Dave Zearfoss

{{Short description|American baseball player (1868–1945)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Dave Zearfoss |position=Catcher |image=Dave Zearfoss.jpg |bats=Unknown |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1868|1|1|mf=y}} |birth_place=Schenectady, New York, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1945|9|12|1868|1|1}} |death_place=Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 17 |debutyear=1896 |debutteam=New York Giants |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=July 8 |finalyear=1905 |finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.208 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=17 |teams= *New York Giants ({{mlby|1896}}–{{mlby|1898}}) *St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|1904}}–{{mlby|1905}}) |highlights= }} '''David William Tilden Zearfoss''' (January 1, 1868 – September 12, 1945) was an American professional baseball catcher. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball between 1896 and 1905 for the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals. He had a .208 batting average for his major league career.

In 1908, he became the manager of a minor league team in Wilmington, Delaware and would become a resident of Delaware. He attended the University of Delaware and worked for thirty years for the Wilmington Gas Company until his retirement in 1939.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dave Zearfoss Dies, Veteran Baseball Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-news-obit-david-zearfoss/25769417/ |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=The Morning News |date=14 September 1945 |pages=26}}</ref> He died in 1945 and was buried in Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia.

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