Bob Bescher

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: February 25, 1884 in London, OH us

Died: November 29, 1942 in London, OH

Buried: Kirkwood Cemetery, London, OH

High School: Notre Dame Prep (South Bend, IN)

School: Wittenberg University (Springfield, OH)

Debut: September 5, 1908 (Age 24-193d, 3,095th in major league history)
vs. STL 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 SB

Last Game: September 1, 1918 (Age 34-188d)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1908 season

Full Name: Robert Henry Bescher

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.2

4536

1171

.258

749

RBI

345

428

OBP

.353

SLG

.351

OPS

.705

OPS+

108

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-24 / in Starts: 14-14
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 134 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	54 (27-18-9) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 134 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	81 (38-27-14)

Most Driven In
M Watson	1
F Snyder	1
M GonzÃ¡lez	1
S Stewart	1
W Cruise	1
L Meadows	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
T Long	4
D Miller	2
B Betzel	1
Self	1
F Smith	0
R Hornsby	0

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1162	1	Apr 11	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	1	1.12	-0.015	3.00	-0.02%	-0.28	LF
2	1163	2	Apr 12	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.500	.200	.700	1	1.17	-0.035	2.97	-0.05%	0.04	LF
3	1164	3	Apr 13	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.222	.462	.222	.684	1	1.04	-0.017	2.40	-0.02%	0.26	LF
4	1165	4	Apr 14	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.438	.250	.688	1	1.57	0.046	3.95	0.07%	-0.01	LF
5	1166	5	Apr 15	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.235	.381	.235	.616	1	.48	-0.045	1.30	-0.07%	-0.41	LF
6	1167	6	Apr 16	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.238	.360	.333	.693	1	.86	0.162	2.45	0.28%	1.34	LF
7	1168	7	Apr 18	STL	@	CHC	L,2-9	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.240	.345	.320	.665	1	1.17	-0.096	3.69	-0.18%	-0.81	LF
8	1169	8	Apr 19	STL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.214	.313	.286	.598	1	.96	0.000	2.90	0.00%	-0.45	LF
9	1170	9	Apr 20	STL		CIN	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.226	.333	.290	.624	1	.27	0.031	.84	0.06%	-0.22	LF
10	1171	10	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.300	.257	.557	1	.96	-0.092	3.40	-0.20%	-0.74	LF
11	1172	11	Apr 22	STL		PIT	W,4-1	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		0		0		.184	.311	.237	.548	1	.42	-0.002	1.46	0.00%	0.00	LF
12	1173	12	Apr 23	STL		PIT	L,0-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.347	.250	.597	1	.79	0.069	2.83	0.15%	0.50	LF
13	1174	13	Apr 24	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.205	.340	.250	.590	1	1.63	-0.003	5.71	-0.01%	-0.02	LF
14	1175	14	Apr 25	STL		PIT	L,8-10	CG(10)	6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0		0		1		.217	.390	.283	.672	1	1.37	0.270	4.68	0.56%	2.29	LF
15	1176	15	Apr 29	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG(11)	6	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0		0		1		.245	.431	.367	.798	1	2.07	0.769	7.50	1.68%	2.35	LF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	1177	16	May 1	STL		CHC	L,0-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.245	.420	.358	.779	1	.35	-0.030	1.27	-0.07%	-0.34	LF
17	1178	17	May 2	STL	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0		.232	.419	.339	.758	1	.42	0.004	1.25	0.01%	-0.08	LF
18	1179	18	May 3	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.230	.405	.328	.733	1	1.92	0.092	6.33	0.18%	-0.08	LF
19	1180	19	May 6	STL	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.398	.323	.721	1	.30	-0.030	1.07	-0.07%	-0.54	LF
20	1181	20	May 10	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.217	.379	.304	.684	1	1.55	-0.148	5.93	-0.34%	-0.79	LF
21	1182	21	May 11	STL	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.205	.363	.288	.650	1	.85	-0.105	2.98	-0.22%	-0.92	LF
22	1183	22	May 12	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.195	.347	.273	.620	1	.98	-0.083	3.06	-0.16%	-0.61	LF
23	1184	23	May 14	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0		.188	.343	.263	.606	6	.45	-0.032	1.45	-0.06%	-0.12	LF
24	1185	24	May 15	STL	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.176	.327	.247	.574	6	1.76	-0.205	6.09	-0.42%	-1.30	LF
25	1186	25	May 17	STL	@	NYG	L,2-10	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.172	.321	.241	.562	6	.52	-0.025	1.79	-0.05%	-0.30	LF
26	1187	27 (1)	May 19	STL	@	BRO	L,1-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.170	.318	.239	.556	9	.18	-0.005	.45	-0.01%	-0.19	PH
27	1188	30 (2)	May 24	STL	@	BSN	W,9-7	0-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.169	.315	.236	.551	2						PH CF
28	1189	31	May 25	STL	@	BSN	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.312	.233	.545	9	.68	-0.016	1.81	-0.03%	-0.18	PH
29	1190	34 (2)	May 30 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.165	.309	.231	.540	9	.02	-0.001	.06	0.00%	-0.31	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	1191	37 (2)	Jun 1	STL		NYG	L,1-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.163	.306	.228	.535	9	3.29	-0.072	10.98	-0.14%	-0.24	PH
31	1192	38	Jun 2	STL		NYG	L,1-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.161	.304	.226	.529	9	.56	0.025	1.73	0.05%	0.36	PH
32	1193	43 (4)	Jun 7	STL		BSN	W,9-4	3-4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.161	.304	.226	.529	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR LF
33	1194	45 (1)	Jun 10	STL		PHI	L,1-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.160	.301	.223	.524	9	.81	-0.019	2.93	-0.04%	-0.19	PH
34	1195	47 (1)	Jun 12	STL		PHI	L,0-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.158	.298	.221	.519	9	2.70	-0.057	10.00	-0.13%	-0.32	PH
35	1196	49 (1)	Jun 15	STL		BRO	W,3-2	12-GF(12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.158	.304	.221	.525	9	5.19	-0.003	13.47	0.00%	0.22	PH
36	1197	50	Jun 16	STL		BRO	L,5-7	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.158	.304	.221	.525	5	4.52	0.074	12.55	0.12%	-0.05	PH LF
37	1198	52 (1)	Jun 18	STL		PIT	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		1		.162	.303	.222	.525	1	.64	0.037	1.76	0.06%	0.86	CF
38	1199	53	Jun 19	STL		PIT	L,3-7	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.163	.298	.221	.520	1	1.19	-0.018	2.84	-0.03%	-0.35	CF
39	1200	54	Jun 20	STL		PIT	T,4-4	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.163	.304	.221	.525	9	2.01	0.009	4.58	0.01%	0.10	PH
40	1201	55	Jun 21	STL		CIN	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.157	.295	.213	.508	1	1.11	-0.087	2.32	-0.11%	-0.49	CF
41	1202	56	Jun 22	STL		CIN	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.156	.292	.211	.503	9	.86	-0.020	1.73	-0.02%	-0.19	PH
42	1203	62 (5)	Jun 27 (1)	STL		CHC	L,2-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.155	.290	.209	.499	1	1.90	-0.045	4.18	-0.06%	-0.19	PH CF
							17-24		134	110	10	17	1	1	1	7	20	2	13	1	0		2		3		.155	.290	.209	.499		1.11	0.282	3.45	0.71%	-2.38

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