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.

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
2	2	Apr 18	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 19 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
4	4	Apr 19 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
5	5	Apr 20	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
6	6	Apr 21	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
7	7	Apr 22	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-0	GS	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 23	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
9	9	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
10	10	Apr 26	NYG		BSN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	10	2	14	0
11	11	Apr 27	NYG		BSN	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	3	6	1	10	0
12	12	Apr 28	NYG		BSN	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
13	13	Apr 29	NYG		PHI	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
14	14	Apr 30	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
16	16	May 2	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	CG	50	11.0	3	2	3	8	0
17	17	May 3	NYG		BRO	L,3-11	CG	49	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
18	18	May 4	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-9	CG	59	13.0	1	4	0	5	0
19	19	May 5	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	20	May 7	NYG	@	PHI	W,13-8	GS	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
21	21	May 8	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
22	22	May 9	NYG		CHC	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
23	23	May 11	NYG		CHC	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
24	24	May 13	NYG		PIT	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
25	25	May 14	NYG		PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
26	26	May 16	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	27	May 17	NYG		CIN	W,13-6	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
28	28	May 18	NYG		CIN	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
29	29	May 19	NYG		CIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
30	30	May 20	NYG		STL	W,14-4	GS	36	8.0	2	6	1	9	1
31	31	May 22	NYG		STL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
32	32	May 23	NYG		STL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
33	33	May 24	NYG		PHI	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
34	34	May 25	NYG		PHI	W,12-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
35	35	May 26	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	2	9	1
36	36	May 27	NYG		PHI	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	6	5	0	11	0
37	37	May 28	NYG		BRO	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
38	38	May 29	NYG		BRO	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	39	May 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
40	40	May 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	0	7	1	8	0
41	41	May 31	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1	NYG	@	PHI	W,22-8	GS	30	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
43	43	Jun 2	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	3	3	3	9	0
44	44	Jun 5	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
45	45	Jun 6	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS	31	7.0	3	3	0	6	2
46	46	Jun 7	NYG	@	CHC	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
47	47	Jun 8	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
48	48	Jun 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 12	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
50	50	Jun 13	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
51	51	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	1	4	0	5	0
52	52	Jun 15	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	3	7	0	10	0
53	53	Jun 16	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
54	54	Jun 17	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	1	2	4	0
55	55	Jun 18	NYG	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
56	56	Jun 19	NYG	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
57	57	Jun 20	NYG	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
58	58	Jun 22	NYG		BSN	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
59	59	Jun 23	NYG		BSN	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
60	60	Jun 24	NYG		BSN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
61	61	Jun 25	NYG		PHI	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
62	62	Jun 26	NYG		PHI	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
63	63	Jun 27	NYG	@	BSN	W,15-8	CG	51	11.0	5	4	0	9	1
64	64	Jun 28	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	110 (45)	Aug 14	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
66	111	Aug 15 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
67	112	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
68	113	Aug 16	NYG		CIN	W,7-1	GS	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
69	114	Aug 17	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	3	6	1	10	0
70	115	Aug 18	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
71	116	Aug 19	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	38	12.0	4	5	0	9	0
72	117	Aug 20	NYG		PIT	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
73	118	Aug 21	NYG		PIT	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
74	119	Aug 23 (1)	NYG		STL	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
75	120	Aug 23 (2)	NYG		STL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
76	121	Aug 24	NYG		STL	W,5-4	CG	53	14.0	6	3	1	10	0
77	122	Aug 25	NYG		STL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
78	123	Aug 26	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	6	4	0	10	1
79	124	Aug 27	NYG		CHC	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	6	4	0	10	1
80	125	Aug 28	NYG		CHC	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
81	126	Aug 30	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	7	0	12	1
82	127	Aug 31	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	128	Sep 1	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
84	129	Sep 2	NYG		BSN	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	4	5	0	9	0
85	130	Sep 3 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	2	5	3	10	0
86	131	Sep 3 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	4	4	2	10	2
87	132	Sep 4	NYG		BSN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
88	133	Sep 6	NYG		PHI	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
89	134	Sep 7	NYG		PHI	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
90	135	Sep 8	NYG		PHI	W,9-6	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
91	136	Sep 9	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	4	4	0	8	2
92	137	Sep 10	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
93	138	Sep 11	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
94	139	Sep 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
95	140	Sep 15	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	9	0	12	0
96	141	Sep 16	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
97	142	Sep 17	NYG	@	CHC	W,13-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
98	143	Sep 18	NYG	@	STL	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	1	7	2	10	1
99	144	Sep 21 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
100	145	Sep 21 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
101	146	Sep 22	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
102	147	Sep 24	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
103	148	Sep 25	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
104	149	Sep 28	NYG		BRO	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
105	150	Sep 29	NYG		BRO	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
106	151	Sep 30	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	2	2	1	5	1
107	152	Oct 6	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	7	7	2	16	2
							107gm		959.0	280	416	46	742	62