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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 12)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	PHI		NYG	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	5	3	12	0
2	2	Apr 13	PHI		NYG	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
3	3	Apr 15	PHI		NYG	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
4	4	Apr 18	PHI		BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
5	5	Apr 19	PHI		BSN	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
6	6	Apr 20	PHI	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG	52	12.0	3	1	1	5	0
7	7	Apr 21	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	8	4	1	13	0
8	8	Apr 26	PHI		BRO	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
9	9	Apr 28	PHI		BRO	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
10	10	Apr 29	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
12	12	May 2	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	13	May 3	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	14	May 4	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
15	15	May 6	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	2	6	0	8	2
16	16	May 8	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
17	17	May 10	PHI	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
18	18	May 11	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
19	19	May 12	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
20	20	May 13	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
21	21	May 14	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	4	1	1	6	0
22	22	May 15	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
23	23	May 16	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	13	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
24	26 (2)	May 20	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
25	31 (4)	May 26	PHI		BRO	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	32	May 27 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
27	33	May 27 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	2	9	0	11	1
28	34	May 29	PHI		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
29	35	May 30 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
30	36	May 30 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	6	3	1	10	0
31	37	May 31	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	38	Jun 1	PHI		NYG	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
33	39	Jun 2	PHI		STL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
34	40	Jun 3	PHI		STL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
35	41	Jun 5	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG	44	11.0	3	8	0	11	0
36	42	Jun 6	PHI		CHC	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
37	43	Jun 12	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
38	44	Jun 13	PHI		PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
39	45	Jun 14	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	51	12.0	2	5	0	7	1
40	46	Jun 15	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	47	Jun 17	PHI		CIN	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
42	48	Jun 19	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	49	Jun 20 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
44	50	Jun 20 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
45	51	Jun 22 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	3	8	0
46	52	Jun 22 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	2	3	0
47	53	Jun 23	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	11.0	2	5	0	7	0
48	54	Jun 24	PHI		BSN	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
49	55	Jun 26 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
50	56	Jun 26 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,5-9	CG	50	10.0	3	6	2	11	1
51	57	Jun 27	PHI		BSN	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
52	58	Jun 28	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
53	59	Jun 29 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	27	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
54	60	Jun 29 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
55	61	Jun 30	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	62	Jul 1	PHI	@	NYG	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
57	63	Jul 3	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	0	6.0	0	3	0	3	1
58	64	Jul 5	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
59	65	Jul 7	PHI	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
60	66	Jul 8	PHI	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
61	67	Jul 9	PHI	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
62	68	Jul 10	PHI	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
63	69	Jul 11	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
64	70	Jul 12	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
65	71	Jul 13	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	7	2	1	10	0
66	72	Jul 14	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS	25	6.0	3	2	1	6	0
67	73	Jul 15 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
68	74	Jul 15 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	4	1	2	7	0
69	75	Jul 20 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
70	76	Jul 20 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
71	77	Jul 21	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	1	9	0	10	0
72	78	Jul 22	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
73	79	Jul 23	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
74	80	Jul 24	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
75	81	Jul 26 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
76	82	Jul 26 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
77	83	Jul 27	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	6	1	9	2
78	84	Jul 28	PHI		PIT	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	7	2	12	0
79	85	Jul 29 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
80	86	Jul 29 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
81	87	Jul 31	PHI		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	88	Aug 1 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
83	89	Aug 1 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
84	90	Aug 2	PHI		CHC	W,1-0	CG	45	12.0	6	4	1	11	1
85	91	Aug 3	PHI		STL	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	4	5	1	10	0
86	92	Aug 4	PHI		STL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
87	93	Aug 5	PHI		STL	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
88	94	Aug 7	PHI		STL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	6	0	10	0
89	95	Aug 8	PHI		CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	7.1	3	4	0	7	1
90	96	Aug 9 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
91	97	Aug 9 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
92	98	Aug 10	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
93	99	Aug 11	PHI		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
94	100	Aug 12	PHI		NYG	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
95	101	Aug 14 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
96	102	Aug 14 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
97	103	Aug 15	PHI		NYG	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
98	104	Aug 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	8	0	11	0
99	105	Aug 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	52	14.0	5	7	0	12	2
100	106	Aug 21 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
101	107	Aug 21 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
102	108	Aug 22 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
103	109	Aug 22 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
104	110	Aug 23	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	61	15.2	4	9	0	13	1
105	111	Aug 24	PHI	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
106	112	Aug 25	PHI	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	10.1	2	3	1	6	0
107	113	Aug 26	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	3	5	0	8	1
108	114	Aug 28	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
109	115	Aug 29	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	2	7	2
110	116	Aug 30	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	117	Sep 1 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	2	7	0
112	118	Sep 1 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	8	0	8	0
113	119	Sep 2	PHI		BRO	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
114	120	Sep 4 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
115	121	Sep 4 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
116	122	Sep 5 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
117	123	Sep 5 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	T,0-0	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	124	Sep 7 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
119	125	Sep 7 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
120	126	Sep 8	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
121	127	Sep 9 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	6	1	7	0
122	128	Sep 9 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	3	4	1	8	0
123	129	Sep 11	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
124	130	Sep 12	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
125	131	Sep 13 (1)	PHI		STL	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	2	3	2	7	2
126	132	Sep 13 (2)	PHI		STL	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
127	133	Sep 14	PHI		STL	L,3-5	GS	0		1	2	1	4	0
128	134	Sep 16 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
129	135	Sep 16 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
130	136	Sep 18	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
131	137	Sep 19	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
132	138	Sep 20 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
133	139	Sep 20 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
134	140	Sep 21	PHI		PIT	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	5	1	2	8	2
135	141	Sep 22	PHI		PIT	W,7-4	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
136	142	Sep 23 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	6	1	9	2
137	143	Sep 23 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
138	144	Sep 25	PHI		CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
139	145	Sep 26	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
140	146	Sep 28	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
141	147	Sep 30 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
							142gm		1258.0	326	510	60	896	64