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    Ernie Banks

    “Jarvis fires away … That’s a fly ball, deep to left, back, back … HEY HEY! He did it! Ernie Banks got number 500! The ball tossed to the bullpen … everybody on your feet … this … is IT! WHEEEEEEEE!”— Jack Brickhouse, WGN-TV, May 12, 19701

    When the curtain rang down on the 1969 season, Ernie Banks was just three home runs shy of 500. But the Chicago Cubs first baseman was not one to dwell on anställda achievements. He was probably preoccupied with the disappointing year enjoyed by his team; 1969 was the closest he or many of his teammates had come to a post-season. But Banks was a glass-half-full type of individ. Blue skies and better days were ahead.

    As the 1970 årstid commenced, Banks was assigned an unfamiliar role — serving as a backup to Jim Hickman at first base. His at-bats would be less frequent, and accordingly so were his home runs. Banks’ daughter Jan asked him to please “get it over with.” On May 12, 1970, Banks was only too happy to ob

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    Ernie Banks

    Ernest Banks
    Nickname: Ernie, Mr. Cub

    Career: 1950
    Position: ss
    Teams: Kansas City Monarchs (1950-1953), military service (1951-1952), major leagues (1953-1971)
    Bats: Right
    Throws: Right
    Height: 6' 1''   Weight: 180
    Born: January 31, 1931, Dallas, Texas

    An all-around athlete, he starred in football, basketball, and track in high school and at age seventeen signed to play semipro baseball with a barnstorming black team for $15 a game. "Cool Papa" Bell saw him and signed him for the Kansas City Monarchs. Playing shortstop for the Monarchs under manager Buck O'Neil, he hit .255 in 1950 but, after two years in the Army, improved to .347 in 1953.

    Late in the season he was discovered by the Chicago Cubs, signed to a contract, and sent directly to the major leagues, the first black player in the franchise's long history. He hit .314 with the Cubs in only ten games, but the following season, as the regular shortstop, he hit .275 while stroking 19 ho

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    Let’s Play Two: The Life and Times of Ernie Banks

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    Nineteen seventy-seven was the only 50-Home Run season in the major leagues for two decades, and it was turned in by Reds outfielder George Foster. This book is an account of Foster's breakout MVP season which established him as one of the most feared sluggers in the National League, as well as a series-by-series account of the season that was the undoing of the Big Red Machine's dominance.

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