Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have.

Despite his advancing age in late 2008 Banks and his wife Liz Banks adopted a daughter. Thus he was technically if not officially MLB's first black manager predating Frank Robinson's hiring by almost two years. (Cal Ripken Jr now holds the record for most homers as a shortstop with 345.

Ernest "Ernie" Banks (born January 31 1931) nicknamed "Mr. He played as a shortstop and first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 19 seasons on the National League's (NL) Chicago Cubs team from 1953 through 1971. Cub" is a retired professional baseball player.