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: 1 (Sep 12)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 15	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
3	3	Apr 18	PHI	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 19	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	3
5	5	Apr 20	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 22	PHI		BRO	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 23	PHI		BRO	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
8	8	Apr 24	PHI		BRO	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	6	4	0	10	1
9	9	Apr 26	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
10	10	Apr 29	PHI	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
11	11	Apr 30	PHI		NYG	W,4-2	CG	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	PHI		NYG	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
13	13	May 2	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	46	13.0	1	5	0	6	1
14	14	May 3	PHI		NYG	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	15	May 4	PHI		NYG	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 5	PHI		BSN	L,3-4	CG	47	11.0	2	6	0	8	0
17	17	May 6	PHI		BSN	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
18	18	May 7	PHI		BSN	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	19	May 9	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	3	3	0	6	1
20	20	May 10	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
21	21	May 12	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	7	0	7	0
22	22	May 14	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	1	2	0	3	0
23	23	May 15	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
24	24	May 16	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	56	15.0	6	6	0	12	3
25	25	May 18	PHI	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
26	26	May 19	PHI	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	7	0	7	0
27	27	May 20	PHI	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	7	0	9	1
28	28	May 21	PHI	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
29	29	May 22	PHI	@	CHC	L,8-15	GS	31	5.1	3	0	2	5	1
30	30	May 23	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
31	31	May 24	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	2
32	32	May 25	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
33	33	May 27	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	3	4	0	7	0
34	34	May 28	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
35	35	May 29	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	4	1	10	2
36	36	May 30	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
37	37	May 31 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
38	38	May 31 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	PHI		BSN	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
40	40	Jun 2	PHI		BRO	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
41	41	Jun 3	PHI		BRO	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
42	42	Jun 4	PHI		BRO	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to New York Giants
43	43	Jun 7	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
44	44	Jun 8	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
45	45	Jun 9	NYG		CIN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
46	46	Jun 10	NYG		CIN	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	2	6	1	9	0
47	47	Jun 11	NYG		CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
48	48	Jun 12	NYG		STL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	8	0	10	0
49	49	Jun 13	NYG		STL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
50	50	Jun 14	NYG		STL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	5	4	1	10	1
51	51	Jun 15	NYG		STL	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	3	3	2	8	0
52	52	Jun 18	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
53	53	Jun 19	NYG		PIT	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
54	54	Jun 20	NYG		PIT	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
55	55	Jun 22	NYG		CHC	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
56	56	Jun 23	NYG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	2
57	57	Jun 24	NYG		CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	1	8	3
58	58	Jun 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
59	59	Jun 26 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-6	CG	43	11.0	2	2	0	4	1
60	60	Jun 26 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	1	6	1	8	1
61	61	Jun 27	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
62	62	Jun 28	NYG	@	PHI	W,18-3	GS	29	8.0	4	8	1	13	2
63	63	Jun 29	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
64	64	Jun 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
65	65	Jun 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	66	Jul 1	NYG		BRO	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	3	2	2	7	1
67	67	Jul 2 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,7-9	CG	50	11.0	3	3	0	6	1
68	68	Jul 2 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
69	69	Jul 4	NYG		BSN	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
70	70	Jul 5 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	71	Jul 5 susp	NYG		PHI	W,13-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
72	72	Jul 8	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
73	73	Jul 9	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	50	12.2	4	6	1	11	2
74	74	Jul 10	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	1	5	2
75	75	Jul 11	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
76	76	Jul 12	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.2	1	3	2	6	0
77	77	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	45	12.0	2	6	0	8	1
78	78	Jul 14	NYG	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
79	79	Jul 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG	60	17.0	3	11	1	15	1
80	80	Jul 17 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
81	82 (1)	Jul 20	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
82	83	Jul 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
83	84	Jul 22	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
84	85	Jul 23	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	7	0	7	1
85	86	Jul 24	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
86	87	Jul 25	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
87	88	Jul 27	NYG		STL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
88	89	Jul 28	NYG		STL	W,6-5	CG	59	14.0	3	8	0	11	0
89	90	Jul 29	NYG		STL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
90	91	Jul 30	NYG		STL	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
91	92	Jul 31	NYG		CIN	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	93	Aug 1	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
93	94	Aug 2	NYG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
94	95	Aug 3	NYG		CIN	W,11-1	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
95	96	Aug 5	NYG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
96	97	Aug 6 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	9	1	14	1
97	98	Aug 6 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
98	99	Aug 7	NYG		CHC	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	7	2	9	0
99	100	Aug 8	NYG		CHC	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
100	101	Aug 9	NYG		PIT	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
101	102	Aug 11 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
102	103	Aug 11 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
103	104	Aug 12	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	6	5	0	11	1
104	105	Aug 13	NYG		BRO	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
105	106	Aug 14	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
106	107	Aug 15 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,7-8	GS	53	10.2	6	3	1	10	0
107	111 (3)	Aug 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS	18	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
108	112	Aug 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	7	1	9	1
109	113	Aug 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	39	11.0	0	4	0	4	0
110	114	Aug 23	NYG	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	2	8	1	11	0
111	115	Aug 24	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
112	116	Aug 25	NYG	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
113	117	Aug 26	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
114	118	Aug 27 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	66	17.0	4	6	1	11	2
115	119	Aug 27 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	T,0-0	CG	16	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	120	Aug 28	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	5	4	1	10	1
117	121	Aug 29	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
118	122	Aug 30 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
119	123	Aug 30 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
120	124	Aug 31	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	125	Sep 1	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
122	126	Sep 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
123	127	Sep 3	NYG		BSN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	4
124	128	Sep 4	NYG		PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
125	129	Sep 5	NYG		PHI	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
126	130	Sep 6 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	131	Sep 6 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
128	132	Sep 8 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
129	133	Sep 8 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
130	134	Sep 9	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	2	10	1
131	135	Sep 11	NYG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
132	136	Sep 12	NYG		STL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
133	137	Sep 13	NYG		STL	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
134	138	Sep 14	NYG		STL	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
135	139	Sep 16 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
136	140	Sep 16 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
137	141	Sep 17	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	1	6	1	8	0
138	142	Sep 18	NYG		PIT	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
139	143	Sep 19	NYG		CIN	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	3	3	0	6	0
140	144	Sep 20 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
141	145	Sep 20 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	1	8	0	9	0
142	146	Sep 21	NYG		CIN	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
143	147	Sep 22	NYG		CHC	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
144	148	Sep 25	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
145	149	Sep 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	6	1	11	1
146	150	Sep 27 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
147	151	Sep 27 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
148	152	Oct 1 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,3-4	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
149	153	Oct 1 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							150gm		1348.0	362	598	45	1005	95