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.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	BSN		BRO	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
2	2	Apr 13	BSN		BRO	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 14	BSN		BRO	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 15	BSN		BRO	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
5	5	Apr 16	BSN		NYG	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 17	BSN	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
7	7	Apr 18	BSN		NYG	L,10-11	CG	54	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 19 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	5	3	1	9	1
9	9	Apr 19 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
10	10	Apr 20	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 21	BSN	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	3	2	1	6	2
12	12	Apr 23	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,8-12	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	Apr 25	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
15	15	Apr 28	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
16	16	Apr 29	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
17	17	Apr 30	BSN	@	NYG	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	5	5	0	10	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 3	BSN		PHI	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	2
19	19	May 6	BSN		CIN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
20	20	May 7	BSN		CIN	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
21	21	May 11	BSN		PIT	T,4-4	CG	31	8.0	5	5	0	10	0
22	22	May 12	BSN		PIT	L,7-8	CG	50	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
23	23	May 14	BSN		CHC	L,2-7	CG	71	18.0	5	7	0	12	0
24	24	May 17	BSN		CHC	L,3-4	CG	89	22.0	7	7	1	15	3
25	25	May 18	BSN		STL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	6	2	1	9	2
26	26	May 21 (1)	BSN		STL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
27	27	May 21 (2)	BSN		STL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
28	28	May 27 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
29	29	May 27 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	1
30	30	May 28 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
31	31	May 28 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
32	32	May 30 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,2-5	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	33	May 30 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	2	8	0
34	34	May 31	BSN		BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	35	Jun 1	BSN		BRO	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
36	36	Jun 3	BSN	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
37	37	Jun 4	BSN	@	CHC	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
38	38	Jun 5	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
39	39	Jun 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	50	10.2	3	2	2	7	1
40	40	Jun 7	BSN	@	STL	W,12-5	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	41	Jun 8	BSN	@	STL	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
42	42	Jun 9	BSN	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 10	BSN	@	STL	W,11-8	GS	25	6.0	2	5	0	7	2
44	44	Jun 11	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
45	45	Jun 12	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
46	46	Jun 14	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	7	0	10	2
47	47	Jun 15	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
48	48	Jun 16	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
49	49	Jun 17	BSN	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
50	50	Jun 18	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	57 (6)	Jun 30 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
52	58	Jun 30 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	5	7	1	13	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	59	Jul 1 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
54	60	Jul 1 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	3
55	61	Jul 2 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
56	62	Jul 2 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	7	3	1	11	1
57	63	Jul 3 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
58	64	Jul 3 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,7-8	CG	0	8.2	4	2	0	6	1
59	65	Jul 4 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
60	66	Jul 4 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
61	67	Jul 5	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	1	3	0	4	0
62	68	Jul 6 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
63	69	Jul 6 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
64	70	Jul 7	BSN		STL	L,1-12	GS	31	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	71	Jul 8	BSN		STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
66	72	Jul 9 (1)	BSN		STL	L,3-6	GS	38	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
67	73	Jul 9 (2)	BSN		STL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
68	74	Jul 12	BSN		CHC	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	75	Jul 13 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
70	76	Jul 13 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
71	77	Jul 14	BSN		CHC	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
72	78	Jul 15	BSN		CHC	L,6-9	GS	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
73	79	Jul 16	BSN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	2	4	1
74	80	Jul 18	BSN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	46	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	81	Jul 19	BSN		CIN	L,2-8	GS	18	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
76	82	Jul 20 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
77	83	Jul 20 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
78	84	Jul 21 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	1	8	3
79	85	Jul 21 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
80	86	Jul 22	BSN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
81	87	Jul 23 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
82	88	Jul 23 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	89	Jul 27 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
84	90	Jul 27 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
85	91	Jul 28	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-11	GS	32	6.0	2	4	1	7	0
86	92	Jul 30	BSN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	2	2	0	4	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	93	Aug 1	BSN	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	42	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
88	94	Aug 2	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	2	2	0
89	95	Aug 3	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-12	GS	30	4.0	2	2	0	4	0
90	96	Aug 4	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	7	4	0	11	1
91	97	Aug 5	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
92	98	Aug 6	BSN	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
93	99	Aug 7	BSN	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	100	Aug 10 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
95	101	Aug 10 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
96	102	Aug 11	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	136 (33)	Sep 13 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	4	1	9	0
98	137	Sep 14 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
99	139 (1)	Sep 15	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	4	1	10	1
100	140	Sep 16	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
101	142 (1)	Sep 17 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	4	4	0	8	2
102	143	Sep 18	BSN	@	CHC	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
103	144	Sep 19	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
104	154 (9)	Oct 1 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	155	Oct 2	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
							105gm		905.0	275	329	39	643	66