Jeffery Todd Banister (born January 15, 1965 in Weatherford, Oklahoma) is a former professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is currently the Pirates the Bench coach. He spent 25 years within the Pirates organization as a player and coach in both the Pirates major and minor league system.
Banister was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 25th round of the 1986 amateur draft. He had only one at bat in his Major League Basebal...
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Jeffery Todd Banister (born January 15, 1965 in Weatherford, Oklahoma) is a former professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is currently the Pirates the Bench coach. He spent 25 years within the Pirates organization as a player and coach in both the Pirates major and minor league system.
Banister was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 25th round of the 1986 amateur draft. He had only one at bat in his Major League Baseball career, which resulted in a base hit. Subsequently, his career concluded with a perfect 1.000 career batting average.
Banister was called up from the minor leagues on July 23, 1991, because catcher Don Slaught was injured and manager Jim Leyland had him pinch hit in the eighth inning of that day's game against the Atlanta Braves at Three Rivers Stadium. Using Cecil Espy's bat, Banister hit a ball from Dan Petry and just beat shortstop Jeff Blauser's throw to first base.
Banister was sent back to the minors but eventually returned as a coach...
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