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.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	CHC		PHI	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	12	1	1	14	0	1B
2	2	Apr 9	CHC		PHI	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
3	3	Apr 10	CHC		PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
4	4	Apr 11	CHC		MON	W,1-0	CG	46	12.0	18	2	0	20	1	1B
5	5	Apr 12	CHC		MON	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	15	0	1	16	1	1B
6	6	Apr 13	CHC		MON	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
7	7	Apr 14	CHC		PIT	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
8	8	Apr 15	CHC		PIT	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
9	9	Apr 16	CHC	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
10	10	Apr 17	CHC	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
11	11	Apr 19	CHC	@	MON	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	21	1	0	22	3	1B
12	12	Apr 20 (1)	CHC	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
13	13	Apr 20 (2)	CHC	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
14	14	Apr 22 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
15	16 (1)	Apr 24	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
16	17	Apr 25	CHC	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
17	18	Apr 26	CHC	@	NYM	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
18	19	Apr 27 (1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
19	20	Apr 27 (2)	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-3	CG	31	8.1	10	0	0	10	2	1B
20	21	Apr 28	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
21	22	Apr 29	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-0	GS	22	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
22	23	Apr 30	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	24	May 2	CHC		NYM	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
24	25	May 3	CHC		NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
25	26	May 4 (1)	CHC		NYM	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	13	3	0	16	1	1B
26	27	May 4 (2)	CHC		NYM	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
27	28	May 6	CHC		LAD	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
28	29	May 7	CHC		LAD	L,2-4	CG	48	12.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
29	30	May 9	CHC		SFG	L,1-11	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
30	31	May 11	CHC		SFG	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
31	32	May 12	CHC		SDP	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
32	33	May 13	CHC		SDP	W,19-0	GS	22	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
33	34	May 14	CHC		SDP	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
34	35	May 16	CHC	@	HOU	W,11-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
35	36	May 17	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
36	37	May 18	CHC	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
37	38	May 20	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
38	39	May 21	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
39	40	May 22	CHC	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	8	3	1	12	2	1B
40	41	May 23	CHC	@	SDP	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
41	42	May 24	CHC	@	SDP	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
42	43	May 25 (1)	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
43	44	May 25 (2)	CHC	@	SDP	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
44	45	May 27	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
45	47 (1)	May 30	CHC		ATL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
46	48	May 31	CHC		ATL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	49	Jun 1	CHC		ATL	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
48	50	Jun 3	CHC		HOU	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
49	51	Jun 4	CHC		HOU	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
50	52	Jun 6	CHC		CIN	W,14-8	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
51	53	Jun 7	CHC		CIN	T,5-5	CG	38	8.2	11	1	0	12	0	1B
52	54	Jun 9	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
53	55	Jun 10	CHC	@	ATL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
54	56	Jun 11	CHC	@	ATL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
55	57	Jun 12	CHC	@	ATL	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
56	58	Jun 13	CHC	@	CIN	W,14-8	CG	51	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
57	59	Jun 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-8	CG	52	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
58	60	Jun 15 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.1	7	1	0	8	1	1B
59	61	Jun 15 susp	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
60	62	Jun 16	CHC	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	35	8.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
61	63	Jun 17 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
62	64	Jun 17 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	GF	5	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
63	66 (1)	Jun 20	CHC		MON	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
64	67	Jun 21	CHC		MON	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	1B
65	68	Jun 22 (1)	CHC		MON	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
66	69	Jun 22 (2)	CHC		MON	L,4-5	CG	29	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	1B
67	70	Jun 23	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
68	71	Jun 24	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
69	72	Jun 25	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
70	73	Jun 26	CHC		PIT	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
71	74	Jun 27	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
72	75	Jun 28	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
73	76	Jun 29 (1)	CHC		STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
74	77	Jun 29 (2)	CHC		STL	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
75	78	Jun 30	CHC	@	MON	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	79	Jul 1	CHC	@	MON	L,4-11	GS	25	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
77	80	Jul 2	CHC	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
78	81	Jul 3	CHC	@	MON	W,8-4	GS	27	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
79	82	Jul 4	CHC	@	STL	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
80	84 (1)	Jul 6 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
81	85	Jul 6 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
82	86	Jul 8	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	33	8.2	10	1	0	11	0	1B
83	87	Jul 9	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
84	88	Jul 10	CHC	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
85	89	Jul 11	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
86	90	Jul 12	CHC		PHI	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
87	91	Jul 13 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,6-0	GS	25	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
88	92	Jul 13 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
89	93	Jul 14	CHC		NYM	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
90	94	Jul 15	CHC		NYM	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
91	95	Jul 16	CHC		NYM	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
92	96	Jul 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
93	97	Jul 19	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
94	98	Jul 20 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
95	100 (1)	Jul 24	CHC		LAD	W,5-3	GS	24	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
96	101	Jul 25	CHC		LAD	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
97	102	Jul 26	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
98	104 (1)	Jul 28	CHC		SFG	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
99	105	Jul 29	CHC		SFG	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
100	106	Jul 30	CHC		SFG	L,3-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
101	107	Jul 31	CHC		SFG	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	108	Aug 1	CHC		SDP	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
103	109	Aug 2	CHC		SDP	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
104	110	Aug 3	CHC		SDP	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
105	111	Aug 4	CHC	@	HOU	W,9-3	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
106	112	Aug 5	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
107	113	Aug 6	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
108	114	Aug 8	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
109	115	Aug 9	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
110	117 (1)	Aug 12	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
111	118	Aug 13	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
112	119	Aug 15	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
113	121 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-5	GF	17	4.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
114	122	Aug 17 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
115	123	Aug 19	CHC		ATL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
116	124	Aug 20	CHC		ATL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
117	125	Aug 21	CHC		ATL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	15	2	0	17	2	1B
118	126	Aug 22	CHC		HOU	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
119	127	Aug 23	CHC		HOU	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
120	128	Aug 24 (1)	CHC		HOU	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
121	129	Aug 24 (2)	CHC		HOU	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
122	130	Aug 25	CHC		CIN	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
123	131	Aug 26	CHC		CIN	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
124	132	Aug 27	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
125	133	Aug 28	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
126	134	Aug 29	CHC	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
127	135	Aug 30	CHC	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
128	136	Aug 31	CHC	@	ATL	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	137	Sep 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
130	138	Sep 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
131	139	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	L,2-9	CG	48	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
132	140	Sep 6	CHC		PIT	L,4-13	CG	49	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
133	141	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	GS	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
134	142	Sep 8	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
135	144 (1)	Sep 10	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
136	145	Sep 11	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
137	146	Sep 12	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
138	147	Sep 13	CHC	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
139	148	Sep 14	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.1	14	0	0	14	1	1B
140	149	Sep 15	CHC	@	MON	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
141	151 (1)	Sep 17	CHC		PHI	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
142	152	Sep 18	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
143	153	Sep 19 (1)	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	42	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
144	154	Sep 19 (2)	CHC		STL	L,2-7	CG	48	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
145	155	Sep 20	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
146	156	Sep 21	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
147	157	Sep 23	CHC		MON	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
148	158	Sep 24	CHC		MON	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
149	159	Sep 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
150	160	Sep 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
151	161	Sep 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
152	162	Oct 1	CHC		NYM	L,5-6	CG	52	12.0	17	0	0	17	0	1B
153	163	Oct 2	CHC		NYM	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
							153gm		1301.2	1419	87	4	1510	116