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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHC		MLN	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
3	3	Apr 21 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	42	11.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
4	4	Apr 21 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
5	5	Apr 22	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
6	6	Apr 23	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
7	7	Apr 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
8	8	Apr 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	2	4	1	SS
9	9	Apr 28 (1)	CHC		STL	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 28 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 30	CHC	@	BRO	L,9-10	CG	53	9.1	2	5	0	7	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
13	13	May 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
14	14	May 3	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
15	15	May 4	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
16	16	May 5 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-3	CG	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	17	May 5 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
18	18	May 6	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
19	19	May 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-8	CG	63	14.0	4	4	0	8	0	3B
20	20	May 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
21	21	May 11	CHC		CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
22	22	May 12 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
23	23	May 12 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
24	24	May 14	CHC		PIT	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
25	25	May 16	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
26	26	May 21	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
27	27	May 22	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	28	May 24	CHC		MLN	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
29	29	May 25	CHC		MLN	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
30	30	May 26 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
31	31	May 26 (2)	CHC		MLN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
32	32	May 27	CHC	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
33	33	May 28	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
34	34	May 29	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
35	35	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
36	36	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-22	CG	56	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
38	38	Jun 2 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
39	39	Jun 2 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
40	40	Jun 4	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
41	41	Jun 5	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
42	42	Jun 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
43	43	Jun 9 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
44	44	Jun 9 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	T,4-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
45	45	Jun 11	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
46	46	Jun 12	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.2	1	1	0	2	1
47	47	Jun 13	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	48	Jun 14	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-5	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 15	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
50	50	Jun 16 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
51	51	Jun 16 susp	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B SS
52	52	Jun 18	CHC		PHI	L,6-7	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
53	53	Jun 19 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,9-0	GS	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
54	54	Jun 19 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
55	55	Jun 20	CHC		PHI	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
56	56	Jun 21	CHC		NYG	L,10-12	CG	50	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
57	57	Jun 22	CHC		NYG	W,12-4	CG	26	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
58	58	Jun 23 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
59	59	Jun 23 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
60	60	Jun 25	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
61	61	Jun 26 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,5-15	CG	52	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
62	62	Jun 26 (2)	CHC		PIT	T,5-5	CG	49	11.0	0	3	0	3	0
63	63	Jun 27	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
64	64	Jun 29	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
65	65	Jun 30 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	66	Jun 30 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-5	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1	CHC		CIN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
68	68	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	L,6-8	CG	47	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
69	69	Jul 3	CHC		STL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
70	70	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
71	71	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
72	72	Jul 5	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
73	73	Jul 6	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
74	74	Jul 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
75	75	Jul 11 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	38	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
76	76	Jul 11 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
77	77	Jul 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
78	78	Jul 13	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
79	79	Jul 14	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-8	CG	48	11.1	2	4	0	6	1
80	80	Jul 15	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
81	81	Jul 16	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
82	82	Jul 17	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	83	Jul 18	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	3	2	0	5	2	SS
84	84	Jul 19 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	43	9.2	1	6	0	7	0	SS
85	85	Jul 19 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
86	86	Jul 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
87	87	Jul 21 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
88	88	Jul 21 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
89	89	Jul 23	CHC		NYG	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
90	90	Jul 24	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
91	91	Jul 25	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
92	92	Jul 26	CHC		PHI	L,1-3	CG	44	10.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
93	93	Jul 27	CHC		PHI	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
94	94	Jul 28 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
95	95	Jul 28 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
96	96	Jul 29	CHC		PHI	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
97	97	Jul 30 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,0-1	GS	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B SS
98	98	Jul 30 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
99	99	Jul 31 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
100	100	Jul 31 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	101	Aug 1	CHC		BRO	L,3-12	CG	51	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	3B
102	102	Aug 2	CHC		PIT	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
103	103	Aug 4 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
104	104	Aug 4 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
105	105	Aug 6	CHC	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
106	106	Aug 7	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
107	107	Aug 8	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
108	108	Aug 9 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
109	109	Aug 9 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
110	110	Aug 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
111	111	Aug 13	CHC		STL	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
112	112	Aug 14	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
113	113	Aug 15	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
114	114	Aug 16	CHC		CIN	W,8-6	CG	53	12.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
115	115	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
116	116	Aug 18	CHC		CIN	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
117	117	Aug 20 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
118	118	Aug 20 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
119	119	Aug 22	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
120	120	Aug 23	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	58	15.1	0	4	0	4	0
121	121	Aug 24	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
122	122	Aug 25 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
123	123	Aug 25 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
124	124	Aug 27	CHC	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
125	125	Aug 28	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	56	13.2	2	4	0	6	0	SS
126	126	Aug 30	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
127	127	Aug 31	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	128	Sep 1	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
129	129	Sep 2 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,10-23	CG	60	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
130	130	Sep 2 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
131	131	Sep 3	CHC		MLN	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
132	132	Sep 4 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
133	133	Sep 4 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
134	134	Sep 5	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
135	135	Sep 6	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
136	136	Sep 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
137	137	Sep 8	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	45	10.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
138	138	Sep 10	CHC		BRO	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
139	139	Sep 11	CHC		BRO	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
140	140	Sep 13 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
141	141	Sep 13 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
142	142	Sep 14 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
143	143	Sep 14 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
144	144	Sep 15 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
145	145	Sep 15 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
146	146	Sep 17	CHC		PHI	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
147	147	Sep 18	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
148	148	Sep 20	CHC		MLN	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
149	149	Sep 21	CHC		MLN	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
150	150	Sep 22	CHC		MLN	L,7-9	CG	49	10.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
151	151	Sep 24 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
152	152	Sep 24 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,9-11	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
153	153	Sep 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
154	154	Sep 27	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	8	0	12	3	SS
155	155	Sep 28	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
156	156	Sep 29	CHC	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
							158gm		1398.1	241	348	14	603	71