Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Wes_Bankston> ?p ?o }
- Wes_Bankston abstract "Wesley Wade Bankston (born November 23, 1983 in Dallas, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who is a free agent. At Plano East High School, he played baseball and football as an outfielder and starting quarterback, respectively. Bankston was committed to playing for the University of Texas before the Tampa Bay Devil Rays drafted him in the 4th round (104th overall) in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft. On June 17, 2002, he signed with the Devil Rays.Bankston started his professional career off well in 2002. Playing primarily as an outfielder for the Rookie League Princeton Devil Rays and the Single-A Hudson Valley Renegades, he hit a combined .301 with 18 home runs in 70 games. His impressive 18 home runs set the Princeton record, breaking Jared Sandberg's record of 17. Baseball America rated Bankston as the 2nd best prospect in the Appalachian League and the 6th best prospect in the Devil Rays organization.In 2003, his performance dropped while playing for the Single-A Charleston RiverDogs. In 103 games, he hit just .256 with 12 home runs. Baseball America placed him on the Devil Rays organization prospect list as the 7th best prospect. Due to his poor performance in 2003, he spent the 2004 season again in Charleston. Converting to a full-time first baseman, he hit .289 with 23 home runs; his 23 home runs were a career high for him. His good performance also got him named as the team's Player of the Year and was also named to the South Atlantic League midseason All-Star team.Bankston missed the first month of the season in 2005 with a torn left meniscus. After being activated from the disabled list, he played with the Single-A Visalia Oaks. After 17 games in which he hit .387 with 3 home runs, he was promoted to Double-A Montgomery, where he would be for the remainder of the season. Bankston played in 82 games for the Montgomery Biscuits and had a batting average of .292 with 12 home runs. Baseball America also rated him again as the 7th best prospect in the organization. His contract was purchased by the Devil Rays on November 18, 2005.Bankston began the 2006 season for the Biscuits. Playing third base for the first time in his career, Bankston hit just .263 with 4 home runs in 45 games for the Biscuits. Regardless of his poor performance, he was still named to the Southern League midseason All-Star team as the starting third baseman. After the All-Star game, he was promoted to the Triple-A Durham Bulls on July 13, finishing the rest of the season at Durham. Bankston played in 52 games in his first year at the Triple-A level and batted .297 with 5 home runs.Bankston's performance plummeted in 2007, playing the whole season in Triple-A. His .238 batting average was the worst to date in his career and his status as a prospect is not as high as it was before. He was designated for assignment on September 19, 2007, and was claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Royals on September 21. The Royals designated him for assignment on November 20, 2007, and was claimed off waivers by the Oakland Athletics. Bankston was designated for assignment on February 8, 2008. He cleared waivers and was outrighted to the minor leagues on February 13, 2008.Bankston made his major league debut on July 2, 2008, with the Athletics against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. His first major league home run came on July 7 against the Seattle Mariners. He was designated for assignment on August 18 and became a free agent at the end of the season. On December 18, he signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds, where he spent the 2009 season in their minor league system.On February 24, 2010, Bankston signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers.".
- Wes_Bankston birthDate "1983-11-23".
- Wes_Bankston birthPlace Dallas.
- Wes_Bankston birthYear "1983".
- Wes_Bankston debutTeam Oakland_Athletics.
- Wes_Bankston position First_baseman.
- Wes_Bankston thumbnail Wes_bankston_2009.jpg?width=300.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageID "14514742".
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageLength "6550".
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageOutDegree "65".
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageRevisionID "681782662".
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink 2002_Major_League_Baseball_draft.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink American_football.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Appalachian_League.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Baseball.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Baseball_America.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Batting_average.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:1983_births.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Algodoneros_de_Guasave_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Baseball_players_from_Texas.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bridgeport_Bluefish_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Charleston_RiverDogs_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Durham_Bulls_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Frisco_RoughRiders_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Guerreros_de_Oaxaca_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Hudson_Valley_Renegades_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Living_people.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Louisville_Bats_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Major_League_Baseball_first_basemen.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Mayos_de_Navojoa_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Montgomery_Biscuits_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Oakland_Athletics_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Oklahoma_City_RedHawks_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Phoenix_Desert_Dogs_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Piratas_de_Campeche_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Plano_East_Senior_High_School_alumni.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Princeton_Devil_Rays_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sacramento_River_Cats_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sportspeople_from_Dallas,_Texas.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Category:Visalia_Oaks_players.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Charleston_RiverDogs.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Cincinnati_Reds.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Dallas.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Designated_for_assignment.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Disabled_list.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Durham_Bulls.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink First_baseman.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Home_run.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Hudson_Valley_Renegades.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Jared_Sandberg.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Kansas_City_Royals.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Major_League_Baseball.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Montgomery_Biscuits.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Oakland_Athletics.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Outfielder.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Plano_East_Senior_High_School.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Princeton_Rays.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Quarterback.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Run_batted_in.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Seattle_Mariners.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink South_Atlantic_League.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Southern_League_(baseball).
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Tampa_Bay_Rays.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Texas_Rangers_(baseball).
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Third_baseman.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink University_of_Texas_at_Austin.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLink Visalia_Rawhide.
- Wes_Bankston wikiPageWikiLinkText "Wes Bankston".
- Wes_Bankston bats "Right".
- Wes_Bankston birthDate "1983-11-23".
- Wes_Bankston birthPlace Dallas.
- Wes_Bankston br "b/bankswe01".
- Wes_Bankston brm "bankst001wes".
- Wes_Bankston cube "wes-bankston".
- Wes_Bankston dateOfBirth "1983-11-23".
- Wes_Bankston debutdate "--07-02".
- Wes_Bankston debutleague "MLB".
- Wes_Bankston debutteam "Oakland Athletics".
- Wes_Bankston debutyear "2008".
- Wes_Bankston espn "7982".
- Wes_Bankston fangraphs "4661".
- Wes_Bankston finaldate "--07-30".
- Wes_Bankston finalleague "MLB".
- Wes_Bankston finalteam "Oakland Athletics".
- Wes_Bankston finalyear "2008".
- Wes_Bankston mlb "457821".
- Wes_Bankston name "Bankston, Wes".
- Wes_Bankston name "Wes Bankston".
- Wes_Bankston placeOfBirth Dallas.
- Wes_Bankston position First_baseman.
- Wes_Bankston shortDescription "American baseball player".
- Wes_Bankston stat1label Batting_average.
- Wes_Bankston stat1value "0.203".
- Wes_Bankston stat2label "Home runs".
- Wes_Bankston stat2value "1".
- Wes_Bankston stat3label Run_batted_in.
- Wes_Bankston stat3value "4".
- Wes_Bankston statleague "MLB".
- Wes_Bankston teams "*Oakland Athletics".