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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	31-47 / in Starts: 31-47
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	16 games
Most Games w/o HR	56 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 362 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	145 (81-47-17) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 362 PAs	41
Avg. Runners on Base	241 (120-76-44)

Most Driven In
M O'Neil	7
R Powell	2
G Felix	1
J Barnes	1
B Smith	1
F Gibson	1
L Benton	1
E Sperber	1

Most Driven In By
B Cunningham	16
C Tierney	9
S McInnis	7
E Sperber	3
F Gibson	1
C Stengel	1
R Powell	1
J Genewich	1

1924 Batting Game Log

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1924 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1206	1	Apr 15	BSN	@	PHI	T,6-6	CG(11)	7	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		1	0	.400	.571	.400	.971	1	1.44	0.234	3.82	0.37%	1.69	SS
2	1207	2	Apr 16	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG(10)	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.308	.182	.490	1	1.47	-0.214	3.56	-0.31%	-1.98	SS
3	1208	3	Apr 19	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.294	.200	.494	1	.73	-0.037	1.96	-0.06%	-0.41	SS
4	1209	4	Apr 20	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.333	.222	.556	1	1.16	0.093	2.90	0.14%	0.43	SS
5	1210	5	Apr 21	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.400	.286	.686	1	.96	0.130	2.36	0.19%	1.26	SS
6	1211	6	Apr 23	BSN		PHI	W,3-2	CG(15)	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.250	.344	.250	.594	1						SS
7	1212	7	Apr 24	BSN		PHI	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.361	.313	.674	1	.45	-0.034	1.00	-0.05%	-0.12	SS
8	1213	8	Apr 26	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.390	.314	.705	1	1.34	0.209	2.62	0.25%	0.79	SS
9	1214	9	Apr 28	BSN		BRO	W,8-0	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.435	.342	.777	1	.29	0.055	.62	0.07%	0.78	SS
10	1215	10	Apr 30	BSN		BRO	L,4-6	CG(11)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.451	.341	.792	1	1.65	-0.050	3.78	-0.07%	-0.39	SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	1216	11	May 1	BSN		NYG	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.436	.333	.770	1	.38	-0.013	.94	-0.02%	-0.41	SS
12	1217	12	May 2	BSN		NYG	L,4-7	CG(12)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.393	.294	.688	1	2.30	-0.352	5.32	-0.49%	-2.08	SS
13	1218	13	May 3	BSN		NYG	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.400	.309	.709	1	.93	0.051	1.78	0.06%	0.67	SS
14	1219	14	May 4	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.386	.300	.686	1	.65	-0.025	1.20	-0.03%	-0.41	SS
15	1220	15	May 5	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-11	GS-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.394	.300	.694	2	.62	0.024	1.00	0.02%	0.26	SS
16	1221	16	May 6	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.387	.286	.672	1	1.15	-0.040	1.68	-0.04%	-0.24	SS
17	1222	17	May 7	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.269	.380	.284	.663	2	.62	-0.015	.85	-0.01%	-0.44	SS
18	1223	18	May 9	BSN	@	PIT	W,10-7	CG	5	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.268	.381	.282	.663	2	.57	0.066	.82	0.06%	0.90	SS
19	1224	19	May 10	BSN	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.307	.409	.347	.756	2	.86	0.003	1.50	0.00%	-0.08	SS
20	1225	20	May 13	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.304	.402	.342	.744	1	1.10	-0.019	2.13	-0.02%	-0.09	SS
21	1226	21	May 14	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.402	.337	.739	1	.33	0.023	.71	0.03%	0.14	SS
22	1227	22	May 15	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.318	.412	.364	.775	1	.40	0.059	.92	0.08%	0.38	SS
23	1228	23	May 16	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.411	.359	.770	1	.77	0.101	1.83	0.15%	0.70	SS
24	1229	24	May 17	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.420	.392	.811	1	.62	0.201	1.73	0.34%	2.19	SS
25	1230	25	May 18	BSN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.337	.427	.406	.833	1	.95	0.078	2.61	0.13%	0.74	SS
26	1231	26	May 21	BSN	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.327	.421	.394	.816	2	1.01	-0.086	2.68	-0.14%	-0.61	SS
27	1232	27	May 22	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	1	.318	.416	.383	.799	1	1.04	-0.110	2.88	-0.18%	-1.05	SS
28	1233	28	May 24	BSN	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	5	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.330	.423	.402	.825	1	.61	0.090	1.51	0.13%	0.99	SS
29	1234	29	May 25	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-11	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.410	.388	.798	1	.99	-0.078	2.64	-0.13%	-1.33	SS
30	1235	30	May 27 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.314	.403	.380	.783	2						SS
31	1236	31	May 27 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,10-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.403	.376	.779	2	.69	0.001	1.65	0.00%	0.27	SS
32	1237	32	May 28	BSN		PHI	L,1-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0				0	0	.307	.401	.370	.771	2						SS
33	1238	33	May 29	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.404	.382	.786	2	1.01	0.259	2.30	0.35%	1.12	SS
34	1239	34	May 30 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG(12)	6	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.331	.420	.397	.817	2	.80	0.255	2.31	0.44%	2.97	SS
35	1240	35	May 30 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.321	.410	.386	.796	2	.54	-0.053	1.28	-0.08%	-0.85	SS
36	1241	36	May 31	BSN	@	BRO	L,8-14	CG	5	4	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.416	.389	.805	2	.62	-0.012	1.33	-0.02%	0.45	SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	1242	37	Jun 1	BSN	@	NYG	W,11-6	CG	6	5	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		2		0	0	.322	.409	.383	.792	2	.76	0.191	1.53	0.23%	1.96	SS
38	1243	38	Jun 2	BSN	@	NYG	L,6-9	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.403	.377	.780	2	.65	-0.069	1.52	-0.10%	-0.15	SS
39	1244	39	Jun 3	BSN		CIN	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.394	.367	.762	2	.70	-0.067	1.14	-0.07%	-0.84	SS
40	1245	40	Jun 5	BSN		CIN	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.386	.358	.744	1	1.13	-0.099	1.58	-0.08%	-1.01	SS
41	1246	41	Jun 6	BSN		CIN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.383	.355	.738	1	1.09	-0.055	1.40	-0.04%	-0.36	SS
42	1247	42	Jun 7	BSN		STL	W,13-7	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.389	.363	.751	1	1.18	0.100	1.36	0.07%	1.30	SS
43	1248	43	Jun 9	BSN		STL	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.391	.362	.753	1	.74	0.035	1.08	0.03%	0.25	SS
44	1249	44	Jun 10	BSN		STL	W,6-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.307	.393	.358	.751	1	.59	0.052	.90	0.05%	0.50	SS
45	1250	45	Jun 11	BSN		STL	L,3-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.304	.388	.354	.742	1	1.70	-0.073	2.82	-0.07%	-0.50	SS
46	1251	46	Jun 12	BSN		CHC	L,5-9	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.306	.389	.355	.743	1	1.34	0.008	2.62	0.01%	0.25	SS
47	1252	47	Jun 13	BSN		CHC	L,1-5	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.389	.358	.747	1	1.02	-0.013	1.66	-0.01%	-0.18	SS
48	1253	48	Jun 16	BSN		PIT	W,9-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.389	.359	.748	1	.70	0.026	.84	0.02%	-0.13	SS
49	1254	49	Jun 17 (1)	BSN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		1	0	.307	.387	.357	.743	1	1.34	0.033	1.76	0.03%	0.38	SS
50	1255	50	Jun 17 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.389	.360	.748	1	1.02	0.050	1.07	0.03%	0.62	SS
51	1256	51	Jun 18	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.382	.353	.735	1	1.02	-0.102	1.09	-0.07%	-0.91	SS
52	1257	52	Jun 19	BSN		NYG	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.380	.351	.730	1	1.08	-0.039	1.21	-0.03%	-0.31	SS
53	1258	53	Jun 20	BSN		NYG	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.378	.346	.723	1	1.13	-0.055	.95	-0.03%	-0.67	SS
54	1259	54	Jun 21	BSN		NYG	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.376	.344	.720	1	1.14	-0.058	.71	-0.02%	-0.15	SS
55	1260	55	Jun 23 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.293	.369	.338	.707	1						SS
56	1261	56	Jun 23 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,7-11	GS-0	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0	0	.293	.372	.338	.709	1						SS
57	1262	57	Jun 24	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.297	.374	.345	.719	1						SS
58	1263	58	Jun 25 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG(10)	6	6	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.298	.373	.357	.730	1						SS
59	1264	59	Jun 25 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.304	.377	.375	.752	1						SS
60	1265	60	Jun 26	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.375	.373	.748	1	.49	0.008	.20	0.00%	-0.06	SS
61	1266	61	Jun 28	BSN	@	NYG	L,8-9	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.377	.375	.752	1	1.71	0.136	.56	0.03%	0.43	SS
62	1267	62	Jun 29 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.310	.381	.377	.758	1	.70	0.149	.15	0.02%	1.21	SS
63	1268	63	Jun 29 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.307	.378	.374	.751	1	.56	-0.057	.17	-0.01%	-0.64	SS
64	1269	64	Jun 30 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,9-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.307	.378	.372	.750	1	.87	0.043	.12	0.00%	0.45	SS
65	1270	65	Jun 30 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,4-6	CG	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.385	.379	.764	1	1.14	0.193	.16	0.02%	1.60	SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
66	1271	66	Jul 1	BSN		PHI	L,6-9	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.383	.376	.758	1	.54	-0.027	.07	0.00%	-0.51	SS
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
67	1272	139 (72)	Sep 10 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.377	.370	.748	1	.57	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-1.23	SS
68	1273	140	Sep 12	BSN		PIT	L,4-5	GS-9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.375	.367	.742	1	2.33	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.05	SS
69	1274	141	Sep 13	BSN		PIT	L,0-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.373	.363	.736	1	.82	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.36	SS
70	1275	142	Sep 15	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	CG(12)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.372	.360	.733	1	1.22	0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.03	SS
71	1276	143	Sep 16 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,3-8	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.370	.358	.727	1	.85	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.86	SS
72	1277	144	Sep 16 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,2-4	CG(12)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.363	.350	.713	1	1.42	-0.211	.00	0.00%	-1.77	SS
73	1278	145	Sep 18 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,3-4	CG(11)	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.287	.366	.348	.714	1	1.91	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.70	SS
74	1279	146	Sep 18 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.287	.365	.347	.712	1	.90	0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.03	SS
75	1280	147	Sep 19	BSN		STL	L,1-4	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.367	.347	.713	1	1.15	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.22	SS
76	1281	151 (3)	Sep 24 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.365	.349	.714	7	.83	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.29	SS
77	1282	152	Sep 24 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.283	.361	.344	.705	7						SS
78	1283	153	Sep 27	BSN	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.279	.357	.340	.697	2	.72	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-1.26	SS
79	1284	154	Sep 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.356	.339	.694	2	.70	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.31	SS
							31-47		362	319	49	89	11	1	2	22	37	0	24	1	3		7		4	4	.279	.356	.339	.694		.98	0.558	1.39	1.20%	3.50

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