Dave Bancroft

Hall of Fame

Shortstop

1915—1930

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Shortstop RANK
#42

Player Detail

David James
GIVEN NAME
Bancroft
SURNAME
April 20, 1891, in Sioux City, IA
BORN
October 9, 1972, in Superior, WI, USA
DIED
1915—1930
Playing Career
Played from 24-39
PLAYING AGE
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Giants
Boston Braves
Brooklyn Dodgers
Teams Played For
Shortstop
PRIMARY POSITION
Philadelphia Phillies
PRIMARY TEAM
1921-22
World Series titles
Beauty
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#2 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-9 / 160
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Both / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 14, 1915
Major League Debut
May 31, 1930
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —
— Top 50 Shortstop —

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WHO IS Dave Bancroft?

When the Hall of Famer made a great play at shortstop he would yell “Beauty!”
While playing for the Portland Beavers, Bancroft’s teammates gave him his nickname “Beautry” because he frequently referred to fat pitches as “beauties.”
  • Dave Bancroft Scouting Report

50

HITTING

40

POWER

50

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1913
2004
32
591
.279

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
43.1
55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.714
.682
104.7

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.279
.355
.358

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Rabbit Maranville
Larry Kopf
Doc Lavan

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.276
.354
.356

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Shanty Hogan
Highpockets Kelly
Frankie Frisch
Travis Jackson
Freddie Lindstrom
Gavvy Cravath
Max Carey
Ross Youngs
Pete Alexander
Carl Hubbell
John McGraw

Dave Bancroft Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bancroft
523
146
76
23
6
2
43
60
35
11
187
208
.279
.355
.358
714
AVG SS
538
145
68
22
7
3
41
38
11
192
189
.270
.326
.356
.682

Dave Bancroft Rankings

AT Shortstop BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
42
23
28
24
23
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Shortstop BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
20
20
31
19
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Dave Bancroft PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
49.1
37.2
25.2
20.1
4.15
67.7
43.1
30.3
21.6
4.89
BLUE = Dave Bancroft
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
270.9
170.0
111.2
83.6
22.9
327.4
189.4
134.4
92.3
24.2
BLUE = Dave Bancroft
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS