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.

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BSN	@	PHI	T,6-6	CG	49	11.0	2	1	1	4	1
2	2	Apr 16	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	0	3	1	4	1
3	3	Apr 19	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	6	5	1	12	3
4	4	Apr 20	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 21	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
6	6	Apr 23	BSN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	15.0	4	4	0	8	0
7	7	Apr 24	BSN		PHI	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 26	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 28	BSN		BRO	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
10	10	Apr 30	BSN		BRO	L,4-6	CG	43	11.0	4	4	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	BSN		NYG	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
12	12	May 2	BSN		NYG	L,4-7	CG	53	12.0	4	4	0	8	0
13	13	May 3	BSN		NYG	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
14	14	May 4	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	4	3	1	8	2
15	15	May 5	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-11	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	16	May 6	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	4	4	0	8	3
17	17	May 7	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	3
18	18	May 9	BSN	@	PIT	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
19	19	May 10	BSN	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
20	20	May 13	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
21	21	May 14	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
22	22	May 15	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
23	23	May 16	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	9	0	11	2
24	24	May 17	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
25	25	May 18	BSN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	1	2	1	4	1
26	26	May 21	BSN	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
27	27	May 22	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
28	28	May 24	BSN	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
29	29	May 25	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-11	GS	35	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	30	May 27 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
31	31	May 27 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 28	BSN		PHI	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
33	33	May 29	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
34	34	May 30 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	52	11.1	2	4	0	6	1
35	35	May 30 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
36	36	May 31	BSN	@	BRO	L,8-14	CG	47	8.0	0	5	0	5	3
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	BSN	@	NYG	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	38	Jun 2	BSN	@	NYG	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	2	2	2	6	1
39	39	Jun 3	BSN		CIN	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
40	40	Jun 5	BSN		CIN	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	41	Jun 6	BSN		CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
42	42	Jun 7	BSN		STL	W,13-7	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
43	43	Jun 9	BSN		STL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
44	44	Jun 10	BSN		STL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
45	45	Jun 11	BSN		STL	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
46	46	Jun 12	BSN		CHC	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
47	47	Jun 13	BSN		CHC	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
48	48	Jun 16	BSN		PIT	W,9-4	CG	33	9.0	2	7	1	10	1
49	49	Jun 17 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
50	50	Jun 17 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 18	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
52	52	Jun 19	BSN		NYG	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
53	53	Jun 20	BSN		NYG	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
54	54	Jun 21	BSN		NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
55	55	Jun 23 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
56	56	Jun 23 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,7-11	GS	0	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
57	57	Jun 24	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
58	58	Jun 25 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
59	59	Jun 25 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	2	8	0
60	60	Jun 26	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
61	61	Jun 28	BSN	@	NYG	L,8-9	CG	41	8.2	0	6	0	6	0
62	62	Jun 29 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	63	Jun 29 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
64	64	Jun 30 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
65	65	Jun 30 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	66	Jul 1	BSN		PHI	L,6-9	GS	29	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	139 (72)	Sep 10 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
68	140	Sep 12	BSN		PIT	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
69	141	Sep 13	BSN		PIT	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
70	142	Sep 15	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	46	12.0	1	1	0	2	0
71	143	Sep 16 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
72	144	Sep 16 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,2-4	CG	47	12.0	5	6	0	11	2
73	145	Sep 18 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,3-4	CG	46	11.0	2	6	0	8	1
74	146	Sep 18 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
75	147	Sep 19	BSN		STL	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
76	151 (3)	Sep 24 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
77	152	Sep 24 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
78	153	Sep 27	BSN	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
79	154	Sep 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
							79gm		700.0	186	259	18	463	57