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.

1921 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1921 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-8	CG	52	11.0	1	5	0	6	2
2	2	Apr 14	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-2	GS	21	6.0	4	2	0	6	1
3	3	Apr 16	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-11	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 19	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-1	GS	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
5	5	Apr 20	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
6	6	Apr 21	NYG		PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	2	5	1
7	7	Apr 22	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
8	8	Apr 24	NYG		PHI	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	6	2	2	10	1
9	9	Apr 25	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 27	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	1	5	0	6	0
12	12	Apr 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	1	4	0	5	2
13	13	Apr 30	NYG		BSN	W,9-4	GS	31	7.0	2	4	1	7	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	NYG		BSN	W,7-2	GS	35	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
15	15	May 2	NYG		BSN	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
16	16	May 3	NYG		BSN	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 4	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
18	18	May 7	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
19	19	May 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
20	20	May 10	NYG		STL	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
21	21	May 11	NYG		STL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
22	22	May 12	NYG		STL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
23	23	May 13	NYG		STL	W,5-1	CG	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	24	May 14	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
25	25	May 15	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
26	26	May 16	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
27	27	May 17	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	4	7	0	11	1
28	28	May 18	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
29	29	May 19	NYG		CHC	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
30	30	May 20	NYG		CHC	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
31	31	May 21	NYG		CHC	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
32	32	May 22	NYG		PIT	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
33	33	May 24	NYG		PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
34	34	May 26 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	4	1	12	1
35	35	May 26 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
36	36	May 27	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
37	37	May 28 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	38	May 28 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	1	4	2	7	2
39	39	May 30 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	3
40	40	May 30 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,13-7	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
41	41	May 31	NYG		PHI	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	7	1	10	1
43	43	Jun 1 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,8-3	GS	27	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
44	44	Jun 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
45	45	Jun 3	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
46	46	Jun 4	NYG	@	PIT	W,12-0	GS	22	7.0	2	6	0	8	0
47	47	Jun 6	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	4	6	0	10	1
48	48	Jun 7	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
49	49	Jun 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	50	Jun 11	NYG	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	51	Jun 12	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	4	3	0	7	2
52	52	Jun 13	NYG	@	STL	L,1-10	GS	37	7.0	1	5	0	6	0
53	53	Jun 14	NYG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	5	1	10	2
54	54	Jun 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	51	12.0	5	5	0	10	0
55	55	Jun 16	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	53	12.1	1	4	0	5	0
56	56	Jun 17	NYG	@	CHC	L,10-11	CG	41	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
57	57	Jun 18	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-3	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
58	58	Jun 19	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
59	59	Jun 21	NYG		BSN	L,5-16	CG	52	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
60	60	Jun 22	NYG		BSN	L,5-9	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	3
61	61	Jun 23	NYG		BSN	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
62	62	Jun 24	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
63	63	Jun 25 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
64	64	Jun 25 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,17-4	GS	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
65	65	Jun 27	NYG	@	PHI	L,8-12	CG	39	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
66	66	Jun 29	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 3 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
68	68	Jul 3 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
69	69	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
70	70	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	71	Jul 6	NYG		BRO	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
72	72	Jul 7	NYG		BRO	L,6-7	CG	43	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
73	73	Jul 8	NYG		CHC	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
74	74	Jul 9	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
75	75	Jul 10	NYG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
76	76	Jul 11	NYG		CHC	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
77	77	Jul 12	NYG		STL	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
78	78	Jul 13	NYG		STL	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	4	6	1	11	1
79	79	Jul 14	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	1	5	2	8	0
80	80	Jul 16	NYG		PIT	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
81	81	Jul 17	NYG		PIT	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	82	Jul 18	NYG		PIT	W,12-1	GS	28	8.0	3	3	1	7	3
83	83	Jul 19	NYG		PIT	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
84	84	Jul 20	NYG		CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
85	85	Jul 22	NYG		CIN	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
86	86	Jul 23 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
87	87	Jul 23 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,6-0	CG	17	5.0	4	2	0	6	2
88	88	Jul 24	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
89	89	Jul 25	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
90	90	Jul 26	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	6	5	0	11	0
91	91	Jul 27	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
92	92	Jul 28	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
93	93	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-7	CG	42	10.0	3	5	1	9	1
94	94	Jul 30 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
95	95	Jul 30 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
96	96	Jul 31 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	50	11.1	3	3	0	6	0
97	97	Jul 31 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	10.1	2	7	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	98	Aug 1	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
99	99	Aug 2	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
100	100	Aug 3	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	5	2	12	0
101	101	Aug 4	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
102	102	Aug 5	NYG	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
103	103	Aug 6	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
104	104	Aug 7	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
105	105	Aug 8	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
106	106	Aug 9	NYG	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	46	9.2	2	6	0	8	1
107	107	Aug 11 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
108	108	Aug 11 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,6-5	CG	54	13.0	6	4	1	11	4
109	109	Aug 12	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
110	110	Aug 13	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
111	111	Aug 14	NYG		PHI	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
112	112	Aug 15	NYG		PHI	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	7	6	0	13	2
113	113	Aug 16	NYG		BRO	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
114	114	Aug 17	NYG		CIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
115	115	Aug 18	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
116	116	Aug 19	NYG		CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
117	117	Aug 20	NYG		STL	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
118	118	Aug 21	NYG		STL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
119	119	Aug 22	NYG		STL	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
120	120	Aug 23	NYG		STL	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
121	121	Aug 24 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,10-2	CG	31	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
122	122	Aug 24 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
123	123	Aug 25	NYG		PIT	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
124	124	Aug 26	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
125	125	Aug 27	NYG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	126	Aug 28	NYG		CHC	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
127	127	Aug 29	NYG		CHC	W,8-7	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
128	128	Aug 30	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	129	Sep 1	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
130	130	Sep 3	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	27	7.0	1	5	0	6	1
131	131	Sep 4	NYG		BSN	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
132	132	Sep 5 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
133	133	Sep 5 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
134	134	Sep 6	NYG		BSN	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
135	135	Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	7	0	10	3
136	136	Sep 7 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
137	137	Sep 9	NYG		BRO	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
138	138	Sep 10	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
139	139	Sep 11	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
140	140	Sep 13	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	3	8	0	11	1
141	141	Sep 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
142	142	Sep 15	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
143	143	Sep 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
144	144	Sep 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
145	145	Sep 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
146	146	Sep 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	44	9.1	4	6	0	10	0
147	147	Sep 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	5	4	1	10	2
148	148	Sep 24	NYG	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
149	149	Sep 25	NYG	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
150	150	Sep 26	NYG	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
151	151	Oct 1 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,9-10	CG	48	8.1	3	2	0	5	1
152	152	Oct 1 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-0	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
153	153	Oct 2	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-7	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
							153gm		1350.0	396	546	39	981	105