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.

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1928 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	BRO		PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	1	8	2
2	2	Apr 13	BRO		PHI	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 15	BRO		BSN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
4	4	Apr 16	BRO		BSN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
5	5	Apr 18	BRO		BSN	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
6	6	Apr 19	BRO	@	PHI	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 20	BRO	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
8	8	Apr 24	BRO		PHI	W,12-7	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	9	Apr 25	BRO		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
10	10	Apr 26	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
11	11	Apr 27	BRO	@	BSN	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
12	12	Apr 29 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 29 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
14	14	Apr 30	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-14	GS	28	4.0	0	1	0	1	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
16	16	May 2	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
17	17	May 5	BRO	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
18	18	May 6 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
19	19	May 6 (2)	BRO	@	STL	W,5-4	GS	34	7.0	0	1	1	2	0
20	20	May 7	BRO	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	2
21	21	May 8	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
22	22	May 9	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	52	11.1	1	4	0	5	0
23	23	May 11	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
24	24	May 12	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	1	4	0	5	1
25	25	May 13	BRO		PIT	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
26	26	May 14	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
27	27	May 15	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
28	28	May 17	BRO	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
29	29	May 18	BRO	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
30	30	May 19	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
31	31	May 20	BRO		PHI	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 22	BRO		NYG	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
33	33	May 23 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
34	34	May 23 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
35	35	May 24	BRO		NYG	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
36	36	May 25	BRO		BSN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
37	37	May 26	BRO		BSN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
38	38	May 27 (1)	BRO		BSN	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
39	39	May 27 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
40	40	May 29	BRO		NYG	L,5-12	GS	36	7.0	3	3	0	6	1
41	41	May 30 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,1-9	GS	32	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
42	42	May 30 (2)	BRO		NYG	T,2-2	CG	26	6.0	3	3	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 1	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 2	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	44	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
45	45	Jun 3	BRO		PIT	L,7-9	CG	62	14.0	3	3	0	6	1
46	46	Jun 6	BRO		CIN	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
47	47	Jun 7	BRO		CIN	W,1-0	CG	40	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
48	48	Jun 8	BRO		CIN	L,3-5	CG	42	11.0	4	4	1	9	0
49	49	Jun 9	BRO		CIN	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
50	50	Jun 10	BRO		STL	L,7-15	GS	34	7.0	3	3	2	8	0
51	51	Jun 11	BRO		CHC	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
52	52	Jun 12	BRO		CHC	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 13	BRO		CHC	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
54	54	Jun 14	BRO		CHC	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 15	BRO		STL	L,2-5	CG	51	14.0	2	6	0	8	0
56	56	Jun 16	BRO		STL	L,5-6	CG	48	11.0	3	4	0	7	1
57	57	Jun 17	BRO		CHC	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 18	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
59	59	Jun 19	BRO	@	PHI	L,10-11	GS	37	7.0	1	3	1	5	0
60	60	Jun 20	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
61	61	Jun 23 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
62	62	Jun 23 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
63	63	Jun 24	BRO		NYG	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
64	64	Jun 25	BRO	@	BSN	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
65	65	Jun 26 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
66	66	Jun 26 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
67	67	Jun 30 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,3-4	CG	52	13.0	4	2	0	6	1
68	68	Jun 30 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,13-5	GS	27	6.0	0	2	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	69	Jul 1	BRO		BSN	L,7-8	CG	47	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
70	70	Jul 3	BRO	@	NYG	L,7-8	GS	30	7.0	3	2	1	6	1
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	4.2	1	3	0	4	0
73	73	Jul 6	BRO	@	CHC	L,8-14	CG	47	8.0	2	9	0	11	0
74	74	Jul 7 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	1	8	2
75	75	Jul 7 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
76	76	Jul 8	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
77	77	Jul 9	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
78	78	Jul 10	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
79	79	Jul 11	BRO	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
80	80	Jul 12	BRO	@	CIN	T,0-0	CG	28	8.1	5	5	0	10	2
81	81	Jul 14	BRO	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
82	82	Jul 15	BRO	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
83	83	Jul 16	BRO	@	STL	L,6-7	GS	34	7.0	3	4	1	8	0
84	84	Jul 17	BRO	@	STL	L,1-7	GS	29	6.0	3	4	0	7	0
85	85	Jul 18 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,10-11	GS	26	6.0	1	2	1	4	1
86	86	Jul 18 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
87	87	Jul 19	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
88	88	Jul 20	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
89	89	Jul 21 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
90	90	Jul 21 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
91	91	Jul 22 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
92	92	Jul 22 (2)	BRO		PIT	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
93	93	Jul 23	BRO		PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
94	94	Jul 24	BRO		STL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
95	95	Jul 25	BRO		STL	W,8-1	GS	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	96	Jul 26	BRO		STL	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
97	97	Jul 27	BRO		STL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
98	98	Jul 28	BRO		CIN	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
99	99	Jul 29	BRO		CIN	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	6	5	1	12	2
100	100	Jul 30	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
101	101	Jul 31	BRO		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	102	Aug 2	BRO		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	9	0	9	0
103	103	Aug 3	BRO		CHC	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	1	7	1	9	2
104	104	Aug 4	BRO		CHC	L,3-16	GS	26	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	105	Aug 5	BRO		CHC	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
106	106	Aug 7 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
107	107	Aug 7 (2)	BRO		PIT	L,2-3	CG	50	12.0	2	2	0	4	0
108	108	Aug 8	BRO		PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
109	109	Aug 10	BRO		BSN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
110	110	Aug 11	BRO		BSN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
111	111	Aug 12	BRO		BSN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
112	112	Aug 13	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
113	113	Aug 14	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
114	114	Aug 15	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
115	115	Aug 16	BRO	@	PIT	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
116	116	Aug 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
117	117	Aug 18	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
118	118	Aug 19	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	2	2	1	5	0
119	119	Aug 20	BRO	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	2	5	1	8	0
120	120	Aug 21	BRO	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
121	121	Aug 22	BRO	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
122	122	Aug 23 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	3	5	2	10	0
123	123	Aug 23 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
124	127 (3)	Aug 31	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	128	Sep 1	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
126	129	Sep 2	BRO		PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
127	130	Sep 4 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	4	5	0	9	1
128	131	Sep 4 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
129	132	Sep 5 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	4	2	3	9	0
130	133	Sep 5 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
131	134	Sep 8 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
132	135	Sep 8 (2)	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
133	136	Sep 9	BRO		NYG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
134	138 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
135	139	Sep 11 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
136	140	Sep 11 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
137	141	Sep 12	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
138	142	Sep 13	BRO	@	PHI	W,10-0	GS	23	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
139	143	Sep 15	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	53	12.2	2	6	0	8	0
140	144	Sep 16	BRO		CIN	L,3-4	GS	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
141	145	Sep 17	BRO		CIN	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
142	146	Sep 18	BRO		CIN	L,2-5	GS	33	7.0	3	4	1	8	2
143	147	Sep 21	BRO		CHC	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
144	148	Sep 22	BRO		CHC	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
145	149	Sep 23	BRO		STL	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
146	150	Sep 24	BRO		STL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	5	3	1	9	1
147	151	Sep 25	BRO		STL	L,3-4	CG	65	15.0	2	1	0	3	0
148	152	Sep 26	BRO		STL	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
149	153	Sep 27 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	3	2	2	7	1
							149gm		1302.0	350	484	46	880	66