Dave Danforth

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 167lb (183cm, 75kg)

Born: March 7, 1890 in Granger, TX us

Died: September 19, 1970 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD

School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)

Debut: August 1, 1911 (Age 21-147d, 3,552nd in major league history)
vs. DET 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 1, 1925 (Age 35-208d)
vs. DET 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1912 season

Full Name: David Charles Danforth

Nicknames: Dauntless Dave

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.0

ERA

3.89

286

112

1186.0

484

WHIP

1.425

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-17 / in Starts: 17-12
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	4 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 88 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	75 (34-26-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 88 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (29-18-10)

Most Driven In
H Severeid	5
D Schliebner	2
H Ezzell	2
G Robertson	1
M McManus	1
P Collins	1

Most Driven In By
J Tobin	3
W Gerber	1

1923 Batting Game Log

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1923 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	170	1	Apr 18	SLB		DET	L,6-9	2-6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0		1.000			9	1.04	-0.006	2.72	-0.01%	-0.10	P
2	171	4 (2)	Apr 21	SLB		DET	L,1-16	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0		1.000			9						P
3	172	6 (1)	Apr 23	SLB		CHW	T,7-7	3-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	1.37	-0.112	2.43	-0.12%	-0.91	P
4	173	11 (4)	Apr 29	SLB	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	174	15 (3)	May 3	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	9	.93	-0.007	1.25	-0.01%	0.06	P
6	175	18 (2)	May 6	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-4	3-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	9	.36	-0.010	.70	-0.01%	-0.11	P
7	176	21 (2)	May 10	SLB		PHA	L,7-10	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	9						P
8	177	27 (5)	May 18	SLB		NYY	L,4-9	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.333	.641	9	.89	0.029	1.75	0.03%	0.29	P
9	178	31 (3)	May 22	SLB		WSH	W,12-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.308	.593	9	.89	-0.026	.89	-0.02%	-0.26	P
10	179	32	May 24	SLB		CLE	L,1-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.308	.593	9						P
11	180	36 (3)	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1		0		0	0	.267	.389	.333	.722	9	.50	0.006	.48	0.00%	0.94	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	181	40 (3)	Jun 2	SLB	@	CHW	W,8-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.368	.313	.681	9	1.38	-0.033	1.36	-0.02%	-0.37	P
13	182	48 (7)	Jun 12	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-1	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.364	.368	.732	9	.56	0.109	.68	0.08%	0.82	P
14	183	60 (11)	Jun 25	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-4	GS-8	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.440	.476	.916	9	.78	0.201	1.38	0.21%	2.14	P
15	184	64 (3)	Jun 30	SLB		DET	L,3-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.440	.476	.916	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	185	68 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,7-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.440	.476	.916	9						P
17	186	73 (4)	Jul 8	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	3-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.318	.423	.455	.878	9	1.06	-0.039	.88	-0.02%	-0.50	P
18	187	77 (3)	Jul 12	SLB		WSH	W,8-5	7-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.444	.522	.966	9	.06	0.004	.01	0.00%	0.23	P
19	188	80 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.419	.462	.881	9	.89	-0.030	.19	0.00%	-1.12	P
20	189	84 (3)	Jul 17	SLB		BOS	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.429	.467	.895	9	.43	-0.042	.10	-0.01%	0.11	P
21	190	88 (3)	Jul 21	SLB		PHA	W,10-3	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.447	.452	.899	9	1.58	0.096	.35	0.01%	0.96	P
22	191	93 (4)	Jul 25	SLB		CLE	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.429	.429	.857	9	2.03	0.080	.25	0.01%	-0.76	P
23	192	95 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.429	.429	.857	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	193	96	Aug 1 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,2-0	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.391	.385	.776	9	1.25	-0.133	.12	-0.01%	-1.47	P
25	194	108 (11)	Aug 16	SLB		NYY	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.367	.357	.724	9	1.63	-0.133	.11	-0.01%	-0.88	P
26	195	110 (1)	Aug 18	SLB		WSH	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.367	.357	.724	9						P
27	196	112 (1)	Aug 20	SLB		WSH	L,2-7	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.367	.357	.724	9	1.87	-0.001	.01	0.00%	0.01	P
28	197	117 (4)	Aug 25	SLB		PHA	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.415	.467	.882	9	.57	0.126	.00	0.00%	1.54	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	198	121 (3)	Sep 1	SLB		DET	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.386	.429	.815	9	.92	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-1.64	P
30	199	125 (3)	Sep 4	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.286	.386	.429	.815	9	1.59	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
31	200	127 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.393	.423	.817	9	.74	0.149	.00	0.00%	1.59	P
32	201	130 (2)	Sep 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.369	.393	.762	9	1.85	-0.193	.00	0.00%	-1.00	P
33	202	135 (4)	Sep 17 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-12	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.369	.393	.762	9						P
34	203	136	Sep 18 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.348	.367	.714	9	.71	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-2.04	P
35	204	140 (3)	Sep 24 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.329	.344	.673	9	.47	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-1.08	P
36	205	144 (3)	Sep 28	SLB		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.320	.333	.653	9	1.57	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.89	P
37	206	148 (3)	Oct 1	SLB		CLE	L,5-13	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.312	.324	.635	9	1.67	0.093	.00	0.00%	0.82	P
38	207	152 (3)	Oct 5	SLB	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.300	.310	.610	9	.90	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.81	P
							20-17		88	71	5	15	5	1	0	12	8	0	8	1	4		0		0	0	.211	.300	.310	.610		1.05	-0.260	.44	0.13%	-4.65

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