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.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
2	2	Apr 11	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
3	3	Apr 13	CHC		STL	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
4	4	Apr 14	CHC		STL	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
5	5	Apr 16	CHC		CIN	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
6	6	Apr 17	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
7	7	Apr 18	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.2	15	2	0	17	1	1B
8	8	Apr 19	CHC	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
9	9	Apr 20	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
10	10	Apr 21	CHC	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
11	11	Apr 23	CHC		ATL	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
12	12	Apr 25	CHC		ATL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
13	13	Apr 26	CHC		HOU	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
14	14	Apr 27	CHC		HOU	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
15	15	Apr 28 (1)	CHC		HOU	W,8-4	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
16	16	Apr 28 (2)	CHC		HOU	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
17	17	Apr 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
18	18	Apr 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	11	0	0	11	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
20	20	May 2	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
21	21	May 4	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
22	22	May 5 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
23	23	May 5 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
24	24	May 7	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	11	3	0	14	0	1B
25	25	May 8	CHC		LAD	W,7-6	GS	26	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
26	26	May 9	CHC		LAD	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
27	27	May 10	CHC		NYM	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
28	28	May 11	CHC		NYM	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
29	29	May 12 (1)	CHC		NYM	W,4-3	GS	30	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
30	31 (1)	May 13	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
31	32	May 14	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
32	33	May 15	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
33	34	May 16	CHC	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
34	35	May 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
35	36	May 18	CHC	@	SFG	W,10-7	GS	27	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
36	37	May 19 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
37	38	May 19 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-3	GF	19	4.0	5	0	0	5	1	PH 1B
38	39	May 21	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
39	40	May 22	CHC		PIT	L,6-13	CG	47	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
40	41	May 24	CHC		SFG	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
41	42	May 25	CHC		SFG	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
42	43	May 26	CHC		SFG	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
43	44	May 29 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-2	GS	30	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
44	45	May 29 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-8	GS	26	6.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
45	46	May 31	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	47	Jun 1	CHC	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
47	48	Jun 2	CHC	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	17	1	0	18	3	1B
48	49	Jun 4	CHC		NYM	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
49	50	Jun 5	CHC		NYM	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	12	3	0	15	0	1B
50	51	Jun 6	CHC		NYM	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
51	52	Jun 7	CHC		ATL	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
52	53	Jun 9 (1)	CHC		ATL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
53	54	Jun 9 (2)	CHC		ATL	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
54	55	Jun 10	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
55	56	Jun 11	CHC		CIN	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
56	57	Jun 12	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
57	58	Jun 13	CHC		CIN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
58	59	Jun 14	CHC	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
59	60	Jun 15	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	10	0	0	10	1	1B
60	61	Jun 16	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	40	10.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B
61	62	Jun 18	CHC	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
62	63	Jun 19	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
63	65 (1)	Jun 21	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
64	66	Jun 22	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	11	0	1	12	2	1B
65	68 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	43	10.2	10	0	0	10	0	1B
66	69	Jun 24	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
67	70	Jun 25	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
68	72 (1)	Jun 28	CHC		STL	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
69	73	Jun 29	CHC		STL	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
70	74	Jun 30	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	75	Jul 1	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	14	0	1	15	0	1B
72	77 (1)	Jul 3	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
73	80 (2)	Jul 5	CHC		PIT	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
74	81	Jul 6 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-1	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
75	82	Jul 6 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,10-2	GS	25	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
76	83	Jul 7 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
77	84	Jul 7 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
78	85	Jul 11 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
79	86	Jul 11 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,2-0	GS	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
80	87	Jul 12	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
81	90 (2)	Jul 15	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
82	91	Jul 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
83	92	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-4	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
84	93	Jul 17 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
85	94	Jul 19	CHC	@	LAD	W,6-2	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
86	95	Jul 20	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
87	96	Jul 21	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-2	GS	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
88	97	Jul 22	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-2	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
89	98	Jul 23	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	12	0	0	12	0	1B
90	100 (1)	Jul 26	CHC		LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
91	101	Jul 27	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
92	102	Jul 28 (1)	CHC		LAD	W,8-3	GS	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
93	104 (1)	Jul 29	CHC		SFG	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
94	105	Jul 30	CHC		SFG	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
95	106	Jul 31	CHC		HOU	W,6-1	GS	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	107	Aug 1	CHC		HOU	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
97	108	Aug 2	CHC	@	STL	W,3-0	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
98	110 (1)	Aug 4	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	56	13.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
99	111	Aug 5	CHC	@	ATL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
100	112	Aug 6	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
101	113	Aug 7	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
102	114	Aug 8	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	19	0	0	19	1	1B
103	116 (1)	Aug 10	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS	19	5.0	7	0	0	7	4	1B
104	117	Aug 11	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS	57	14.0	15	1	0	16	2	1B
105	118	Aug 12	CHC		STL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
106	119	Aug 13	CHC		STL	W,10-3	GS	33	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
107	120	Aug 14	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
108	121	Aug 15	CHC		STL	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
109	122	Aug 16	CHC		CIN	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
110	123	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
111	124	Aug 18 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	11	5	0	16	4	1B
112	125	Aug 18 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
113	126	Aug 19	CHC		ATL	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
114	127	Aug 20	CHC		ATL	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
115	128	Aug 21 (1)	CHC		ATL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
116	129	Aug 21 (2)	CHC		ATL	W,13-5	GS	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
117	130	Aug 23	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	11	0	0	11	0	1B
118	131	Aug 24	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
119	133 (1)	Aug 26	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
120	134	Aug 27	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	6	4	0	10	0	1B
121	135	Aug 28 (1)	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-4	GS	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
122	136	Aug 28 (2)	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-8	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
123	137	Aug 30	CHC		HOU	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
124	138	Aug 31	CHC		HOU	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	139	Sep 1	CHC		HOU	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
126	140	Sep 2 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,4-8	GS	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
127	141	Sep 2 (2)	CHC		SFG	T,1-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
128	142	Sep 3	CHC		SFG	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
129	143	Sep 4 (1)	CHC		SFG	W,7-6	GS	36	8.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
130	144	Sep 4 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
131	145	Sep 6	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
132	146	Sep 7	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
133	147	Sep 8	CHC		PHI	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
134	148	Sep 10	CHC		NYM	W,8-1	GS	27	7.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
135	149	Sep 11	CHC		NYM	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
136	150	Sep 13 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
137	151	Sep 13 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-1	GS	21	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
138	152	Sep 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
139	153	Sep 15	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
140	154	Sep 17	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
141	155	Sep 18	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-2	GS	32	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
142	156	Sep 20	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
143	159 (2)	Sep 24	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
144	160	Sep 25	CHC		LAD	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
145	161	Sep 27	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	GS	24	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
146	162	Sep 28	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
147	163	Sep 29	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
							147gm		1232.0	1379	88	6	1473	118