Dave Bancroft

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: April 20, 1891 in Sioux City, IA us

Died: October 9, 1972 in Superior, WI

Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Superior, WI

High School: Central HS (Sioux City, IA)

Debut: April 14, 1915 (Age 23-359d, 4,291st in major league history)
vs. BSN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 31, 1930 (Age 39-041d)
vs. BSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1971. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Dave Bancroft's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: David James Bancroft

Nicknames: Beauty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

50.0

7182

2004

.279

1048

RBI

591

145

OBP

.355

SLG

.358

OPS

.714

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 15	PHI	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 17	PHI	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
4	4	Apr 19	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
5	5	Apr 20	PHI	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 21	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
7	7	Apr 22	PHI		BSN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 23	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	2	6	1
9	9	Apr 24	PHI		BSN	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
10	10	Apr 26	PHI		BSN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 27	PHI		BRO	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	5	6	0	11	2
12	12	Apr 28	PHI		BRO	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
13	13	Apr 29	PHI		BRO	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
14	14	Apr 30	PHI		BRO	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	PHI		NYG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
16	16	May 3	PHI		NYG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
17	17	May 5	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
18	18	May 6	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
19	19	May 8	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
20	20	May 10	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
21	21	May 11	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
22	22	May 13	PHI		PIT	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
23	23	May 14	PHI		PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
24	24	May 15	PHI		STL	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
25	25	May 17	PHI		STL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
26	26	May 18	PHI		STL	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 19	PHI		STL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	3	9	1
28	28	May 20	PHI		CIN	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
29	29	May 25	PHI		CHC	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
30	30	May 27	PHI		CHC	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
31	31	May 28 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	1	5	1
32	32	May 28 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
33	33	May 29	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	3	2	2	7	0
34	34	May 31 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
35	35	May 31 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	41	10.1	2	4	1	7	0
37	37	Jun 2 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
38	38	Jun 2 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
39	39	Jun 3	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
40	40	Jun 5	PHI	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
41	41	Jun 6	PHI	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
42	42	Jun 7	PHI	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	4	6	3	13	1
43	43	Jun 8	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
44	44	Jun 9	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	45	Jun 11	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	2	5	1	8	2
46	46	Jun 12	PHI	@	CHC	W,13-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
47	47	Jun 14	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	39	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
48	48	Jun 16	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	4	1	9	0
49	49	Jun 17	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	4	3	0	7	3
50	50	Jun 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
51	51	Jun 20	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	52	Jun 21	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	49	12.1	2	5	1	8	1
53	53	Jun 22	PHI	@	NYG	T,1-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
54	54	Jun 23	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	4	3	0	7	1
55	55	Jun 24	PHI	@	NYG	L,5-13	CG	42	8.0	1	5	1	7	1
56	56	Jun 25	PHI		BRO	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	3	8	1
57	57	Jun 26	PHI		BRO	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
58	58	Jun 28	PHI		BRO	L,0-4	GS	13	2.2	0	2	0	2	0
59	59	Jun 29	PHI		BRO	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
60	60	Jun 30	PHI		BSN	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	61	Jul 1	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
62	62	Jul 3 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
63	63	Jul 3 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
64	64	Jul 5	PHI		NYG	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
65	65	Jul 6	PHI		NYG	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
66	66	Jul 7 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
67	67	Jul 7 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	4	5	0	9	0
68	68	Jul 8	PHI		PIT	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
69	69	Jul 9	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
70	70	Jul 10	PHI		PIT	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
71	71	Jul 12 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
72	72	Jul 12 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	GS	16	4.0	1	1	0	2	1
73	73	Jul 13	PHI		STL	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
74	74	Jul 14	PHI		STL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
75	75	Jul 15	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
76	76	Jul 17	PHI		CHC	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
77	77	Jul 19	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
78	78	Jul 20	PHI		CHC	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
79	79	Jul 21	PHI		CHC	W,1-0	CG	20	5.1	0	5	0	5	0
80	80	Jul 22 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
81	81	Jul 22 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	6	1	10	0
82	82	Jul 23	PHI		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	4	4	0	8	1
83	83	Jul 24 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
84	84	Jul 24 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
85	85	Jul 25	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
86	86	Jul 26	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
87	87	Jul 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	7	1	9	0
88	88	Jul 28	PHI	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	1
89	89	Jul 29	PHI	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
90	90	Jul 31 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
91	91	Jul 31 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	92	Aug 1	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	9.1	3	2	0	5	1
93	93	Aug 2	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
94	94	Aug 5	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	33	8.1	1	1	1	3	0
95	95	Aug 6	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
96	96	Aug 7 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	3	3	2	8	0
97	97	Aug 7 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
98	98	Aug 8	PHI	@	CIN	W,14-6	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	2
99	99	Aug 9	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	0	11.1	1	6	2	9	0
100	100	Aug 13	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
101	101	Aug 14	PHI		BSN	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
102	102	Aug 16	PHI		BSN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
103	103	Aug 17	PHI		CIN	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
104	104	Aug 18	PHI		PIT	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
105	105	Aug 19	PHI		PIT	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
106	106	Aug 20	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	3	3	0	6	1
107	107	Aug 21 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	6	1	11	1
108	108	Aug 21 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
109	109	Aug 23 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
110	110	Aug 23 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,13-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
111	111	Aug 24	PHI		CHC	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
112	112	Aug 25 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
113	113	Aug 25 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
114	114	Aug 26	PHI		CIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
115	115	Aug 27	PHI		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
116	116	Aug 30	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	3	1	1	5	1
117	117	Aug 31 (1)	PHI		STL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
118	118	Aug 31 (2)	PHI		STL	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	119	Sep 1	PHI	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
120	120	Sep 2 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
121	121	Sep 2 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
122	122	Sep 3	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	5	1	9	0
123	123	Sep 4	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	4	0	6	0
124	124	Sep 6 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	125	Sep 6 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
126	126	Sep 7	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
127	127	Sep 8	PHI		NYG	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
128	128	Sep 9 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
129	129	Sep 9 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
130	130	Sep 10	PHI		NYG	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
131	131	Sep 11	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
132	132	Sep 13	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	51	13.0	3	7	0	10	1
133	133	Sep 14	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
134	134	Sep 15	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
135	135	Sep 16	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
136	136	Sep 17	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	4	1	8	0
137	137	Sep 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
138	138	Sep 19 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	7	2	11	0
139	139	Sep 19 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	38	9.1	1	5	0	6	0
140	140	Sep 21 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
141	141	Sep 21 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
142	142	Sep 23 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
143	143	Sep 23 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
144	144	Sep 24 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
145	145	Sep 24 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	29	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
146	146	Sep 25	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
147	147	Sep 28	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
148	148	Sep 29	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
149	149	Sep 30	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	2	7	2	11	0
150	150	Oct 1	PHI	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	6	3	1	10	1
151	151	Oct 4	PHI		BRO	L,2-3	GS	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
152	152	Oct 6 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
153	153	Oct 6 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,3-2	GS	9	3.0	0	3	0	3	0
							153gm		1350.0	336	492	64	892	60