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Ernie Banks
Ernest Banks (Mr. Cub)

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

Debut September 17, 1953
Final Game September 26, 1971
Born January 31, 1931 in Dallas, TX

Uncle of Bob Johnson

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1977.

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 22 CHC NL  10   35    3   11   1  1   2    6   0  0   4   5  .314  .385  .571  143   20   0           0   0
 1954 23 CHC NL 154  593   70  163  19  7  19   79   6 10  40  50  .275  .326  .427   94  253   5   4       7  11 MVP-16,RoY-2
 1955 24 CHC NL 154  596   98  176  29  9  44  117   9  3  45  72  .295  .345  .596  144  355   0   3   6   2  16 MVP-3,AS
 1956 25 CHC NL 139  538   82  160  25  8  28   85   6  9  52  62  .297  .358  .530  136  285   0   3  18   0   7 MVP-28,AS
 1957 26 CHC NL 156  594  113  169  34  6  43  102   8  4  70  85  .285  .360  .579  149  344   2   5  11   3  12 MVP-6,AS
 1958 27 CHC NL 154  617  119  193  23 11  47  129   4  4  52  87  .313  .366  .614  156  379   1   8  12   4  14 MVP-1,AS
 1959 28 CHC NL 155  589   97  179  25  6  45  143   2  4  64  72  .304  .374  .596  155  351   2   9  20   7  18 MVP-1,AS
 1960 29 CHC NL 156  597   94  162  32  7  41  117   1  3  71  69  .271  .350  .554  145  331   0   6  28   4  14 MVP-4,AS
 1961 30 CHC NL 138  511   75  142  22  4  29   80   1  2  54  75  .278  .346  .507  122  259   0   6  21   2  11 AS
 1962 31 CHC NL 154  610   87  164  20  6  37  104   5  1  30  71  .269  .306  .503  110  307   0  10   3   7  19 MVP-18,AS
 1963 32 CHC NL 130  432   41   98  20  1  18   64   0  3  39  73  .227  .292  .403   94  174   1   8  16   4   7
 1964 33 CHC NL 157  591   67  156  29  6  23   95   1  2  36  84  .264  .307  .450  107  266   1   6  11   3  16
 1965 34 CHC NL 163  612   79  162  25  3  28  106   3  5  55  64  .265  .328  .453  116  277   0   7  19   6  16 AS
 1966 35 CHC NL 141  511   52  139  23  7  15   75   0  1  29  59  .272  .315  .432  105  221   4   5  10   5  15
 1967 36 CHC NL 151  573   68  158  26  4  23   95   2  2  27  93  .276  .310  .455  113  261   8   4   8   3  20 MVP-14,AS
 1968 37 CHC NL 150  552   71  136  27  0  32   83   2  0  27  67  .246  .287  .469  118  259   9   2   4   5  12 MVP-13
 1969 38 CHC NL 155  565   60  143  19  2  23  106   0  0  42 101  .253  .309  .416   92  235   8   7   7   7  15 MVP-12,AS
 1970 39 CHC NL  72  222   25   56   6  2  12   44   0  0  20  33  .252  .313  .459   96  102   1   3   3   1   5
 1971 40 CHC NL  39   83    4   16   2  0   3    6   0  0   6  14  .193  .247  .325   53   27   3   0   1   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons         9421      2583     90     1636     53    1236  .274  .330  .500  122       45  96 198  70 229
               2528      1305      407    512       50    763                            4706
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        604   84  166  26  6  33  105   3  3  49  79  .274  .330  .500  122  302   3   6  13   4  15
 Career High    163  617  119  193  34 11  47  143   9 10  71 101  .313  .374  .614  156  379   9  10  28   7  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 22 CHC NL   39   24    8   8.8   112| .314  .277| .385  .348| .571  .431| .956  .779| 143  .751   2.1   0.2   0%
 1954 23 CHC NL  649  460   78   4.6   110| .275  .275| .326  .347| .427  .426| .753  .772|  94  .476  -7.5  -0.7  37%
 1955 24 CHC NL  646  442  117   7.1   105| .295  .265| .345  .336| .596  .420| .941  .757| 144  .681  34.1   3.3  75%
 1956 25 CHC NL  593  397   99   6.7   102| .297  .263| .358  .330| .530  .415| .888  .745| 136  .675  26.2   2.6  40%
 1957 26 CHC NL  674  448  123   7.5   102| .285  .267| .360  .331| .579  .414| .939  .745| 149  .705  40.4   3.9  66%
 1958 27 CHC NL  682  451  135   8.0   104| .313  .267| .366  .335| .614  .417| .980  .752| 156  .731  46.8   4.5  50%
 1959 28 CHC NL  671  443  126   7.6   104| .304  .269| .374  .335| .596  .416| .970  .751| 155  .713  45.5   4.4  33%
 1960 29 CHC NL  678  458  113   6.6    98| .271  .262| .350  .328| .554  .402| .904  .730| 145  .683  35.8   3.6  25%
 1961 30 CHC NL  573  388   88   6.1   106| .278  .271| .346  .338| .507  .422| .853  .760| 122  .618  15.7   1.5  33%
 1962 31 CHC NL  657  476   89   5.0   106| .269  .275| .306  .342| .503  .417| .809  .759| 110  .542   5.0   0.5  83%
 1963 32 CHC NL  484  353   50   3.8    94| .227  .261| .292  .323| .403  .390| .695  .713|  94  .488  -3.5  -0.4   0%
 1964 33 CHC NL  637  460   77   4.5    97| .264  .268| .307  .326| .450  .398| .757  .724| 107  .543   4.2   0.4  33%
 1965 34 CHC NL  680  478   87   4.9    95| .265  .260| .328  .324| .453  .394| .781  .718| 116  .578  12.8   1.3  37%
 1966 35 CHC NL  554  397   66   4.5    97| .272  .266| .315  .324| .432  .400| .747  .725| 105  .526   2.4   0.2   0%
 1967 36 CHC NL  615  449   74   4.4    94| .276  .264| .310  .327| .455  .387| .765  .714| 113  .552   6.9   0.7  50%
 1968 37 CHC NL  595  439   72   4.4    87| .246  .260| .287  .319| .469  .366| .756  .685| 118  .597   9.7   1.1 100%
 1969 38 CHC NL  629  452   71   4.2   105| .253  .274| .309  .346| .416  .406| .725  .752|  92  .504  -8.2  -0.8   0%
 1970 39 CHC NL  247  175   32   4.9   112| .252  .279| .313  .354| .459  .427| .772  .781|  96  .526  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1971 40 CHC NL   92   71    7   2.7   102| .193  .274| .247  .342| .325  .401| .572  .743|  53  .314  -5.8  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 19 Seasons   10395  7261 1512   5.6   101| .274  .267| .330  .333| .500  .406| .830  .739| 122  .612 259.8  25.4  48%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1953 22 CHC NL  SS   10     19   33    1    9  .981  .958  5.20  4.63                        
 1954 23 CHC NL  SS  154    312  475   34  105  .959  .959  5.11  4.63                        
 1955 24 CHC NL  SS  154    290  482   22  102  .972  .964  5.01  4.57                         AS
 1956 25 CHC NL  SS  139    279  357   25   92  .962  .962  4.58  4.53  4.66  4.94  139 1228.0 AS
 1957 26 CHC NL  SS  100    168  261   11   59  .975  .958  4.29  4.34  4.32  4.82   98  894.3 AS
                 3B   58     73   87    3   12  .982  .952  2.76  2.71  2.86  2.96   58  504.0 AS
 1958 27 CHC NL  SS  154    292  468   32  100  .960  .964  4.94  4.57  5.03  5.11  154 1361.0 AS
 1959 28 CHC NL  SS  154    271  519   12   95  .985  .966  5.13  4.53  5.18  5.11  154 1371.3 AS
 1960 29 CHC NL  SS  156    283  488   18   94  .977  .960  4.94  4.23  5.04  4.81  156 1375.7 GG,AS
 1961 30 CHC NL  SS  104    173  358   19   68  .965  .959  5.11  4.28  5.41  4.92  102  883.3 AS
                 LF   23     33    2    1    0  .972  .972  1.52  1.50  1.58  1.88   23  199.7 AS
                 1B    7     68    6    1    8  .987  .991 10.57  8.57 10.92  9.83    7   61.0 AS
 1962 31 CHC NL  1B  149   1458  106   11  134  .993  .990 10.50  6.71 10.78  6.89  148 1305.3 AS
                 3B    3      4    1    0    1 1.000  .943  1.67  2.57  2.50  2.95    2   18.0 AS
 1963 32 CHC NL  1B  125   1178   78    9   97  .993  .989 10.05  8.00 10.72  8.54  117 1054.0
 1964 33 CHC NL  1B  157   1565  132   10  122  .994  .990 10.81  6.37 11.36  6.70  153 1344.0
 1965 34 CHC NL  1B  162   1682   93   15  143  .992  .990 10.96  6.17 11.13  6.27  161 1435.7 AS
 1966 35 CHC NL  1B  130   1178   81   10   88  .992  .989  9.68  7.69 10.20  8.10  127 1111.3
                 3B    8      5   11    3    0  .842  .952  2.00  2.66  2.94  3.05    5   49.0
 1967 36 CHC NL  1B  147   1383   91   10  111  .993  .991 10.03  6.80 10.34  7.02  146 1282.7 AS
 1968 37 CHC NL  1B  147   1379   88    6  118  .996  .992  9.98  6.80 10.72  7.30  145 1232.0
 1969 38 CHC NL  1B  153   1419   87    4  116  .997  .992  9.84  6.54 10.41  6.91  147 1301.7 AS
 1970 39 CHC NL  1B   62    528   35    4   53  .993  .992  9.08  8.37 10.05  9.68   57  504.3
 1971 40 CHC NL  1B   20    167   12    0   15 1.000  .992  8.95  8.58 10.02  9.88   18  160.7

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1961 30 CHC NL  1B    7     68    6    1    8  .987  .991 10.57  8.57 10.92  9.83    7   61.0
 1962 31 CHC NL  1B  149   1458  106   11  134  .993  .990 10.50  6.71 10.78  6.89  148 1305.3
 1963 32 CHC NL  1B  125   1178   78    9   97  .993  .989 10.05  8.00 10.72  8.54  117 1054.0
 1964 33 CHC NL  1B  157   1565  132   10  122  .994  .990 10.81  6.37 11.36  6.70  153 1344.0
 1965 34 CHC NL  1B  162   1682   93   15  143  .992  .990 10.96  6.17 11.13  6.27  161 1435.7
 1966 35 CHC NL  1B  130   1178   81   10   88  .992  .989  9.68  7.69 10.20  8.10  127 1111.3
 1967 36 CHC NL  1B  147   1383   91   10  111  .993  .991 10.03  6.80 10.34  7.02  146 1282.7
 1968 37 CHC NL  1B  147   1379   88    6  118  .996  .992  9.98  6.80 10.72  7.30  145 1232.0
 1969 38 CHC NL  1B  153   1419   87    4  116  .997  .992  9.84  6.54 10.41  6.91  147 1301.7
 1970 39 CHC NL  1B   62    528   35    4   53  .993  .992  9.08  8.37 10.05  9.68   57  504.3
 1971 40 CHC NL  1B   20    167   12    0   15 1.000  .992  8.95  8.58 10.02  9.88   18  160.7

 1957 26 CHC NL  3B   58     73   87    3   12  .982  .952  2.76  2.71  2.86  2.96   58  504.0
 1962 31 CHC NL  3B    3      4    1    0    1 1.000  .943  1.67  2.57  2.50  2.95    2   18.0
 1966 35 CHC NL  3B    8      5   11    3    0  .842  .952  2.00  2.66  2.94  3.05    5   49.0

 1961 30 CHC NL  LF   23     33    2    1    0  .972  .972  1.52  1.50  1.58  1.88   23  199.7

 1961 30 CHC NL  OF   23     32    6    1    0  .974  .977  1.65  1.86  1.71  2.16   23  199.7

 1953 22 CHC NL  SS   10     19   33    1    9  .981  .958  5.20  4.63                        
 1954 23 CHC NL  SS  154    312  475   34  105  .959  .959  5.11  4.63                        
 1955 24 CHC NL  SS  154    290  482   22  102  .972  .964  5.01  4.57                        
 1956 25 CHC NL  SS  139    279  357   25   92  .962  .962  4.58  4.53  4.66  4.94  139 1228.0
 1957 26 CHC NL  SS  100    168  261   11   59  .975  .958  4.29  4.34  4.32  4.82   98  894.3
 1958 27 CHC NL  SS  154    292  468   32  100  .960  .964  4.94  4.57  5.03  5.11  154 1361.0
 1959 28 CHC NL  SS  154    271  519   12   95  .985  .966  5.13  4.53  5.18  5.11  154 1371.3
 1960 29 CHC NL  SS  156    283  488   18   94  .977  .960  4.94  4.23  5.04  4.81  156 1375.7
 1961 30 CHC NL  SS  104    173  358   19   68  .965  .959  5.11  4.28  5.41  4.92  102  883.3

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  1B*1259  12005  809   80 1005  .994  .991 10.18  6.95             1226 10792.7
                 SS*1125   2087 3441  174  724  .969  .962  4.91  4.47              803 7113.7
                 3B*  69     82   99    6   13  .968  .952  2.62  2.70               65  571.0
                 LF*  23     33    2    1    0  .972  .972  1.52  1.50               23  199.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total      2476  14206 4355  261 1742  .986  .981  7.50  5.66
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1955   CHC NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1956   CHC NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1957   CHC NL       3   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1958   CHC NL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   1 Starting SS 
 1959-1 CHC NL   *   3   1   2  2  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1959-2 CHC NL   *   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1960-1 CHC NL   *   4   2   2  1  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1960-2 CHC NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1961-2 CHC NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1962-1 CHC NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1962-2 CHC NL       2   1   1  0  1  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1965   CHC NL   *   4   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1967   CHC NL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1969   CHC NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 13/14    7  33   4  10  3  1  1   3   1   8   0  0   0   0   1  .303  .343  .545 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1955 (SS)
1956
1957 *
1958 (SS)
1959-1 (SS)
1959-2 (SS)
1960-1 (SS)
1960-2 (SS)
1961-2 *
1962-1 *
1962-2 *
1965 (1B)
1967 *
1969 *

Awards
1958-NL-MVP
1959-NL-MVP
1967-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

Gold Gloves
1960-NL--SS

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1954-NL-16-0.04
1955-NL-3-0.58
1956-NL-28-0.01
1957-NL-6-0.18
1958-NL-1-0.84
1959-NL-1-0.69
1960-NL-4-0.30
1962-NL-18-0.02
1967-NL-14-0.08
1968-NL-13-0.05
1969-NL-12-0.04
Car-36-2.83 shares

Batting Average
1958 NL-.313-6
1959 NL-.304-10

On-base %
1958 NL-.366-9

Slugging %
1955 NL-.596-4
1956 NL-.530-8
1957 NL-.579-5
1958 NL-.614-1
1959 NL-.596-2
1960 NL-.554-5
1968 NL-.469-9

OPS
1955 NL-.941-8
1956 NL-.887-10
1957 NL-.939-5
1958 NL-.980-2
1959 NL-.970-4
1960 NL-.904-6

Games
1954 NL-154-1
1955 NL-154-1
1957 NL-156-1
1958 NL-154-1
1959 NL-155-1
1960 NL-156-1
1965 NL-163-3
Car-2528-42

At Bats
1954 NL-593-10
1955 NL-596-8
1957 NL-594-7
1958 NL-617-1
1959 NL-589-10
1960 NL-597-3
Car-9421-40

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1957 NL-674-9
1958 NL-682-3
1959 NL-671-8
1960 NL-678-2
Car-10395-53

Runs
1955 NL-98-10
1957 NL-113-2
1958 NL-119-2
1959 NL-97-8
1960 NL-94-10

Hits
1955 NL-176-10
1957 NL-169-10
1958 NL-193-4
1959 NL-179-7
1960 NL-162-10
Car-2583-79

Total Bases
1955 NL-355-3
1956 NL-285-10
1957 NL-344-3
1958 NL-379-1
1959 NL-351-3
1960 NL-331-2
1962 NL-307-6
1968 NL-259-10
Car-4706-29

Doubles
1955 NL-29-9
1957 NL-34-4
1960 NL-32-5

Triples
1955 NL-9-5
1956 NL-8-8
1958 NL-11-2

Home Runs
1955 NL-44-3
1957 NL-43-2
1958 NL-47-1
1959 NL-45-2
1960 NL-41-1
1961 NL-29-8
1962 NL-37-4
1967 NL-23-10
1968 NL-32-3
Car-512-21

RBI
1955 NL-117-4
1957 NL-102-3
1958 NL-129-1
1959 NL-143-1
1960 NL-117-3
1962 NL-104-8
1964 NL-95-10
1965 NL-106-6
1967 NL-95-9
1968 NL-83-8
1969 NL-106-5
Car-1636-26

Bases on Balls
1957 NL-70-10
1960 NL-71-7

Strikeouts
1955 NL-72-7
1957 NL-85-9
1958 NL-87-5

Stolen Bases
1955 NL-9-10

Adjusted OPS+
1955 NL-144-7
1956 NL-136-9
1957 NL-149-5
1958 NL-156-2
1959 NL-155-4
1960 NL-145-5

Runs Created
1955 NL-117-7
1957 NL-123-5
1958 NL-135-2
1959 NL-126-4
1960 NL-113-4
Car-1512-74

Adjusted Batting Runs
1955 NL-34-10
1956 NL-26-9
1957 NL-40-5
1958 NL-47-2
1959 NL-45-4
1960 NL-36-5

Batting Wins
1955 NL-3.3-10
1956 NL-2.6-9
1957 NL-3.9-5
1958 NL-4.5-2
1959 NL-4.4-3
1960 NL-3.6-5

Extra-Base Hits
1955 NL-82-1
1957 NL-83-1
1958 NL-81-1
1959 NL-76-3
1960 NL-80-1
1962 NL-63-4
1968 NL-59-4
Car-1009-30

Times on Base
1957 NL-242-10
1958 NL-249-5
1959 NL-250-7
1960 NL-237-5

Offensive Win%
1955 NL-.681-9
1956 NL-.675-9
1957 NL-.705-6
1958 NL-.731-4
1959 NL-.713-6
1960 NL-.683-6

Hit By Pitch
1954 NL-7-2
1959 NL-7-2
1960 NL-4-9
1962 NL-7-8

Sac. Hits
1967 NL-8-10

Sac. Flies
1958 NL-8-2
1959 NL-9-2
1962 NL-10-2
1963 NL-8-3
1964 NL-6-7
1965 NL-7-6
1969 NL-7-6
Car-96-37

Intentional Walks
1956 NL-18-4
1957 NL-11-6
1958 NL-12-4
1959 NL-20-1
1960 NL-28-1
1961 NL-21-2
1963 NL-16-3
1964 NL-11-9
1965 NL-19-2
Car-198-12

Grounded into Double Plays
1955 NL-16-5
1959 NL-18-6
1962 NL-19-2
1964 NL-16-7
1965 NL-16-9
1967 NL-20-2
Car-229-40

Caught Stealing
1954 NL-10-2
1956 NL-9-2

Power/Speed Number
1955 NL-14.9-3
1957 NL-13.5-4

At Bats per Home Run
1955 NL-13.5-5
1957 NL-13.8-2
1958 NL-13.1-1
1959 NL-13.1-2
1960 NL-14.6-2
1961 NL-17.6-7
1962 NL-16.5-5
1968 NL-17.3-3
Car-18.4-76

Outs
1954 NL-460-8
1955 NL-442-9
1957 NL-448-6
1958 NL-451-3
1959 NL-443-8
1960 NL-458-3
1962 NL-476-8
1965 NL-478-8
Car-7261-33

Oldest Player
1968 NL-37-6
1969 NL-38-5
1970 NL-39-3
1971 NL-40-3

        

Black Ink: Batting - 26 (69) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 167 (63) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 46.1 (94) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 170.0 (61) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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  15. Reggie Jackson (861) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Reggie Jackson (856) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions 

September 8, 1953: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

December 1, 1971: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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