Ernie Banks Career Total Chances Overview

During Ernie Banks's 19-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 18822 total chances, an average of 990.63 total chances per season. 1965 was his best season with 1790 total chances and his worst season was 1953 when he had 53 total chances. Ernie Banks outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (2093.96), The Silent Generation (2295.19), Y (8643.37), mlb (2061.62), and 1B (4817.71) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Total chances are the number of defensive plays the player or team has participated in. It's calcuated by summing putouts, assists, and errors for a player or team over a given time period. Generally, for Total Chances, higher is better. (Source)

Ernie Banks Lifetime Total Chances

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Ernie Banks
Total Chances
Career18822
Season Avg.990.63
162 Game Avg.1231.49
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Ernie Banks Total Chances By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Ernie Banks's yearly Total Chances 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 Cumulative Total Chances by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Ernie Banks's career Total Chances progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Ernie Banks's career Total Chances at the end of that season.
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Ernie Banks Total Chances By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Ernie Banks and related player groups by summarizing Total Chances 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 Total Chances Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Ernie Banks Total Chances 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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