Royals honor Ernie Banks by delivering KC Monarchs hat to statue

The city of Chicago is honoring the recently deceased Ernie Banks by moving his statue into the city's Daley Plaza for the rest of the week, and the Kansas City Royals decided to stop by to pay their respects to the man known as "Mr. Cub."

The city of Chicago is honoring the recently deceased Ernie Banks by moving his statue into the city's Daley Plaza for the rest of the week, and the Kansas City Royals decided to stop by to pay their respects to the man known as "Mr. Cub." 

The Royals dropped off a hat from Banks' Negro League team, the Kansas City Monarchs, at the statue on Thursday.

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The statue generally sits outside of Wrigley Field and had been brought in for refurbishing during the offseason, but after Banks died on Friday the city decided to host the statue in a central location until the end of the month, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

GALLERY: CLASSIC SI PHOTOS OF ERNIE BANKS

Classic SI Photos of Ernie Banks

1955

Richard Meek/SI

1955

Richard Meek/SI

1955

Richard Meek/SI

1955

Richard Meek/SI

1956

John G. Zimmerman/SI

Ernie Banks makes the tag on Jim Gilliam of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1962

Hy Peskin/SI

1962

Hy Peskin/SI

Ernie Banks sits with Billy Williams, George Altman and Ron Santo in the dugout.

1964

Walter Iooss Jr./SI

1969

Walter Iooss Jr./SI

1969

Tony Triolo/SI

1969

Neil Leifer/SI

1969

Neil Leifer/SI

1969

Neil Leifer/SI

Ernie Banks and Pete Rose on first base.

1969

John D. Hanlon/SI

Ernie Banks catches a throw to first for an out on Manny Mota.

1969

Heinz Kluetmeier/SI

1970

Tony Triolo/SI

1995

John Iacono

Ernie Banks hugs Cal Ripken Jr. after Ripken tied Lou Gehrig's record of 2,130 consecutive games played.

1996

Ronald C. Modra/SI

Ernie Banks hugs Ted Williams during the 500-hitters reunion.

1999 All-Star Game

Damian Strohmeyer/SI

2001

Walter Iooss Jr./SI

2004

Damian Strohmeyer/SI

2007 NLDS

Damian Strohmeyer/SI

2014

Mila Samokhina/SI

2014

Mila Samokhina/SI

2014

Stephen Green/SI

Ernie Banks Statue at Wrigley Field

Todd Rosenberg/SI

- Brendan Maloy