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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	45	10.2	2	4	0	6	1	SS
2	2	Apr 13	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
3	3	Apr 14	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
4	4	Apr 16	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
5	5	Apr 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	56	13.1	2	12	0	14	3	SS
6	6	Apr 19	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
7	7	Apr 22	CHC		SFG	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
8	8	Apr 23	CHC		SFG	L,2-18	CG	50	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
9	9	Apr 24	CHC		SFG	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
10	10	Apr 26	CHC		LAD	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
11	11	Apr 27	CHC		LAD	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
12	12	Apr 29	CHC	@	STL	L,6-16	CG	49	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
13	13	Apr 30	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
15	15	May 2	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
16	16	May 3	CHC		PHI	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
17	17	May 4	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	9	0	10	0	SS
18	18	May 5	CHC		PIT	L,7-9	CG	47	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
19	19	May 12	CHC		CIN	L,1-14	GS	45	7.0	1	2	1	4	2	SS
20	20	May 13	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
21	21	May 14	CHC		STL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
22	22	May 15 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
23	23	May 15 (2)	CHC		STL	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
24	24	May 17	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	2	6	2	10	0	SS
25	25	May 19	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
26	26	May 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
27	27	May 22	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
28	28	May 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	53	13.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
29	29	May 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	39	7.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
30	30	May 27	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
31	31	May 28	CHC		LAD	W,4-3	CG	56	14.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
32	32	May 29	CHC		LAD	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
33	33	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
34	34	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	SS
35	35	May 31	CHC	@	SFG	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
37	37	Jun 2	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
38	38	Jun 3	CHC	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	5	8	0	13	3	SS
39	39	Jun 4	CHC	@	LAD	L,6-12	CG	47	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
40	40	Jun 5	CHC	@	LAD	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
41	41	Jun 7	CHC		PIT	W,13-2	GS	21	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
42	42	Jun 8	CHC		PIT	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
43	43	Jun 9	CHC		PIT	L,3-11	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
44	44	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
45	45	Jun 11	CHC		PHI	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
46	46	Jun 12	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
47	47	Jun 14	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
48	48	Jun 15 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	42	8.1	0	5	0	5	0	SS
49	49	Jun 15 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
50	50	Jun 16	CHC	@	MLN	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
51	51	Jun 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
52	52	Jun 18	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
53	53	Jun 19 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
54	54	Jun 19 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
55	55	Jun 21 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	56	12.2	3	3	1	7	1	SS
56	56	Jun 21 susp	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
57	57	Jun 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
58	58	Jun 23	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
59	59	Jun 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
60	60	Jun 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
61	61	Jun 26 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
62	62	Jun 26 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
63	63	Jun 28	CHC		MLN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
64	64	Jun 29 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
65	65	Jun 29 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
66	66	Jun 30	CHC		MLN	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	CG	54	12.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
68	68	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	L,8-13	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
69	69	Jul 3	CHC		CIN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
70	70	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
71	71	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		SFG	T,1-1	CG	50	14.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
72	72	Jul 5	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
73	73	Jul 6	CHC		STL	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
74	74	Jul 7	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-7	GS	22	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
75	75	Jul 8	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
76	76	Jul 9	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-6	CG	49	12.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
77	77	Jul 10	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
78	78	Jul 15	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
79	79	Jul 16	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	4	4	1	9	2	SS
80	80	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
81	81	Jul 17 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
82	82	Jul 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
83	83	Jul 20 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
84	84	Jul 20 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
85	85	Jul 21	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
86	86	Jul 22	CHC		MLN	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
87	87	Jul 23	CHC		MLN	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
88	88	Jul 24 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
89	89	Jul 24 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
90	90	Jul 25	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	GS	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
91	91	Jul 26	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
92	92	Jul 27	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
93	93	Jul 28	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
94	94	Jul 29	CHC		PIT	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
95	95	Jul 30	CHC		PIT	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
96	96	Jul 31	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	97	Aug 2	CHC		CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
98	98	Aug 3 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
99	99	Aug 3 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
100	100	Aug 4	CHC		CIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
101	101	Aug 5	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
102	102	Aug 6	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
103	103	Aug 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
104	104	Aug 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
105	105	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
106	106	Aug 12	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
107	107	Aug 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
108	108	Aug 14 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
109	109	Aug 14 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS	18	5.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
110	110	Aug 16	CHC		LAD	L,5-7	CG	51	11.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
111	111	Aug 17	CHC		LAD	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
112	112	Aug 18	CHC		LAD	L,3-4	CG	50	13.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
113	113	Aug 19	CHC		SFG	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
114	114	Aug 20	CHC		SFG	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
115	115	Aug 21 (1)	CHC		SFG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
116	116	Aug 21 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
117	117	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
118	118	Aug 23	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
119	119	Aug 24	CHC		PIT	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
120	120	Aug 25	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
121	121	Aug 26	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
122	122	Aug 27	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
123	123	Aug 28	CHC		PHI	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
124	124	Aug 30	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
125	125	Aug 31 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
126	126	Aug 31 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	127	Sep 1	CHC		MLN	L,1-10	GS	33	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
128	128	Sep 2	CHC	@	STL	W,10-4	GS	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
129	129	Sep 3	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
130	130	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
131	131	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
132	132	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		STL	T,4-4	CG	39	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
133	133	Sep 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
134	134	Sep 8	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
135	135	Sep 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
136	136	Sep 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
137	137	Sep 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
138	138	Sep 14	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-10	GS	29	5.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
139	139	Sep 15	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
140	140	Sep 16	CHC		LAD	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
141	141	Sep 17	CHC		LAD	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
142	142	Sep 18	CHC		LAD	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
143	143	Sep 19 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
144	144	Sep 19 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
145	145	Sep 20	CHC		SFG	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
146	146	Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	46	10.1	3	3	1	7	1	SS
147	147	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
148	148	Sep 23 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
149	149	Sep 23 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
150	150	Sep 24	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
151	151	Sep 25	CHC		STL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
152	152	Sep 27	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
153	153	Sep 28	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
154	154	Sep 30	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
155	155	Oct 1	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-8	CG	68	14.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
156	156	Oct 2	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	2	2	0	4	1	SS
							156gm		1375.2	283	488	18	789	94