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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	4	SS
3	3	Apr 14	CHC		MLN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
4	4	Apr 15	CHC		MLN	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
5	5	Apr 18	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
6	6	Apr 19	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
7	7	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
8	8	Apr 21	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
9	9	Apr 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	42	11.0	5	5	0	10	2	SS
10	10	Apr 23 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 23 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	32	8.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
12	12	Apr 26	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
13	13	Apr 27	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
14	14	Apr 29	CHC		LAD	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
15	15	Apr 30 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
16	16	Apr 30 (2)	CHC		LAD	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 2	CHC		SFG	W,9-4	GS	25	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
18	18	May 3	CHC		SFG	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
19	19	May 4	CHC		SFG	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
20	20	May 6	CHC	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
21	21	May 7	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	25	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
22	22	May 9	CHC	@	MLN	L,5-8	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
23	23	May 10	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	3	3	0	6	0	SS
24	24	May 12	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
25	25	May 13	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
26	26	May 14	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-8	CG	47	11.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
27	27	May 15	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-14	CG	42	8.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
28	28	May 16	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
29	29	May 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	2	4	0	6	0	SS
30	30	May 19	CHC		STL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
31	31	May 20	CHC		STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	9	0	10	1	SS
32	32	May 21 (1)	CHC		STL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
33	33	May 21 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
34	34	May 23	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
35	35	May 24	CHC		PIT	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	36	May 26	CHC		SFG	L,2-3	CG	49	13.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	37	May 27	CHC		SFG	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	38	May 28	CHC		SFG	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
39	39	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	40	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-0	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	41	May 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-3	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	43	Jun 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
44	44	Jun 3	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	45	Jun 4 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	46	Jun 4 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-2	GS	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF SS
47	47	Jun 5	CHC	@	STL	L,8-10	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	48	Jun 6 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	49	Jun 6 (2)	CHC	@	STL	T,3-3	GS	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	50	Jun 7	CHC	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	51	Jun 9	CHC		MLN	W,11-10	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	52	Jun 10	CHC		MLN	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	53	Jun 11 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,4-8	GS	27	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
54	54	Jun 11 (2)	CHC		MLN	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	55	Jun 14	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
56	56	Jun 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	48	11.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	57	Jun 16	CHC	@	SFG	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
58	58	Jun 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
59	59	Jun 18	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
60	60	Jun 20	CHC		LAD	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
61	61	Jun 21 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
62	62	Jun 21 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	8	3	1	12	1	1B
63	63	Jun 22	CHC		LAD	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	72 (8)	Jul 1	CHC		STL	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
65	73	Jul 2	CHC		STL	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
66	74	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,3-19	GS	45	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
67	75	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
68	76	Jul 6 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,3-15	CG	53	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
69	77	Jul 6 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
70	78	Jul 7	CHC		PHI	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
71	79	Jul 8	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
72	80	Jul 9 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	4	5	2	11	1	SS
73	81	Jul 9 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,8-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
74	82	Jul 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
75	83	Jul 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
76	84	Jul 15	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
77	95 (10)	Jul 26	CHC		STL	W,7-6	GF	17	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
78	96	Jul 27	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GS	23	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
79	97	Jul 28	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
80	98	Jul 29	CHC		CIN	W,7-6	GS	27	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
81	99	Jul 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
82	100	Jul 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	101	Aug 2 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
84	102	Aug 2 (2)	CHC		MLN	T,7-7	CG	47	11.0	2	5	2	9	2	SS
85	103	Aug 3	CHC		MLN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
86	104	Aug 4	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
87	105	Aug 5	CHC	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	56	12.2	2	5	0	7	1	SS
88	106	Aug 6	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
89	107	Aug 8	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
90	108	Aug 9	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
91	111 (2)	Aug 13	CHC	@	MLN	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
92	112	Aug 14	CHC		PHI	W,9-2	GS	23	6.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
93	113	Aug 15	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
94	114	Aug 16	CHC		PHI	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
95	115	Aug 17 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
96	117 (1)	Aug 18	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	46	11.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
97	118	Aug 19	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	50	11.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
98	119	Aug 20	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	39	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
99	120	Aug 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
100	121	Aug 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
101	122	Aug 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
102	123	Aug 26	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
103	124	Aug 27 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
104	125	Aug 27 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS	17	4.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
105	128 (2)	Aug 30	CHC		LAD	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
106	129	Aug 31	CHC		SFG	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	130	Sep 1	CHC		SFG	L,3-4	CG	57	14.0	4	11	0	15	3	SS
108	131	Sep 2	CHC		SFG	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
109	132	Sep 3 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
110	133	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	CG	28	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
111	134	Sep 4	CHC		MLN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
112	135	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
113	136	Sep 6	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
114	137	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	4	3	2	9	1	SS
115	138	Sep 8	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	4	8	0	12	0	SS
116	139	Sep 9	CHC		PHI	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
117	140	Sep 10	CHC		PHI	L,6-14	CG	50	9.0	5	6	0	11	2	SS
118	141	Sep 12	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
119	142	Sep 14 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
120	143	Sep 14 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	49	10.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
121	144	Sep 15	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
122	145	Sep 16	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	0	4	0	4	0	SS
123	146	Sep 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
124	147	Sep 18	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
125	148	Sep 19	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	1	7	0	8	3	SS
126	149	Sep 20	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	50	12.2	3	5	0	8	1	SS
127	150	Sep 23	CHC	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
128	151	Sep 24 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
129	152	Sep 24 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
130	153	Sep 26	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
131	154	Sep 27	CHC		STL	W,5-2	GS	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
132	155	Sep 30	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	18	5.1	0	3	0	3	0	SS
133	156	Oct 1	CHC		LAD	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
							134gm		1144.0	274	366	21	661	76