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Ernie Banks

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Full name Ernest Banks
Born January 31, 1931, Dallas, Texas
Died January 23, 2015, Chicago, Illinois
Buried at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
First Game: September 17, 1953; Final Game: September 26, 1971
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 180
Uncle of Bob Johnson
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1977
Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1958 to 1959)
Named NL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1958 to 1959)
Named shortstop on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1955 and 1958 to 1960)
Won NL Gold Glove as shortstop (1960)
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1953 CHI N Daily Splits 10 35 3 11 1 1 2 6 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 .385 .571 0.4 1953 CHI N 1954 CHI N Daily Splits 154 593 70 163 19 7 19 79 40 5 50 7 5 4 0 13 11 6 10 .275 .326 .427 0.2 1954 CHI N 1955 CHI N Daily Splits 154 596 98 176 29 9 44 117 45 6 72 2 0 3 0 12 16 9 3 .295 .345 .596 5.1 1955 CHI N 1956 CHI N Daily Splits 139 538 82 160 25 8 28 85 52 18 62 0 0 3 0 9 7 6 9 .297 .358 .530 2.4 1956 CHI N 1957 CHI N Daily Splits 156 594 113 169 34 6 43 102 70 11 85 3 2 5 0 10 12 8 4 .285 .360 .579 3.9 1957 CHI N 1958 CHI N Daily Splits 154 617 119 193 23 11 47 129 52 12 87 4 1 8 0 13 14 4 4 .313 .366 .614 5.9 1958 CHI N 1959 CHI N Daily Splits 155 589 97 179 25 6 45 143 64 20 72 7 2 9 0 10 18 2 4 .304 .374 .596 6.4 1959 CHI N 1960 CHI N Daily Splits 156 597 94 162 32 7 41 117 71 28 69 4 0 6 0 10 14 1 3 .271 .350 .554 6.1 1960 CHI N 1961 CHI N Daily Splits 138 511 75 142 22 4 29 80 54 21 75 2 0 6 0 11 11 1 2 .278 .346 .507 4.0 1961 CHI N 1962 CHI N Daily Splits 154 610 87 164 20 6 37 104 30 3 71 7 0 10 0 19 19 5 1 .269 .306 .503 -0.5 1962 CHI N 1963 CHI N Daily Splits 130 432 41 98 20 1 18 64 39 16 73 4 1 8 0 6 7 0 3 .227 .292 .403 -1.5 1963 CHI N 1964 CHI N Daily Splits 157 591 67 156 29 6 23 95 36 11 84 3 1 6 0 8 16 1 2 .264 .307 .450 0.4 1964 CHI N 1965 CHI N Daily Splits 163 612 79 162 25 3 28 106 55 19 64 6 0 7 0 11 16 3 5 .265 .328 .453 -0.8 1965 CHI N 1966 CHI N Daily Splits 141 511 52 139 23 7 15 75 29 10 59 5 4 5 0 8 15 0 1 .272 .315 .432 -0.4 1966 CHI N 1967 CHI N Daily Splits 151 573 68 158 26 4 23 95 27 8 93 3 8 4 0 13 20 2 2 .276 .310 .455 -0.2 1967 CHI N 1968 CHI N Daily Splits 150 552 71 136 27 0 32 83 27 4 67 5 9 2 0 14 12 2 0 .246 .287 .469 0.1 1968 CHI N 1969 CHI N Daily Splits 155 565 60 143 19 2 23 106 42 7 101 7 8 7 0 7 15 0 0 .253 .309 .416 -2.1 1969 CHI N 1970 CHI N Daily Splits 72 222 25 56 6 2 12 44 20 3 33 1 1 3 0 1 5 0 0 .252 .313 .459 -0.9 1970 CHI N 1971 CHI N Daily Splits 39 83 4 16 2 0 3 6 6 1 14 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .193 .247 .325 -0.7 1971 CHI N Total (19 Years) Splits 2528 9421 1305 2583 407 90 512 1636 763 203 1236 70 45 96 0 176 229 50 53 .274 .330 .500 27.8 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1955 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1955 NL 1957 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1957 NL 1958 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 1958 NL 1959 NL Daily Splits 2 7 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .571 1959 NL 1960 NL Daily Splits 2 7 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 1.000 1960 NL 1961 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1961 NL 1962 NL Daily Splits 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .750 1962 NL 1965 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1965 NL 1967 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1967 NL 1969 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1969 NL Total (10 Years) Splits 13 33 4 10 3 1 1 3 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .303 .343 .545 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1953 CHI N Daily Splits SS 10 10 10 89.2 19 33 1 9 0 .981 1954 CHI N Daily Splits SS 154 154 153 1373.1 312 475 34 105 0 .959 1955 CHI N Daily Splits SS 154 154 153 1376.1 290 482 22 102 0 .972 1956 CHI N Daily Splits SS 139 139 139 1228 279 357 25 92 0 .962 1957 CHI N Daily Splits SS 100 98 98 894.1 168 261 11 59 0 .975 1957 CHI N 3B 58 58 54 504 73 87 3 12 0 .982 1958 CHI N Daily Splits SS 154 154 154 1361 292 468 32 100 0 .960 1959 CHI N Daily Splits SS 154 154 152 1371.1 271 519 12 95 0 .985 1960 CHI N Daily Splits SS 156 156 148 1375.2 283 488 18 94 0 .977 1961 CHI N Daily Splits SS 104 102 94 883.1 173 358 19 68 0 .965 1961 CHI N LF 23 23 16 199.2 33 2 1 0 0 .972 1961 CHI N OF 23 23 16 199.2 32 6 1 0 0 .974 23 0 0 1961 CHI N 1B 7 7 7 61 68 6 1 8 0 .987 1962 CHI N Daily Splits 1B 149 148 145 1305.1 1458 106 11 134 1 .993 1962 CHI N 3B 3 2 2 18 4 1 0 1 0 1.000 1963 CHI N Daily Splits 1B 125 117 112 1054 1178 78 9 97 0 .993 1964 CHI N Daily Splits 1B 157 153 146 1344 1565 132 10 122 0 .994 1965 CHI N Daily Splits 1B 162 161 156 1435.2 1682 93 15 143 2 .992 1966 CHI N Daily Splits 1B 130 127 109 1110.1 1178 81 10 88 0 .992 1966 CHI N 3B 8 5 4 49 5 11 3 0 0 .842 1967 CHI N Daily Splits 1B 147 146 137 1282.2 1383 91 10 111 0 .993 1968 CHI N Daily Splits 1B 147 145 108 1232 1379 88 6 118 0 .996 1969 CHI N Daily Splits 1B 153 147 139 1301.2 1419 87 4 116 0 .997 1970 CHI N Daily Splits 1B 62 57 46 504.1 528 35 4 53 0 .993 1971 CHI N Daily Splits 1B 20 18 15 160.2 167 12 0 15 0 1.000 Total (11 Years) Splits 1B 1259 1226 1120 10791.2 12005 809 80 1005 3 .994 Total ( 9 Years) SS 1125 1121 1101 9953 2087 3441 174 724 0 .969 Total ( 3 Years) 3B 69 65 60 571 82 99 6 13 0 .968 Total ( 1 Year ) LF 23 23 16 199.2 33 2 1 0 0 .972 Total ( 1 Year ) OF 23 23 16 199.2 32 6 1 0 0 .974 23 0 0 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1955 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1.000 1957 NL Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1958 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 8 2 3 1 2 0 .833 1959 NL Daily Splits SS 2 2 2 18 3 2 1 0 0 .833 1960 NL Daily Splits SS 2 2 0 13 4 5 0 3 0 1.000 1961 NL Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1962 NL Daily Splits 1B 2 0 0 9 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1965 NL Daily Splits 1B 1 1 1 9 11 0 0 1 0 1.000 Total ( 6 Years) Splits SS 8 6 3 50 11 14 2 6 0 .926 Total ( 2 Years) 1B 3 1 1 18 16 2 0 1 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

              Coaching Record

Year Team Position START END 1967 CHI N Coach 4-11 10- 1 1968 CHI N Coach 4-10 9-29 1969 CHI N Coach 4- 8 10- 2 1970 CHI N Coach 4- 7 10- 1 1971 CHI N Coach 4- 6 9-30 1972 CHI N First base 4-15 10- 4 1973 CHI N First base 4- 6 10- 1 Total ( 7 Years)

Transaction Information

Signed as a free agent by Chicago Cubs (September 8, 1953).

Released by Chicago Cubs (December 1, 1971).

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