"There's another case — Ernie Banks. What could he do other than hit home runs? He didn't hit .300 lifetime. He couldn't play shortstop. He didn't have an arm. He couldn't run."
— Ernie Banks

January 1, 1970

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ElRoy Face, questioning Banks' HOF qualifications, immediately after having done so regarding ex-Pirate slugger ; as quoted in Maz and the '60 Bucs (1993) by Jim O'Brien, p. 306