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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CHC		LAD	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	15	2	0	17	2	1B
2	2	Apr 10	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
3	3	Apr 11	CHC		LAD	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	15	1	0	16	2	1B
4	4	Apr 13	CHC		SFG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
5	5	Apr 14	CHC		SFG	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
6	6	Apr 16	CHC	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	47	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
7	7	Apr 17	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	41	9.2	11	1	0	12	1	1B
8	8	Apr 18	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
9	9	Apr 19	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
10	10	Apr 20	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
11	11	Apr 21 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
12	12	Apr 21 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
13	13	Apr 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
14	14	Apr 23	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
15	15	Apr 24	CHC		NYM	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
16	16	Apr 25	CHC		NYM	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
17	17	Apr 26	CHC		PHI	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
18	18	Apr 27	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
19	19	Apr 28	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	CHC	@	STL	W,13-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
21	21	May 2	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
22	22	May 3	CHC	@	MLN	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
23	23	May 4	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
24	24	May 5	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
25	25	May 7	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	11	3	0	14	2	1B
26	26	May 8	CHC		PIT	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	4	1B
27	27	May 9	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	22	0	1	23	1	1B
28	28	May 10	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
29	30 (1)	May 11 (2)	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	13	0	1	14	0	1B
30	31	May 12	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
31	32	May 14	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
32	33	May 15	CHC		CIN	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
33	34	May 16	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
34	35	May 18	CHC		MLN	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
35	36	May 19 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
36	37	May 19 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	1B
37	40 (2)	May 23	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	14	2	1	17	2	1B
38	41	May 24	CHC		HOU	L,5-6	CG	54	12.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
39	42	May 25	CHC		HOU	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
40	43	May 26	CHC		HOU	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
41	44	May 28	CHC	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
42	47 (2)	May 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	48	Jun 1	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
44	49	Jun 2 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
45	50	Jun 2 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
46	51	Jun 4	CHC		SFG	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
47	52	Jun 5 (1)	CHC		SFG	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
48	53	Jun 5 (2)	CHC		SFG	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
49	54	Jun 6	CHC		SFG	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
50	55	Jun 7	CHC		LAD	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
51	56	Jun 8	CHC		LAD	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
52	57	Jun 9	CHC		LAD	L,8-11	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
53	58	Jun 10	CHC	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
54	59	Jun 11	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
55	60	Jun 12	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
56	61	Jun 13	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	31	9.1	9	0	0	9	2	1B
57	62	Jun 14	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
58	63	Jun 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
59	64	Jun 16 (1)	CHC	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
60	65	Jun 16 (2)	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
61	66	Jun 18	CHC		HOU	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
62	67	Jun 19	CHC		HOU	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
63	68	Jun 20	CHC		HOU	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
64	69	Jun 21	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
65	70	Jun 22	CHC		PIT	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
66	71	Jun 23	CHC		PIT	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
67	72	Jun 25	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
68	73	Jun 26	CHC	@	NYM	L,6-8	GF	37	7.2	5	0	0	5	1	1B
69	74	Jun 28	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
70	75	Jun 30	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	76	Jul 2	CHC		NYM	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
72	77	Jul 3	CHC		NYM	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
73	78	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		NYM	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
74	79	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		NYM	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
75	80	Jul 5	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	19	0	1	20	1	1B
76	81	Jul 6	CHC		PHI	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
77	82	Jul 7	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
78	83	Jul 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
79	84	Jul 11 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-0	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
80	85	Jul 11 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
81	86	Jul 12	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
82	87	Jul 14 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
83	88	Jul 14 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
84	89	Jul 15	CHC	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
85	90	Jul 16	CHC		MLN	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
86	91	Jul 17	CHC		MLN	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
87	92	Jul 18	CHC		MLN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
88	93	Jul 19	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
89	94	Jul 21 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
90	95	Jul 21 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	GF	37	7.2	5	2	0	7	0	PH 1B
91	96	Jul 23	CHC		CIN	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
92	97	Jul 24	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
93	98	Jul 25	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
94	99	Jul 26	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
95	101 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	CHC		STL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
96	102	Jul 28 (2)	CHC		STL	W,16-11	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
97	103	Jul 30	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-9	GS	27	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
98	104	Jul 31	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-2	GF	11	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	106 (1)	Aug 2	CHC		SFG	W,12-11	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
100	114 (7)	Aug 11 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	12	1	1	14	1	1B
101	116 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
102	117	Aug 14 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
103	118	Aug 15	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
104	119	Aug 16 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-1	GS	21	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
105	120	Aug 16 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
106	121	Aug 17	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
107	122	Aug 18 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
108	123	Aug 18 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
109	124	Aug 20	CHC		PIT	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
110	125	Aug 21	CHC		PIT	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
111	127 (1)	Aug 23	CHC		NYM	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
112	128	Aug 24	CHC		NYM	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
113	129	Aug 25	CHC		NYM	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
114	130	Aug 27	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
115	131	Aug 28	CHC		PHI	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
116	132	Aug 29	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	135 (2)	Sep 1	CHC		HOU	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	3	1B
118	136	Sep 2 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-5	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
119	138 (1)	Sep 3	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-16	GS	27	4.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
120	139	Sep 4	CHC	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
121	140	Sep 5	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
122	142 (1)	Sep 7	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-2	GF	9	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	1B
123	144 (1)	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
124	145	Sep 10	CHC	@	STL	L,0-8	GS	26	5.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
125	146	Sep 11	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
							125gm		1054.0	1178	78	9	1265	97