How Ernie Banks's Errors Compares to Similar Players

Ernie Banks totaled 261 career Errors, well above the league average of 30.0 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Errors season came in 1971, posting 0, well below the league average of 4.2 that year. The highest point came in 1954 at 34, well above the league average of 5.1 that year. The Errors trended upward through the final seasons. The Errors total went from 4 in 1969 to 4 in 1970 and 0 in 1971, falling over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Errors profile — ranging from 0 to 34 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Ernie Banks Lifetime Errors

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Ernie Banks
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Season Avg.13.74
162 Game Avg.17.08
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Ernie Banks Errors Per Season

Ernie Banks's Errors for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ernie Banks Errors per season line chart

Ernie Banks Errors by Team

Ernie Banks's career Errors totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ernie Banks career Errors by team bar chart

Ernie Banks Cumulative Errors — Career Progression

A running total of Ernie Banks's career Errors, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Ernie Banks Errors year-over-year waterfall chart

Ernie Banks Errors Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ernie Banks's seasonal Errors alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Ernie Banks Errors distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ernie Banks Errors — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ernie Banks's MLB career with Errors alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Ernie Banks Errors season-by-season breakdown table