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Dave Bancroft

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Dave Bancroft

Full name David James Bancroft
Born April 20, 1891, Sioux City, Iowa
Died October 9, 1972, Superior, Wisconsin
Buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Superior, Wisconsin (Block 5- Tier 2- Grave 4)
First Game: April 14, 1915; Final Game: May 31, 1930
Managed First Game: April 15, 1924; Managed Final Game: October 2, 1927
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 5' 9.5" Weight: 160
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1971
Ejections as player: 1915 (2), 1916 (1), 1917 (4), 1920 (2), 1926 (1), 1928 (1), 1929 (2). Total: 13
Ejections as coach: 1930 (1), 1931 (2). Total: 3
Ejections as manager: 1924 (1), 1925 (2), 1926 (2), 1927 (2). Total: 7
SABR Biography
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Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1915 PHI N    Daily Splits  153   563   85  143  18   2   7   30   77   0i  62   2  23   0  15i  1i  15  27  .254  .346  .330   2.0 1915 PHI N
1916 PHI N    Daily Splits  142   477   53  101  10   0   3   33   74   0i  57   4  16   0i 12i  4i  15   0  .212  .323  .252   2.8 1916 PHI N
1917 PHI N    Daily Splits  127   478   56  116  22   5   4   43   44   0i  42   0  18   0i 16i  3i  14   6i .243  .307  .335   4.0 1917 PHI N
1918 PHI N    Daily Splits  125   499   69  132  19   4   0   26   54   0i  36   1   7   0i 14i  4i  11   6i .265  .338  .319   2.7 1918 PHI N
1919 PHI N    Daily Splits   92   335   45   91  13   7   0   25   31   0   30   0   9   0   7   3    8   4  .272  .333  .352   1.8 1919 PHI N
1920 PHI N    Daily Splits   42   171   23   51   7   2   0    5    9   0   12   1   4   0   4   1    1   7  .298  .337  .363   1.2 1920 PHI N
1920 NY  N    Daily Splits  108   442   79  132  29   7   0   31   33   0   32   1  12   0  15   6    7   5  .299  .349  .396   5.0 1920 NY  N
1920 TOT N                  150   613  102  183  36   9   0   36   42   0   44   2  16   0  19   7    8  12  .299  .346  .387   6.2 1920 TOT N
1921 NY  N    Daily Splits  153   606  121  193  26  15   6   67   66   0   23   4  22   0  18   7   17  10  .318  .389  .441   5.1 1921 NY  N
1922 NY  N    Daily Splits  156   651  117  209  41   5   4   60   79   0   27   3  12   0  19   4   16  11  .321  .397  .418   4.9 1922 NY  N
1923 NY  N    Daily Splits  107   444   80  135  33   3   1   31   62   0   23   1   6   0  12   8    8   7  .304  .391  .399   4.0 1923 NY  N
1924 BOS N    Daily Splits   79   319   49   89  11   1   2   21   37   0   24   1   5   0   9   5    4   4  .279  .356  .339   0.1 1924 BOS N
1925 BOS N    Daily Splits  128   479   75  153  29   8   2   49   64   1   22   0  17   0  16   8    7   4  .319  .400  .426   4.6 1925 BOS N
1926 BOS N    Daily Splits  127   453   70  141  18   6   1   44   64   1   29   2  22   0   9   5    3   4  .311  .399  .384   3.1 1926 BOS N
1927 BOS N    Daily Splits  111   375   44   91  13   4   1   31   43   1   36   1   8   0   8   9    5   1  .243  .322  .307   0.4 1927 BOS N
1928 BRO N    Daily Splits  149   515   47  127  19   5   0   51   59   1   20   2  15   0  16  11    7   9  .247  .326  .303  -0.4 1928 BRO N
1929 BRO N    Daily Splits  104   358   35   99  11   3   1   44   29   0   11   0  16   0  10   9    7   1  .277  .331  .332  -1.2 1929 BRO N
1930 NY  N    Daily Splits   10    17    0    1   1   0   0    0    2   0    1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .059  .158  .118  -0.4 1930 NY  N
Total    (16 Years) Splits 1913  7182 1048 2004 320  77  32  591  827   4i 487  23 212   0i200i 88i 145 106i .279  .355  .358  39.7 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1915 PHI N    Daily Splits    5    17    2    5   0   0   0    1    2   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   2  .294  .368  .294 1915 PHI N
1921 NY  N    Daily Splits    8    33    3    5   1   0   0    3    1   0    5   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   1  .152  .176  .182 1921 NY  N
1922 NY  N    Daily Splits    5    19    4    4   0   0   0    2    2   0    1   0   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .211  .286  .211 1922 NY  N
1923 NY  N    Daily Splits    6    24    1    2   0   0   0    1    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .083  .120  .083 1923 NY  N
Total    ( 4 Years) Splits   24    93   10   16   1   0   0    7    6   0   10   0   2   0   0   1   1    1   3  .172  .222  .183 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1915 PHI N Daily Splits  SS  153  153  149  1348     336  492   64   60   0  .928
1916 PHI N Daily Splits  SS  142  142  138  1248.2i  326  510   60   64   1  .933
1917 PHI N Daily Splits  SS  120  120  114  1041.2i  274  439   49   56   0  .936
1917 PHI N               2B    3    3    3    26      11    6    3    2   0  .850
1917 PHI N               OF    2    2    2    17       4    0    0    0   0 1.000     2    0    0 
1917 PHI N               LF    2    2    2    17       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
1918 PHI N Daily Splits  SS  125  125  122  1128.1   371  457   64   58   1  .928
1919 PHI N Daily Splits  SS   88   88   80   789.1   242  306   28   46   0  .951
1920 PHI N Daily Splits  SS   42   42   41   371.1   106  153    5   28   0  .981
1920 NY  N Daily Splits  SS  108  108  103   977     256  445   40   67   1  .946
1920 TOT N               SS  150  150  144  1348.1   362  598   45   95   1  .955
1921 NY  N Daily Splits  SS  153  153  142  1350.2   396  546   39  105   0  .960
1922 NY  N Daily Splits  SS  156  156  152  1375.1   405  579   62   93   1  .941
1923 NY  N Daily Splits  SS   98   98   93   872     246  381   43   54   0  .936
1923 NY  N               2B    9    9    8    85      34   35    3    8   0  .958
1924 BOS N Daily Splits  SS   79   79   74   702.2   186  259   18   57   0  .961
1925 BOS N Daily Splits  SS  125  125  111  1068.1   300  459   44   81   0  .945
1926 BOS N Daily Splits  SS  123  123  109  1047     317  398   33   75   0  .956
1926 BOS N               3B    2    0    0     2       1    2    0    0   0 1.000
1927 BOS N Daily Splits  SS  104  104   94   895.2   275  329   39   66   0  .939
1927 BOS N               3B    1    1    1     9       0    0    0    0   0     -
1928 BRO N Daily Splits  SS  149  149  132  1302.2   350  484   46   66   0  .948
1929 BRO N Daily Splits  SS  102   96   92   869.2   224  309   25   45   2  .955
1930 NY  N Daily Splits  SS    8    4    2    45      13   15    1    0   0  .966
Total (16 Years) Splits  SS 1875 1865 1748 16433.1i 4623 6561  660 1021   6  .944
Total ( 2 Years)         2B   12   12   11   111      45   41    6   10   0  .935
Total ( 2 Years)         3B    3    1    1    11       1    2    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         LF    2    2    2    17       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         OF    2    2    2    17       4    0    0    0   0 1.000     2    0    0 
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1915 PHI N Daily Splits  SS    5    5    5    43.2    13   10    1    2   0  .958
1921 NY  N Daily Splits  SS    8    8    8    71      16   17    1    1   0  .971
1922 NY  N Daily Splits  SS    5    5    5    46       9   17    1    2   0  .963
1923 NY  N Daily Splits  SS    6    6    6    53      11   24    0    6   0 1.000
Total ( 4 Years) Splits  SS   24   24   24   213.2    49   68    3   11   0  .975
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1924 BOS N        154   53  100  .346   520   798                  8
1925 BOS N        153   70   83  .458   708   802                  5
1926 BOS N        153   66   86  .434   624   719                  7
1927 BOS N        155   60   94  .390   651   771                  7
Total ( 4 Years)  615  249  363  .407  2503  3090
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1930 NY  N   4-15   9-28
1931 NY  N   4-14   9-27
1932 NY  N   4-12   9-25
Total ( 3 Years) 

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-28-1915     BOX  PHI N  Mal Eason           Call at 2B
 7-12-1915(2)  BOX  PHI N  Ernie Quigley       Called third strike
 5- 2-1916     BOX  PHI N  Cy Rigler           Balls and strikes
 4-19-1917(1)  BOX  PHI N  Hank O'Day          Called third strike
 4-28-1917     BOX  PHI N  Hank O'Day          Balls and strikes
 7- 5-1917     BOX  PHI N  Kitty Bransfield    Call at 3B
 7-13-1917(1)  BOX  PHI N  Cy Rigler           Called third strike (Threw bat)
 7-17-1920(2)  BOX  NY  N  Charlie Moran       Call at HP
 8-15-1920(1)  BOX  NY  N  Charlie Moran       Interference non-call
 5- 5-1926     BOX  BOS N  Barry McCormick     Balk non-call
 7-25-1928     BOX  BRO N  Sherry Magee        Call at 2B
 7-20-1929(2)  BOX  BRO N  Barry McCormick     Call at 2B
 9-25-1929(1)  BOX  BRO N  Bob Hart            Balls and strikes

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 5- 5-1924     BOX  BOS N  Jack Powell         Balls and strikes
 8-22-1925(2)  BOX  BOS N  Cy Pfirman          HBP non-call
 8-26-1925     BOX  BOS N  Cy Rigler           Balls and strikes
 8-30-1926     BOX  BOS N  Monroe Sweeney      Fair/foul call
 9-18-1926(1)  BOX  BOS N  Peter McLaughlin    Call at 3B
 7-15-1927     BOX  BOS N  Barry McCormick     Balls and strikes
 9- 4-1927(2)  BOX  BOS N  Lou Jorda           Call at HP

As coach:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 9- 9-1930     BOX  NY  N  Bill Klem           Balls and strikes
 7- 9-1931     BOX  NY  N  Ernie Quigley       Bench jockeying
 7-21-1931     BOX  NY  N  Cy Rigler           Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Traded by Portland (PCL) to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Milt Reed, Dummy
Murphy and Cash and player or two to be named later (December 14, 1914).

Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to New York Giants in exchange for Art Fletcher and
cash (June 7, 1920).

Traded by New York Giants with Casey Stengel and Bill Cunningham to Boston Braves in
exchange for Billy Southworth and Joe Oeschger (November 12, 1923).

Released by Boston Braves (October 14, 1927).

Signed by Brooklyn Robins (October 14, 1927).

Released by Brooklyn Robins (October 10, 1929).

Signed by New York Giants (November 4, 1929).
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