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.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
2	2	Apr 13	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
3	3	Apr 14	CHC	@	SFG	W,9-4	GS	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
4	4	Apr 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
5	5	Apr 16	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
6	6	Apr 17	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
7	7	Apr 19	CHC		SFG	L,10-11	CG	46	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
8	8	Apr 21	CHC		SFG	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
9	9	Apr 22	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
10	10	Apr 23	CHC		LAD	W,2-0	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
11	14 (3)	Apr 29	CHC		PHI	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
12	15	Apr 30	CHC		PHI	L,0-12	CG	48	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	20 (4)	May 6	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
14	21	May 7	CHC	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
15	22	May 8 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
16	23	May 8 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
17	24	May 10	CHC		STL	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
18	25	May 14	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	CG	51	14.0	20	1	0	21	2	1B
19	26	May 15	CHC		CIN	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
20	27	May 18 (1)	CHC		HOU	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
21	28	May 18 (2)	CHC		HOU	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	11	1	2	14	1	1B
22	29	May 19	CHC		HOU	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
23	30	May 20	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-12	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
24	31	May 21	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	18	0	0	18	0	1B
25	32	May 22 (1)	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
26	34 (1)	May 24	CHC	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
27	36 (1)	May 26	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
28	37	May 27	CHC		ATL	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
29	38	May 28	CHC		ATL	W,8-5	CG	58	12.0	8	3	0	11	3	1B
30	42 (3)	May 31	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	43	Jun 1 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
32	44	Jun 1 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
33	45	Jun 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
34	46	Jun 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
35	47	Jun 4	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
36	48	Jun 5 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
37	49	Jun 5 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
38	50	Jun 7	CHC		LAD	L,6-8	CG	46	10.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
39	51	Jun 8	CHC		LAD	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
40	52	Jun 10	CHC	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	34	9.2	10	0	0	10	1	1B
41	53	Jun 11	CHC	@	HOU	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
42	54	Jun 12	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
43	55	Jun 13	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
44	56	Jun 14	CHC	@	SFG	L,7-11	GS	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B 3B
45	57	Jun 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-6	GS	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B 3B
46	58	Jun 16	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
47	59	Jun 18	CHC		HOU	L,5-13	CG	47	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
48	60	Jun 19 (1)	CHC		HOU	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
49	62 (1)	Jun 21	CHC		SFG	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
50	63	Jun 22 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
51	64	Jun 22 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
52	65	Jun 23	CHC		SFG	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
53	66	Jun 24	CHC		NYM	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
54	67	Jun 25	CHC		NYM	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
55	68	Jun 26 (1)	CHC		NYM	W,7-0	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B 3B
56	69	Jun 26 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	0	2	3	5	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	74 (4)	Jul 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,9-12	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
58	76 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
59	77	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,6-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
60	78	Jul 5	CHC		PIT	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
61	80 (1)	Jul 7	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
62	81	Jul 8	CHC		PHI	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
63	83 (1)	Jul 10	CHC		PHI	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
64	84	Jul 14	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	13	0	1	14	0	1B
65	85	Jul 15	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
66	86	Jul 16	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
67	87	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	22	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
68	89 (1)	Jul 18	CHC	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
69	90	Jul 19	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	GS	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
70	91	Jul 20 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	7	2	1	10	1	1B
71	92	Jul 20 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,1-5	CG	34	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
72	93	Jul 21	CHC		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
73	94	Jul 22	CHC		STL	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
74	95	Jul 23	CHC		STL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
75	96	Jul 24 (1)	CHC		STL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
76	97	Jul 24 (2)	CHC		STL	L,4-7	CG	39	10.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
77	98	Jul 26	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-9	GS	28	7.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
78	99	Jul 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
79	100	Jul 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
80	101	Jul 29	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-4	GS	29	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
81	102	Jul 30	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
82	103	Jul 31	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	104	Aug 2	CHC		ATL	W,6-5	CG	53	12.0	13	3	1	17	2	1B
84	105	Aug 3	CHC		ATL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
85	106	Aug 4	CHC		ATL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
86	107	Aug 5	CHC		SFG	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
87	108	Aug 6	CHC		SFG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
88	109	Aug 7	CHC		SFG	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
89	110	Aug 9	CHC		HOU	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
90	111	Aug 11 (1)	CHC		HOU	W,9-8	CG	49	11.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
91	112	Aug 11 susp	CHC		HOU	L,8-9	GS	37	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
92	113	Aug 12	CHC	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
93	114	Aug 13	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
94	115	Aug 14 (1)	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	53	13.2	13	1	0	14	2	1B
95	119 (3)	Aug 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	GF	14	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
96	120	Aug 19	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	15	2	0	17	1	1B
97	121	Aug 20	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
98	122	Aug 21	CHC		PIT	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
99	123	Aug 22	CHC		NYM	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
100	124	Aug 23	CHC		NYM	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
101	125	Aug 24	CHC		NYM	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	1B
102	126	Aug 25	CHC		NYM	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
103	127	Aug 26	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-7	CG	39	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	1B
104	128	Aug 27	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	10	2	0	12	1	1B
105	129	Aug 28	CHC	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
106	130	Aug 29	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-2	GS	55	13.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
107	131	Aug 30	CHC	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
108	132	Aug 31	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	133	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
110	134	Sep 2	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
111	135	Sep 3	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
112	136	Sep 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
113	137	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
114	138	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
115	139	Sep 6	CHC		PHI	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
116	140	Sep 9	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
117	141	Sep 10	CHC	@	SFG	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
118	142	Sep 11 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
119	143	Sep 11 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-2	GS	25	7.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
120	144	Sep 13	CHC		ATL	L,2-10	GS	31	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
121	145	Sep 14	CHC		ATL	L,1-3	CG	38	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
122	146	Sep 15	CHC		ATL	W,8-2	GS	24	7.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
123	148 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
124	149	Sep 17	CHC		STL	L,5-6	GS	33	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
125	150	Sep 18	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
126	151	Sep 20	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	GS	41	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
127	152	Sep 21	CHC		CIN	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
128	153	Sep 22	CHC		CIN	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
129	154	Sep 23 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
130	155	Sep 23 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
131	156	Sep 24	CHC		LAD	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
132	157	Sep 25	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
133	158	Sep 28 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
134	161 (2)	Oct 1	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
135	162	Oct 2	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
							138gm		1160.1	1183	92	13	1288	88