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Ernie Banks
Ernest Banks (Mr. Cub)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

MLB Debut September 17, 1953
Final Game September 26, 1971
Born January 31, 1931 in Dallas, TX
Died January 23, 2015 (age 83)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 22 CHN NL   14   42    5   14   3   1   3    8   0   0    2    7  .333  .364  .667 1.030   127    28   0   0   0   0   0  
 1954 23 CHN NL  149  631   85  181  18   8  12   65  10   5   40   53  .287  .331  .398  .729    99   251   3   2   2   3  14  
 1955 24 CHN NL  154  596   93  182  29   8  44  114   5   1   72   59  .305  .380  .602  .982   135   359   0   4  17   2  19  MVP-2
 1956 25 CHN NL  148  588   94  188  36  12  30  102  17  14   40   77  .320  .362  .575  .937   128   338   0   1   8   0  15  MVP-3
 1957 26 CHN NL  153  608   96  166  29   8  44  136   8   3   69  100  .273  .348  .564  .912   125   343   0   6  10   4  18  MVP-2
 1958 27 CHN NL  154  598  113  194  28   9  39  127   9   4   75   96  .324  .404  .597 1.001   137   357   0   0  22   5  17  MVP-2
 1959 28 CHN NL  151  578  120  191  33   6  46  142   0   3   71   63  .330  .406  .647 1.053   144   374   0   8  23   8  11  MVP-2
 1960 29 CHN NL  153  598  107  163  30  12  34  103   3   7   61   75  .273  .338  .533  .872   120   319   0   9  15   3  11  MVP-2
 1961 30 CHN NL  139  512   70  130  16   5  29   94   0   1   36   87  .254  .303  .475  .778   100   243   0   4   1   2   8  
 1962 31 CHN NL  117  449   72  113  12   4  33   78   2   1   18   62  .252  .281  .517  .798   112   232   0   9   4   4  19  
 1963 32 CHN NL  105  271   33   67  18   2  11   40   0   0   32   41  .247  .334  .450  .785   113   122   0   1   4   4   7  
 1964 33 CHN NL  151  593   73  151  30   1  31  100   0   1   26   76  .255  .291  .465  .757   102   276   2   1   2   5  18  
 1965 34 CHN NL  156  594   67  141  19   0  30   95   0   5   36   84  .237  .282  .421  .703    98   250   0   6   5   3  14  
 1966 35 CHN NL  129  462   59  124  17   7   8   61   0   0   32   49  .268  .318  .387  .706    99   179   0   5   7   4  15  
 1967 36 CHN NL  158  616   72  157  28   5  36   94   1   3   29  116  .255  .288  .492  .780   115   303   6   4   7   1  22  MVP-10
 1968 37 CHN NL  157  610   67  132  18   0  29   69   2   2   28   75  .216  .257  .389  .646   103   237   5   4   1   7  16  MVP-13
 1969 38 CHN NL   34  124    7   25   2   0   3   11   0   0   13   32  .202  .283  .290  .573    82    36   5   0   0   1   3  
         NYA AL  127  487   61  114  17   4  17   67   0   0   31   91  .234  .287  .390  .677    95   190   1   7   2   8   9  
         TOT     161  611   68  139  19   4  20   78   0   0   44  123  .227  .286  .370  .656         226   6   7   2   9  12 
 1970 39 NYA AL   83  238   31   61   5   3  13   47   0   0   25   29  .256  .323  .466  .790   111   111   0   5   4   1   6  
 1971 40 NYA AL   11   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000  .000     0     0   1   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons     2443 9205 1325 2494 388  95 492 1553  57  50  736 1273  .271  .327  .494  .821        4548  23  76 134  65 242
 Per 600 PA           547   79  148  23   6  29   92   3   3   44   76                                 270   1   5   8   4  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHN     2222 8470 1233 2319 366  88 462 1439  57  50  680 1152  .274  .330  .501  .831        4247  21  64 128  56 227
   With NYA      221  735   92  175  22   7  30  114   0   0   56  121  .238  .296  .410  .705         301   2  12   6   9  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2528 9421 1305 2583 407  90 512 1636  50  53  763 1236  .274  .330  .500  .830        4706  45  96 198  70 229
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1953 22 CHN NL  50   10  10.0   4   1   0  .250   2    8    5  .625    0    0  .000  SS   2e33       74   
 1954 23 CHN NL  29   81   4.6   0   0   0  .000  36  197  147  .746    0    0  .000  SS   2e34      -24   
 1955 24 CHN NL  29  132   8.2   0   0   0  .000  29  188  144  .766    0    0  .000  SS   2e22       41   
 1956 25 CHN NL  29  112   7.1   0   0   0  .000  18  175  147  .840    0    0  .000  SS   2e30       50   
 1957 26 CHN NL  21  116   6.7   1   0   0  .000  11  190  166  .874    0    0  .000  SS   2e16      -27   
 1958 27 CHN NL  25  140   8.9   0   0   0  .000  28  168  117  .696    0    0  .000  SS   2e31       21   
 1959 28 CHN NL  20  151  10.0   0   0   0  .000   6  188  162  .862    0    0  .000  SS   2e12       83   
 1960 29 CHN NL  31  105   6.2   0   0   0  .000  16  181  148  .818    0    0  .000  SS   2e19      -32   
 1961 30 CHN NL  31   73   5.0   6   2   1  .333  22   85   43  .506    0    0  .000  UT             -75   
 1962 31 CHN NL  44   58   4.3   2   0   0  .000  12   38   22  .579    0    0  .000  UT             -11   
 1963 32 CHN NL  66   40   5.2  13   2   0  .154   3   19   15  .789    0    0  .000  1B   3e13       90   
 1964 33 CHN NL  40   74   4.3   3   1   0  .333   9   48   31  .646    0    0  .000  1B   3e11        0   
 1965 34 CHN NL  30   66   3.7   3   1   0  .333   8   40   26  .650    0    0  .000  1B   3e15      -78   
 1966 35 CHN NL  25   54   4.1  10   3   1  .300   3   30   17  .567    0    0  .000  1B   3e13      -41   
 1967 36 CHN NL  28   77   4.2   0   0   0  .000   9   49   33  .673    0    0  .000  1B   3e11       14   
 1968 37 CHN NL  27   57   3.1   1   1   0 1.000   2   47   32  .681    0    0  .000  1B   3e7      -110   
 1969 38 CHN NL  30   10   2.7   0   0   0  .000   0   11   11 1.000    0    0  .000  1B   2e5      -152   
         NYA AL  34   54   3.8   1   0   0  .000   2   40   33  .825    0    0  .000  1B   2e5       -48   
         TOT                     1   0   0  .000   2   51   44  .863    0    0  .000
 1970 39 NYA AL  63   35   5.2  17   5   1  .294   3   19   13  .684    0    0  .000  1B   3e11       17   
 1971 40 NYA AL  10    0    .0  10   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            -572   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 19 Seasons         1453   5.5  71  16   3  .225 219 1721 1312  .762    0    0  .000                 -12   8
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 48.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 129.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1953 22 CHN NL  SS    11    23    22    2    2   .957     9    77.2   5.21
 1954 23 CHN NL  SS   149   259   527   36  104   .956   148  1316.2   5.37
 1955 24 CHN NL  SS   154   321   551   29  122   .968   154  1387.0   5.66
 1956 25 CHN NL  SS   148   261   512   18   79   .977   147  1313.2   5.30  GG
 1957 26 CHN NL  SS   152   271   448   11   81   .985   151  1379.1   4.69  GG
 1958 27 CHN NL  SS   154   263   408   28   93   .960   154  1391.0   4.34
 1959 28 CHN NL  SS   148   333   470    6  112   .993   148  1324.0   5.46  GG
                 CF     3     4     0    0    0  1.000     3    29.0   1.24
 1960 29 CHN NL  SS   153   265   520   16  104   .980   153  1398.0   5.05  GG
 1961 30 CHN NL  1B    87   715    70   13   77   .984    79   729.0   9.69
                 SS    47    58   139    9   34   .956    45   390.2   4.54
                 LF     5     6     0    0    0  1.000     3    27.2   1.95
 1962 31 CHN NL  3B    59    44   105   11   10   .931    57   495.2   2.71
                 1B    59   460    49    1   64   .998    50   479.2   9.55
 1963 32 CHN NL  1B    94   670    66    3   58   .996    65   647.2  10.23
 1964 33 CHN NL  1B   148  1423   131    9  123   .994   147  1348.1  10.37
 1965 34 CHN NL  1B   153  1436   133    8  123   .995   153  1349.2  10.46
 1966 35 CHN NL  1B   121  1152   129    3  102   .998   115  1048.1  11.00
 1967 36 CHN NL  1B   158  1488   173    9  103   .995   157  1394.1  10.72
 1968 37 CHN NL  1B   156  1352   103    2  124   .999   156  1372.2   9.54  GG
 1969 38 TOT     1B   160  1404   122    2  145   .999   160  1452.0   9.46  GG
 1970 39 NYA AL  1B    70   532    59    3   56   .995    61   533.0   9.98
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B  1206 10632  1035   53  975   .995  1143 10354.2  10.14
                 SS  1116  2054  3597  155  731   .973  1109  9978.0   5.10
                 3B    59    44   105   11   10   .931    57   495.2   2.71
                 CF     3     4     0    0    0  1.000     3    29.0   1.24
                 LF     5     6     0    0    0  1.000     3    27.2   1.95
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1958 WS    CHN NYA   L    6  23  2  3  0  0  0   2  4  4  .130  .259  .130  0
 1959 WS    CHN NYA   L    6  24  4  6  1  0  1   4  3  1  .250  .321  .417  0
 1970 ALCS  NYA MNA   L    2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1953  CHN   60-94   Alan Boodman
 1954  CHN   64-90   Alan Boodman
 1955  CHN   81-73   Alan Boodman
 1956  CHN   78-76   Alan Boodman
 1957  CHN   83-71   Alan Boodman
 1958  CHN   88-66   Alan Boodman
 1959  CHN  102-52   Alan Boodman
 1960  CHN   82-72   Alan Boodman
 1961  CHN   70-84   Alan Boodman
 1962  CHN   79-83   Alan Boodman
 1963  CHN   96-66   Alan Boodman
 1964  CHN   97-66   Alan Boodman
 1965  CHN   87-75   Alan Boodman
 1966  CHN   78-84   Alan Boodman
 1967  CHN   74-88   Alan Boodman
 1968  CHN   65-97   Alan Bosslet
 1969  CHN   77-85   Alan Bosslet
 1969  NYA   93-69   Dave Jackson, Chris Kohlwes
 1970  NYA   98-64   Chris Kohlwes
 1971  NYA   90-72   Chris Kohlwes

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