Box Score of 500th Home Run by Ernie Banks

Ernie Banks reached the five-hundred home runs plateau during an eleven inning win over the Atlanta Braves. The Cubs slugger went deep during the second inning and simultaneously reached one-thousand six-hundred runs batted in.
"I met Jackie Robinson and he impacted my life tremendously. So much so that I wanted to be like Jackie." - Ernie Banks
Ernie Banks

Ernie Banks 500 Home Run Club FDC
500th Home Run Box Score
May 12, 1970
Wrigley Field

Name Pos AB R H RBI
Sonny Jackson ss 4 1 0 0
Felix Millan 2b 5 1 1 0
Hank Aaron rf 4 0 0 0
Rico Carty lf 3 0 3 0
Ralph Garr pr 0 0 0 0
Hoyt Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
Hal King ph 1 0 0 0
Bob Priddy p 0 0 0 0
Orlando Cepeda 1b 4 0 0 0
Clete Boyer 3b 4 1 2 0
Tony Gonzalez cf 4 0 0 0
Bob Tillman c 2 0 0 0
Mike Lum ph-lf 1 0 0 0
Pat Jarvis p 3 0 0 0
Bob Didier c 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 6 0

Name Pos AB R H RBI
Don Kessinger ss 5 1 3 0
Glenn Beckert 3b 5 0 1 0
Billy Williams lf 4 1 1 1
Ron Santo 3b 5 1 2 1
Johnny Callison rf 4 0 0 0
Ernie Banks 1b 3 1 1 2
Jim Hickman cf 3 0 0 0
J.C. Martin c 2 0 0 0
Jimmie Hall ph 1 0 0 0
Jack Hiatt c 1 0 1 0
Ken Holtzman p 2 0 0 0
Willie Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Ted Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Paul Popovich ph 1 0 0 0
Phil Regan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 9 4

Hitting & Fielding Notes

Caught Stealing: Cepeda.
Double Plays: Atlanta 1, Chicago 2.
Doubles: Boyer, Santo.
Errors: Martin.
Home Runs: Banks, Williams.
Left on Base: Atlanta 4, Chicago 6.
Sacrifice Fly: Banks.
Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Atlanta 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
Chicago 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 9 1

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Pat Jarvis 8.0 4 2 2 1 6
Hoyt Wilhelm 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Bob Priddy 0.0 3 1 1 1 0

Name IP H R ER BB SO
Ken Holtzman 8.0 5 3 2 3 4
Ted Abernathy 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Phil Regan 1.0 0 0 0 1 0

Pitching Notes

Priddy had none out when winning run scored.

Losing Pitcher: Priddy.
Wild Pitch: Holtzman.
Winning Pitcher: Regan.

Game Notes

Attendance: 5,264.
Length of Game: 2:45.
Umpires: uk.


Ernie Banks won two consecutive Most Valuable Player Awards (1958 & 1959), but did you know he won those awards with a team (Chicago Cubs) that finished in fifth place?

During the 1957 season, Ernie Banks was knocked down by a pitch thrown by Don Drysdale, Bob Friend, Bob Purkey, and Jack Sanford. Umpire Tom Gorman remembered that season and added, "And each time he was knocked down, Banks hit their next pitch (at-bat) out of the park!"

Why did they refer to Ernie Banks as "Mr. Cub"? Perhaps it was because he is the Chicago Cubs record holder for at-bats (9,421), extra-base hits (1,009), games played (2,528), home runs (512), and total bases (4,706)!
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