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Bob Scheffing

Robert Boden Scheffing

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 11, 1913 in Overland, MO
High School: Ritenour HS (St. Louis, MO)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1935. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1941
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Reds/Cardinals 1941-1951

Final Game: September 11, 1951
Died: October 26, 1985 in Phoenix, AZ
Buried: St. Francis Catholic Cemetery, Phoenix, AZ
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1941 27 CHC NL 51 138 132 9 32 8 0 1 20 2 5 19 .242 .270 .326 .596 70 43 5 0 1 2
1942 28 CHC NL 44 109 102 7 20 3 0 2 12 2 7 11 .196 .248 .284 .532 58 29 3 0 0 2
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 32 CHC NL 63 128 115 8 32 4 1 0 18 0 12 18 .278 .346 .330 .677 94 38 4 0 1 2
1947 33 CHC NL 110 392 363 33 96 11 5 5 50 2 25 25 .264 .312 .364 .675 82 132 12 0 4 2
1948 34 CHC NL 102 317 293 23 88 18 2 5 45 0 22 27 .300 .351 .427 .778 114 125 6 1 1 2
1949 35 CHC NL 55 161 149 12 40 6 1 3 19 0 9 9 .268 .314 .383 .697 89 57 7 1 3 2
1950 36 TOT NL 33 67 63 4 16 1 0 2 7 0 4 4 .254 .299 .365 .664 74 23 4 0 0 2
1950 36 CHC NL 12 16 16 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .188 .188 .250 .438 14 4 0 0 0 /2
1950 36 CIN NL 21 51 47 4 13 0 0 2 6 0 4 2 .277 .333 .404 .738 93 19 4 0 0 2
1951 37 TOT NL 59 161 140 9 33 2 0 2 16 0 0 19 14 .236 .331 .293 .624 69 41 3 1 1 2
1951 37 CIN NL 47 139 122 9 31 2 0 2 14 0 0 16 9 .254 .345 .320 .665 79 39 2 1 0 2
1951 37 STL NL 12 22 18 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .111 .238 .111 .349 -3 2 1 0 1 2
8 Yrs 517 1473 1357 105 357 53 9 20 187 6 0 103 127 .263 .316 .360 .676 86 488 44 3 11
162 Game Avg. 162 462 425 33 112 17 3 6 59 2 32 40 .263 .316 .360 .676 86 153 14 1 3
CHC (7 yrs) 437 1261 1170 92 311 51 9 16 165 6 80 111 .266 .314 .366 .680 88 428 37 2 10
CIN (2 yrs) 68 190 169 13 44 2 0 4 20 0 0 20 11 .260 .342 .343 .685 83 58 6 1 0
STL (1 yr) 12 22 18 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .111 .238 .111 .349 -3 2 1 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1941 27 CHC NL 51 138 -5 -0 0 -1 1 -5 -0.6 5 -0 -0.1 .489 .496 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 2
1942 28 CHC NL 44 109 -5 0 0 1 1 -3 -0.4 3 0 0.0 .492 .498 -0.1 0.2 -1 $ 2
1946 32 CHC NL 63 128 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 4 5 0.5 .501 .500 0.5 0.1 5 $ 2
1947 33 CHC NL 110 392 -9 -0 0 -1 3 -7 -0.7 14 7 0.7 .494 .496 0.8 0.3 8 $ 2
1948 34 CHC NL 102 317 6 -1 -0 2 3 9 0.9 11 20 2.0 .509 .506 1.8 0.5 18 $ 2
1949 35 CHC NL 55 161 -2 -0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.2 6 4 0.4 .497 .499 0.4 0.1 4 $ 2
1950 36 CHC NL 12 16 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .483 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /2
1950 36 CIN NL 21 51 -0 -1 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 2 0 0.0 .494 .499 0.0 0.0 0 $ 2
1951 37 CIN NL 47 139 -3 -1 0 -1 1 -3 -0.3 5 1 0.1 .493 .498 0.3 0.0 2 $ 2
1951 37 STL NL 12 22 -3 0 -0 0 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .476 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ 2
8 Seasons 517 1473 -24 -3 -1 0 12 -16 -1.8 51 34 3.2 .497 .499 3.3 1.3 34 $
CHC (7 yrs) 437 1261 -18 -2 -1 1 10 -9 -1.0 44 34 3.3 .498 .499 3.2 1.2 33 $
CIN (2 yrs) 68 190 -3 -2 -0 -1 2 -4 -0.5 6 2 0.1 .493 .499 0.3 0.0 3 $
STL (1 yr) 12 22 -3 0 -0 0 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .476 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1941 27 CHC NL 138 106 12 3.0 91 .277 .242 .261 .270 .331 .326 .368 .596 .699 70 .360 -5.4 -0.6 .476 .136 .083 1.3
1942 28 CHC NL 109 85 7 2.2 84 .202 .196 .251 .248 .323 .284 .349 .532 .672 58 .271 -5.6 -0.6 .447 .176 .088 2.0
1946 32 CHC NL 128 88 13 4.0 91 .330 .278 .260 .346 .335 .330 .364 .677 .700 94 .491 -0.7 -0.1 .575 .157 .052
1947 33 CHC NL 392 283 41 3.8 102 .273 .264 .269 .312 .344 .364 .399 .675 .743 82 .415 -10.5 -1.0 .570 .174 .099 2.9
1948 34 CHC NL 317 212 44 5.5 98 .318 .300 .263 .351 .336 .427 .389 .778 .725 114 .596 5.7 0.6 .701 .201 .126 .0
1949 35 CHC NL 161 119 18 4.0 100 .270 .268 .266 .314 .339 .383 .397 .697 .736 89 .444 -2.6 -0.3 .578 .174 .114 .0
1950 36 TOT NL 67 51 7 3.7 108 .246 .254 .269 .299 .346 .365 .418 .664 .764 74 .386 -2.7 -0.3 .529 .175 .111 .0
1950 36 CHC NL 16 13 1 2.1 107 .214 .188 .268 .188 .345 .250 .416 .438 .761 14 .179 -2.0 -0.2 .308 .063 .063
1950 36 CIN NL 51 38 6 4.2 108 .256 .277 .270 .333 .347 .404 .418 .738 .765 93 .448 -0.7 -0.1 .605 .213 .128 .0
1951 37 TOT NL 161 111 13 3.2 104 .250 .236 .269 .331 .343 .293 .407 .624 .749 69 .341 -5.8 -0.6 .555 .193 .057 .0
1951 37 CIN NL 139 93 13 3.8 104 .261 .254 .269 .345 .343 .320 .407 .665 .750 79 .417 -3.2 -0.3 .602 .197 .066 .0
1951 37 STL NL 22 18 0 0.0 103 .154 .111 .268 .238 .342 .111 .405 .349 .747 -3 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .294 .167 .000
8 Yrs 1473 1055 155 3.9 98 .279 .263 .265 .316 .338 .360 .389 .676 .727 86 .445 -27.7 -2.8 .575 .177 .097 9.2
162 Game Avg. 462 331 49 3.9 98 .279 .263 .265 .316 .338 .360 .389 .676 .727 86 .445 -27.7 -2.8 .575 .177 .097 3
CHC (7 yrs) 1261 906 136 4.0 97 .283 .266 .264 .314 .337 .366 .385 .680 .722 88 .457 -21.2 -2.2 .576 .174 .100 8.7
CIN (2 yrs) 190 131 19 3.9 105 .260 .260 .269 .342 .344 .343 .410 .685 .754 83 .427 -3.9 -0.4 .603 .201 .083 .0
STL (1 yr) 22 18 0 0.0 103 .154 .111 .268 .238 .342 .111 .405 .349 .747 -3 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .294 .167 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1941 27 CHC NL 138 0.7% 13.8% 3.6% 6.5% 28% 3.80 6.9 132.0 6.6 81%
1942 28 CHC NL 109 1.8% 10.1% 6.4% 4.6% 25% 1.57 9.3 51.0 8.5 82%
1946 32 CHC NL 128 0.0% 14.1% 9.4% 3.9% 16% 1.50 6.4 6.4 76%
1947 33 CHC NL 392 1.3% 6.4% 6.4% 5.4% 22% 1.00 14.5 72.6 7.3 85%
1948 34 CHC NL 317 1.6% 8.5% 6.9% 7.9% 28% 1.23 10.9 58.6 6.5 0.70 82%
1949 35 CHC NL 161 1.9% 5.6% 5.6% 6.2% 25% 1.00 16.6 49.7 7.8 1.13 85%
1950 36 TOT NL 67 3.0% 6.0% 6.0% 4.5% 19% 1.00 15.8 31.5 9.0 1.22 85%
1950 36 CHC NL 16 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 6.3% 33% 8.0 16.0 1.67 88%
1950 36 CIN NL 51 3.9% 3.9% 7.8% 3.9% 15% 0.50 23.5 23.5 7.8 1.13 84%
1951 37 TOT NL 161 1.2% 8.7% 11.8% 2.5% 12% 0.74 10.0 70.0 8.8 0.82 77%
1951 37 CIN NL 139 1.4% 6.5% 11.5% 2.9% 13% 0.56 13.6 61.0 8.7 0.79 80%
1951 37 STL NL 22 0.0% 22.7% 13.6% 0.0% 0% 1.67 3.6 9.0 1.00 59%
8 Yrs 1473 1.4% 8.6% 7.0% 5.6% 23% 1.23 10.7 67.9 7.3 0.89 82%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.3% 9.4% 6.1% 26% 0.99 9.5 60.8 8.5 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1941 27 CHC NL -5.4 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 28 CHC NL -5.6 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 32 CHC NL -0.7 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 33 CHC NL -10.5 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 34 CHC NL 5.7 0.6 141 0.7 3.1 -2.5 1.02 0.7 -0.0 9.4 1.0 1.00 8.3 0.91 4
1949 35 CHC NL -2.8 -0.3 76 -0.8 1.0 -1.8 1.18 -0.4 -0.3 -5.4 -0.5 0.96 -5.5 2.52 8
1950 36 TOT NL -2.7 -0.3 59 -0.4 0.9 -1.3 1.24 -0.3 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.98 -2.7 1.78 15
1950 36 CHC NL -2.0 -0.2 11 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 1.44 -0.2 -0.0 -2.1 -0.2 1.01 -1.8 1.87 8
1950 36 CIN NL -0.7 -0.1 48 -0.1 0.8 -0.9 1.20 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.97 -0.9 1.68 7
1951 37 TOT NL -5.8 -0.6 134 -1.0 1.6 -2.7 1.07 -0.6 -0.3 -5.6 -0.6 0.93 -6.6 1.95 8
1951 37 CIN NL -3.2 -0.3 117 -0.6 1.6 -2.2 1.03 -0.3 -0.3 -1.8 -0.2 0.92 -3.1 1.90 6
1951 37 STL NL -2.6 -0.3 17 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 1.38 -0.3 -0.0 -3.8 -0.4 1.04 -3.5 2.08 2
8 Yrs -27.9 -2.9 410 -1.6 6.7 -8.3 1.10 -0.6 -0.8 -3.5 -0.3 0.97 -6.5 1.89 35

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 34 CHC NL 3 0 17% 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25% 10 9 0 1 1 0 5 1 4
1949 35 CHC NL 0 0 19% 34 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1950 36 TOT NL 1 0 11% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1950 36 CHC NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 36 CIN NL 1 0 13% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1951 37 TOT NL 0 0 14% 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23% 11 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1951 37 CIN NL 0 0 15% 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23% 11 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1951 37 STL NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 4 0 19% 163 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 18% 27 22 1 3 3 0 9 3 6

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 34 CHC NL 317 31% 88 4 2 0 0 0.91 5 0 4 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 26 6 23% 15 4 27% 105 21 20% 8 4 50% 6 4 67% 0
1949 35 CHC NL 161 35% 40 8 1 0 0 2.52 3 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 150% 11 7 64% 7 4 57% 45 4 9% 7 2 29% 5 3 60% 0
1950 36 TOT NL 67 47% 16 15 4 0 1 1.78 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12 4 33% 6 1 17% 44 5 11% 4 1 25% 3 1 33% 0
1950 36 CHC NL 16 45% 3 8 2 0 1 1.87 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 9 1 11% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1950 36 CIN NL 51 48% 13 7 2 0 0 1.68 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10 4 40% 5 1 20% 35 4 11% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 0
1951 37 TOT NL 161 54% 33 8 3 0 5 1.95 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 100% 21 3 14% 9 6 67% 83 10 12% 4 3 75% 6 5 83% 0
1951 37 CIN NL 139 56% 31 6 3 0 4 1.90 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 16 2 13% 6 4 67% 67 9 13% 3 2 67% 4 4 100% 0
1951 37 STL NL 22 35% 2 2 0 0 1 2.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 3 2 67% 16 1 6% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
8 Yrs 706 41% 357 35 10 0 6 1.89 20 0 12 1 7 5 7 0 3 11 367% 70 44 63% 37 15 41% 277 40 14% 23 10 43% 20 13 65% 0
MLB Averages 51% 328% 35% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1941 27 51 138 132 9 32 8 0 1 20 2 5 19 .242 .270 .326 .596 70 43 5 0 1
1942 28 95 247 234 16 52 11 0 3 32 4 12 30 .222 .260 .308 .568 65 72 8 0 1
1943 29 95 247 234 16 52 11 0 3 32 4 12 30 .222 .260 .308 .568 65 72 8 0 1
1944 30 95 247 234 16 52 11 0 3 32 4 12 30 .222 .260 .308 .568 65 72 8 0 1
1945 31 95 247 234 16 52 11 0 3 32 4 12 30 .222 .260 .308 .568 65 72 8 0 1
1946 32 158 375 349 24 84 15 1 3 50 4 24 48 .241 .290 .315 .605 75 110 12 0 2
1947 33 268 767 712 57 180 26 6 8 100 6 49 73 .253 .301 .340 .641 79 242 24 0 6
1948 34 370 1084 1005 80 268 44 8 13 145 6 71 100 .267 .316 .365 .681 89 367 30 1 7
1949 35 425 1245 1154 92 308 50 9 16 164 6 80 109 .267 .316 .367 .683 89 424 37 2 10
1950 36 458 1312 1217 96 324 51 9 18 171 6 84 113 .266 .315 .367 .682 88 447 41 2 10
1951 37 517 1473 1357 105 357 53 9 20 187 6 0 103 127 .263 .316 .360 .676 86 488 44 3 11

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1941 27 53 145 139 10 35 9 0 1 23 2 5 20 .252 .278 .338 .616 14 51
1942 28 47 118 110 8 23 3 0 2 14 2 8 12 .209 .263 .291 .554 8 44
1946 32 66 138 123 10 36 4 1 0 21 0 14 19 .293 .365 .341 .706 16 63
1947 33 115 409 379 34 100 11 5 5 52 2 26 26 .264 .311 .359 .670 43 110
1948 34 107 335 309 25 95 19 2 5 50 0 24 28 .307 .359 .430 .790 48 102
1949 35 57 168 155 13 42 6 1 3 20 0 9 9 .271 .315 .381 .696 19 55
1950 36 34 70 66 4 17 1 0 2 7 0 4 4 .258 .300 .364 .664 7 33
1951 37 61 168 146 10 35 2 0 2 17 0 20 15 .240 .335 .295 .630 15 59
8 Yrs 540 1551 1427 114 383 55 9 20 204 6 110 133 .268 .322 .362 .684 170 517
162 Game Avg. 162 465 428 34 115 17 3 6 61 2 33 40 .268 .322 .362 .684 51 517

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Oldest s c a p y
1950 NL  born 1913-08-11 (7th)
1951 NL  born 1913-08-11 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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