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.
Triple Plays: 2 (May 18, May 25)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BRO	@	BSN	L,12-13	CG	46	8.0	3	4	2	9	0
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	1	1	0	2	1
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 20	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
5	6 (1)	Apr 23	BRO		BSN	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	4	7	1	12	0
6	7	Apr 24	BRO		BSN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
7	8	Apr 26	BRO		PHI	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
8	9	Apr 27	BRO		PHI	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
9	10	Apr 28	BRO		BSN	L,2-5	CG	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	11	Apr 30	BRO		NYG	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	12	May 4	BRO		CIN	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
12	13	May 5	BRO		CIN	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	14	May 6	BRO		CIN	W,12-3	GF	26	6.0	1	5	0	6	1
14	15	May 7	BRO		CHC	L,4-9	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	16	May 8	BRO		CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
16	21 (4)	May 13	BRO		PIT	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
17	22	May 15	BRO		PIT	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	23	May 16	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
19	24	May 17	BRO	@	PHI	W,14-13	CG	54	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
20	25	May 18 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,20-16	CG	53	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	26	May 18 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
22	27	May 20	BRO		NYG	W,6-1	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
23	28	May 22 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
24	29	May 22 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,3-7	CG	43	10.0	5	3	0	8	1
25	30	May 24	BRO		PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
26	31	May 25	BRO		PHI	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
27	32	May 26	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
28	33	May 28	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	34	May 29	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	35	May 30 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,7-8	CG	41	8.1	1	5	0	6	0
31	36	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-15	CG	51	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	37	Jun 3	BRO	@	STL	L,8-9	CG	45	8.0	6	5	0	11	1
33	38	Jun 4 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
34	39	Jun 4 (2)	BRO	@	STL	W,11-8	CG	47	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
35	40	Jun 5	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	2	5	2	9	1
36	41	Jun 6	BRO	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
37	42	Jun 7	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	2	6	0	8	2
38	43	Jun 8	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
39	44	Jun 9	BRO		PIT	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
40	45	Jun 10	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
41	46	Jun 11	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	8.2	6	5	2	13	3
42	47	Jun 13	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
43	48	Jun 14	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	1	5	0	6	2
44	49	Jun 15	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
45	50	Jun 16	BRO		NYG	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
46	51	Jun 18 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
47	52	Jun 18 (2)	BRO		NYG	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
48	53	Jun 19 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
49	54	Jun 19 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	55	Jun 20	BRO	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
51	56	Jun 21	BRO	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	63	15.0	3	5	1	9	0
52	57	Jun 22 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
53	58	Jun 22 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
54	59	Jun 23	BRO		NYG	W,9-8	CG	58	14.0	5	4	0	9	0
55	60	Jun 24	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	61	Jun 25	BRO	@	NYG	W,12-10	CG	52	10.0	3	6	0	9	0
57	62	Jun 26	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	45	10.2	1	3	0	4	0
58	63	Jun 27	BRO		BSN	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
59	64	Jun 29 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
60	65	Jun 29 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
61	66	Jun 30 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
62	67	Jun 30 (2)	BRO		BSN	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	68	Jul 4 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,12-14	CG	54	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
64	69	Jul 4 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
65	80 (10)	Jul 16 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	81	Jul 16 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
67	82	Jul 17	BRO		CIN	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
68	83	Jul 18	BRO		CHC	L,7-11	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
69	84	Jul 20 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,5-6	CG	44	10.0	5	5	1	11	2
70	85	Jul 20 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,1-4	GS	30	6.2	2	3	0	5	0
71	86	Jul 21	BRO		CHC	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
72	87	Jul 22	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-13	CG	43	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
73	88	Jul 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
74	89	Jul 24	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
75	90	Jul 26	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	5	6	0	11	2
76	92 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	3	4	1	8	0
77	94 (1)	Jul 29	BRO	@	CIN	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
78	95	Jul 30	BRO	@	STL	L,9-10	CG	50	10.2	2	1	0	3	0
79	96	Jul 31 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	98 (1)	Aug 1	BRO	@	STL	L,2-5	GF	32	7.2	0	4	0	4	0
81	99	Aug 2	BRO	@	STL	L,7-14	GS	37	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
82	100	Aug 3	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-12	CG	47	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
83	101	Aug 4	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
84	102	Aug 5	BRO	@	CHC	L,8-9	GF	27	6.1	1	3	0	4	0
85	108 (5)	Aug 15 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
86	109	Aug 15 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
87	110	Aug 16	BRO		CHC	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
88	111	Aug 17	BRO		CHC	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	7	3	0	10	3
89	112	Aug 18	BRO		STL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
90	114 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	BRO		STL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	125 (10)	Sep 2 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
92	126	Sep 2 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,10-0	CG	28	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
93	127	Sep 4 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
94	128	Sep 4 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	49	10.0	2	3	0	5	2
95	129	Sep 6 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
96	130	Sep 6 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-8	GS	30	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
97	131	Sep 7	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
98	132	Sep 8	BRO		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
99	133	Sep 9	BRO	@	PIT	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
100	134	Sep 10	BRO	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
101	135	Sep 11	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
102	136	Sep 12	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
							102gm		863.0	224	309	25	558	45