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Dave Danforth

David Charles Danforth (Dauntless Dave)

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Browns/WhiteSox/Athletics 1911-1925

Final Game: October 1, 1925
Died: September 19, 1970 in Baltimore, MD
Buried: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:10AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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 86 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 80 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 2 713 101 1.324 8.1 0.1 3.8 4.1 1.07
1918 28 CHW AL 6 15 .286 3.43 39 11 20 5 0 2 139.0 148 73 53 1 40 48 5 0 1 570 80 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 42 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 29 4 16 0 1 226.1 221 111 99 4 87 96 12 3 2 967 106 1.361 8.8 0.2 3.5 3.8 1.10
1924 34 SLB AL 15 12 .556 4.51 41 27 9 12 1 4 219.2 246 126 110 16 69 65 3 1 1 946 101 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 3.89 286 112 107 44 2 23 1186.0 1235 618 512 45 455 484 34 13 8 5052 96 1.425 9.4 0.3 3.5 3.7 1.06
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .518 3.89 49 19 18 8 0 4 203 211 106 87 8 78 83 6 2 1 863 96 1.425 9.4 0.3 3.5 3.7 1.06
SLB (4 yrs) 43 37 .538 4.14 137 81 27 36 1 8 684.2 732 370 315 40 255 262 19 9 4 2968 106 1.442 9.6 0.5 3.4 3.4 1.03
CHW (4 yrs) 24 28 .462 3.50 132 29 67 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 84 1.556 9.2 0.2 4.8 4.8 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1911 21 PHA AL 33.2 2 18 20 0 1.0 2 0.1 $
1912 22 PHA AL 20.1 0 14 12 0 1.0 -2 -0.4 $
1916 26 CHW AL 93.2 8 43 43 1 1.0 0 -0.2 $
1917 27 CHW AL 173.0 9 56 79 0 1.0 23 2.8 $
1918 28 CHW AL 139.0 11 73 63 -1 1.0 -10 -1.2 $
1919 29 CHW AL 41.2 1 44 22 0 1.0 -22 -2.6 $
1922 32 SLB AL 79.2 10 37 48 2 1.0 11 1.0 $
1923 33 SLB AL 226.1 26 111 137 0 1.0 26 3.0 $
1924 34 SLB AL 219.2 27 126 138 0 1.0 12 2.0 $
1925 35 SLB AL 159.0 15 96 105 -1 1.0 9 1.5 $
10 Seasons 1186.0 109 618 667 1 1.0 49 6.0 $
SLB (4 yrs) 684.2 78 370 428 1 1.0 58 7.5 $
CHW (4 yrs) 447.1 29 216 207 0 1.0 -9 -1.2 $
PHA (2 yrs) 54.0 2 32 32 0 1.0 0 -0.3 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

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
1911 21 PHA AL 14 8 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 28 1 0 1 1
1912 22 PHA AL 3 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500 45 2 0 0 /1
1916 26 CHW AL 28 29 23 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 .087 .222 .087 .309 -7 2 0 2 1
1917 27 CHW AL 50 57 46 3 6 2 1 0 5 1 6 19 .130 .231 .217 .448 36 10 0 5 1
1918 28 CHW AL 39 47 42 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .143 .200 .143 .343 2 6 1 2 1
1919 29 CHW AL 15 12 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .111 .273 .222 .495 39 2 0 1 1
1922 32 SLB AL 20 24 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .087 .125 .087 .212 -45 2 0 0 1
1923 33 SLB AL 38 89 71 5 15 5 1 0 11 0 0 9 7 .211 .309 .310 .619 59 22 1 8 1
1924 34 SLB AL 41 86 76 3 13 3 2 0 9 1 0 4 15 .171 .213 .263 .476 19 20 0 6 1
1925 35 SLB AL 38 56 46 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 .174 .255 .174 .429 8 8 1 5 1
10 Seasons 286 416 350 23 56 11 4 0 27 2 0 33 84 .160 .238 .214 .453 22 75 3 30
162 Game Avg. 162 236 198 13 32 6 2 0 15 1 19 48 .160 .238 .214 .453 22 42 2 17
SLB (4 yrs) 137 255 216 12 38 8 3 0 22 1 0 18 36 .176 .246 .241 .487 24 52 2 19
CHW (4 yrs) 132 145 120 9 15 3 1 0 5 1 0 14 44 .125 .222 .167 .389 16 20 1 10
PHA (2 yrs) 17 16 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .214 .267 .214 .481 38 3 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1911 21 PHA AL 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1912 22 PHA AL 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1916 26 CHW AL 29 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1917 27 CHW AL 57 -4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1918 28 CHW AL 47 -5 0 0 0 0 1 2 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 1
1919 29 CHW AL 12 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1922 32 SLB AL 24 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1923 33 SLB AL 89 -5 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1924 34 SLB AL 86 -10 0 0 0 0 5 3 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1925 35 SLB AL 56 -7 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
10 Seasons 416 -42 0 0 0 0 21 14 -7 -1.1 -7 -0.7 -0.4 $
SLB (4 yrs) 255 -27 0 0 0 0 16 9 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
CHW (4 yrs) 145 -13 0 0 0 0 5 5 -3 -0.7 -3 -0.3 -0.4 $
PHA (2 yrs) 16 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1917 27 CHW AL WS NYG W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1911 PHA AL 21 P 14 33.2 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.67 0.71 .938 2.89 2.85
1912 PHA AL 22 P 3 20.1 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.10 2.33 .940 2.97 2.90
1916 CHW AL 26 P 28 93.2 37 2 32 3 0 .919 3.27 1.21 .945 2.95 2.96
1917 CHW AL 27 P 50 173.0 46 0 42 4 0 .913 2.18 0.84 .947 3.04 3.05
1918 CHW AL 28 P 39 139.0 48 7 39 2 1 .958 2.98 1.18 .952 2.82 2.84
1919 CHW AL 29 P 15 1 0 41.2 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 2.38 0.73 .948 2.83 2.83
1922 SLB AL 32 P 20 10 3 79.2 17 6 11 0 2 1.000 1.92 0.85 .963 2.60 2.59
1923 SLB AL 33 P 38 29 16 226.1 61 7 54 0 2 1.000 2.43 1.61 .959 2.72 2.70
1924 SLB AL 34 P 41 27 12 219.2 46 4 40 2 2 .957 1.80 1.07 .959 2.53 2.49
1925 SLB AL 35 P 38 15 5 159.0 27 4 21 2 0 .926 1.42 0.66 .960 2.66 2.64
10 Seasons P 286 82 36 1186.0 310 35 262 13 8 .958 2.25 1.04 .953 2.76 2.78
10 Seasons TOT 286 82 36 1186.0 310 35 262 13 8 .958 2.25 1.04 .953 2.76 2.78
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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  0.159 (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  20 (3rd)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1917 AL  50 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1923 AL  1.000 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 24 (950), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1075), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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