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 (May 26)

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	PHI		BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
2	2	Apr 17	PHI		BSN	L,2-14	CG	51	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 19	PHI		BSN	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	4	1	6	0
4	4	Apr 20	PHI		BRO	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
5	5	Apr 22	PHI		BRO	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
6	6	Apr 23	PHI		BRO	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	2	8	3
7	7	Apr 24	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 25	PHI	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	4	2	1	7	1
9	9	Apr 26	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
10	10	Apr 27	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
11	11	Apr 29	PHI		NYG	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	3	6	1	10	0
12	12	Apr 30	PHI		NYG	L,0-15	GS	44	7.0	3	4	1	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	PHI		NYG	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
14	14	May 3	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 4	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	6	0	8	0
16	16	May 6	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
17	17	May 7	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	3	7	1
18	18	May 8	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
19	19	May 9	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	20	May 13	PHI	@	STL	T,3-3	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 14	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
22	22	May 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
23	23	May 16	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
24	24	May 17	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
25	25	May 18	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	7	4	1	12	0
26	26	May 19	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	27	May 20	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
28	28	May 22	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	54	11.1	3	1	3	7	0
29	29	May 23	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	4	2	11	1
30	30	May 24	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	42	10.2	4	5	0	9	0
31	31	May 25	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	32	May 26	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
33	33	May 27	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
34	34	May 29	PHI		NYG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
35	35	May 30	PHI		NYG	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
36	36	May 31	PHI		NYG	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	PHI		CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
38	38	Jun 2	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	39	Jun 4 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
40	40	Jun 4 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
41	41	Jun 5	PHI		CIN	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	5	3	1	9	1
42	42	Jun 6	PHI		CHC	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
43	43	Jun 8	PHI		CHC	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
44	44	Jun 10	PHI		CHC	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
45	45	Jun 13	PHI		STL	T,8-8	CG	80	19.0	7	8	0	15	1
46	46	Jun 14 (1)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
47	47	Jun 14 (2)	PHI		STL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	48	Jun 15	PHI		PIT	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 17	PHI		PIT	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	7	3	1	11	2
50	50	Jun 18	PHI		PIT	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	3
51	51	Jun 19	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
52	52	Jun 20 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	3	5	0	8	0
53	53	Jun 20 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	54	Jun 21	PHI		BSN	W,10-6	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 22	PHI		BSN	L,4-8	GS	28	5.0	3	2	1	6	0
56	56	Jun 24	PHI		BRO	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	3	1	9	1
57	57	Jun 25	PHI		BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	58	Jun 26	PHI		BRO	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
59	59	Jun 27	PHI		BRO	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	3	5	2	10	0
60	60	Jun 28	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
61	61	Jun 29 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
62	62	Jun 29 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	63	Jul 2	PHI	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
64	64	Jul 3	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
65	65	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
66	66	Jul 4 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	46	12.0	1	1	0	2	1
67	67	Jul 6	PHI	@	CIN	L,9-10	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
68	68	Jul 7 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	2	3	0
69	69	Jul 7 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
70	70	Jul 8	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
71	71	Jul 10 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
72	72	Jul 10 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	8	4	2	14	2
73	73	Jul 11	PHI	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
74	74	Jul 12	PHI	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	75	Jul 13 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
76	76	Jul 13 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
77	77	Jul 14	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
78	78	Jul 16 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
79	79	Jul 16 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
80	80	Jul 17	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	82	20.0	5	8	0	13	1
81	81	Jul 18	PHI	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	49	13.0	4	6	1	11	0
82	82	Jul 19	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	8	0	9	1
83	83	Jul 20 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
84	84	Jul 20 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
85	85	Jul 24	PHI		CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
86	86	Jul 25 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
87	87	Jul 25 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,6-12	CG	51	9.0	2	7	1	10	0
88	88	Jul 26	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	4	3	3	10	0
89	89	Jul 27 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,5-14	CG	50	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
90	90	Jul 27 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	4	5	1	10	0
91	91	Jul 29	PHI		CIN	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	5	3	1	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	92	Aug 1 (1)	PHI		STL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
93	93	Aug 1 (2)	PHI		STL	L,1-3	CG	41	10.0	4	4	1	9	1
94	94	Aug 2	PHI		STL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
95	95	Aug 3 (1)	PHI		STL	L,12-16	CG	51	9.0	5	6	1	12	0
96	96	Aug 3 (2)	PHI		STL	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
97	97	Aug 5	PHI		STL	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
98	98	Aug 6	PHI		PIT	L,2-10	GS	30	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
99	99	Aug 7	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
100	100	Aug 8 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
101	101	Aug 8 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
102	102	Aug 10 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	4	3	1	8	0
103	103	Aug 10 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
104	104	Aug 13 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	39	8.2	3	5	0	8	0
105	105	Aug 13 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	50	11.1	2	3	0	5	1
106	106	Aug 14	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	5	4	0	9	0
107	107	Aug 17 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
108	108	Aug 17 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
109	109	Aug 18 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	3	7	0	10	0
110	110	Aug 18 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
111	111	Aug 19	PHI	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
112	112	Aug 20	PHI	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	27	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
113	113	Aug 21	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	1	2	0	3	1
114	114	Aug 22	PHI	@	CIN	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
115	115	Aug 23	PHI	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	3	5	1	9	0
116	116	Aug 24 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
117	117	Aug 24 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
118	118	Aug 27 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
119	119	Aug 27 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
120	120	Aug 30 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
121	121	Aug 30 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
122	122	Aug 31 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,2-5	CG	43	11.0	4	8	2	14	2
123	123	Aug 31 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	124	Sep 2 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
125	125	Sep 2 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
							125gm		1127.0	371	457	64	892	58