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Historical player · 1953–1971 · ★ Hall of Fame 1977

Ernie Banks

B/T R/R · HT 73 · WT 180 · Born 1/31/1931 · From Dallas, TX USA · Debut 1953-09-17 · Final 1971-09-26

Career · batting

2,528

9,421

2,583

512

RBI

1,636

763

AVG/OPS

0.274 · 0.830

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Chicago Cubs · 1953–1971

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512

#2 on the Cubs

↑ 33 S. Sosa

↓ 120 B. Williams

Hits

2,583

#2 on the Cubs

↑ 429 C. Anson

↓ 73 B. Williams

RBI

1,636

#2 on the Cubs

↑ 244 C. Anson

↓ 222 S. Sosa

#80 on the Cubs

↑ 1 W. English

↓ 1 G. Beckert

Runs

1,305

#5 on the Cubs

↑ 1 B. Williams

↓ 60 S. Sosa

763

#8 on the Cubs

↑ 31 P. Cavarretta

↓ 2 R. Sandberg

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

512

#23 all-time MLB

↑ 9 W. McCovey

↓ 1 M. Ott

Hits

2,583

#90 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Jackson

↓ 9 M. Ramirez

RBI

1,636

#33 all-time MLB

↑ 16 T. Perez

↓ 8 H. Baines

#1,753 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Barkley

↓ 1 A. Amezaga

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1953	Cubs	NL	10	35	3	11	1	1	2	6	0	4	5	0.314	—	0.571
1954	Cubs	NL	154	593	70	163	19	7	19	79	6	40	50	0.275	0.326	0.427
1955	Cubs	NL	154	596	98	176	29	9	44	117	9	45	72	0.295	0.345	0.596
1956	Cubs	NL	139	538	82	160	25	8	28	85	6	52	62	0.297	0.358	0.530
1957	Cubs	NL	156	594	113	169	34	6	43	102	8	70	85	0.285	0.360	0.579
1958	Cubs	NL	154	617	119	193	23	11	47	129	4	52	87	0.313	0.366	0.614
1959	Cubs	NL	155	589	97	179	25	6	45	143	2	64	72	0.304	0.374	0.596
1960	Cubs	NL	156	597	94	162	32	7	41	117	1	71	69	0.271	0.350	0.554
1961	Cubs	NL	138	511	75	142	22	4	29	80	1	54	75	0.278	0.346	0.507
1962	Cubs	NL	154	610	87	164	20	6	37	104	5	30	71	0.269	0.306	0.503
1963	Cubs	NL	130	432	41	98	20	1	18	64	0	39	73	0.227	0.292	0.403
1964	Cubs	NL	157	591	67	156	29	6	23	95	1	36	84	0.264	0.307	0.450
1965	Cubs	NL	163	612	79	162	25	3	28	106	3	55	64	0.265	0.328	0.453
1966	Cubs	NL	141	511	52	139	23	7	15	75	0	29	59	0.272	0.315	0.432
1967	Cubs	NL	151	573	68	158	26	4	23	95	2	27	93	0.276	0.310	0.455
1968	Cubs	NL	150	552	71	136	27	0	32	83	2	27	67	0.246	0.287	0.469
1969	Cubs	NL	155	565	60	143	19	2	23	106	0	42	101	0.253	0.309	0.416
1970	Cubs	NL	72	222	25	56	6	2	12	44	0	20	33	0.252	0.313	0.459
1971	Cubs	NL	39	83	4	16	2	0	3	6	0	6	14	0.193	0.247	0.325
Career			2,528	9,421	1,305	2,583	407	90	512	1,636	50	763	1,236	0.274	0.330	0.500

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1,259	1,226	10,792.7	12,005	809	80	1,005
SS	1,125	1,111	9,863.3	2,087	3,441	174	724
3B	69	65	571.0	82	99	6	13
OF	23	23	199.7	32	6	1	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1977	BBWAA	321	288	Inducted