Dave Danforth

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 167lb (183cm, 75kg)

Born: March 7, 1890 in Granger, TX us

Died: September 19, 1970 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD

School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)

Debut: August 1, 1911 (Age 21-147d, 3,552nd in major league history)
vs. DET 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 1, 1925 (Age 35-208d)
vs. DET 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1912 season

Full Name: David Charles Danforth

Nicknames: Dauntless Dave

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.0

ERA

3.89

286

112

1186.0

484

WHIP

1.425

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

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHW		SLB	L,1-6		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 22	CHW		DET	L,3-7	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	6 (2)	Apr 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-4		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	9 (2)	May 2	CHW	@	DET	L,6-9		21	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	12 (2)	May 5	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	15 (2)	May 8	CHW		CLE	W,9-5		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
7	16	May 10	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	GF	8	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	19 (2)	May 13	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-6	GS	19	4.0	1	1	1	3	0
9	22 (2)	May 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	GF	36	10.1	0	2	0	2	0
10	27 (4)	May 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	32 (4)	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	34 (1)	Jun 1	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	37 (2)	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	40 (2)	Jun 8	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	44 (3)	Jun 12	CHW		BOS	L,0-7	GS	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	49 (4)	Jun 17	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	51 (1)	Jun 20	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	53 (1)	Jun 22	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	54	Jun 23	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
20	56 (1)	Jun 25	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
21	58 (1)	Jun 27	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	63 (4)	Jul 1 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	66 (2)	Jul 2 (2)	CHW		DET	L,8-11		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
24	67	Jul 3	CHW		DET	W,9-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		DET	W,7-6	GS	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	72 (3)	Jul 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
27	73	Jul 9 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	79 (5)	Jul 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
29	82 (2)	Jul 18 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4		7	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
30	83	Jul 19	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	84	Jul 20	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-6	GF	11	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	89 (4)	Jul 27	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	GF	10	2.2	0	2	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	97 (7)	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,7-6		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	106 (8)	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-11	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	110 (3)	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-4	GF	14	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
36	111	Aug 17 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	115 (3)	Aug 23	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-5	GF	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	122 (6)	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	L,5-8	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	123	Sep 2 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-11	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
							39gm		139.0	7	39	2	48	1