Banks achieved the milestone in the first inning off loser Dick Kelley when he hit a 2 run homerun. He became just the 17th man at the time to drive in 1,500 runs. After the game Ernie would discuss his swing. “I’ve been changing my stance in the last couple of weeks, spreading out a little bit more and trying all kinds of things,” Banks would add, “My big problem is that I am swinging too hard, I started swing too hard when we were in Philly and I am not that type of hitter. I’ve got to swing nice and easy and just try to meet the ball. Today I went back to my old stance. I sure had gotten a little worried but Billy Williams simply said, don’t rush it Ernie. It will come back. That helped me a lot and today it showed.”
Banks had a special guest, his daughter Jan was at the game along with her class mates. (Image below from Ray Gora of the Chicago Tribune)