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Bob Scheffing
Robert Boden Scheffing

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 189 lb.

Debut April 27, 1941
Final Game September 11, 1951
Born August 11, 1913 in Overland, MO
Died October 26, 1985 in Phoenix, AZ

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1935. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 27 CHC NL  51  132    9   32   8  0   1   20   2      5  19  .242  .270  .326   70   43   1           0   5
 1942 28 CHC NL  44  102    7   20   3  0   2   12   2      7  11  .196  .248  .284   58   29   0           0   3
 1946 32 CHC NL  63  115    8   32   4  1   0   18   0     12  18  .278  .346  .330   94   38   1           0   4
 1947 33 CHC NL 110  363   33   96  11  5   5   50   2     25  25  .264  .312  .364   82  132   4           0  12
 1948 34 CHC NL 102  293   23   88  18  2   5   45   0     22  27  .300  .351  .427  113  125   1           1   6
 1949 35 CHC NL  55  149   12   40   6  1   3   19   0      9   9  .268  .314  .383   88   57   3           1   7
 1950 36 TOT NL  33   63    4   16   1  0   2    7   0      4   4  .254  .299  .365   74   23   0           0   4
         CHC NL  12   16    0    3   1  0   0    1   0      0   2  .188  .188  .250   14    4   0           0   0
         CIN NL  21   47    4   13   0  0   2    6   0      4   2  .277  .333  .404   93   19   0           0   4
 1951 37 TOT NL  59  140    9   33   2  0   2   16   0  0  19  14  .236  .331  .293   68   41   1           1   3
         CIN NL  47  122    9   31   2  0   2   14   0  0  16   9  .254  .345  .320   79   39   0           1   2
         STL NL  12   18    0    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   3   5  .111  .238  .111   -3    2   1           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      517 1357  105  357  53  9  20  187   6  0 103 127  .263  .316  .360   86  488  11   0   0   3  44
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        425   33  112  17  3   6   59   2  0  32  40  .263  .316  .360   86  153   3   0   0   1  14
 Career High    110  363   33   96  18  5   5   50   2  0  25  27  .300  .351  .427  113  132   4   0   0   1  12
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 27 CHC NL  138  106   12   3.0    91| .242  .261| .270  .331| .326  .368| .596  .699|  70  .360  -5.4  -0.6     
 1942 28 CHC NL  109   85    7   2.2    84| .196  .251| .248  .322| .284  .349| .532  .672|  58  .271  -5.6  -0.6     
 1946 32 CHC NL  128   88   13   4.0    91| .278  .260| .346  .335| .330  .364| .676  .699|  94  .491  -0.7  -0.1     
 1947 33 CHC NL  392  283   41   3.8   102| .264  .269| .312  .344| .364  .399| .676  .743|  82  .415 -10.4  -1.0     
 1948 34 CHC NL  317  212   44   5.5    99| .300  .264| .351  .338| .427  .391| .778  .728| 113  .597   5.3   0.5     
 1949 35 CHC NL  162  119   18   4.0   101| .268  .267| .314  .340| .383  .399| .697  .739|  88  .444  -2.8  -0.3     
 1950 36 TOT NL   67   51    7   3.7   108| .254  .269| .299  .346| .365  .418| .664  .764|  74  .386  -2.7  -0.3     
         CHC NL   16   13    1   2.1   107| .188  .268| .188  .345| .250  .416| .438  .761|  14  .179  -2.0  -0.2     
         CIN NL   51   38    6   4.2   108| .277  .270| .333  .346| .404  .418| .737  .764|  93  .448  -0.7  -0.1     
 1951 37 TOT NL  161  111   13   3.2   105| .236  .270| .331  .344| .293  .408| .624  .752|  68  .341  -6.0  -0.6   0%
         CIN NL  139   93   13   3.8   105| .254  .270| .345  .344| .320  .409| .665  .753|  79  .417  -3.4  -0.3   0%
         STL NL   22   18    0   0.0   104| .111  .269| .238  .343| .111  .407| .349  .750|  -3  .000  -2.6  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1474 1055  155   3.9    98| .263  .265| .316  .339| .360  .389| .676  .728|  86  .445 -28.4  -3.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1941 27 CHC NL C 34 126 17 5 1 .966 .983 4.21 4.06 3 1942 28 CHC NL C 32 122 16 2 6 .986 .979 4.31 4.28 4 1946 32 CHC NL C 40 97 10 0 3 1.000 .980 2.67 4.24 4 1947 33 CHC NL C 97 379 52 7 4 .984 .981 4.44 4.37 9 1948 34 CHC NL C 78 332 36 4 5 .989 .980 4.72 4.41 2 1949 35 CHC NL C 40 152 18 4 3 .977 .982 4.25 4.39 4 1950 36 TOT NL C 14 54 2 1 1 .982 .982 4.00 4.53 2 CHC NL C 3 11 0 1 1 .917 .982 3.67 4.53 1 CIN NL C 11 43 2 0 0 1.000 .983 4.09 4.53 1 1951 37 TOT NL C 52 182 15 4 1 .980 .981 3.79 4.43 3 CIN NL C 41 150 13 4 1 .976 .981 3.98 4.43 3 STL NL C 11 32 2 0 0 1.000 .980 3.09 4.43 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 27 CHC NL C 34 126 17 5 1 .966 .983 4.21 4.06 3 1942 28 CHC NL C 32 122 16 2 6 .986 .979 4.31 4.28 4 1946 32 CHC NL C 40 97 10 0 3 1.000 .980 2.67 4.24 4 1947 33 CHC NL C 97 379 52 7 4 .984 .981 4.44 4.37 9 1948 34 CHC NL C 78 332 36 4 5 .989 .980 4.72 4.41 2 1949 35 CHC NL C 40 152 18 4 3 .977 .982 4.25 4.39 4 1950 36 TOT NL C 14 54 2 1 1 .982 .982 4.00 4.53 2 CHC NL C 3 11 0 1 1 .917 .982 3.67 4.53 1 CIN NL C 11 43 2 0 0 1.000 .983 4.09 4.53 1 1951 37 TOT NL C 52 182 15 4 1 .980 .981 3.79 4.43 3 CIN NL C 41 150 13 4 1 .976 .981 3.98 4.43 3 STL NL C 11 32 2 0 0 1.000 .980 3.09 4.43 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 387 1444 166 27 24 .984 .981 4.16 4.35 31 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 387 1444 166 27 24 .984 .981 4.16 4.35
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.

Oldest Player
1950 NL-36-7
1951 NL-37-3

HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3082) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1811) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1935 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

October 1, 1940: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1940 rule 5 draft.

June 7, 1950: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Ron Northey.

August 1, 1951: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.

October 24, 1951: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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