How Sam Bankhead's Assists Compares to Similar Players

Sam Bankhead totaled 1,462 career Assists, well above the league average of 115.3 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Assists season came in 1943, posting 240. The lowest point came in 1937 at 0. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Assists total went from 185 in 1946 to 149 in 1947 and 134 in 1948, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Assists profile — ranging from 0 to 240 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Sam Bankhead Lifetime Assists

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Sam Bankhead Assists Per Season

Sam Bankhead's Assists for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Bankhead Assists per season line chart

Sam Bankhead Assists by Team

Sam Bankhead's career Assists totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Bankhead career Assists by team bar chart

Sam Bankhead Cumulative Assists — Career Progression

A running total of Sam Bankhead's career Assists, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Sam Bankhead Assists year-over-year waterfall chart

Sam Bankhead Assists Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sam Bankhead's seasonal Assists alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Sam Bankhead Assists distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sam Bankhead Assists — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sam Bankhead's MLB career with Assists alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Sam Bankhead Assists season-by-season breakdown table