Dave Bancroft (David James Bancroft) was born on April 20, 1891 in Sioux City, Iowa. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1915 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1915, his rookie year, he hit .254 with 7 home runs and 30 RBI. Bancroft played for the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, Boston Braves and Brooklyn Robins over the course of his 16 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Dave Bancroft's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1922, when he hit for a .321 average and knocked in 60 runs. However, others believe that it was 1921, when he hit for a .318 average and knocked in 67 runs.
Statistics
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1915
PHI
N
153
563
85
143
7
30
.254
.346
.330
18
2
77
62
2
23
15
0
0
1916
PHI
N
142
477
53
101
3
33
.212
.323
.252
10
0
74
57
4
16
15
0
0
1917
PHI
N
127
478
56
116
4
43
.243
.307
.335
22
5
44
42
0
18
14
0
0
1918
PHI
N
125
499
69
132
0
26
.265
.338
.319
19
4
54
36
1
7
11
0
0
1919
PHI
N
92
335
45
91
0
25
.272
.333
.352
13
7
31
30
0
9
8
0
0
1920
PHI
N
42
171
23
51
0
5
.298
.337
.363
7
2
9
12
1
4
1
0
0
1920
NY
N
108
442
79
132
0
31
.299
.349
.396
29
7
33
32
1
12
7
0
0
1920
TOT
N
150
613
102
183
0
36
.299
.346
.387
36
9
42
44
2
16
8
0
0
1921
NY
N
153
606
121
193
6
67
.318
.389
.441
26
15
66
23
4
22
17
0
0
1922
NY
N
156
651
117
209
4
60
.321
.397
.418
41
5
79
27
3
12
16
0
5
1923
NY
N
107
444
80
135
1
31
.304
.391
.399
33
3
62
23
1
6
8
0
0
1924
BOS
N
79
319
49
89
2
21
.279
.356
.339
11
1
37
24
1
5
4
0
0
1925
BOS
N
128
479
75
153
2
49
.319
.400
.426
29
8
64
22
0
17
7
0
0
1926
BOS
N
127
453
70
141
1
44
.311
.399
.384
18
6
64
29
2
22
3
0
0
1927
BOS
N
111
375
44
91
1
31
.243
.322
.307
13
4
43
36
1
8
5
0
0
1928
BRO
N
149
515
47
127
0
51
.247
.326
.303
19
5
59
20
2
15
7
0
0
1929
BRO
N
104
358
35
99
1
44
.277
.331
.332
11
3
29
11
0
16
7
0
0
1930
NY
N
10
17
0
1
0
0
.059
.158
.118
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Total
1913
7182
1048
2004
32
591
.279
.355
.358
320
77
827
487
23
212
145
0
5
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1915
PHI
N
SS
153
0
0
336
492
64
60
0
0
0
0
0
.928
1916
PHI
N
SS
142
0
0
326
510
60
64
0
0
0
0
0
.933
1917
PHI
N
OF
2
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1917
PHI
N
SS
120
0
0
274
439
49
56
0
0
0
0
0
.936
1917
PHI
N
2B
3
0
0
11
6
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
.850
1918
PHI
N
SS
125
0
0
371
457
64
57
0
0
0
0
0
.928
1919
PHI
N
SS
88
0
0
242
306
28
43
0
0
0
0
0
.951
1920
PHI
N
SS
42
0
0
106
153
5
28
0
0
0
0
0
.981
1920
NY
N
SS
108
0
0
256
445
40
67
0
0
0
0
0
.946
1920
TOT
N
SS
150
0
0
362
598
45
95
0
0
0
0
0
.955
1921
NY
N
SS
153
153
0
396
546
39
105
0
0
0
0
0
.960
1922
NY
N
SS
156
156
1196.1
405
579
62
93
1
0
0
0
0
.941
1923
NY
N
SS
96
0
0
246
381
43
54
0
0
0
0
0
.936
1923
NY
N
2B
11
0
0
34
35
3
8
0
0
0
0
0
.958
1924
BOS
N
SS
79
0
0
186
259
18
57
0
0
0
0
0
.961
1925
BOS
N
SS
125
0
0
300
459
44
81
0
0
0
0
0
.945
1926
BOS
N
3B
2
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1926
BOS
N
SS
123
0
0
317
398
33
75
0
0
0
0
0
.956
1927
BOS
N
SS
104
0
0
275
329
39
66
0
0
0
0
0
.939
1927
BOS
N
3B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1928
BRO
N
SS
149
0
0
350
484
46
66
0
0
0
0
0
.948
1929
BRO
N
SS
102
0
0
224
309
25
45
0
0
0
0
0
.955
1930
NY
N
SS
8
0
0
13
15
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.966
Total
OF
2
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
2B
14
0
0
45
41
6
10
0
0
0
0
0
.935
Total
SS
1873
309
1196.1
4623
6561
660
1017
1
0
0
0
0
.944
Total
3B
3
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Transactions
Sold by Portland (PCL) to Philadelphia Phillies for $5000 (1915).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to New York Giants in exchange for Art Fletcher, Bill Hubbell and cash (June 8, 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).
