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Dave Bancroft
David James Bancroft (Beauty)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 20, 1891 in Sioux City, IA
High School: Central (Sioux City, IA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1915
Final Game: May 31, 1930
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1971.
Died: October 9, 1972 in Superior, WI
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1915 24 PHI NL 153 665 563 85 143 18 2 7 30 15 27 77 62 .254 .346 .330 .676 104 186 2 23 *6
1916 25 PHI NL 142 571 477 53 101 10 0 3 33 15 74 57 .212 .323 .252 .574 74 120 4 16 *6
1917 26 PHI NL 127 540 478 56 116 22 5 4 43 14 44 42 .243 .307 .335 .641 93 160 0 18 *6/4O
1918 27 PHI NL 125 561 499 69 132 19 4 0 26 11 54 36 .265 .338 .319 .656 95 159 1 7 *6
1919 28 PHI NL 92 375 335 45 91 13 7 0 25 8 31 30 .272 .333 .352 .686 100 118 0 9 6
1920 29 TOT NL 150 673 613 102 183 36 9 0 36 8 12 42 44 .299 .346 .387 .732 109 237 2 16 *6
1920 29 PHI NL 42 185 171 23 51 7 2 0 5 1 7 9 12 .298 .337 .363 .700 98 62 1 4 6
1920 29 NYG NL 108 488 442 79 132 29 7 0 31 7 5 33 32 .299 .349 .396 .745 113 175 1 12 *6
1921 30 NYG NL 153 698 606 121 193 26 15 6 67 17 10 66 23 .318 .389 .441 .830 118 267 4 22 *6
1922 31 NYG NL 156 745 651 117 209 41 5 4 60 16 11 79 27 .321 .397 .418 .815 109 272 3 12 *6
1923 32 NYG NL 107 513 444 80 135 33 3 1 31 8 7 62 23 .304 .391 .399 .789 109 177 1 6 64
1924 33 BSN NL 79 362 319 49 89 11 1 2 21 4 4 37 24 .279 .356 .339 .694 91 108 1 5 6
1925 34 BSN NL 128 560 479 75 153 29 8 2 49 7 4 64 22 .319 .400 .426 .826 119 204 0 17 *6 MVP-6
1926 35 BSN NL 127 541 453 70 141 18 6 1 44 3 64 29 .311 .399 .384 .783 119 174 2 22 *6/5 MVP-9
1927 36 BSN NL 111 427 375 44 91 13 4 1 31 5 43 36 .243 .322 .307 .629 75 115 1 8 *6/5
1928 37 BRO NL 149 591 515 47 127 19 5 0 51 7 59 20 .247 .326 .303 .629 66 156 2 15 *6
1929 38 BRO NL 104 403 358 35 99 11 3 1 44 7 29 11 .277 .331 .332 .663 66 119 0 16 6
1930 39 NYG NL 10 19 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .059 .158 .118 .276 -31 2 0 0 /6
16 Seasons 1913 8244 7182 1048 2004 320 77 32 591 145 75 827 487 .279 .355 .358 .714 98 2574 23 212
162 Game Avg. 162 698 608 89 170 27 7 3 50 12 70 41 .279 .355 .358 .714 98 218 2 18
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PHI (6 yrs) 681 2897 2523 331 634 89 20 14 162 64 34 289 239 .251 .330 .319 .649 94 805 8 77
NYG (5 yrs) 534 2463 2160 397 670 130 30 11 189 48 33 242 106 .310 .382 .413 .795 111 893 9 52
BSN (4 yrs) 445 1890 1626 238 474 71 19 6 145 19 8 208 111 .292 .373 .370 .743 104 601 4 52
BRO (2 yrs) 253 994 873 82 226 30 8 1 95 14 88 31 .259 .328 .315 .643 66 275 2 31

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1915 24 PHI NL WS BOS L 5 20 17 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 .294 .368 .294 .663 5 0 0 1 0 0
1921 30 NYG NL WS NYY W 8 35 33 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 5 .152 .171 .182 .353 6 0 0 0 1 0
1922 31 NYG NL WS NYY W 5 21 19 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .211 .286 .211 .496 4 1 0 0 0 0
1923 32 NYG NL WS NYY L 6 25 24 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 .083 .120 .083 .203 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 24 101 93 10 16 1 0 0 7 1 3 6 10 .172 .220 .183 .403 17 1 0 1 1 0
4 WS 24 101 93 10 16 1 0 0 7 1 3 6 10 .172 .220 .183 .403 17 1 0 1 1 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1915 PHI NL 24 SS 153 892 336 492 64 60 .928 5.41 .931 5.22
1916 PHI NL 25 SS 142 896 326 510 60 64 .933 5.89 .925 5.18
1917 PHI NL 26 SS 120 762 274 439 49 56 .936 5.94 .931 5.15
1917 PHI NL 26 2B 3 20 11 6 3 2 .850 5.67 .960 4.97
1917 PHI NL 26 OF 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 2.10 2-0-0
1918 PHI NL 27 SS 125 892 371 457 64 57 .928 6.62 .934 5.63
1919 PHI NL 28 SS 88 576 242 306 28 43 .951 6.23 .943 5.49
1920 TOT NL 29 SS 150 1005 362 598 45 95 .955 6.40 .940 5.47
1920 PHI NL 29 SS 42 264 106 153 5 28 .981 6.17 .939 5.47
1920 NYG NL 29 SS 108 741 256 445 40 67 .946 6.49 .941 5.47
1921 NYG NL 30 SS 153 981 396 546 39 105 .960 6.16 .951 5.64
1922 NYG NL 31 SS 156 1046 405 579 62 93 .941 6.31 .945 5.46
1923 NYG NL 32 SS 96 670 246 381 43 54 .936 6.53 .939 5.45
1923 NYG NL 32 2B 11 72 34 35 3 8 .958 6.27 .960 5.57
1924 BSN NL 33 SS 79 463 186 259 18 57 .961 5.63 .948 5.44
1925 BSN NL 34 SS 125 803 300 459 44 81 .945 6.07 .942 5.19 MVP-6
1926 BSN NL 35 SS 123 748 317 398 33 75 .956 5.81 .948 5.30 MVP-9
1926 BSN NL 35 3B 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 2.80 MVP-9
1927 BSN NL 36 SS 104 643 275 329 39 66 .939 5.81 .944 5.18
1927 BSN NL 36 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1928 BRO NL 37 SS 149 880 350 484 46 66 .948 5.60 .950 5.22
1929 BRO NL 38 SS 102 558 224 309 25 45 .955 5.23 .950 5.37
1930 NYG NL 39 SS 8 29 13 15 1 0 .966 3.50 .952 5.36
16 Seasons SS 1873 11844 4623 6561 660 1017 .944 5.97 .941 5.36
2 Seasons 2B 14 92 45 41 6 10 .935 6.14 .960 5.44
2 Seasons 3B 3 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .967 2.80
1 Season OF 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 2.10 2-0-0
16 Seasons TOT 1892 11943 4673 6604 666 1027 .944 5.96 .885 5.35 2-0-0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1925-NL-6-51%
1926-NL-9-21%
0.72 Career Shares (318th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1921 NL--.389--9th
1925 NL--.400--10th
1926 NL--.399--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1918 NL--125--10th
1920 NL--150--9th
1921 NL--153--2nd
1922 NL--156--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1918 NL--499--3rd
1920 NL--613--5th
1921 NL--606--8th
1922 NL--651--2nd
Career--7182--231st

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1915 NL--665--3rd
1918 NL--561--3rd
1920 NL--673--4th
1921 NL--698--2nd
1922 NL--745--2nd
Career--8244--211th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1915 NL--85--3rd
1918 NL--69--7th
1920 NL--102--2nd
1921 NL--121--2nd
1922 NL--117--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1920 NL--183--8th
1921 NL--193--8th
1922 NL--209--3rd

Total Bases s c a p y
1920 NL--237--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1920 NL--36--2nd
1922 NL--41--4th
1923 NL--33--5th

Triples s c a p y
1921 NL--15--8th

Home Runs s c a p y
1915 NL--7--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1915 NL--77--2nd
1916 NL--74--3rd
1918 NL--54--3rd
1921 NL--66--5th
1922 NL--79--2nd
1923 NL--62--7th
1925 NL--64--6th
1926 NL--64--4th
Career--827--216th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1915 NL--62--10th

Singles s c a p y
1918 NL--109--9th
1920 NL--138--9th
1921 NL--146--4th
1922 NL--159--3rd
Career--1575--155th

Runs Created s c a p y
1921 NL--102--8th
1922 NL--107--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1920 NL--45--10th

Times On Base s c a p y
1915 NL--222--6th
1918 NL--187--5th
1920 NL--227--10th
1921 NL--263--3rd
1922 NL--291--2nd
Career--2854--231st

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1915 NL--23--9th
1925 NL--17--6th
Career--212--76th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1915 NL--27--1st
Career--75--237th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1915 NL--9.5--6th

AB per SO s c a p y
1929 NL--32.5--7th

AB per HR s c a p y
1915 NL--80.4--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1915 NL--470--5th
1918 NL--374--4th
1920 NL--458--7th
1922 NL--465--3rd
Career--5465--231st

Oldest s c a p y
1928 NL--born 1891-04-20--10th
1930 NL--born 1891-04-20--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 59 (419), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 84 (203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (436), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  10. Rick Ferrell (885) *
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Transactions

Before 1915 Season: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from Portland (PCL) for $5,000.

June 8, 1920: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Giants for Art Fletcher, Bill Hubbell and cash.

November 12, 1923: Traded by the New York Giants with Bill Cunningham and Casey Stengel to the Boston Braves for Joe Oeschger and Billy Southworth.

October 14, 1927: Released by the Boston Braves.

October 14, 1927: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Robins.

October 10, 1929: Released by the Brooklyn Robins.

November 4, 1929: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

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