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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CHC	@	STL	W,13-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 15	CHC		CIN	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 17	CHC		STL	W,23-13	CG	50	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
4	4	Apr 18	CHC		STL	L,4-6	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
5	5	Apr 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,3-7	GS	33	7.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
6	6	Apr 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
7	7	Apr 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	3	5	0	8	1	SS
8	8	Apr 25 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
9	9	Apr 25 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
10	10	Apr 30	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	CG	52	14.0	0	4	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
12	12	May 2 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
13	13	May 2 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,10-18	CG	48	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
14	14	May 5	CHC		BRO	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
15	15	May 6	CHC		BRO	W,8-7	CG	50	11.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
16	16	May 7	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
17	17	May 8	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
18	18	May 9	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
19	19	May 11	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	49	9.1	2	4	0	6	0	SS
20	20	May 12	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
21	21	May 13	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
22	22	May 14	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-9	CG	45	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
23	23	May 15	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
24	24	May 16 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
25	25	May 16 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
26	26	May 17	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
27	27	May 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
28	28	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
29	29	May 21	CHC		MLN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
30	30	May 22 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
31	31	May 22 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,9-11	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
32	32	May 23 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	CG	45	10.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
33	33	May 23 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
34	34	May 24	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
35	35	May 25	CHC	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	36	May 26	CHC	@	STL	W,15-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
37	37	May 27	CHC	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	2	8	2	SS
38	38	May 28	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
39	39	May 29	CHC		CIN	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
40	40	May 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
41	41	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
42	42	May 31	CHC		STL	W,14-4	CG	29	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 4	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
44	44	Jun 5 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,5-8	CG	49	9.0	4	4	2	10	1	SS
45	45	Jun 5 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
46	46	Jun 6	CHC		BRO	L,4-6	CG	42	10.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
47	47	Jun 8	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
48	48	Jun 9 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
49	49	Jun 9 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,6-14	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
50	50	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
51	51	Jun 11	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
52	52	Jun 12	CHC		NYG	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
53	53	Jun 13 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,3-9	CG	51	11.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
54	54	Jun 13 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
55	55	Jun 14	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
56	56	Jun 18	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
57	57	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	31	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
58	58	Jun 20 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
59	59	Jun 20 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
60	60	Jun 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
61	61	Jun 23	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
62	62	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	43	10.1	1	6	0	7	0	SS
63	63	Jun 25	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
64	64	Jun 26	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
65	65	Jun 27	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.1	3	2	0	5	0	SS
66	66	Jun 29	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
67	67	Jun 30	CHC	@	MLN	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 2	CHC		STL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
69	69	Jul 3	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
70	70	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
71	71	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
72	72	Jul 5 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	46	9.1	6	4	0	10	2	SS
73	73	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
74	74	Jul 6	CHC		MLN	L,3-14	CG	48	9.0	2	4	2	8	1	SS
75	75	Jul 7	CHC		MLN	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
76	76	Jul 8	CHC		MLN	W,9-8	CG	58	14.0	1	4	0	5	0
77	77	Jul 9	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	42	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
78	78	Jul 10	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	3	2	0	5	1
79	79	Jul 11	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	80	Jul 15 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
81	81	Jul 15 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
82	82	Jul 16	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
83	83	Jul 17 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
84	84	Jul 17 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
85	85	Jul 18	CHC		BRO	L,6-12	CG	47	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
86	86	Jul 19	CHC		BRO	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
87	87	Jul 20	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
88	88	Jul 21	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
89	89	Jul 22	CHC		NYG	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
90	90	Jul 23 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
91	91	Jul 23 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	CG	54	13.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
92	92	Jul 24	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	7	4	0	11	3	SS
93	93	Jul 25 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
94	94	Jul 25 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
95	95	Jul 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
96	96	Jul 28	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
97	97	Jul 29	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
98	98	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
99	99	Jul 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
100	100	Jul 31	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	101	Aug 1 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	102	Aug 1 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
103	103	Aug 3	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
104	104	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	48	10.2	0	5	0	5	1	SS
105	105	Aug 5	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
106	106	Aug 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
107	107	Aug 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
108	108	Aug 8 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
109	109	Aug 8 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
110	110	Aug 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
111	111	Aug 11	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
112	112	Aug 12	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
113	113	Aug 13	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.1	2	5	0	7	1	SS
114	114	Aug 14	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
115	115	Aug 15	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
116	116	Aug 17 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
117	117	Aug 17 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
118	118	Aug 19 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
119	119	Aug 19 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
120	120	Aug 20	CHC		MLN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
121	121	Aug 21	CHC		MLN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
122	122	Aug 22	CHC		MLN	L,6-12	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
123	123	Aug 24	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
124	124	Aug 26 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
125	125	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
126	126	Aug 27	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
127	127	Aug 28	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
128	128	Aug 29 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
129	129	Aug 29 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
130	130	Aug 31 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,14-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
131	131	Aug 31 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
132	132	Sep 1	CHC		BRO	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
133	133	Sep 2	CHC		BRO	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
134	134	Sep 3	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
135	135	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
136	136	Sep 5	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
137	137	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-13	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
138	138	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
139	139	Sep 9 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	6	2	0	8	0	SS
140	140	Sep 9 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
141	141	Sep 11 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
142	142	Sep 11 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	1	6	0	7	2
143	143	Sep 12 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
144	144	Sep 12 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	60	13.2	6	4	2	12	3	SS
145	145	Sep 14 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
146	146	Sep 14 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
147	147	Sep 18	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
148	148	Sep 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	47	9.2	2	2	1	5	1	SS
149	149	Sep 20	CHC		STL	L,2-7	CG	44	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
150	150	Sep 21 (1)	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
151	151	Sep 21 (2)	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	29	7.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
152	152	Sep 22	CHC		STL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
153	153	Sep 25	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
154	154	Sep 26	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
							154gm		1373.1	312	475	34	821	105