Ernie Banks Career On Base Percentage (OBP) Overview

Ernie Banks's On Base Percentage (OBP) was 0.329 for his 19-year Major League Baseball career. 1953 was his best season when his On Base Percentage (OBP) was 0.385 and his worst season was 1971 when his On Base Percentage (OBP) was 0.239. Ernie Banks is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or being beat by Y (0.368216), USA (0.312943), The Silent Generation (0.306542), mlb (0.311681), and 1B (0.324624) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

On Base Percentage (OBP)is the percentage of time a player reaches base per plate apperance. It's times on base divided by the plate appereances for a player or team over a given time period Generally, for On Base Percentage (OBP), higher is better. (Source)

Ernie Banks Lifetime On Base Percentage (OBP)

Stats similar to On Base Percentage (OBP) for Ernie Banks
Ernie Banks
On Base Percentage (OBP)
Career0.329
Season Avg.0.326
162 Game Avg.0.329
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Ernie Banks On Base Percentage (OBP) By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Ernie Banks's yearly On Base Percentage (OBP) for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 1B, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Ernie Banks On Base Percentage (OBP) By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Ernie Banks's career On Base Percentage (OBP) changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career On Base Percentage (OBP) Ernie Banks had at that season in his career.
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Ernie Banks On Base Percentage (OBP) By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Ernie Banks and related player groups by summarizing On Base Percentage (OBP) for each season played by Ernie Banks. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Ernie Banks On Base Percentage (OBP) Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Ernie Banks On Base Percentage (OBP) stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 1B, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Ernie Banks career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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