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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 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	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 12	CHC		STL	W,14-4	CG	37	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	SS
3	3	Apr 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	46	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
4	4	Apr 16	CHC	@	STL	L,11-12	CG	0	13.0	3	5	0	8	1
5	5	Apr 17 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
6	6	Apr 17 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-14	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 18	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
8	8	Apr 19	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
9	9	Apr 20	CHC		MLN	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
10	10	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
11	11	Apr 23	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
12	12	Apr 24	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
13	13	Apr 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
14	14	Apr 28	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
15	15	Apr 30	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
17	17	May 1 susp	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
18	18	May 2	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
19	19	May 3	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
20	20	May 4	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	43	10.1	1	1	0	2	0	SS
21	21	May 5	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	22	May 6	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
23	23	May 7	CHC	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
24	24	May 8 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
25	25	May 8 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
26	26	May 10	CHC		BRO	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
27	27	May 11	CHC		BRO	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
28	28	May 12	CHC		PIT	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
29	29	May 14	CHC		NYG	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	1	9	3
30	30	May 15 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
31	31	May 15 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	3	3	2	8	2	SS
32	32	May 18 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
33	33	May 18 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
34	34	May 20	CHC	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	39	10.0	4	8	0	12	2	SS
35	35	May 21	CHC	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
36	36	May 22	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	3
37	37	May 25 (1)	CHC		STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
38	38	May 25 (2)	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
39	39	May 26	CHC		STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
40	40	May 27	CHC		MLN	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
41	41	May 28	CHC		MLN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
42	42	May 29	CHC		MLN	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
43	43	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,9-5	CG	38	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
44	44	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
46	46	Jun 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
47	47	Jun 3	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
48	48	Jun 4	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-8	CG	55	12.0	1	2	0	3	1
49	49	Jun 5 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
50	50	Jun 5 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
51	51	Jun 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
52	52	Jun 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
53	53	Jun 9	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
54	54	Jun 10	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
55	55	Jun 11	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
56	56	Jun 12 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-5	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
57	57	Jun 12 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
58	58	Jun 14	CHC		NYG	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
59	59	Jun 15	CHC		NYG	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
60	60	Jun 16	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
61	61	Jun 17	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
62	62	Jun 18	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
63	63	Jun 19 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	56	15.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
64	64	Jun 19 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	CG	34	7.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
65	65	Jun 21	CHC		BRO	L,2-7	CG	49	11.0	3	4	2	9	0	SS
66	66	Jun 22	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
67	67	Jun 23	CHC		BRO	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
68	68	Jun 24	CHC		PIT	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
69	69	Jun 25	CHC		PIT	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
70	70	Jun 26 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
71	71	Jun 26 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
72	72	Jun 28	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
73	73	Jun 29	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-14	CG	47	8.0	0	7	1	8	0
74	74	Jun 30	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	75	Jul 1	CHC		STL	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
76	76	Jul 2	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
77	77	Jul 3 (1)	CHC		STL	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
78	78	Jul 3 (2)	CHC		STL	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
79	79	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
80	80	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
81	81	Jul 6	CHC		MLN	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
82	82	Jul 7	CHC		MLN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
83	83	Jul 8	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	47	11.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
84	84	Jul 9	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	85	Jul 10	CHC	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
86	86	Jul 14	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
87	87	Jul 15	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
88	88	Jul 16	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
89	89	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,11-12	CG	47	9.2	2	6	0	8	3	SS
90	90	Jul 17 susp	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
91	91	Jul 18	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
92	92	Jul 20 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
93	93	Jul 20 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
94	94	Jul 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
95	95	Jul 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
96	96	Jul 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
97	97	Jul 24 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-12	CG	0	8.0	2	7	0	9	0
98	98	Jul 24 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	2	2	0	4	0
99	99	Jul 26	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	CG	48	12.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
100	100	Jul 27 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
101	101	Jul 27 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	102	Jul 28	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
103	103	Jul 29	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
104	104	Jul 30	CHC		PHI	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
105	105	Jul 31 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
106	106	Jul 31 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	107	Aug 1	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
108	108	Aug 2	CHC		PIT	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
109	109	Aug 3 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
110	110	Aug 3 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	51	12.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
111	111	Aug 4	CHC		PIT	W,11-10	CG	0	9.0	0	5	1	6	1
112	112	Aug 5	CHC		BRO	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
113	113	Aug 7	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
114	114	Aug 8	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
115	115	Aug 9	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	3	SS
116	116	Aug 10 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
117	117	Aug 10 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
118	118	Aug 11	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	CG	50	11.0	0	7	1	8	0	SS
119	119	Aug 12	CHC		MLN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
120	120	Aug 13	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
121	121	Aug 14	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
122	122	Aug 16	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
123	123	Aug 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
124	124	Aug 18	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
125	125	Aug 19	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
126	126	Aug 20	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
127	127	Aug 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
128	128	Aug 23	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
129	129	Aug 24	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
130	130	Aug 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
131	131	Aug 26	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
132	132	Aug 27	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	5	1	6	1
133	133	Aug 28	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
134	134	Aug 29	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
135	135	Aug 30	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
136	136	Aug 31	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-13	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
137	137	Sep 2	CHC		STL	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
138	138	Sep 3	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
139	139	Sep 4	CHC		STL	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
140	140	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
141	141	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
142	142	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
143	143	Sep 9 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
144	144	Sep 9 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,9-16	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
145	145	Sep 10	CHC		BRO	T,3-3	CG	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
146	146	Sep 11	CHC		NYG	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
147	147	Sep 13	CHC		PHI	L,0-10	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
148	148	Sep 17	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
149	149	Sep 18	CHC		CIN	L,5-12	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
150	150	Sep 19	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	49	11.2	1	6	0	7	0	SS
151	151	Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
152	152	Sep 21	CHC	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	53	13.0	3	5	0	8	0
153	153	Sep 24	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
154	154	Sep 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-13	CG	42	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
							154gm		1376.1	290	482	22	794	102