How Ernie Banks's Gross Production Average (GPA) Compares to Similar Players

Ernie Banks posted a career Gross Production Average (GPA) of .273, above the league average of .246 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Gross Production Average (GPA) season came in 1958, posting .318, well above the league average of .251 that year. The lowest point came in 1971 at .193, below the league average of .238 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .243 in 1969 to .256 in 1970 and .193 in 1971. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 19 seasons.

Ernie Banks Lifetime Gross Production Average (GPA)

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Ernie Banks Gross Production Average (GPA) Per Season

Ernie Banks's Gross Production Average (GPA) 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 Gross Production Average (GPA) per season line chart

Ernie Banks Gross Production Average (GPA) by Team

Ernie Banks's career Gross Production Average (GPA) totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ernie Banks career Gross Production Average (GPA) by team bar chart

Ernie Banks Gross Production Average (GPA) Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ernie Banks's career Gross Production Average (GPA) shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Ernie Banks Gross Production Average (GPA) year-over-year waterfall chart

Ernie Banks Gross Production Average (GPA) Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ernie Banks's seasonal Gross Production Average (GPA) 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 Gross Production Average (GPA) distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ernie Banks Gross Production Average (GPA) — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ernie Banks's MLB career with Gross Production Average (GPA) 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 Gross Production Average (GPA) season-by-season breakdown table