Dave Danforth
1911–1929 · bats L / throws L · ASB, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
286G
.160AVG
.238OBP
.214SLG
More career statistics
56H
0HR
27RBI
2SB
71–66W–L
1,186.0IP
484K
3.90ERA
112GS
23SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 350 | 351 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 80 | 88 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 416 | 424 |
| Batting · Runs | 23 | 24 |
| Batting · RBI | 27 | 28 |
| Batting · Walks | 33 | 34 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,052 | 5,114 |
| Pitching · p er | 514 | 507 |
| Pitching · p hr | 45 | 46 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,558 | 3,555 |
| Pitching · p k | 484 | 488 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 286 | 416 | 350 | 23 | 56 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 33 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75 | .160 | .238 | .214 | .452 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,186.0 | 286 | 112 | 44 | 71 | 66 | 23 | 1,235 | 620 | 514 | 45 | 455 | 484 | 0 | 0 | 3.90 | 1.425 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1924-05-02 to 1924-05-17
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1922-05-28 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 58 | Two Balks | 1922-06-09 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1918-05-16 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 155 | 206 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 38 | .178 | .233 | .225 |
| Away | 131 | 218 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 50 | .143 | .193 | .203 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 29 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .194 | .273 | .222 |
| May | 43 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17 | .172 | .191 | .224 |
| June | 50 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | .143 | .162 | .196 |
| July | 64 | 102 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | .181 | .245 | .241 |
| August | 52 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | .157 | .200 | .275 |
| September | 44 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | .117 | .214 | .133 |
| October | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 48 | 71 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | .190 | .268 | .259 |
| new-york-yankees | 41 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | .140 | .200 | .160 |
| cleveland-guardians | 39 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | .156 | .186 | .200 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 38 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | .139 | .182 | .222 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 38 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | .135 | .217 | .216 |
| boston-red-sox | 35 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | .155 | .167 | .224 |
| chicago-white-sox | 27 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | .143 | .183 | .184 |
| st-louis-browns | 20 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | .278 | .375 | .278 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 14 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 34 | 22 |
| 1912 | Philadelphia Athletics | 3 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | .250 | 20 | 8 |
| 1916 |  Chicago White Sox | 28 | 23 | 2 | – | – | – | .087 | 93 | 49 |
| 1917 | Chicago White Sox | 50 | 46 | 6 | – | 5 | 1 | .130 | 172 | 80 |
| 1918 | Chicago White Sox | 39 | 43 | 6 | – | – | – | .140 | 137 | 49 |
| 1919 | Chicago White Sox | 15 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | .111 | 42 | 17 |
| 1922 |  St. Louis Browns | 20 | 23 | 2 | – | – | – | .087 | 79 | 48 |
| 1923 | St. Louis Browns | 38 | 71 | 15 | – | 12 | – | .211 | 226 | 96 |
| 1924 | St. Louis Browns | 41 | 76 | 13 | – | 9 | 1 | .171 | 219 | 66 |
| 1925 | St. Louis Browns | 38 | 46 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .174 | 159 | 53 |