George Banks (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 24-Sep-1938
Place of Birth: Pacolet, South Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 01-Mar-1985
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About George Banks (baseball)
- George Edward Banks (September 24, 1938 – March 1, 1985) was an American professional baseball player.
- He was a prolific home run hitter in minor league baseball, smashing 223 homers over an 11-year career in the minors.
- A third baseman and outfielder, he played 106 games of Major League Baseball during all or parts of five seasons (1962–1966) for the Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians.
- Banks threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg). Banks was born in Pacolet Mills, South Carolina.
- He signed originally with the New York Yankees in 1957, and made it only to the Eastern League in the Bombers' system.
- But after back-to-back minor league seasons in which he hit 29 and 30 home runs, Banks was chosen by the Twins in the 1961 Rule 5 draft and spent the entire 1962 campaign on the Twins' MLB roster.
- He appeared in 63 games during his rookie season, and batted .252 with four home runs and 15 runs batted in.
- It was his only full campaign in the Major Leagues.
- In June 1964 he was part of a key trade, when the Twins sent Banks and pitcher Lee Stange to the Indians for right-handed pitcher Mudcat Grant; Grant would win 21 games and lead the Twins to the 1965 American League championship.
- Banks played in only 17 games for Cleveland over parts of three seasons, and spent most of the rest of his career in the minors at the Triple-A level.
- He retired after the 1968 campaign. George Banks died at age 46 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease).
- Athletic fields in his native town of Pacolet are named in his memory.
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