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Ernie Banks
Ernest Banks (Mr. Cub)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 31, 1931 in Dallas, TX
High School: Booker T. Washington (Dallas, TX)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1953
Final Game: September 26, 1971
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1977 (321/383 ballots).
Relatives: Uncle of Bob Johnson
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1953 CHC NL 22 SS 10 53 19 33 1 9 .981 5.20 .957 4.63
1954 CHC NL 23 SS 154 154 1373.1 821 312 475 34 105 .959 -1.7 -1.5 -1.7 -0.9 -0.8 0 5.16 5.11 .959 5.15 4.63 MVP-16,RoY-2
1955 CHC NL 24 SS 154 154 1376.1 794 290 482 22 102 .972 13.9 12.1 12.9 3.3 9.6 1 5.05 5.01 .964 5.02 4.57 AS,MVP-3
1956 CHC NL 25 SS 139 139 1228.0 661 279 357 25 92 .962 1.6 1.6 0.6 -5.3 5.9 1 4.66 4.58 .962 4.94 4.53 AS,MVP-28
1957 CHC NL 26 SS 100 98 894.1 440 168 261 11 59 .975 -4.3 -5.8 -3.3 0.6 -3.9 -1 4.32 4.29 .957 4.82 4.34 AS,MVP-6
1957 CHC NL 26 3B 58 58 504.0 163 73 87 3 12 .982 -2.8 -6.7 -2.8 -0.6 -2.3 0 2.86 2.76 .950 2.96 2.71 AS,MVP-6
1958 CHC NL 27 SS 154 154 1361.0 792 292 468 32 100 .960 9.5 8.4 11.5 4.6 6.9 -2 5.03 4.94 .964 5.11 4.57 AS,MVP-1
1959 CHC NL 28 SS 154 154 1371.1 802 271 519 12 95 .985 23.3 20.4 23.3 4.7 18.7 0 5.18 5.13 .965 5.11 4.53 AS,MVP-1
1960 CHC NL 29 SS 156 156 1375.2 789 283 488 18 94 .977 9.1 7.9 10.1 0.0 10.1 -1 5.04 4.94 .959 4.81 4.23 AS,MVP-4,GG
1961 CHC NL 30 SS 104 102 883.1 550 173 358 19 68 .965 9.1 12.4 9.1 4.0 5.1 0 5.41 5.11 .959 4.92 4.28 AS
1961 CHC NL 30 LF 23 23 199.2 36 33 2 1 0 .972 -2.5 -15.0 -1.5 -0.8 -0.7 -1 1.58 1.52 .972 1.88 1.50 AS
1961 CHC NL 30 OF 23 23 199.2 39 32 6 1 0 .974 -2.5 -15.0 -1.5 -0.8 -0.7 -1 1.71 1.65 .977 2.16 1.86 AS
1961 CHC NL 30 1B 7 7 61.0 75 68 6 1 8 .987 0.9 17.7 0.9 0.3 0.5 0 10.92 10.57 .991 9.83 8.57 AS
1962 CHC NL 31 1B 149 148 1305.1 1575 1458 106 11 134 .993 2.8 2.6 2.8 3.5 -0.7 0 10.78 10.50 .990 6.89 6.71 AS,MVP-18
1962 CHC NL 31 3B 3 2 18.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -66.7 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 0 2.50 1.67 .940 2.95 2.57 AS,MVP-18
1963 CHC NL 32 1B 125 117 1054.0 1265 1178 78 9 97 .993 0.5 0.6 0.5 -2.6 3.1 0 10.72 10.05 .989 8.54 8.00
1964 CHC NL 33 1B 157 153 1344.0 1707 1565 132 10 122 .994 13.6 12.1 13.6 6.1 7.5 0 11.36 10.81 .990 6.70 6.37
1965 CHC NL 34 1B 162 161 1435.2 1790 1682 93 15 143 .992 -1.7 -1.4 -1.7 -3.0 1.4 0 11.13 10.96 .990 6.27 6.17 AS
1966 CHC NL 35 1B 130 127 1111.1 1269 1178 81 10 88 .992 -2.2 -2.4 -2.2 0.4 -2.6 0 10.20 9.68 .989 8.10 7.69
1966 CHC NL 35 3B 8 5 49.0 19 5 11 3 0 .842 -2.6 -63.7 -2.6 -0.8 -1.7 0 2.94 2.00 .958 3.05 2.66
1967 CHC NL 36 1B 147 146 1282.2 1484 1383 91 10 111 .993 -1.6 -1.5 -1.6 -1.9 0.3 0 10.34 10.03 .991 7.02 6.80 AS,MVP-14
1968 CHC NL 37 1B 147 145 1232.0 1473 1379 88 6 118 .996 0.3 0.3 0.3 -3.5 3.8 0 10.72 9.98 .992 7.30 6.80 MVP-13
1969 CHC NL 38 1B 153 147 1301.2 1510 1419 87 4 116 .997 -6.8 -6.3 -6.8 -4.0 -2.8 0 10.41 9.84 .992 6.91 6.54 AS,MVP-12
1970 CHC NL 39 1B 62 57 504.1 567 528 35 4 53 .993 -2.0 -4.8 -2.0 1.7 -3.7 0 10.05 9.08 .992 9.68 8.37
1971 CHC NL 40 1B 20 18 160.2 179 167 12 0 15 1.000 -1.5 -11.2 -1.5 -1.8 0.3 0 10.03 8.95 .992 9.88 8.58
11 Seasons 1B 1259 1226 10792.2 12894 12005 809 80 1005 .994 2.3 0.3 2.3 -4.8 7.1 0 10.69 10.18 .990 7.33 6.95
9 Seasons SS 1125 1111 9863.1 5702 2087 3441 174 724 .969 60.5 7.4 62.5 11.0 51.6 -2 5.04 4.91 .961 5.00 4.47
3 Seasons 3B 69 65 571.0 187 82 99 6 13 .968 -6.4 -13.5 -6.4 -2.4 -4.0 0 2.85 2.62 .951 2.97 2.70
1 Season LF 23 23 199.2 36 33 2 1 0 .972 -2.5 -15.0 -1.5 -0.8 -0.7 -1 1.58 1.52 .972 1.88 1.50
1 Season OF 23 23 199.2 39 32 6 1 0 .974 -2.5 -15.0 -1.5 -0.8 -0.7 -1 1.71 1.65 .977 2.16 1.86
19 Seasons TOT 2476 2425 21426.2 18822 14206 4355 261 1742 .986 53.9 3.0 56.9 3.0 54.0 -1 -2 7.80 7.50 .967 6.09 5.66
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 CHC NL 22 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
1954 CHC NL 23 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHC NL 24 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHC NL 25 139 139 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHC NL 26 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 58 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 27 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 28 155 154 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 1 0
1960 CHC NL 29 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHC NL 30 138 132 138 138 0 0 7 0 0 104 23 0 0 23 6 0
1962 CHC NL 31 154 150 154 154 0 0 149 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1963 CHC NL 32 130 117 130 130 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1964 CHC NL 33 157 153 157 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 CHC NL 34 163 161 163 163 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1966 CHC NL 35 141 132 141 141 0 0 130 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1967 CHC NL 36 151 146 151 151 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1968 CHC NL 37 150 145 150 150 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1969 CHC NL 38 155 147 155 155 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1970 CHC NL 39 72 57 72 72 0 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1971 CHC NL 40 39 18 39 39 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1
19 Seasons 2528 2425 2528 2528 0 0 1259 0 69 1125 23 0 0 23 75 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1961 CHC NL 30 273 58% 78% 34% 12 92% 0 67 1 66 0 4 6 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 7 1 1 0 1 1 0%
1962 CHC NL 31 5820 58% 78% 32% 336 95% 4 1418 75 1330 16 158 101 60 23 6 5 11 4 7 0 7 132 1 1 4 111 7 21 4 16 32 81%
1963 CHC NL 32 4490 59% 79% 34% 254 92% 1 1173 56 1103 15 109 78 53 16 0 5 9 1 7 1 7 98 2 0 1 77 3 20 4 16 23 70%
1964 CHC NL 33 5898 62% 81% 34% 383 95% 4 1578 79 1480 20 167 128 88 26 2 6 11 1 8 2 9 124 3 2 4 114 7 9 4 5 24 88%
1965 CHC NL 34 6226 59% 79% 35% 347 93% 1 1653 81 1539 34 160 95 65 15 4 5 14 2 12 0 12 142 4 0 1 128 6 12 2 10 20 85%
1966 CHC NL 35 4834 69% 78% 31% 232 94% 3 1162 71 1083 10 80 79 54 10 1 8 10 2 7 1 7 89 3 0 0 75 3 14 4 9 15 93%
1967 CHC NL 36 5503 64% 78% 29% 276 95% 2 1382 72 1306 5 112 86 65 12 3 1 10 2 7 1 5 111 1 1 2 100 2 11 4 7 19 79%
1968 CHC NL 37 5265 67% 79% 30% 277 95% 2 1378 93 1269 16 93 83 57 17 0 2 6 0 6 0 5 119 2 1 0 113 5 6 2 4 23 91%
1969 CHC NL 38 5574 62% 76% 30% 272 96% 5 1427 95 1324 8 93 86 58 11 4 2 4 0 4 0 3 117 2 1 3 110 7 6 4 2 25 88%
1970 CHC NL 39 2201 58% 75% 29% 99 95% 0 527 23 497 7 37 35 27 7 0 1 4 0 4 0 4 53 0 1 0 49 1 4 0 4 6 100%
1971 CHC NL 40 709 57% 79% 31% 33 97% 0 167 9 157 1 12 12 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 0 1 14 3 1 1 0 2 100%
11 Seasons 46793 62% 79% 32% 2521 94% 22 11932 655 11154 132 1025 789 541 141 20 35 80 13 62 5 59 1008 20 7 16 898 45 105 29 74 190 84%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 CHC NL 23 4575 63% 80% 26% 453 92% 4 235 120 94 21 346 251 79 2 6 27 2 23 2 21 79 28 7 23 7 2 72 35 32 7 3 4
1955 CHC NL 24 3950 62% 76% 24% 371 94% 5 167 90 67 10 297 211 72 0 4 14 0 11 3 11 71 33 0 23 3 3 64 33 29 7 4 3
1956 CHC NL 25 3566 59% 77% 23% 326 91% 4 175 89 72 14 235 167 58 1 4 15 0 14 1 12 60 29 1 17 2 2 58 30 22 2 0 2
1957 CHC NL 26 3564 57% 77% 25% 299 92% 3 156 69 69 18 238 180 44 1 2 11 1 8 2 10 57 18 2 16 3 3 48 22 24 5 1 3
1958 CHC NL 27 5707 59% 76% 27% 566 92% 5 275 121 134 19 441 338 93 3 7 30 1 26 3 26 96 42 5 33 7 4 92 48 44 2 0 2
1959 CHC NL 28 5879 56% 79% 28% 601 96% 5 263 121 121 21 503 393 91 2 9 12 2 8 2 8 94 40 5 28 9 6 88 45 43 5 2 3
1960 CHC NL 29 6142 57% 77% 27% 573 94% 1 283 101 143 39 474 376 84 1 10 18 1 12 5 16 96 32 10 30 6 5 86 43 41 9 4 5
1961 CHC NL 30 3949 63% 79% 29% 423 91% 0 172 59 89 25 358 269 79 0 7 19 1 14 4 14 68 31 2 17 2 5 60 33 25 6 2 2
8 Seasons 37332 59% 78% 26% 3612 93% 27 1726 770 789 167 2892 2185 600 10 49 146 8 116 22 118 621 253 32 187 39 30 568 289 260 43 16 24
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1957 CHC NL 26 1796 61% 73% 25% 110 93% 0 54 37 9 8 60 50 9 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 10 3 2 5 2 1 1 7 57%
1962 CHC NL 31 86 50% 77% 36% 4 75% 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1966 CHC NL 35 231 70% 81% 33% 19 74% 0 5 3 2 0 11 11 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
3 Seasons 2113 61% 74% 26% 133 89% 0 63 42 12 9 72 61 10 0 3 5 0 4 1 4 11 4 2 6 2 1 1 9 56%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 CHC NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 10 7 1 1 0 0 9 3 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 25 13 52.0% 11 1 4.0% 1 878 64% 81% 28% 86 41%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 10 7 1 1 0 0 9 3 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 25 13 52.0% 11 1 4.0% 1 878 64% 81% 28% 86 41%
MLB Averages 56.9% 2.5% 62% 77% 27% 48%

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