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.

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	BSN		NYG	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
2	2	Apr 16	BSN		NYG	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 17	BSN		NYG	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 18	BSN		PHI	L,13-14	CG	0	10.0	3	5	1	9	1
5	5	Apr 22	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
6	6	Apr 23	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
7	7	Apr 24	BSN	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	4	3	1	8	2
8	8	Apr 25	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	3	3	1	7	3
9	9	Apr 26	BSN	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
10	10	Apr 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-15	CG	48	8.0	5	3	0	8	2
11	11	Apr 29	BSN	@	BRO	W,10-3	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	13	May 2 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	40	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
14	14	May 2 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-12	GS	39	7.0	0	3	1	4	1
15	15	May 4	BSN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
16	16	May 5	BSN		BRO	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
17	17	May 6	BSN		BRO	L,0-10	CG	47	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
18	18	May 7	BSN		BRO	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	19	May 8	BSN		CHC	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
20	25 (5)	May 16	BSN		PIT	L,5-7	CG	44	10.0	3	4	2	9	3
21	26	May 18	BSN		CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
22	27	May 19	BSN		CIN	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
23	28	May 20	BSN		CIN	L,8-15	GS	47	8.0	6	4	1	11	0
24	29	May 21	BSN		STL	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
25	30	May 22	BSN		STL	L,6-8	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
26	31	May 23	BSN		STL	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
27	32	May 26 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
28	33	May 26 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	34	May 27	BSN		NYG	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	35	May 28	BSN		NYG	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
31	36	May 29	BSN		BRO	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	5	3	1	9	1
32	37	May 30 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
33	38	May 30 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	4	1	10	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	39	Jun 1	BSN	@	PHI	L,10-12	GS	30	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	40	Jun 2	BSN	@	PHI	W,12-5	GS	0		1	4	0	5	0
36	41	Jun 3	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
37	56 (14)	Jun 20	BSN	@	STL	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
38	57	Jun 21	BSN	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	58	Jun 23 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
40	59	Jun 23 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
41	60	Jun 24	BSN		PHI	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
42	61	Jun 26 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
43	62	Jun 26 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
44	63	Jun 27	BSN	@	NYG	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
45	64	Jun 28	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
46	65	Jun 30	BSN	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	66	Jul 1	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	2	5	0	7	1
48	68 (1)	Jul 3	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
49	69	Jul 4 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,9-10	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
50	70	Jul 4 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,7-9	CG	0	8.2	4	2	2	8	0
51	71	Jul 5 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
52	72	Jul 5 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
53	73	Jul 6	BSN	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
54	74	Jul 7 (1)	BSN		STL	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
55	75	Jul 7 (2)	BSN		STL	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
56	76	Jul 8	BSN		STL	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	3	6	1	10	1
57	77	Jul 9	BSN		STL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
58	78	Jul 10	BSN		CIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	3	1	8	2
59	79	Jul 11 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,5-11	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
60	80	Jul 11 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	7	6	0	13	3
61	81	Jul 13	BSN		CIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	4	8	1	13	2
62	82	Jul 14	BSN		CIN	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	4	6	1	11	1
63	83	Jul 15	BSN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
64	84	Jul 16	BSN		PIT	W,9-8	CG	50	10.0	2	4	1	7	0
65	85	Jul 17	BSN		PIT	L,3-7	CG	45	10.0	5	6	0	11	1
66	86	Jul 18 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	1	4	2	7	0
67	87	Jul 18 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	2	2	0	4	1
68	88	Jul 20	BSN		CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
69	89	Jul 21	BSN		CHC	L,3-15	GS	26	4.0	1	2	0	3	1
70	90	Jul 23 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
71	91	Jul 23 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	5	5	1	11	2
72	92	Jul 24	BSN		NYG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
73	93	Jul 25	BSN		NYG	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
74	94	Jul 27	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	43	9.2	4	10	0	14	1
75	95	Jul 28	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
76	96	Jul 29	BSN	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
77	97	Jul 30	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	1	6	1
78	98	Jul 31	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	99	Aug 1	BSN	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	61	12.2	1	8	1	10	0
80	100	Aug 2 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
81	101	Aug 2 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
82	102	Aug 3	BSN	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
83	103	Aug 5	BSN	@	STL	L,2-14	GS	0	6.0	0	2	2	4	1
84	104	Aug 6	BSN	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
85	105	Aug 8 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
86	106	Aug 8 (2)	BSN	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
87	107	Aug 9 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
88	108	Aug 9 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-13	GS	0	4.0	0	2	0	2	1
89	109	Aug 10	BSN	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
90	110	Aug 11	BSN	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
91	111	Aug 14	BSN	@	PHI	L,8-11	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
92	112	Aug 15	BSN	@	PHI	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
93	113	Aug 16 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
94	114	Aug 16 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
95	115	Aug 18 (1)	BSN		STL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
96	116	Aug 18 (2)	BSN		STL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	7	0	13	2
97	117	Aug 19	BSN		STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	7	0	10	3
98	118	Aug 20	BSN		STL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
99	119	Aug 22 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
100	120	Aug 22 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,2-8	GS	0		2	5	2	9	0
101	125 (4)	Aug 28	BSN		CHC	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
102	126	Aug 29 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,3-2	GS	32	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
103	127	Aug 29 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,6-12	GS	27	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	133 (5)	Sep 6 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	W,14-1	GS	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	134	Sep 6 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	W,11-4	GS	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
106	135	Sep 8 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
107	136	Sep 8 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
108	137	Sep 10 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
109	138	Sep 10 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
110	139	Sep 11 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
111	140	Sep 11 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
112	141	Sep 12	BSN		PHI	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
113	142	Sep 16 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
114	143	Sep 16 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
115	144	Sep 17	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-11	GS	36	7.0	6	1	0	7	1
116	145	Sep 18	BSN	@	PIT	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	3	6	1	10	2
117	146	Sep 19	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	42	8.2	4	4	0	8	1
118	147	Sep 21	BSN	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	8	0	8	1
119	148	Sep 23 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
120	149	Sep 23 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	49	12.0	4	7	0	11	1
121	150	Sep 27 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	2	8	0	10	2
122	151	Sep 27 (2)	BSN	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
123	152	Sep 28	BSN	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
124	153	Oct 3	BSN	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
							125gm		1067.0	300	459	44	803	81