Ernie Banks

Positions: First Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: January 31, 1931 in Dallas, TX us

Died: January 23, 2015 in Chicago, IL

Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL

High School: Booker T. Washington HS (Dallas, TX)

School: University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Debut: September 17, 1953 (Age 22-229d, 11,061st in major league history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1971 (Age 40-238d)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1977. (Voted by BBWAA on 321/383 ballots)
View Ernie Banks's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Ernest Banks

Nicknames: Mr. Cub

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Relatives: Uncle of Bob Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

67.7

9421

2583

512

.274

1305

RBI

1636

OBP

.330

SLG

.500

OPS

.830

OPS+

122

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	SS
2	2	Apr 19	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
3	3	Apr 20	CHC		CIN	W,12-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
4	4	Apr 21	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	CHC		CIN	T,1-1	CG	32	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
7	7	Apr 25	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
8	8	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
9	9	Apr 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	45	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
13	13	May 2	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	CG	78	17.0	5	1	0	6	0
14	14	May 4	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
15	15	May 6 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
16	16	May 6 (2)	CHC		PIT	T,6-6	CG	35	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
17	17	May 8	CHC		BRO	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
18	18	May 12	CHC		STL	W,14-10	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
19	19	May 13 (1)	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
20	20	May 13 (2)	CHC		STL	L,7-14	CG	40	7.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
21	21	May 15	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
22	22	May 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	2
23	23	May 17	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
24	24	May 18	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
25	25	May 19	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
26	26	May 20 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
27	27	May 20 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
28	28	May 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
29	29	May 25	CHC	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
30	30	May 27 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,9-11	CG	46	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
31	31	May 27 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
32	32	May 28	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
33	33	May 29	CHC		CIN	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
34	34	May 30 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,10-9	CG	50	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
35	35	May 30 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,9-11	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
36	36	May 31	CHC		MLN	L,8-15	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	CG	61	15.0	6	5	0	11	2	SS
38	38	Jun 2 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
39	39	Jun 2 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
40	40	Jun 3	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
41	41	Jun 5	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
42	42	Jun 6	CHC		PIT	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
43	43	Jun 7	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 8	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
45	45	Jun 9	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
46	46	Jun 10 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
47	47	Jun 10 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
48	48	Jun 12	CHC		NYG	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
49	49	Jun 13	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
50	50	Jun 15 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	43	9.1	2	0	0	2	1	SS
51	51	Jun 15 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
52	52	Jun 17 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
53	53	Jun 17 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
54	54	Jun 19	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
55	55	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
56	56	Jun 23	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	0	10.0	2	4	1	7	1
57	57	Jun 24 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
58	58	Jun 24 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	1
59	59	Jun 25	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
60	60	Jun 26	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
61	61	Jun 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
62	62	Jun 29	CHC		MLN	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
63	63	Jun 30	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	64	Jul 1 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
65	65	Jul 1 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
66	66	Jul 2	CHC		STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	2	SS
67	67	Jul 3	CHC		STL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
68	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
69	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
70	70	Jul 5	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
71	71	Jul 6	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	72	Jul 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
73	73	Jul 8	CHC	@	MLN	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	74	Jul 12 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	9	1	11	2
75	75	Jul 12 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
76	76	Jul 13	CHC		PIT	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	77	Jul 14 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
78	78	Jul 14 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	1
79	79	Jul 15	CHC		BRO	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
80	80	Jul 16	CHC		BRO	L,1-4	CG	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
81	81	Jul 17	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	63	16.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
82	82	Jul 18 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
83	83	Jul 18 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
84	84	Jul 19	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
85	85	Jul 20	CHC		NYG	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
86	86	Jul 22 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
87	87	Jul 22 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
88	88	Jul 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
89	89	Jul 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	0	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
90	90	Jul 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
91	91	Jul 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	0	5	0	5	2	SS
92	92	Jul 28	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
93	93	Jul 29 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
94	94	Jul 29 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
95	95	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
96	96	Jul 30 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
97	97	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	98	Aug 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
99	99	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
100	100	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
101	101	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
102	102	Aug 6	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
103	103	Aug 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
104	104	Aug 8	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	45	8.0	0	3	2	5	0	SS
105	105	Aug 9	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
106	106	Aug 10	CHC		STL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
107	125 (18)	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
108	126	Aug 28 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
109	127	Aug 28 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	29	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
110	128	Aug 29	CHC		BRO	L,4-11	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
111	129	Aug 30	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	4	1	1	6	1	SS
112	130	Aug 31	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	131	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
114	132	Sep 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
115	133	Sep 3 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
116	134	Sep 3 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
117	135	Sep 5	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	38	10.1	2	6	0	8	1	SS
118	136	Sep 7	CHC		MLN	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
119	137	Sep 8	CHC		MLN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
120	138	Sep 9 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
121	139	Sep 9 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
122	140	Sep 11	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
123	141	Sep 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
124	142	Sep 14	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
125	143	Sep 15	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
126	144	Sep 16 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
127	145	Sep 16 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
128	146	Sep 18 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
129	147	Sep 18 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
130	148	Sep 19 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	3	0	2	5	0
131	149	Sep 19 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
132	150	Sep 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
133	151	Sep 22	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
134	152	Sep 23	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
135	153	Sep 25 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
136	154	Sep 25 (2)	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	32	8.0	4	4	1	9	2	SS
137	155	Sep 26	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	55	13.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
138	156	Sep 29	CHC		CIN	L,6-9	CG	49	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
139	157	Sep 30	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
							139gm		1228.0	279	357	25	661	92