Why did Ernie Banks switch from SS to 1B in 1962?

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05-28-2015, 11:55 AM

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Big Switch

from all accounts that I've read,Banks was troubled by a shoulder injury and was having trouble with the throw from ss to 1st. ergo,the switch.Probably prolonged his career although the knees really started to give out on him in the later years.I think that Durocher thought he was dogging it.But it was the aged knees.

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