Willie Banks (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Willie Banks (baseball)

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1969

Place of Birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Willie Anthony Banks (born February 27, 1969) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks and Boston Red Sox. At St.
Anthony's High School, he twice struck out 19 batters in a seven inning game.Banks was a member of the 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins and the 1995 National League Western Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers. In nine seasons he had a 33-39 record over 181 games, with 84 games started, 1 complete game, 1 shutout, 40 games finished, 2 saves, 610 ? innings pitched, 632 hits allowed, 370 runs allowed, 322 earned runs allowed, 65 home runs allowed, 302 walks allowed, 428 strikeouts, 15 hit batsmen, 41 wild pitches, 2,717 batters faced, 16 intentional walks, 10 balks and a 4.75 ERA. Willie is now part of the Toms River Sports Academy (TRSA) in Toms River.
He has been instructing and coaching young athletes for the past 8 years.
Willie offers individual or groups lessons at the Sports Academy.
He has also been instrumental in assisting the TRSA coaching staff to bring 8 teams to championships, winning 6 of the 8 within a 6 year period.