA","values":{"ops_plus":119,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"},{"season":2003,"seasonType":"REG","team":"MIA","values":{"ops_plus":99,"era_plus":null},"rowScope":"team"}],"careerTotals":{"REG":{"ops_plus":89,"era_plus":null}},"advancedMeta":{"method":"computed in-house from MLB StatsAPI season batting/pitching lines, normalized to each player's own (season, league) baseline","formulas":{"era_plus":"100 * lgERA / playerERA (league ERA = 9 * ΣER / ΣIP over the season+league)","ops_plus":"100 * (OBP/lgOBP + SLG/lgSLG - 1)","career_era_plus":"innings-weighted league ERA / career ERA (B-Ref method)","career_ops_plus":"AB-weighted OBP & SLG against AB-weighted league rates"},"caveats":["PARK-UNADJUSTED: no park-factor data exists in the corpus, so these are league-relative but not park-adjusted (true B-Ref ERA+/OPS+ also divide by a park factor)","OBP baseline uses a consistent (H+BB)/(AB+BB) reached-base rate for BOTH player and league — the source feed carries no HBP or SF, so this is not the full (H+BB+HBP)/(AB+BB+HBP+SF) OBP; SLG is exact from the hit-type columns","league resolved from team code + season (most-recently-founded franchise existing by that season); the same resolver builds the baseline and looks up the player, so ratios stay internally coherent","a (season, league) bucket below the sample floor (3000 AB batting / 1000 IP pitching) yields null — no noisy baselines","regular season only; postseason lines are excluded from league baselines and metrics","AL and NL and each historical/Negro league are normalized separately — never blended across leagues or eras"]}}],"dataSources":["MLB StatsAPI (statsapi.mlb.com — official public league API; facts only, raw payloads not republished)"],"generatedAt":"2026-07-03T02:16:20.189Z"}