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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1953 22 CHC NL 10 39 35 3 11 1 1 2 6 0 0 4 5 .314 .385 .571 .956 143 20 0 0 0 6
1954 23 CHC NL 154 649 593 70 163 19 7 19 79 6 10 40 50 .275 .326 .427 .753 94 253 11 7 5 4 *6 MVP-16,RoY-2
1955 24 CHC NL 154 646 596 98 176 29 9 44 117 9 3 45 72 .295 .345 .596 .941 144 355 16 2 0 3 6 *6 AS,MVP-3
1956 25 CHC NL 139 593 538 82 160 25 8 28 85 6 9 52 62 .297 .358 .530 .887 136 285 7 0 0 3 18 *6 AS,MVP-28
1957 26 CHC NL 156 674 594 113 169 34 6 43 102 8 4 70 85 .285 .360 .579 .939 149 344 12 3 2 5 11 65 AS,MVP-6
1958 27 CHC NL 154 682 617 119 193 23 11 47 129 4 4 52 87 .313 .366 .614 .980 156 379 14 4 1 8 12 *6 AS,MVP-1
1959 28 CHC NL 155 671 589 97 179 25 6 45 143 2 4 64 72 .304 .374 .596 .970 155 351 18 7 2 9 20 *6 AS,MVP-1
1960 29 CHC NL 156 678 597 94 162 32 7 41 117 1 3 71 69 .271 .350 .554 .904 145 331 14 4 0 6 28 *6 AS,MVP-4,GG
1961 30 CHC NL 138 573 511 75 142 22 4 29 80 1 2 54 75 .278 .346 .507 .852 122 259 11 2 0 6 21 *67/3 AS
1962 31 CHC NL 154 657 610 87 164 20 6 37 104 5 1 30 71 .269 .306 .503 .809 110 307 19 7 0 10 3 *3/5 AS,MVP-18
1963 32 CHC NL 130 484 432 41 98 20 1 18 64 0 3 39 73 .227 .292 .403 .695 94 174 7 4 1 8 16 *3
1964 33 CHC NL 157 637 591 67 156 29 6 23 95 1 2 36 84 .264 .307 .450 .757 107 266 16 3 1 6 11 *3
1965 34 CHC NL 163 680 612 79 162 25 3 28 106 3 5 55 64 .265 .328 .453 .781 116 277 16 6 0 7 19 *3 AS
1966 35 CHC NL 141 554 511 52 139 23 7 15 75 0 1 29 59 .272 .315 .432 .747 105 221 15 5 4 5 10 *3/5
1967 36 CHC NL 151 615 573 68 158 26 4 23 95 2 2 27 93 .276 .310 .455 .765 113 261 20 3 8 4 8 *3 AS,MVP-14
1968 37 CHC NL 150 595 552 71 136 27 0 32 83 2 0 27 67 .246 .287 .469 .756 118 259 12 5 9 2 4 *3 MVP-13
1969 38 CHC NL 155 629 565 60 143 19 2 23 106 0 0 42 101 .253 .309 .416 .725 92 235 15 7 8 7 7 *3 AS,MVP-12
1970 39 CHC NL 72 247 222 25 56 6 2 12 44 0 0 20 33 .252 .313 .459 .772 96 102 5 1 1 3 3 3
1971 40 CHC NL 39 92 83 4 16 2 0 3 6 0 0 6 14 .193 .247 .325 .572 53 27 1 0 3 0 1 3
19 Seasons 2528 10395 9421 1305 2583 407 90 512 1636 50 53 763 1236 .274 .330 .500 .830 122 4706 229 70 45 96 198
162 Game Avg. 162 666 604 84 166 26 6 33 105 3 3 49 79 .274 .330 .500 .830 122 302 15 4 3
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1955 (SS)
1956
1957 *
1958 (SS)
1959-1 (SS)
1959-2 (SS)
1960-1 (SS)
1960-2 (SS)
1961-2 *
1962-1 *
1962-2 *
1965 (1B)
1967 *
1969 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1958-NL-MVP
1959-NL-MVP
1967-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

Gold Gloves
1960-NL-SS

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1954-NL-16-4%
1955-NL-3-57%
1956-NL-28-1%
1957-NL-6-18%
1958-NL-1-84%
1959-NL-1-69%
1960-NL-4-30%
1962-NL-18-2%
1967-NL-14-8%
1968-NL-13-5%
1969-NL-12-4%
2 MVPs
2.83 Career Shares (37th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1958 NL--.313--6th
1959 NL--.304--10th

On-Base% s c a p y
1958 NL--.366--9th

Slugging % s c a p y
1955 NL--.596--4th
1956 NL--.530--8th
1957 NL--.579--5th
1958 NL--.614--1st
1959 NL--.596--2nd
1960 NL--.554--5th
1968 NL--.469--9th
Career--.500--105th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1955 NL--.941--8th
1956 NL--.887--10th
1957 NL--.939--5th
1958 NL--.980--2nd
1959 NL--.970--4th
1960 NL--.904--6th
Career--.830--236th

Games Played s c a p y
1954 NL--154--1st
1955 NL--154--1st
1957 NL--156--1st
1958 NL--154--1st
1959 NL--155--1st
1960 NL--156--1st
1965 NL--163--3rd
Career--2528--44th

At Bats s c a p y
1954 NL--593--10th
1955 NL--596--8th
1957 NL--594--7th
1958 NL--617--1st
1959 NL--589--10th
1960 NL--597--3rd
Career--9421--41st

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1957 NL--674--9th
1958 NL--682--3rd
1959 NL--671--8th
1960 NL--678--2nd
Career--10395--53rd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1955 NL--98--10th
1957 NL--113--2nd
1958 NL--119--2nd
1959 NL--97--8th
1960 NL--94--10th
Career--1305--115th

Hits s c a p y
1955 NL--176--10th
1957 NL--169--10th
1958 NL--193--4th
1959 NL--179--7th
1960 NL--162--10th
Career--2583--80th

Total Bases s c a p y
1955 NL--355--3rd
1956 NL--285--10th
1957 NL--344--3rd
1958 NL--379--1st
1959 NL--351--3rd
1960 NL--331--2nd
1962 NL--307--6th
1968 NL--259--10th
Career--4706--31st

Doubles s c a p y
1955 NL--29--9th
1957 NL--34--4th
1960 NL--32--5th
Career--407--150th

Triples s c a p y
1955 NL--9--5th
1956 NL--8--8th
1958 NL--11--2nd
Career--90--208th

Home Runs s c a p y
1955 NL--44--3rd
1957 NL--43--2nd
1958 NL--47--1st
1959 NL--45--2nd
1960 NL--41--1st
1961 NL--29--8th
1962 NL--37--4th
1967 NL--23--10th
1968 NL--32--3rd
Career--512--21st

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1955 NL--117--4th
1957 NL--102--3rd
1958 NL--129--1st
1959 NL--143--1st
1960 NL--117--3rd
1962 NL--104--8th
1964 NL--95--10th
1965 NL--106--6th
1967 NL--95--9th
1968 NL--83--8th
1969 NL--106--5th
Career--1636--28th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 NL--70--10th
1960 NL--71--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1955 NL--72--7th
1957 NL--85--9th
1958 NL--87--5th
Career--1236--124th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1955 NL--9--10th

Singles s c a p y
Career--1574--156th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1955 NL--144--7th
1956 NL--136--9th
1957 NL--149--5th
1958 NL--156--2nd
1959 NL--155--4th
1960 NL--145--5th

Runs Created s c a p y
1955 NL--117--7th
1957 NL--123--5th
1958 NL--135--2nd
1959 NL--126--4th
1960 NL--113--4th
Career--1512--77th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1955 NL--34--10th
1956 NL--26--9th
1957 NL--40--5th
1958 NL--47--2nd
1959 NL--45--4th
1960 NL--36--5th
Career--260--161st

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1955 NL--3.3--9th
1956 NL--2.6--9th
1957 NL--3.9--5th
1958 NL--4.5--2nd
1959 NL--4.4--3rd
1960 NL--3.6--5th
Career--25.4--165th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1955 NL--82--1st
1957 NL--83--1st
1958 NL--81--1st
1959 NL--76--3rd
1960 NL--80--1st
1962 NL--63--4th
1968 NL--59--4th
Career--1009--31st

Times On Base s c a p y
1957 NL--242--10th
1958 NL--249--5th
1959 NL--250--7th
1960 NL--237--5th
Career--3416--106th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1955 NL--.681--9th
1956 NL--.675--9th
1957 NL--.705--6th
1958 NL--.731--4th
1959 NL--.713--6th
1960 NL--.683--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 NL--7--2nd
1959 NL--7--2nd
1960 NL--4--9th
1962 NL--7--8th
Career--70--192nd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1967 NL--8--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1958 NL--8--2nd
1959 NL--9--2nd
1962 NL--10--2nd
1963 NL--8--3rd
1964 NL--6--7th
1965 NL--7--6th
1969 NL--7--6th
Career--96--37th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 NL--18--4th
1957 NL--11--6th
1958 NL--12--4th
1959 NL--20--1st
1960 NL--28--1st
1961 NL--21--2nd
1963 NL--16--3rd
1964 NL--11--9th
1965 NL--19--2nd
Career--198--13th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1955 NL--16--5th
1959 NL--18--6th
1962 NL--19--2nd
1964 NL--16--7th
1965 NL--16--9th
1967 NL--20--2nd
Career--229--43rd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1954 NL--10--2nd
1956 NL--9--2nd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1955 NL--14.9--3rd
1957 NL--13.5--4th

AB per HR s c a p y
1955 NL--13.5--5th
1957 NL--13.8--2nd
1958 NL--13.1--1st
1959 NL--13.1--2nd
1960 NL--14.6--2nd
1961 NL--17.6--7th
1962 NL--16.5--5th
1968 NL--17.3--3rd
Career--18.4--76th

Outs Made s c a p y
1954 NL--460--8th
1955 NL--442--9th
1957 NL--448--6th
1958 NL--451--3rd
1959 NL--443--8th
1960 NL--458--3rd
1962 NL--476--8th
1965 NL--478--8th
Career--7261--34th

Oldest s c a p y
1968 NL--born 1931-01-31--6th
1969 NL--born 1931-01-31--5th
1970 NL--born 1931-01-31--3rd
1971 NL--born 1931-01-31--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 26 (70), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 167 (64), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 170 (61), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 46 (96), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 8, 1953: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

December 1, 1971: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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