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.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
2	2	Apr 11	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
3	3	Apr 12	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
4	4	Apr 13	CHC		STL	L,5-8	CG	61	15.0	17	2	0	19	1	1B
5	5	Apr 14	CHC		STL	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
6	6	Apr 16	CHC		PIT	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
7	7	Apr 17	CHC		PIT	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
8	8	Apr 18	CHC		HOU	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
9	9	Apr 19	CHC		HOU	L,0-6	CG	46	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
10	10	Apr 21	CHC	@	STL	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
11	11	Apr 22 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
12	12	Apr 22 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
13	13	Apr 24	CHC		LAD	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
14	14	Apr 25	CHC		LAD	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
15	15	Apr 26	CHC		LAD	L,5-12	CG	45	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
16	16	Apr 27	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	10	0	0	10	0	1B
17	17	Apr 28	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
18	18	Apr 29 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
19	19	Apr 29 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
20	20	Apr 30	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	71	15.1	20	2	1	23	1	1B
22	22	May 2	CHC	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
23	23	May 4	CHC		SFG	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
24	24	May 5	CHC		SFG	W,12-8	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
25	25	May 6	CHC		SFG	L,3-7	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
26	26	May 8	CHC		NYM	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
27	27	May 11	CHC		PHI	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
28	28	May 12	CHC		PHI	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
29	29	May 13 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
30	30	May 13 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
31	31	May 15	CHC	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	63	12.2	10	0	0	10	1	1B
32	32	May 16	CHC	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	48	10.1	13	0	0	13	1	1B
33	33	May 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
34	34	May 19	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
35	35	May 20 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
36	36	May 20 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
37	37	May 21	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
38	38	May 22	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
39	39	May 23	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
40	40	May 24	CHC	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
41	41	May 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
42	45 (3)	May 29	CHC		MLN	L,9-11	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
43	46	May 30	CHC		HOU	L,6-8	CG	63	14.0	13	3	0	16	2	1B
44	47	May 31	CHC		HOU	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	48	Jun 1	CHC		CIN	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
46	49	Jun 2	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
47	50	Jun 3	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
48	51	Jun 5	CHC		SFG	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
49	52	Jun 6	CHC		SFG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
50	53	Jun 7	CHC		SFG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
51	54	Jun 8 (1)	CHC		NYM	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
52	55	Jun 8 (2)	CHC		NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
53	56	Jun 9	CHC		NYM	L,6-11	CG	50	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
54	58 (1)	Jun 10 (2)	CHC		NYM	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
55	59	Jun 11	CHC		PIT	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
56	60	Jun 12	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
57	61	Jun 13	CHC		PIT	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
58	62	Jun 14	CHC		PIT	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
59	63	Jun 15	CHC	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
60	64	Jun 16	CHC	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
61	65	Jun 17 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
62	66	Jun 17 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
63	67	Jun 19	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
64	68	Jun 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
65	69	Jun 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
66	70	Jun 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	8	1	0	9	0	1B
67	71	Jun 24 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
68	72	Jun 24 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
69	73	Jun 25	CHC		STL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
70	74	Jun 26	CHC		STL	L,3-15	CG	45	9.0	14	2	1	17	1	1B
71	75	Jun 27 (1)	CHC		STL	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
72	76	Jun 27 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
73	77	Jun 28	CHC		STL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
74	78	Jun 29	CHC	@	MLN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	4
75	79	Jun 30	CHC	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	80	Jul 1	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
77	81	Jul 2 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
78	82	Jul 2 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
79	83	Jul 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
80	84	Jul 4	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
81	85	Jul 6	CHC		MLN	L,3-5	CG	41	10.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
82	86	Jul 7	CHC		MLN	W,2-1	CG	42	10.0	5	0	1	6	1	1B
83	87	Jul 8 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
84	88	Jul 8 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
85	89	Jul 12	CHC		CIN	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
86	90	Jul 13	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
87	91	Jul 14	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
88	92	Jul 15 (1)	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
89	93	Jul 15 (2)	CHC	@	HOU	W,4-1	GS	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
90	94	Jul 17	CHC	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
91	95	Jul 18	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
92	96	Jul 19	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
93	97	Jul 20	CHC		LAD	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
94	98	Jul 21	CHC		LAD	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
95	99	Jul 22	CHC		LAD	L,6-13	CG	37	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
96	100	Jul 23	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
97	101	Jul 24	CHC		PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
98	102	Jul 25	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
99	103	Jul 27	CHC		HOU	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
100	104	Jul 29 (1)	CHC		HOU	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
101	105	Jul 29 (2)	CHC		HOU	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	11	2	1	14	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	106	Aug 1	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
103	107	Aug 2	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
104	108	Aug 3	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
105	109	Aug 4	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
106	110	Aug 5 (1)	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	57	13.1	13	3	0	16	2	1B
107	111	Aug 5 (2)	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
108	112	Aug 6	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
109	113	Aug 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
110	114	Aug 8	CHC	@	MLN	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
111	115	Aug 9	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
112	116	Aug 10	CHC		PIT	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
113	117	Aug 11	CHC		PIT	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
114	118	Aug 12	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
115	119	Aug 14	CHC		SFG	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	14	0	1	15	1	1B
116	120	Aug 15	CHC		SFG	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
117	121	Aug 16	CHC		SFG	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
118	122	Aug 17	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B
119	123	Aug 18 (1)	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
120	126 (2)	Aug 21	CHC		CIN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
121	127	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	L,5-9	GS	31	7.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
122	133 (5)	Aug 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
123	134	Aug 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	135	Sep 1	CHC		HOU	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
125	136	Sep 2	CHC		HOU	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
126	137	Sep 3 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
127	138	Sep 3 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
128	139	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
129	140	Sep 5 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
130	141	Sep 5 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
131	142	Sep 7	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
132	143	Sep 8	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-7	CG	44	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
133	144	Sep 9	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
134	145	Sep 10	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-8	GS	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B 3B
135	146	Sep 11	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
136	147	Sep 14	CHC		LAD	L,7-13	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
137	148	Sep 15	CHC		LAD	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
138	149	Sep 16	CHC		LAD	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
139	150	Sep 17	CHC		STL	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
140	151	Sep 18	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
141	152	Sep 19	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	28	5.2	6	0	0	6	0	1B
142	153	Sep 20 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
143	154	Sep 20 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
144	155	Sep 21	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	4	1B
145	156	Sep 22	CHC	@	NYM	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
146	157	Sep 23	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	40	8.2	9	0	0	9	1	1B
147	158	Sep 26	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
148	159	Sep 27	CHC		PHI	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
149	160	Sep 28	CHC		NYM	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
150	161	Sep 29	CHC		NYM	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
151	162	Sep 30	CHC		NYM	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
							152gm		1323.1	1462	107	11	1580	135