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Bob Bescher
Robert Henry Bescher

Bats Both, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.
Schools University of Notre Dame, Wittenberg University

Debut September 5, 1908
Final Game September 1, 1918
Born February 25, 1884 in London, OH
Died November 29, 1942 in London, OH

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Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 24 CIN NL  32  114   16   31   5  5   0   17  10      9      .272  .336  .404  139   46   2           2    
 1909 25 CIN NL 124  446   73  107  17  6   1   34  54     56      .240  .335  .312  102  139   3           8    
 1910 26 CIN NL 150  589   95  147  20 10   4   48  70     81  75  .250  .344  .338  103  199   8           4    
 1911 27 CIN NL 153  599  106  165  32 10   1   45  81    102  78  .275  .385  .367  114  220  10           5     MVP-17
 1912 28 CIN NL 145  548  120  154  29 11   4   38  67     83  61  .281  .381  .396  115  217   9           6     MVP-5
 1913 29 CIN NL 141  511   86  132  22 11   1   37  38     94  68  .258  .377  .350  108  179   7           3    
 1914 30 NYG NL 135  512   82  138  23  4   6   35  36     45  48  .270  .336  .365  111  187   8           6    
 1915 31 STL NL 130  486   71  128  15  7   4   34  27 19  52  53  .263  .342  .348  109  169  15           6    
 1916 32 STL NL 151  561   78  132  24  8   6   43  39 12  60  50  .235  .316  .339  102  190   9           6    
 1917 33 STL NL  42  110   10   17   1  1   1    8   3     20  13  .155  .290  .209   56   23   3           1    
 1918 34 CLE AL  25   60   12   20   2  1   0    6   3     17   5  .333  .487  .400  158   24   0           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1228 4536  749 1171 190 74  28  345 428 31 619 451  .258  .353  .351  108 1593  74   0   0  48   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        598   99  154  25 10   4   46  56  4  82  59  .258  .353  .351  108  210  10   0   0   6   0
 Career High    153  599  120  165  32 11   6   48  81 19 102  78  .281  .385  .396  115  220  15   0   0   8   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 24 CIN NL  127   85   15   4.8    69| .272  .243| .336  .304| .404  .314| .740  .618| 139  .700   4.6   0.6     
 1909 25 CIN NL  513  342   45   3.6    76| .240  .251| .335  .318| .312  .323| .647  .642| 102  .542   3.0   0.4     
 1910 26 CIN NL  682  450   68   4.0    85| .250  .258| .344  .332| .338  .342| .682  .674| 103  .546   3.7   0.4     
 1911 27 CIN NL  716  444   84   5.1    93| .275  .264| .385  .341| .367  .365| .752  .706| 114  .608  16.3   1.7     
 1912 28 CIN NL  646  403   82   5.4    97| .281  .277| .381  .346| .396  .376| .777  .722| 115  .610  15.1   1.5     
 1913 29 CIN NL  615  386   67   4.7    91| .258  .270| .377  .334| .350  .367| .727  .701| 108  .584  10.5   1.1     
 1914 30 NYG NL  571  382   61   4.3    82| .270  .255| .336  .323| .365  .342| .701  .664| 111  .590   7.2   0.8     
 1915 31 STL NL  559  392   55   3.8    81| .263  .256| .342  .319| .348  .342| .690  .661| 109  .563   6.3   0.7  58%
 1916 32 STL NL  636  450   61   3.7    77| .235  .253| .316  .311| .339  .338| .655  .649| 102  .547   2.6   0.3  76%
 1917 33 STL NL  134   96    7   2.0    76| .155  .253| .290  .310| .209  .334| .499  .644|  56  .275  -4.7  -0.6     
 1918 34 CLE AL   78   40   12   8.2    89| .333  .271| .487  .343| .400  .345| .887  .688| 158  .825   6.2   0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     5277 3470  557   4.3    85| .258  .260| .353  .328| .351  .349| .704  .677| 108  .577  71.0   7.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1908 24 CIN NL  OF   32     82    2    0    2 1.000  .960  2.62  1.99               32    0    0
 1909 25 CIN NL  OF  117    247   14   13    4  .953  .961  2.23  2.01              115    0    2
 1910 26 CIN NL  OF  150    339   16   20    4  .947  .959  2.37  2.10              150    0    0
 1911 27 CIN NL  OF  153    267   21   14    2  .954  .960  1.88  2.07              153    0    0
 1912 28 CIN NL  OF  143    347   15   14    4  .963  .956  2.53  2.16              143    0    0
 1913 29 CIN NL  OF  138    283   22   10    2  .968  .960  2.21  2.08              138    0    0
 1914 30 NYG NL  OF  126    298   14   13    7  .960  .957  2.48  1.97               15  111    0
 1915 31 STL NL  OF  129    257   12    8    1  .971  .959  2.09  2.01              128    0    1
 1916 32 STL NL  OF  151    284   18   15    2  .953  .967  2.00  2.00              151    2    1
 1917 33 STL NL  OF   32     61    0    1    0  .984  .964  1.91  2.08               27    4    0
 1918 34 CLE AL  OF   17     28    3    1    0  .969  .963  1.82  2.17                0    3   14
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1908 24 CIN NL  OF   32     82    2    0    2 1.000  .960  2.62  1.99               32    0    0
 1909 25 CIN NL  OF  117    247   14   13    4  .953  .961  2.23  2.01              115    0    2
 1910 26 CIN NL  OF  150    339   16   20    4  .947  .959  2.37  2.10              150    0    0
 1911 27 CIN NL  OF  153    267   21   14    2  .954  .960  1.88  2.07              153    0    0
 1912 28 CIN NL  OF  143    347   15   14    4  .963  .956  2.53  2.16              143    0    0
 1913 29 CIN NL  OF  138    283   22   10    2  .968  .960  2.21  2.08              138    0    0
 1914 30 NYG NL  OF  126    298   14   13    7  .960  .957  2.48  1.97               15  111    0
 1915 31 STL NL  OF  129    257   12    8    1  .971  .959  2.09  2.01              128    0    1
 1916 32 STL NL  OF  151    284   18   15    2  .953  .967  2.00  2.00              151    2    1
 1917 33 STL NL  OF   32     61    0    1    0  .984  .964  1.91  2.08               27    4    0
 1918 34 CLE AL  OF   17     28    3    1    0  .969  .963  1.82  2.17                0    3   14
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1188   2493  137  109   28  .960  .960  2.21  2.05             1052  120   18
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1188   2493  137  109   28  .960  .960  2.21  2.05

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-NL-17-0.06
1912-NL-5-0.27
Car-552-0.33 shares

On-base %
1913 NL-.377-10

Games
1911 NL-153-8
1916 NL-151-10

At Bats
1910 NL-589-4
1911 NL-599-2
1916 NL-561-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1910 NL-682-2
1911 NL-716-1
1912 NL-646-6
1916 NL-636-7

Runs
1910 NL-95-5
1911 NL-106-2
1912 NL-120-1
1913 NL-86-6
1914 NL-82-8
1916 NL-78-7

Hits
1911 NL-165-6

Doubles
1911 NL-32-6

Bases on Balls
1910 NL-81-6
1911 NL-102-3
1912 NL-83-4
1913 NL-94-1
1916 NL-60-7

Strikeouts
1910 NL-75-3
1911 NL-78-1
1913 NL-68-4

Stolen Bases
1909 NL-54-1
1910 NL-70-1
1911 NL-81-1
1912 NL-67-1
1913 NL-38-6
1914 NL-36-5
1915 NL-27-6
1916 NL-39-3
Car-428-57

Singles
1911 NL-122-7

Times on Base
1910 NL-232-7
1911 NL-272-2
1912 NL-243-7
1913 NL-229-4

Hit By Pitch
1909 NL-8-8

Caught Stealing
1915 NL-19-7

Power/Speed Number
1910 NL-7.6-10
1914 NL-10.3-8
1916 NL-10.4-6

Outs
1910 NL-450-5
1911 NL-444-3
1916 NL-450-7

Black Ink: Batting - 13 (178) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 54 (460) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 16.0 (894) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 17.0 (863) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
December 12, 1913: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Giants for Buck Herzog and Grover Hartley.
July 3, 1917: Sent by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Milwaukee (American Association) to complete an earlier deal made on July 1, 1917. The St. Louis Cardinals sent a player to be named later, Paddy Livingston, Sam Bohne, and cash to the Milwaukee (American Association) for Marv Goodwin. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Bob Bescher (July 3, 1917) to the Milwaukee (American Association) to complete the trade.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Bob Bescher's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1911-NL-17-0.06 1912-NL-5-0.27 Car-552-0.33 shares	On-base % 1913 NL-.377-10	Games 1911 NL-153-8 1916 NL-151-10	At Bats 1910 NL-589-4 1911 NL-599-2 1916 NL-561-9	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1910 NL-682-2 1911 NL-716-1 1912 NL-646-6 1916 NL-636-7	Runs 1910 NL-95-5 1911 NL-106-2 1912 NL-120-1 1913 NL-86-6 1914 NL-82-8 1916 NL-78-7
Hits 1911 NL-165-6	Doubles 1911 NL-32-6	Bases on Balls 1910 NL-81-6 1911 NL-102-3 1912 NL-83-4 1913 NL-94-1 1916 NL-60-7	Strikeouts 1910 NL-75-3 1911 NL-78-1 1913 NL-68-4	Stolen Bases 1909 NL-54-1 1910 NL-70-1 1911 NL-81-1 1912 NL-67-1 1913 NL-38-6 1914 NL-36-5 1915 NL-27-6 1916 NL-39-3 Car-428-57	Singles 1911 NL-122-7
Times on Base 1910 NL-232-7 1911 NL-272-2 1912 NL-243-7 1913 NL-229-4	Hit By Pitch 1909 NL-8-8	Caught Stealing 1915 NL-19-7	Power/Speed Number 1910 NL-7.6-10 1914 NL-10.3-8 1916 NL-10.4-6	Outs 1910 NL-450-5 1911 NL-444-3 1916 NL-450-7