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.

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 23	PHI		NYG	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
2	2	Apr 24	PHI		NYG	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 25	PHI		NYG	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
4	4	Apr 28	PHI		BRO	L,1-10	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 29	PHI		BRO	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 30	PHI		BRO	T,9-9	CG	82	20.0	6	7	0	13	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 2	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-14	GS	27	4.0	0	2	1	3	0
8	8	May 3	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	9	May 4	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	59 (49)	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,3-8	GS	39	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	60	Jul 5	PHI		NYG	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
12	61	Jul 7 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,5-10	GS	35	6.0	1	5	1	7	1
13	62	Jul 7 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-7	CG	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	63	Jul 8	PHI		CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
15	64	Jul 9 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
16	65	Jul 9 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	5	1	1	7	0
17	66	Jul 11	PHI		CHC	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
18	67	Jul 12	PHI		CIN	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
19	68	Jul 14	PHI		CIN	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	7	1	10	0
20	69	Jul 17	PHI		STL	W,1-0	CG	43	12.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	70	Jul 19 (1)	PHI		STL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
22	71	Jul 19 (2)	PHI		STL	W,4-3	GS	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	72	Jul 23 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	4
24	73	Jul 23 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	74	Jul 24	PHI		BRO	W,7-6	CG	43	11.0	5	5	2	12	1
26	75	Jul 25	PHI		BRO	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
27	76	Jul 26 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	7	0	11	0
28	77	Jul 26 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,5-11	GS	32	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
29	78	Jul 27	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	79	Jul 28	PHI		BSN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
31	80	Jul 30	PHI	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	81	Jul 31	PHI	@	STL	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	82	Aug 2 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	51	14.0	4	10	2	16	1
34	83	Aug 2 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	46	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	84	Aug 3	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
36	85	Aug 4	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
37	86	Aug 5	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
38	87	Aug 7	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	8	0	12	1
39	88	Aug 8	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	89	Aug 9	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	0	2	2	4	0
41	90	Aug 10	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	47	12.1	5	3	0	8	0
42	91	Aug 11	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
43	92	Aug 14 (1)	PHI		STL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
44	93	Aug 14 (2)	PHI		STL	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
45	94	Aug 15 (1)	PHI		STL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
46	95	Aug 15 (2)	PHI		STL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
47	96	Aug 16 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
48	97	Aug 16 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	3
49	98	Aug 18	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	CG	48	13.0	3	7	0	10	2
50	99	Aug 19	PHI		PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
51	100	Aug 20 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
52	101	Aug 20 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,5-6	CG	44	11.0	4	4	0	8	1
53	102	Aug 21	PHI		CHC	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	2	8	0
54	103	Aug 22	PHI		CHC	L,2-10	CG	50	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
55	104	Aug 23 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
56	105	Aug 23 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
57	106	Aug 25	PHI		CIN	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
58	107	Aug 26 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
59	108	Aug 26 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,3-8	CG	62	15.0	3	7	0	10	0
60	109	Aug 27	PHI		NYG	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
61	110	Aug 28	PHI		NYG	W,14-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
62	111	Aug 29 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	4	4	0	8	0
63	112	Aug 29 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
64	113	Aug 30 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,4-5	CG	47	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
65	114	Aug 30 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	CG	43	11.0	5	3	1	9	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	115	Sep 1	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
67	116	Sep 4	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	5	4	0	9	2
68	117	Sep 5	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
69	118	Sep 6	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
70	119	Sep 7 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	1	1	0	2	1
71	120	Sep 7 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
72	121	Sep 9	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
73	122	Sep 10	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
74	123	Sep 11 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-7	GS	14	2.1	2	0	1	3	0
75	125 (1)	Sep 12	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	33	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
76	126	Sep 13 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
77	127	Sep 13 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
78	128	Sep 14	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	129	Sep 15	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	5	2	1	8	0
80	130	Sep 16	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
81	131	Sep 19	PHI	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	132	Sep 24 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
83	133	Sep 24 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,7-14	CG	49	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
84	134	Sep 25	PHI		BRO	W,10-9	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
85	135	Sep 26	PHI		BRO	L,3-13	CG	49	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
86	136	Sep 27	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
87	137	Sep 28 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
88	138	Sep 28 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
							88gm		787.0	242	306	28	576	46