Ernie Banks

Retired

High Level

MLB

Years

1953-1971 (1953-1971)

Proper Name

Ernest Banks

Nickname

Mr. Cub

Positions

1B (1259) ... SS (1125) ... 3B (69) ... OF (23)

Height / Weight

6-1 / 180

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

January 31,1931

Death Date

January 23,2015 Age: 83.357

Place

Dallas, Texas Flags

High School

Booker T. Washington (Dallas,TX)

MLB Debut

September 21,1953

MLBAM ID

110533

Retrosheet#

banke101

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Subject of Chapter 36 of the book The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnarski [1967] Winner of the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (Character and Integrity) [1977] Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Baseball Writers) [1982] His #14 was retired by the Cubs on August 22,1982 [2021] Inducted into the Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame

MLB Batting Logs

1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971

MLB Batting Splits

1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 Career

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