Legend:
There have been many great legendary first baseman throughout the 100+ years of baseball, but there was one who put a big mark on baseball loyalty. Ernie Banks loved the game of baseball, as well as being a lifetime Chicago Cub. To stay with a team that never made it to the playoffs the whole time the player was there, yet the player steel stayed, is true loyalty. Despite Ernie Banks never reaching the playoffs, he still managed to reach Hall of Fame type credentials in numerous statistical categories. During Mr. Cub’s 19-year career, he averaged to appear in 140 games while slugging 28 homer and driving in 91 runs, all with an batting average of .274. With a glove, he was also an above average player, as he produced a range factor above league average. Moving with ease from shortstop to first base in the middle of Ernie’s career, while also winning back-to-back NL MVP’s in 1958-1959, surely makes him worthy of the statue in Wrigley Field.
