# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-bannister
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:24:04.284Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-bannister"
name: "Brian Bannister"
slug: "brian-bannister"
description: "Brian Patrick Bannister is an American director of pitching for the Chicago White Sox. He is a former professional baseball starting pitcher who played for the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2006 through 2010. He played college baseball as a walk-on for the University of Southern California. Bannister was selected by the Mets in the seventh round of the 2003 Major League Baseball draft. He previously served as assistant pitching coach and vice president of pitching development for the Boston Red Sox."
tagline: "American baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian_Bannister_at_Fenway.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1981-02-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.15
  momentum:             2.954110898661568
  historical:           4.84878
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "برايان بانستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "برايان بانستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Bannister"
    title: "Brian Bannister"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Bannister"
    title: "Brian Bannister"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ブライアン・バニスター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2924846"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump