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Originally Posted by turtleguy64
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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Wikipedia just says that he was having knee problems. I figured that there had to be more since he was statistically still at his current level of play. I was not around at this time... and neither were my parents, haha. I just love learning more about the players from the 40s and 50s and wanted to inquire.