Dave Danforth Stats

Dave Danforth was born on Friday, March 7, 1890, in Granger, Texas. Danforth was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 1, 1911, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Dave Danforth baseball stats page.

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"(Dave) Danforth, if you believe the boys in the dugout, did everything to the ball. The possessor of exceptionally large and strong hands, he is supposed to have loosened the cover of the ball, raised the seams, and sometimes nicked it with a specially sharpened thumb nail so as to make it sail." - Columnist Hugh Bradley in Baseball Magazine (June 1936, Freak Pitching Deliveries - Past and Present)

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Birth Name:   David Charles Danforth
Nickname:   Dave or Dauntless Dave
Born On:   03-07-1890  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Granger, Texas
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-19-1970 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Baltimore, Maryland
Cemetery:   Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
High School:   Undetermined
College:   Baylor University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   167
First Game:   08-01-1911 (Age 21)
Last Game:   10-01-1925
Draft:   Not Applicable

Dave Danforth

Dave Danforth Pitching Stats

1911 21 Athletics 14 2 10 4 1 .800 3.74 1 0 1 33.2 141 29 14 18 1 17 - 21 0 3 0 -
1912 22 Athletics 3 0 3 0 0 .000 3.98 0 0 0 20.1 89 26 9 14 0 12 - 8 0 0 0 -
1916 26 White Sox 28 8 12 6 5 .545 3.27 1 0 2 93.2 376 87 34 43 1 37 - 49 1 3 3 -
1917 27 White Sox 50 9 26 11 6 .647 2.65 1 1 9 173.0 716 155 51 56 1 74 - 79 2 3 1 -
1918 28 White Sox 39 11 19 6 15 .286 3.43 5 0 2 139.0 567 148 53 73 1 40 - 48 1 5 0 -
1919 29 White Sox 15 1 9 1 2 .333 7.78 0 0 1 41.2 195 58 36 44 1 20 - 17 0 1 0 -
1922 32 Browns 20 10 5 5 2 .714 3.28 3 0 1 79.2 358 93 29 37 1 38 - 48 0 1 4 -
1923 33 Browns 38 26 4 16 14 .533 3.94 16 0 1 226.1 967 221 99 111 4 87 - 96 2 12 3 -
1924 34 Browns 41 27 10 15 12 .556 4.51 11 1 4 219.2 949 246 110 126 16 69 - 65 1 3 1 -
1925 35 Browns 38 15 9 7 9 .438 4.36 5 0 2 159.0 697 172 77 96 19 61 - 53 1 3 1 -
10 Years 286 109 107 71 66 .518 3.89 43 2 23 1,186.0 5,055 1,235 512 618 45 455 - 484 8 34 13 -

Dave Danforth

Dave Danforth Hitting Stats

1911 21 Athletics 14 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - - 1 0 0 - .167 .286 .167
1912 22 Athletics 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 - .250 .250 .250
1916 26 White Sox 28 23 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 12 2 0 0 - .087 .222 .087
1917 27 White Sox 50 46 3 6 2 1 0 0 5 6 - 19 5 - 0 - .130 .231 .217
1918 28 White Sox 39 42 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 11 2 0 1 - .143 .200 .143
1919 29 White Sox 15 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 1 0 0 - .111 .273 .222
1922 32 Browns 20 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 0 0 0 - .087 .125 .087
1923 33 Browns 38 71 5 15 5 1 0 0 11 9 - 7 8 - 1 - .211 .309 .310
1924 34 Browns 41 76 3 13 3 2 0 0 9 4 - 15 6 - 0 - .171 .213 .263
1925 35 Browns 38 46 3 8 0 0 0 0 2 4 - 8 5 - 1 - .174 .255 .174
10 Years 286 350 23 56 11 4 0 0 27 33 0 80 30 0 3 - .160 .238 .214

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Dave Danforth Fielding Stats

1911 Athletics P 14 2 101 10 0.7 10 3 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.67
1912 Athletics P 3 0 61 7 2.3 7 1 6 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.10
1916 White Sox P 28 8 281 37 1.3 34 2 32 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .919 3.27
1917 White Sox P 50 9 519 46 0.9 42 0 42 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .913 2.18
1918 White Sox P 39 11 417 48 1.2 46 7 39 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.98
1919 White Sox P 15 1 125 11 0.7 11 1 10 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.38
1922 Browns P 20 10 239 17 0.9 17 6 11 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.92
1923 Browns P 38 26 679 61 1.6 61 7 54 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.43
1924 Browns P 41 27 659 46 1.1 44 4 40 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .957 1.80
1925 Browns P 38 15 477 27 0.7 25 4 21 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .926 1.42
P Totals 286 109 3,558 310 1.1 297 35 262 13 8 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.25
10 Years 286 109 3,558 310 1.1 297 35 262 13 8 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.25

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Dave Danforth Miscellaneous Stats

1911 Athletics 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.24 5.61 4.54
1912 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.67 3.54 5.31
1916 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.9 0.0 1.32 4.71 3.56
1917 White Sox 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.4 9.2 1.07 4.11 3.85
1918 White Sox 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.8 0.0 1.20 3.11 2.59
1919 White Sox 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.85 3.67 4.32
1922 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.8 0.0 1.26 5.42 4.29
1923 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 10.1 6.5 1.10 3.82 3.46
1924 Browns 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.1 8.4 0.94 2.66 2.83
1925 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.8 23.0 0.87 3.00 3.45
10 Years 2 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.4 13.0 1.06 3.67 3.45

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Dave Danforth Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1911 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1912 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1917 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1918 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1922 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1923 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1925 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -

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