Dave Danforth
David Charles Danforth (Dauntless Dave)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 167 lb.

Born: March 7, 1890 in Granger, TX
School: Baylor University (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1911
Final Game: October 1, 1925
Died: September 19, 1970 in Baltimore, MD
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1911 21 PHA AL 4 1 .800 3.74 14 2 10 1 0 1 33.2 29 18 14 1 17 21 3 0 0 141 85 1.366 7.8 0.3 4.5 5.6 1.24
1912 22 PHA AL 0 0 3.98 3 0 3 0 0 0 20.1 26 14 9 0 12 8 0 0 0 89 78 1.869 11.5 0.0 5.3 3.5 0.67
1916 26 CHW AL 6 5 .545 3.27 28 8 12 1 0 2 93.2 87 43 34 1 37 49 3 3 1 376 85 1.324 8.4 0.1 3.6 4.7 1.32
1917 27 CHW AL 11 6 .647 2.65 50 9 26 1 1 9 173.0 155 56 51 1 74 79 3 1 2 716 100 1.324 8.1 0.1 3.8 4.1 1.07
1918 28 CHW AL 6 15 .286 3.43 39 11 19 5 0 2 139.0 148 73 53 1 40 48 5 0 1 567 79 1.353 9.6 0.1 2.6 3.1 1.20
1919 29 CHW AL 1 2 .333 7.78 15 1 9 0 0 1 41.2 58 44 36 1 20 17 1 0 0 195 41 1.872 12.5 0.2 4.3 3.7 0.85
1922 32 SLB AL 5 2 .714 3.28 20 10 5 3 0 1 79.2 93 37 29 1 38 48 1 4 0 358 127 1.644 10.5 0.1 4.3 5.4 1.26
1923 33 SLB AL 16 14 .533 3.94 38 26 4 16 0 1 226.1 221 111 99 4 87 96 12 3 2 967 105 1.361 8.8 0.2 3.5 3.8 1.10
1924 34 SLB AL 15 12 .556 4.51 41 27 10 11 1 4 219.2 246 126 110 16 69 65 3 1 1 949 99 1.434 10.1 0.7 2.8 2.7 0.94
1925 35 SLB AL 7 9 .438 4.36 38 15 9 5 0 2 159.0 172 96 77 19 61 53 3 1 1 697 107 1.465 9.7 1.1 3.5 3.0 0.87
10 Seasons 71 66 .518 3.89 286 109 107 43 2 23 1186.0 1235 618 512 45 455 484 34 13 8 5055 95 1.425 9.4 0.3 3.5 3.7 1.06
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .518 3.89 49 19 18 7 0 4 204 213 106 88 8 78 83 6 2 1 870 95 1.425 9.4 0.3 3.5 3.7 1.06
SLB (4 yrs) 43 37 .538 4.14 137 78 28 35 1 8 684.2 732 370 315 40 255 262 19 9 4 2971 106 1.442 9.6 0.5 3.4 3.4 1.03
CHW (4 yrs) 24 28 .462 3.50 132 29 66 7 1 14 447.1 448 216 174 4 171 193 12 4 4 1854 79 1.384 9.0 0.1 3.4 3.9 1.13
PHA (2 yrs) 4 1 .800 3.83 17 2 13 1 0 1 54.0 55 32 23 1 29 29 3 0 0 230 82 1.556 9.2 0.2 4.8 4.8 1.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1917 27 CHW AL WS W NYG 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 3.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 18.0
1 WS 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 3.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 18.0

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1911 21 4 1 .800 3.74 14 2 10 1 0 1 33.2 29 18 14 1 17 21 3 0 0 141 85 1.366 7.8 0.3 4.5 5.6 1.24 85
1912 22 4 1 .800 3.83 17 2 13 1 0 1 54.0 55 32 23 1 29 29 3 0 0 230 82 1.556 9.2 0.2 4.8 4.8 1.00 82
1913 23 4 1 .800 3.83 17 2 13 1 0 1 54.0 55 32 23 1 29 29 3 0 0 230 82 1.556 9.2 0.2 4.8 4.8 1.00 82
1914 24 4 1 .800 3.83 17 2 13 1 0 1 54.0 55 32 23 1 29 29 3 0 0 230 82 1.556 9.2 0.2 4.8 4.8 1.00 82
1915 25 4 1 .800 3.83 17 2 13 1 0 1 54.0 55 32 23 1 29 29 3 0 0 230 82 1.556 9.2 0.2 4.8 4.8 1.00 82
1916 26 10 6 .625 3.47 45 10 25 2 0 3 147.2 142 75 57 2 66 78 6 3 1 606 84 1.409 8.7 0.1 4.0 4.8 1.18 84
1917 27 21 12 .636 3.03 95 19 51 3 1 12 320.2 297 131 108 3 140 157 9 4 3 1322 91 1.363 8.3 0.1 3.9 4.4 1.12 91
1918 28 27 27 .500 3.15 134 30 70 8 1 14 459.2 445 204 161 4 180 205 14 4 4 1889 87 1.360 8.7 0.1 3.5 4.0 1.14 87
1919 29 28 29 .491 3.54 149 31 79 8 1 15 501.1 503 248 197 5 200 222 15 4 4 2084 79 1.402 9.0 0.1 3.6 4.0 1.11 79
1920 30 28 29 .491 3.54 149 31 79 8 1 15 501.1 503 248 197 5 200 222 15 4 4 2084 79 1.402 9.0 0.1 3.6 4.0 1.11 79
1921 31 28 29 .491 3.54 149 31 79 8 1 15 501.1 503 248 197 5 200 222 15 4 4 2084 79 1.402 9.0 0.1 3.6 4.0 1.11 79
1922 32 33 31 .516 3.50 169 41 84 11 1 16 581.0 596 285 226 6 238 270 16 8 4 2442 85 1.435 9.2 0.1 3.7 4.2 1.13 85
1923 33 49 45 .521 3.62 207 67 88 27 1 17 807.1 817 396 325 10 325 366 28 11 6 3409 91 1.415 9.1 0.1 3.6 4.1 1.13 91
1924 34 64 57 .529 3.81 248 94 98 38 2 21 1027.0 1063 522 435 26 394 431 31 12 7 4358 93 1.419 9.3 0.2 3.5 3.8 1.09 93
1925 35 71 66 .518 3.89 286 109 107 43 2 23 1186.0 1235 618 512 45 455 484 34 13 8 5055 95 1.425 9.4 0.3 3.5 3.7 1.06 95

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1911 21 1 2 .333 4.22 32.0 30 17 15 1 18 20 3 1.500 8.4 5.1 5.6 1.11 0.3 14
1912 22 1 1 .500 5.00 18.0 27 11 10 0 12 7 0 2.167 13.5 6.0 3.5 0.58 0.0 3
1916 26 4 5 .444 4.66 83.0 96 48 43 1 41 43 3 1.651 10.4 4.4 4.7 1.05 0.1 28
1917 27 9 8 .529 3.56 162.0 173 71 64 1 83 74 3 1.580 9.6 4.6 4.1 0.89 0.1 50
1918 28 6 10 .375 4.94 153.0 203 93 84 1 55 53 7 1.686 11.9 3.2 3.1 0.96 0.1 39
1919 29 1 3 .250 9.41 44.0 69 51 46 1 24 18 1 2.114 14.1 4.9 3.7 0.75 0.2 15
1922 32 6 3 .667 2.96 82.0 91 30 27 1 37 49 1 1.561 10.0 4.1 5.4 1.32 0.1 20
1923 33 14 12 .538 3.58 234.0 217 103 93 4 85 99 12 1.291 8.3 3.3 3.8 1.16 0.2 38
1924 34 13 12 .520 3.82 231.0 237 109 98 15 66 68 3 1.312 9.2 2.6 2.6 1.03 0.6 41
1925 35 10 8 .556 3.46 169.0 164 72 65 18 58 56 3 1.314 8.7 3.1 3.0 0.97 1.0 38
10 Seasons 65 64 .504 4.06 1208.0 1307 605 545 43 479 487 36 1.478 9.7 3.6 1.02 0.3 286

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1917 AL--.647--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1923 AL--8.788--5th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1917 AL--4.110--5th
1918 AL--3.108--10th
1923 AL--3.817--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1917 AL--50--1st
1918 AL--39--6th
1924 AL--41--10th

Saves s c a p y
1917 AL--9--1st
1918 AL--2--9th
1919 AL--1--10th
1924 AL--4--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1923 AL--96--8th

Home Runs s c a p y
1924 AL--16--2nd
1925 AL--19--1st

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1918 AL--1.200--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1923 AL--.159--1st

Losses s c a p y
1918 AL--15--5th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1924 AL--110--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1923 AL--12--5th

Games Finished s c a p y
1911 AL--10--8th
1917 AL--26--1st
1918 AL--19--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (339), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 19 (809), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1030), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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