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.

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
2	2	Apr 14	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-10	GS	38	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 15	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	0	8.1	2	4	0	6	1
4	4	Apr 16	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
5	5	Apr 17	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	6	0	7	2
6	6	Apr 18	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 19	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 21	BSN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 22	BSN		PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
10	10	Apr 23	BSN		PHI	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
11	11	Apr 24	BSN		PHI	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	2	4	2	8	0
12	14 (2)	Apr 29	BSN		NYG	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
13	15	Apr 30	BSN		NYG	W,5-4	CG	37	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	16	May 1	BSN		NYG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
15	17	May 2	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	4	3	1	8	0
16	18	May 3	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
17	19	May 4	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	44	8.2	3	4	0	7	0
18	20	May 5	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	21	May 6	BSN	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
20	22	May 7	BSN	@	PIT	L,10-11	CG	52	10.1	3	2	1	6	0
21	23	May 8	BSN	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
22	24	May 11	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	2
23	25	May 12	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	5	2	2	9	2
24	26	May 13	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
25	27	May 15	BSN	@	STL	L,7-12	GS	26	4.0	3	2	0	5	3
26	28	May 16	BSN	@	STL	L,2-13	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	29	May 17	BSN	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
28	30	May 19	BSN	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	2	7	1
29	31	May 20	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	3	2	6	0
30	32	May 21	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
31	33	May 22	BSN	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
32	34	May 23	BSN	@	CHC	L,8-14	CG	46	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
33	35	May 26	BSN	@	PHI	L,7-13	CG	0	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
34	36	May 28	BSN		NYG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
35	37	May 29 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	6	4	0	10	1
36	38	May 29 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
37	39	May 30	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	40	Jun 2 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
39	41	Jun 2 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-11	CG	58	12.0	1	5	0	6	0
40	42	Jun 3	BSN		CIN	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
41	43	Jun 4	BSN		CIN	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
42	44	Jun 5	BSN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
43	45	Jun 8	BSN		CIN	W,8-7	CG	48	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
44	46	Jun 9	BSN		CHC	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
45	47	Jun 10	BSN		CHC	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	5	2	10	0
46	48	Jun 11	BSN		CHC	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
47	49	Jun 12	BSN		CHC	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
48	50	Jun 14	BSN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
49	51	Jun 16	BSN		PIT	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
50	52	Jun 17 (1)	BSN		STL	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	53	Jun 17 (2)	BSN		STL	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
52	54	Jun 19 (1)	BSN		STL	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
53	55	Jun 19 (2)	BSN		STL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
54	56	Jun 21 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,8-7	CG	51	11.0	6	6	0	12	3
55	57	Jun 21 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	2	8	1
56	58	Jun 22	BSN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
57	59	Jun 23 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
58	60	Jun 23 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,4-6	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
59	61	Jun 25	BSN	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	44	8.1	3	5	0	8	1
60	62	Jun 26 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	63	Jun 26 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
62	64	Jun 28	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
63	65	Jun 29 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
64	66	Jun 29 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
65	67	Jun 30	BSN	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	60	14.2	5	5	1	11	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	68	Jul 1	BSN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	69	Jul 2	BSN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
68	70	Jul 3 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	71	Jul 3 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
70	72	Jul 4	BSN	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	4	5	0	9	0
71	73	Jul 5 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
72	74	Jul 5 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,5-14	GS	32	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
73	77 (2)	Jul 9	BSN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	78	Jul 10	BSN	@	STL	L,6-18	GS	0		4	1	0	5	0
75	79	Jul 11 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
76	80	Jul 11 (2)	BSN	@	STL	W,19-5	GS	0		1	5	0	6	1
77	81	Jul 12	BSN	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	82	Jul 13	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
79	83	Jul 14	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
80	84	Jul 15	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
81	85	Jul 16	BSN	@	PIT	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
82	86	Jul 17	BSN	@	PIT	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
83	87	Jul 19	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
84	88	Jul 20	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
85	89	Jul 21	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	2
86	90	Jul 22	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-13	GS	21	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	91	Jul 23	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	8	4	0	12	1
88	92	Jul 24	BSN	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
89	93	Jul 25	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	4	3	1	8	2
90	94	Jul 27	BSN		CHC	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
91	95	Jul 28	BSN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	50	13.0	3	6	0	9	0
92	96	Jul 31 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
93	97	Jul 31 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	9	6	0	15	3
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	98	Aug 3 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	3	5	1	9	2
95	99	Aug 3 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
96	100	Aug 4 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,14-0	GS	20	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
97	101	Aug 4 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
98	102	Aug 5	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
99	103	Aug 6	BSN		PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
100	104	Aug 7 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
101	105	Aug 7 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,2-0	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
102	106	Aug 9	BSN		STL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
103	107	Aug 10	BSN		STL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
104	108	Aug 11	BSN		STL	L,0-2	GS	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	1
105	117 (8)	Aug 22 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
106	118	Aug 22 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-7	GF	8	1.2	1	2	0	3	0
107	121 (2)	Aug 25	BSN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	3	8	0	11	1
108	122	Aug 26	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
109	123	Aug 27	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
110	124	Aug 28	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
111	125	Aug 30	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-5	GS	0		3	1	0	4	0
112	126	Aug 31	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	127	Sep 1	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
114	128	Sep 3	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-17	GS	34	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	129	Sep 4 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
116	130	Sep 4 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,9-5	CG	40	10.0	2	6	1	9	1
117	131	Sep 7 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-7	GS	31	6.0	4	3	2	9	1
118	136 (4)	Sep 10	BSN		STL	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
119	137	Sep 11 (1)	BSN		STL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
120	138	Sep 11 (2)	BSN		STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
121	139	Sep 13	BSN		STL	W,5-4	CG	57	14.0	3	6	0	9	1
122	143 (3)	Sep 18 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,3-2	GS	22	5.0	1	3	0	4	0
123	145 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	3
124	146	Sep 20 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
125	147	Sep 21	BSN		CIN	W,4-0	GS	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
							125gm		1057.0	318	400	33	751	75