Ernie Banks
Ernie Banks  
Birth DateJanuary 31, 1931
Age78
BatsRight
ThrowsRight
Experience19 years
StatsRelated
Batting Statistics
Career: Batting
SEASON TEAM G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
1953 Chi 10 35 3 11 1 1 2 6 4 5 0 0 .314 .385 .571 .956
1954 Chi 154 593 70 163 19 7 19 79 40 50 6 10 .275 .326 .427 .753
1955 Chi 154 596 98 176 29 9 44 117 45 72 9 3 .295 .345 .596 .941
1956 Chi 139 538 82 160 25 8 28 85 52 62 6 9 .297 .358 .530 .888
1957 Chi 156 594 113 169 34 6 43 102 70 85 8 4 .285 .360 .579 .939
1958 Chi 154 617 119 193 23 11 47 129 52 87 4 4 .313 .366 .614 .980
1959 Chi 155 589 97 179 25 6 45 143 64 72 2 4 .304 .374 .596 .970
1960 Chi 156 597 94 162 32 7 41 117 71 69 1 3 .271 .350 .554 .904
1961 Chi 138 511 75 142 22 4 29 80 54 75 1 2 .278 .346 .507 .853
1962 Chi 154 610 87 164 20 6 37 104 30 71 5 1 .269 .306 .503 .809
1963 Chi 130 432 41 98 20 1 18 64 39 73 0 3 .227 .292 .403 .695
1964 Chi 157 591 67 156 29 6 23 95 36 84 1 2 .264 .307 .450 .757
1965 Chi 163 612 79 162 25 3 28 106 55 64 3 5 .265 .328 .453 .781
1966 Chi 141 511 52 139 23 7 15 75 29 59 0 1 .272 .315 .432 .747
1967 Chi 151 573 68 158 26 4 23 95 27 93 2 2 .276 .310 .455 .765
1968 Chi 150 552 71 136 27 0 32 83 27 67 2 0 .246 .287 .469 .756
1969 ChC 155 565 60 143 19 2 23 106 42 101 0 0 .253 .309 .416 .725
1970 ChC 72 222 25 56 6 2 12 44 20 33 0 0 .252 .313 .459 .772
1971 ChC 39 83 4 16 2 0 3 6 6 14 0 0 .193 .247 .325 .572
Total -- 2528 9421 1305 2583 407 90 512 1636 763 1236 50 53 .274 .330 .500 .830
Seasonal Averages (per 162 games played)
YEARS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
15.6 162 604 84 166 26 6 33 105 49 79 3 3 .274 .330 .500 .830
Postseason Batting Statistics
SEASON G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
All-Star Batting Statistics*
SEASON TEAM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
*All-Star data prior to 1993 is unavailable.
Miscellaneous Batting
SEASON TEAM TPA #PIT #P/PA TB SF SH HBP IBB GIDP GB FB G/F
1953 Chi 39 0 .00 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --
1954 Chi 649 0 .00 253 4 5 7 0 0 0 0 --
1955 Chi 646 0 .00 355 3 0 2 6 0 0 0 --
1956 Chi 593 0 .00 285 3 0 0 18 0 0 0 --
1957 Chi 674 0 .00 344 5 2 3 11 0 0 0 --
1958 Chi 682 0 .00 379 8 1 4 12 0 0 0 --
1959 Chi 671 0 .00 351 9 2 7 20 0 0 0 --
1960 Chi 678 0 .00 331 6 0 4 28 0 0 0 --
1961 Chi 573 0 .00 259 6 0 2 21 0 0 0 --
1962 Chi 657 0 .00 307 10 0 7 3 0 0 0 --
1963 Chi 484 0 .00 174 8 1 4 16 0 0 0 --
1964 Chi 637 0 .00 266 6 1 3 11 0 0 0 --
1965 Chi 680 0 .00 277 7 0 6 19 0 0 0 --
1966 Chi 554 0 .00 221 5 4 5 10 0 0 0 --
1967 Chi 615 0 .00 261 4 8 3 8 0 0 0 --
1968 Chi 595 0 .00 259 2 9 5 4 0 0 0 --
1969 ChC 629 0 .00 235 7 8 7 7 0 0 0 --
1970 ChC 247 0 .00 102 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 --
1971 ChC 92 0 .00 27 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 --
Total -- 10395 0 .00 4706 96 45 70 198 0 0 0 --
Miscellaneous Batting
SEASON TEAM SB CS SB% XBH AB/HR BB/PA BB/SO IsoP SecA PSN
1953 Chi 0 0 0.00 4 17.5 .103 0.80 .257 .371 0.00
1954 Chi 6 10 0.38 45 31.2 .062 0.80 .152 .212 9.12
1955 Chi 9 3 0.75 82 13.5 .070 0.63 .300 .386 14.94
1956 Chi 6 9 0.40 61 19.2 .088 0.84 .232 .323 9.88
1957 Chi 8 4 0.67 83 13.8 .104 0.82 .295 .419 13.49
1958 Chi 4 4 0.50 81 13.1 .076 0.60 .301 .386 7.37
1959 Chi 2 4 0.33 76 13.1 .096 0.89 .292 .397 3.83
1960 Chi 1 3 0.25 80 14.6 .105 1.03 .283 .399 1.95
1961 Chi 1 2 0.33 55 17.6 .094 0.72 .229 .333 1.93
1962 Chi 5 1 0.83 63 16.5 .046 0.42 .234 .290 8.81
1963 Chi 0 3 0.00 39 24.0 .081 0.53 .176 .259 0.00
1964 Chi 1 2 0.33 58 25.7 .057 0.43 .186 .245 1.92
1965 Chi 3 5 0.38 56 21.9 .081 0.86 .188 .275 5.42
1966 Chi 0 1 0.00 45 34.1 .053 0.49 .160 .215 0.00
1967 Chi 2 2 0.50 53 24.9 .044 0.29 .180 .227 3.68
1968 Chi 2 0 1.00 59 17.3 .046 0.40 .223 .275 3.77
1969 ChC 0 0 0.00 44 24.6 .068 0.42 .163 .237 0.00
1970 ChC 0 0 0.00 20 18.5 .081 0.61 .207 .297 0.00
1971 ChC 0 0 0.00 5 27.7 .067 0.43 .133 .205 0.00
Total -- 50 53 0.49 1009 18.4 .074 0.62 .225 .306 91.10
Awards
• 1958: National League Most Valuable Player• 1959: National League Most Valuable Player
• 1960: National League Gold Glove at SS • 1999: Named to All-Century Team (SS)