Dave Bancroft vs. Bill Spiers — Career Comparison

Dave Bancroft
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueHall of FameShortstop
Bill Spiers
Gen XSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueShortstop

Dave Bancroft and Bill Spiers are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 111 for Dave Bancroft, 110 for Bill Spiers), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 102 vs 97). The overall lean goes to Dave Bancroft, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Dave Bancroft and Bill Spiers

Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1913
139.23
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1252
195.37
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8244
600
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
3845
600
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7182
522.71
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3408
531.81
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.741
0.741
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2004
145.85
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
922
143.88
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1575
114.63
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
692
107.98
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
320
23.29
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
158
24.66
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
5.6
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
35
5.46
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 600 PA
32
2.33
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
5.77
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
429
31.22
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
230
35.89
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
989.71
72.03
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
444.44
69.35
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2574
187.34
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1261
196.78
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2854
207.71
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
1295
202.08
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.711
0.711
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.679
0.679
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.665
0.665
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1048
76.27
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
477
74.43
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
591
43.01
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
388
60.55
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1607
116.96
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
828
129.21
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1094.62
79.67
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
470.79
73.46
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
1.67
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
2.81
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
827
60.19
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
355
55.4
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
3.28
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
487
35.44
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
496
77.4
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.93
16.93
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
7.75
7.75
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.7
1.7
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.72
0.72
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212
15.43
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
42
6.55
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
3.43
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PA
73
11.39
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
10.55
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
15.14
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
5.46
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
6.71
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
220
16.01
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
140
21.85
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 600 PA
65.91
65.91
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.29
69.29

Fielding Stats for Dave Bancroft and Bill Spiers

Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1892
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1131
1.31
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
0.97
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23342
27
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7780.2
9
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4673
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
1.51
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6604
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2226
2.57
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.15
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11943
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3656
4.23
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11277
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3529
4.08
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.42
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.53
96.53
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5.96
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Spiers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.09
74.09
Dave Bancroft
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1027
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
0.49
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Bancroft
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Spiers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0