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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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.0

ERA

3.89

286

112

1186.0

484

WHIP

1.425

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 13	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	6 (3)	Apr 17	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	GS	30	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
4	7	Apr 19	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	GF	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	10 (2)	Apr 22	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	12 (1)	Apr 25	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	14 (1)	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	15	Apr 28	CHW		DET	W,2-1		9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	20 (4)	May 6 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-8		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
10	22 (1)	May 8 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	26 (3)	May 11	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	GS	12	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
12	34 (7)	May 19	CHW		BOS	W,8-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	48 (13)	Jun 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	GF	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	51 (2)	Jun 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
15	54 (2)	Jun 18 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6		11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
16	59 (4)	Jun 23	CHW		CLE	W,2-1		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
17	60	Jun 24	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
18	62 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	64 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	CHW		DET	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	69 (4)	Jul 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	73 (3)	Jul 5	CHW	@	DET	L,6-11	GS	28	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	75 (1)	Jul 7	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	GF	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
23	77 (1)	Jul 9	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	78	Jul 10	CHW		PHA	L,3-7		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
25	80 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,5-3		23	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
26	83 (2)	Jul 15	CHW		WSH	L,5-6	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
27	87 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,7-4	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	90 (2)	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	T,5-5		0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
29	95 (4)	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6		21	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
30	99 (3)	Jul 30	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	GF	24	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	102 (2)	Aug 2	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	107 (4)	Aug 7	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-8		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
33	109 (1)	Aug 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-2	GF	10	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	111 (1)	Aug 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	GF	1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
35	112	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	114 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	116 (1)	Aug 17	CHW		PHA	L,7-9		13	2.1	0	0	1	1	0
38	118 (1)	Aug 19	CHW		PHA	W,14-6	GF	18	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
39	122 (3)	Aug 22	CHW		BOS	L,1-5		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	125 (2)	Aug 26	CHW		NYY	W,8-3	GF	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	129 (3)	Aug 29 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,11-1	GF	24	7.2	0	3	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	132 (2)	Sep 1	CHW		SLB	L,3-6	GS	27	5.2	0	2	0	2	0
43	134 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,6-5		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
44	135	Sep 3 (1)	CHW		DET	W,7-5		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
45	136	Sep 3 (2)	CHW		DET	W,14-8		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
46	140 (3)	Sep 9	CHW		CLE	W,3-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
47	142 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	GF	8	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
48	147 (4)	Sep 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	GF	16	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	151 (3)	Sep 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-5	GF	18	3.0	0	2	1	3	0
50	154 (2)	Sep 29 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-12	GF	35	7.1	0	1	0	1	0
							50gm		173.0	0	42	4	46	0