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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.0

ERA

3.89

286

112

1186.0

484

WHIP

1.425

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-16 / in Starts: 15-12
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 87 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	71 (36-23-12) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 87 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (28-18-10)

Most Driven In
H Severeid	4
B Jacobson	3
W Gerber	1
N McMillan	1

Most Driven In By
J Tobin	2
G Robertson	1
N McMillan	0

1924 Batting Game Log

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1924 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	208	2 (1)	Apr 16	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	9	1.16	0.143	3.33	0.25%	0.82	P
2	209	8 (5)	Apr 23	SLB		CHW	W,9-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	9	1.08	-0.056	1.79	-0.06%	-0.66	P
3	210	13 (4)	Apr 28	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.143	.250	.286	.536	9	1.80	-0.184	2.33	-0.14%	-1.48	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	211	15 (1)	May 2	SLB		DET	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.273	.400	.673	9	.42	-0.013	.80	-0.02%	-0.09	P
5	212	19 (3)	May 6	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.267	.429	.695	9	.85	0.012	1.80	0.02%	-0.15	P
6	213	22 (2)	May 13	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.263	.389	.652	9	.74	-0.037	2.12	-0.07%	-0.22	P
7	214	25 (2)	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.286	.400	.686	9	.97	0.033	3.79	0.08%	0.22	P
8	215	28 (2)	May 23	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.261	.364	.625	9	1.42	-0.071	4.99	-0.15%	-0.65	P
9	216	35 (6)	May 30 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.231	.320	.551	9	.69	-0.077	2.00	-0.13%	-1.01	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	217	38 (2)	Jun 1	SLB		CHW	L,4-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.231	.320	.551	9						P
11	218	40 (1)	Jun 4	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.241	.321	.563	9	1.33	-0.027	2.59	-0.03%	-0.27	P
12	219	44 (3)	Jun 8	SLB		NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.226	.250	.323	.573	9	.49	-0.004	1.22	-0.01%	-0.49	P
13	220	48 (3)	Jun 13	SLB		WSH	L,4-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.250	.323	.573	9						P
14	221	50 (1)	Jun 15	SLB		PHA	W,9-8	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.219	.242	.313	.555	9						P
15	222	58 (7)	Jun 24 (2)	SLB		DET	W,5-1	1-GF	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.243	.306	.549	9	1.16	0.116	3.67	0.22%	0.36	P
16	223	61 (2)	Jun 28	SLB	@	CHW	W,13-12	9-GF(14)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.231	.289	.520	9	3.45	-0.181	8.32	-0.26%	-0.72	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	224	65 (3)	Jul 2	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.214	.268	.483	9	.99	-0.045	1.55	-0.04%	-0.79	P
18	225	68 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.214	.233	.333	.566	9						P
19	226	70 (1)	Jul 6	SLB	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		1	0	.200	.234	.311	.545	9	1.36	0.088	3.91	0.15%	0.34	P
20	227	74 (3)	Jul 10	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.224	.298	.522	9	.53	-0.030	1.56	-0.05%	-0.37	P
21	228	79 (4)	Jul 14 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.216	.286	.501	9	1.35	-0.069	2.96	-0.09%	-0.64	P
22	229	84 (4)	Jul 18	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.216	.286	.501	9						P
23	230	85	Jul 19	SLB	@	WSH	W,10-9	10-GF(16)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1		0	0	.176	.208	.275	.482	9	2.12	-0.055	3.78	-0.06%	-0.27	P
24	231	88 (2)	Jul 22	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.208	.275	.482	9						P
25	232	92 (3)	Jul 27	SLB		BOS	W,9-6	GS-6	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.232	.333	.565	9	1.01	0.153	1.20	0.11%	2.02	P
26	233	96 (3)	Jul 31 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.233	.328	.561	9	1.35	-0.133	3.46	-0.21%	-1.35	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	234	98 (1)	Aug 2	SLB		NYY	W,12-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.233	.328	.561	9						P
28	235	102 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.200	.226	.317	.542	9	1.18	-0.072	4.84	-0.18%	-1.12	P
29	236	108 (5)	Aug 10	SLB		PHA	W,10-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.219	.306	.525	9	1.02	-0.057	3.01	-0.10%	-0.54	P
30	237	111 (2)	Aug 14	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.235	.297	.532	9	1.02	-0.008	3.28	-0.02%	0.27	P
31	238	115 (3)	Aug 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-11	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.232	.292	.524	9	2.07	-0.063	5.81	-0.11%	-0.64	P
32	239	119 (3)	Aug 23	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.222	.279	.502	9	2.06	-0.174	4.19	-0.21%	-1.63	P
33	240	123 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-6	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.174	.219	.275	.495	9	1.42	-0.054	1.87	-0.04%	-0.48	P
34	241	126 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	SLB		DET	W,7-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.219	.275	.495	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	242	129 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,11-8	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.183	.227	.282	.508	9	.39	0.030	.55	0.03%	0.54	P
36	243	134 (4)	Sep 5	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.218	.270	.488	9	.71	-0.055	.25	-0.01%	-0.55	P
37	244	137 (2)	Sep 11 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,7-12	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.218	.270	.488	9						P
38	245	138	Sep 11 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,6-10	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.173	.215	.267	.482	9	.60	-0.016	.04	0.00%	-0.19	P
39	246	141 (2)	Sep 13 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,11-13	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.173	.215	.267	.482	9						P
40	247	145 (3)	Sep 17 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,7-8	4-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.222	.263	.485	9	.67	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.13	P
41	248	148 (2)	Sep 20	SLB		WSH	W,15-14	3-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.222	.263	.485	9						P
							25-16		87	76	3	13	3	2	0	9	5	0	15	0	5		2		1	0	.171	.222	.263	.485		1.15	-0.883	2.65	-1.13%	-9.59

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