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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

Hall of Fame
1977 BBWAA (83.8%)
Selected to HOF in 1977 by BBWAA

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

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)

Gold Gloves
1960 NL (SS)

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 (10th)
1956 NL  2.6 (9th)
1957 NL  3.9 (5th)
1958 NL  4.5 (2nd)
1959 NL  4.4 (4th)
1960 NL  3.6 (5th)
Career  25.5 (164th)

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

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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 (104), 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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