Ernie Banks

Full Name: Ernest Banks	Primary Position: 1B,SS
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/180	First Game: September 17, 1953
Birthdate: January 31, 1931	Final Game: September 26, 1971
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas	MLB Experience: 19 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977

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Ernie Banks (Ernest Banks) was born on January 31, 1931 in Dallas, Texas. He made his Major League debut on September 17, 1953 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1954, his rookie year, he hit .275 with 19 home runs and 79 RBI. Banks played for the Chicago Cubs for his entire 19 year career.

Most people believe that Ernie Banks's best season was 1958, when he slugged 47 home runs, hit for a .313 average and knocked in 129 runs.

Banks, as a shortstop, teamed with 2nd baseman Gene Baker to form the Major Leagues' first African-American keystone combo.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1953	CHI	N	10	35	3	11	2	6	.314	.385	.571	1	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0
1954	CHI	N	154	593	70	163	19	79	.275	.326	.427	19	7	40	50	7	5	6	3	11
1955	CHI	N	154	596	98	176	44	117	.295	.345	.596	29	9	45	72	2	0	9	6	16
1956	CHI	N	139	538	82	160	28	85	.297	.358	.530	25	8	52	62	0	0	6	18	7
1957	CHI	N	156	594	113	169	43	102	.285	.360	.579	34	6	70	85	3	2	8	11	12
1958	CHI	N	154	617	119	193	47	129	.313	.366	.614	23	11	52	87	4	1	4	12	14
1959	CHI	N	155	589	97	179	45	143	.304	.374	.596	25	6	64	72	7	2	2	20	18
1960	CHI	N	156	597	94	162	41	117	.271	.350	.554	32	7	71	69	4	0	1	28	14
1961	CHI	N	138	511	75	142	29	80	.278	.346	.507	22	4	54	75	2	0	1	21	11
1962	CHI	N	154	610	87	164	37	104	.269	.306	.503	20	6	30	71	7	0	5	3	19
1963	CHI	N	130	432	41	98	18	64	.227	.292	.403	20	1	39	73	4	1	0	16	7
1964	CHI	N	157	591	67	156	23	95	.264	.307	.450	29	6	36	84	3	1	1	11	16
1965	CHI	N	163	612	79	162	28	106	.265	.328	.453	25	3	55	64	6	0	3	19	16
1966	CHI	N	141	511	52	139	15	75	.272	.315	.432	23	7	29	59	5	4	0	10	15
1967	CHI	N	151	573	68	158	23	95	.276	.310	.455	26	4	27	93	3	8	2	8	20
1968	CHI	N	150	552	71	136	32	83	.246	.287	.469	27	0	27	67	5	9	2	4	12
1969	CHI	N	155	565	60	143	23	106	.253	.309	.416	19	2	42	101	7	8	0	7	15
1970	CHI	N	72	222	25	56	12	44	.252	.313	.459	6	2	20	33	1	1	0	3	5
1971	CHI	N	39	83	4	16	3	6	.193	.247	.325	2	0	6	14	0	3	0	1	1
Total			2528	9421	1305	2583	512	1636	.274	.330	.500	407	90	763	1236	70	45	50	201	229

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1953	CHI	N	SS	10	0	0	19	33	1	9	0	.981
1954	CHI	N	SS	154	154	1373.1	312	475	34	105	0	.959
1955	CHI	N	SS	154	0	0	290	482	22	102	0	.972
1956	CHI	N	SS	139	0	0	279	357	25	92	0	.962
1957	CHI	N	SS	100	98	894.1	168	261	11	59	0	.975
1957	CHI	N	3B	58	58	504	73	87	3	12	0	.982
1958	CHI	N	SS	154	154	1361	292	468	32	100	0	.960
1959	CHI	N	SS	154	154	1371.1	271	519	12	95	0	.985
1960	CHI	N	SS	156	156	1375.2	283	488	18	94	0	.977
1961	CHI	N	SS	104	102	883.1	173	358	19	68	0	.965
1961	CHI	N	1B	7	7	61	68	6	1	8	0	.987
1961	CHI	N	LF	23	23	199.2	33	2	1	0	0	.972
1961	CHI	N	OF	23	23	199.2	32	6	1	0	0	.974
1962	CHI	N	1B	149	148	1305.1	1458	106	11	134	1	.993
1962	CHI	N	3B	3	2	18	4	1	0	1	0	1.000
1963	CHI	N	1B	125	117	1054	1178	78	9	97	0	.993
1964	CHI	N	1B	157	153	1344	1565	132	10	122	0	.994
1965	CHI	N	1B	162	161	1435.2	1682	93	15	143	2	.992
1966	CHI	N	1B	130	127	1111.1	1178	81	10	88	0	.992
1966	CHI	N	3B	8	5	49	5	11	3	0	0	.842
1967	CHI	N	1B	147	146	1282.2	1383	91	10	111	0	.993
1968	CHI	N	1B	147	145	1232	1379	88	6	118	0	.996
1969	CHI	N	1B	153	147	1301.2	1419	87	4	116	0	.997
1970	CHI	N	1B	62	57	504.1	528	35	4	53	0	.993
1971	CHI	N	1B	20	18	160.2	167	12	0	15	0	1.000
Total			LF	23	23	199.2	33	2	1	0	0	.972
Total			1B	1259	1226	10792.2	12005	809	80	1005	3	.994
Total			OF	23	23	199.2	32	6	1	0	0	.974
Total			3B	69	65	571	82	99	6	13	0	.968
Total			SS	1125	818	7259	2087	3441	174	724	0	.969

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (September 8, 1953).
Released by Chicago Cubs (December 1, 1971).

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11 Time All-Star: (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1969)

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