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Dave Danforth

American baseball player

PersonDied aged 80humanQ5228635

Born: March 7, 1890
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: September 19, 1970
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Birthplace: Granger
Place of death: Baltimore
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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Education: Baylor University

Overview

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David Charles "Dauntless Dave" Danforth was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for ten seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, and St. Louis Browns. For his career, he compiled a 71–66 record in 286 appearances, with a 3.89 earned run average and 484 strikeouts. Danforth played on two World Series championship teams, the 1911 Athletics and the 1917 White Sox. He appeared in one World Series game, pitching one inning, giving up two runs and striking out two.

Overview

MLB batting stats — season by season

10 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1911	Philadelphia Athletics	14	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.286	.167	.452
1912	Philadelphia Athletics	3	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500
1916	Chicago White Sox	28	23	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	12	.087	.222	.087	.309
1917	Chicago White Sox	50	46	3	6	2	1	5	1	6	19	.130	.231	.217	.448
1918	Chicago White Sox	39	42	3	6	0	0	0	0	2	11	.143	.200	.143	.343
1919	Chicago White Sox	15	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	.111	.273	.222	.495
1922	St. Louis Browns	20	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	.087	.125	.087	.212
1923	St. Louis Browns	38	71	5	15	5	1	11	0	9	7	.211	.309	.310	.619
1924	St. Louis Browns	41	76	3	13	3	2	9	1	4	15	.171	.213	.263	.476
1925	St. Louis Browns	38	46	3	8	0	0	2	0	4	8	.174	.255	.174	.429
Career		286	350	23	56	11	4	27	2	33	84	.160	.238	.214	.453

MLB pitching stats — season by season

10 seasons · from AIDB's MLB pitching dataset

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1911	Philadelphia Athletics	4	1	14	2	1	0	1	33.2	29	14	1	17	21	3.74	1.366
1912	Philadelphia Athletics	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	20.1	26	9	0	12	8	3.98	1.869
1916	Chicago White Sox	6	5	28	8	1	0	2	93.2	87	34	1	37	49	3.27	1.324
1917	Chicago White Sox	11	6	50	9	1	1	9	173.0	155	51	1	74	79	2.65	1.324
1918	Chicago White Sox	6	15	39	11	5	0	2	139.0	148	53	1	40	48	3.43	1.353
1919	Chicago White Sox	1	2	15	1	0	0	1	41.2	58	36	1	20	17	7.78	1.872
1922	St. Louis Browns	5	2	20	10	3	0	1	79.2	93	29	1	38	48	3.28	1.644
1923	St. Louis Browns	16	14	38	26	16	0	1	226.1	221	99	4	87	96	3.94	1.361
1924	St. Louis Browns	15	12	41	27	11	1	4	219.2	246	110	16	69	65	4.51	1.434
1925	St. Louis Browns	7	9	38	15	5	0	2	159.0	172	77	19	61	53	4.36	1.465
Career		71	66	286	109	43	2	23	1,186.0	1,235	512	45	455	484	3.89	1.425

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Chicago White Sox
Given name: Dave
Place of burial: Loudon Park Cemetery
Position played on team / speciality: pitcher
Sport: baseball
Child: Elaine D. Harmon
League: Major League Baseball
Family name: Danforth

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