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.

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	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 14	PHI	@	BRO	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
3	3	Apr 16	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
4	4	Apr 19 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-7	GS	30	5.0	2	3	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 19 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
6	6	Apr 20	PHI		BRO	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
7	7	Apr 21	PHI		BRO	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	5	2	12	1
8	8	Apr 23	PHI		BRO	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 25	PHI		NYG	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 27	PHI		NYG	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
11	11	Apr 28	PHI		NYG	W,2-1	GS	15	4.0	1	0	1	2	0
12	12	Apr 30	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	7	0	8	2
14	14	May 3	PHI		BSN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
15	15	May 7	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
16	16	May 8	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	17	May 10	PHI		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
18	18	May 11	PHI		STL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
19	19	May 12	PHI		STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
20	20	May 14	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
21	24 (3)	May 18	PHI		CHC	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
22	25	May 19	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	1	6	1	8	2
23	26	May 21	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
24	27	May 22	PHI		CHC	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
25	28	May 23	PHI		CIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
26	29	May 24	PHI		CIN	L,9-19	GS	24	3.0	1	2	1	4	0
27	30	May 25	PHI		CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
28	31	May 26	PHI		CIN	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
29	32	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
30	33	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	34	May 31	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	35	Jun 1	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
33	36	Jun 2	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	37	Jun 4	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
35	38	Jun 6	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	39	Jun 8	PHI	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
37	40	Jun 10	PHI	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
38	41	Jun 11	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	37	8.2	1	1	0	2	1
39	52 (10)	Jun 22	PHI		BRO	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
40	53	Jun 23	PHI		NYG	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
41	54	Jun 25	PHI		NYG	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
42	55	Jun 26 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
43	56	Jun 26 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,6-5	CG	38	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
44	57	Jun 27	PHI		NYG	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	3	2	4	9	0
45	58	Jun 28 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	6	1	11	1
46	59	Jun 28 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
47	60	Jun 30 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	2	8	0
48	61	Jun 30 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	62	Jul 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	1	2	0	3	2
50	63	Jul 2	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	64	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
52	65	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	5	3	1	9	0
53	66	Jul 5	PHI		BSN	L,0-3	GS	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
54	67	Jul 6	PHI		PIT	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
55	68	Jul 7	PHI		PIT	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
56	69	Jul 13 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,7-0	GS	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	71 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	72	Jul 14 (2)	PHI		CHC	T,3-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
59	73	Jul 16	PHI		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
60	74	Jul 17	PHI		CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
61	75	Jul 18	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
62	76	Jul 20	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	77	Jul 21 (1)	PHI		STL	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
64	78	Jul 21 (2)	PHI		STL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	79	Jul 23	PHI		STL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
66	80	Jul 24	PHI		STL	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
67	81	Jul 26	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
68	82	Jul 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
69	83	Jul 28	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	4	7	0	11	0
70	84	Jul 29	PHI	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	2	6	1
71	85	Jul 30	PHI	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
72	86	Jul 31 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	87	Jul 31 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	88	Aug 1	PHI	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
75	89	Aug 2	PHI	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	1	2	1
76	90	Aug 3	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
77	91	Aug 4	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
78	92	Aug 5	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
79	93	Aug 6	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	94	Aug 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	2	2	2	6	0
81	95	Aug 10	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
82	96	Aug 11 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
83	97	Aug 11 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
84	98	Aug 13	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
85	99	Aug 14	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
86	100	Aug 15	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	5	0	10	1
87	101	Aug 16 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
88	102	Aug 16 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
89	103	Aug 17 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
90	104	Aug 17 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
91	105	Aug 18	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	57	14.0	5	2	0	7	0
92	106	Aug 20	PHI		CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
93	107	Aug 21 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
94	108	Aug 21 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
95	109	Aug 22	PHI		CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
96	110	Aug 24 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
97	111	Aug 24 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
98	112	Aug 25 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	2	6	1	9	1
99	113	Aug 25 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
100	114	Aug 27	PHI		STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
101	115	Aug 28	PHI		STL	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
102	116	Aug 29	PHI		STL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	8	1	10	0
103	117	Aug 30 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	5	1	12	0
104	118	Aug 30 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	5	5	1	11	0
105	119	Aug 31	PHI		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	7	0	11	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	120	Sep 3 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
107	121	Sep 3 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	122	Sep 4	PHI	@	BRO	T,0-0	CG	49	14.0	0	5	0	5	1
109	123	Sep 5 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	5	0	10	1
110	124	Sep 5 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
111	125	Sep 6 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
112	126	Sep 6 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
113	127	Sep 7 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	1	8	2
114	128	Sep 7 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
115	131 (2)	Sep 10 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	132	Sep 10 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-12	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	133	Sep 11 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	2	6	1
118	134	Sep 11 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
119	135	Sep 12	PHI	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
120	140 (4)	Sep 21	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
121	141	Sep 22 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
122	142	Sep 22 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
123	143	Sep 23 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
124	144	Sep 23 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	0
125	145	Sep 24	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
							125gm		1078.0	289	445	52	786	58