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Ernie Banks

1931 - 2015

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Ernest Banks (January 31, 1931 – January 23, 2015), nicknamed "Mr. Cub" and "Mr. Sunshine", was an American professional baseball player who starred in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs between 1953 and 1971. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977 in his first year of eligibility, and was named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernie Banks is the 40th most popular baseball player (down from 39th in 2019), the 11,383rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,311th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Ernie Banks ranks 40 out of 91. Before him are Greg Maddux, Hideo Nomo, Bob Gibson, Sammy Sosa, Carl Yastrzemski, and Shohei Ohtani. After him are Ken Griffey Jr., Manny Ramirez, Hideki Matsui, Albert Pujols, Hank Greenberg, and David Ortiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Ernie Banks ranks 564. Before him are Zoltán Huszárik, Bassano Staffieri, Helena Pilejczyk, Jerry Herman, Georgi Vladimov, and Romila Thapar. After him are Werner Israel, Bruce Halford, Bernie Geoffrion, Leslie Bricusse, Thane Baker, and Paulias Matane. Among people deceased in 2015, Ernie Banks ranks 468. Before him are Andy Sutcliffe, Denis Healey, Marian Szeja, Bob Burns, Mariem Hassan, and Patricia Canning Todd. After him are Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Stein Eriksen, Jim Loscutoff, Origa, Lyubov Kozyreva, and Ferenc Konrád.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ernie Banks ranks 11,385 out of 20,380. Before him are Barry Diller (1942), Spring Byington (1886), Sammy Lee (1920), Billy Mills (1938), Alana de la Garza (1976), and Kathryn Hunter (1957). After him are Hillary Scott (1983), Charles J. Folger (1818), Jennison Heaton (1904), Raja Gosnell (1958), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (1975), and H. Bruce Humberstone (1901).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Ernie Banks ranks 33. Before him are Mark McGwire (1963), Derek Jeter (1974), Cal Ripken Jr. (1960), Greg Maddux (1966), Bob Gibson (1935), and Carl Yastrzemski (1939). After him are Ken Griffey Jr. (1969), Hank Greenberg (1911), Roy Halladay (1977), Aaron Judge (1992), Curt Schilling (1966), and Justin Verlander (1983).

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