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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CIN		PIT	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 15	CIN		STL	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 16	CIN		STL	W,5-0	CG	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 17	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 18	CIN	@	PIT	T,5-5	CG	50	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 19	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 20	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 21	CIN		CHC	L,6-7	CG	0	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 22	CIN		CHC	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
10	10	Apr 23	CIN		CHC	T,5-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 24	CIN	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 26	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	13	Apr 27	CIN	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	Apr 28	CIN	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
15	15	Apr 29	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
16	16	Apr 30	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	18	May 2	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	May 3	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 4	CIN		PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	30 (9)	May 17	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	31	May 19	CIN	@	BSN	W,9-8	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	32	May 20	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	33	May 21	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-12	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	34	May 23	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	35	May 24 (1)	CIN		STL	L,4-12	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	36	May 24 (2)	CIN		STL	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	37	May 25	CIN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	38	May 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
30	39	May 29	CIN	@	STL	W,13-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	40	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	41	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	42	May 31 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	43	May 31 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	44	Jun 1	CIN		NYG	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	45	Jun 3	CIN		BRO	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	46	Jun 4	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
38	47	Jun 5	CIN		BRO	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	48	Jun 8	CIN		PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	49	Jun 9	CIN		PHI	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	50	Jun 10	CIN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	51	Jun 11	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	52	Jun 12	CIN		BSN	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
44	53	Jun 13	CIN		BSN	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	54	Jun 14	CIN		BSN	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
46	55	Jun 15	CIN		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	56	Jun 16	CIN		NYG	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
48	57	Jun 17	CIN		NYG	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	58	Jun 18	CIN		NYG	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	59	Jun 19	CIN		NYG	L,7-8	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	60	Jun 21	CIN		PIT	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	61	Jun 22	CIN		PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	62	Jun 23	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
54	63	Jun 25	CIN		CHC	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	64	Jun 26	CIN		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	65	Jun 27	CIN		CHC	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	66	Jun 28	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	67	Jun 29	CIN		CHC	W,9-6	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
59	68	Jun 30	CIN		STL	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	69	Jul 1	CIN		STL	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	70	Jul 2	CIN		STL	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	71	Jul 3	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	72	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	73	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	74	Jul 5	CIN	@	CHC	L,6-12	CG	45	8.0	2	0	2	4	0
66	75	Jul 6 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	76	Jul 6 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	77	Jul 7	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	78	Jul 8	CIN	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
70	79	Jul 9	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	80	Jul 10	CIN	@	BRO	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
72	81	Jul 11	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	82	Jul 12	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	83	Jul 14	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
75	84	Jul 15	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	85	Jul 16	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	86	Jul 17 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	87	Jul 17 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	88	Jul 18	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	89	Jul 19	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	62	15.1	2	0	0	2	0
81	90	Jul 21	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
82	94 (3)	Jul 26	CIN		BRO	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
83	95	Jul 27 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	96	Jul 27 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
85	97	Jul 28	CIN		BRO	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
86	98	Jul 29	CIN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	99	Jul 30	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	100	Jul 31	CIN		PHI	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	101	Aug 1	CIN		PHI	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	102	Aug 2	CIN		PHI	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	103	Aug 3	CIN		BSN	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	104	Aug 4	CIN		BSN	W,13-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	105	Aug 5	CIN		BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	106	Aug 7	CIN		NYG	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	107	Aug 8	CIN		NYG	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	108	Aug 9	CIN		NYG	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
97	109	Aug 10	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	110	Aug 11 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	111	Aug 11 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-13	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
100	112	Aug 12	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	113	Aug 14 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	114	Aug 14 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
103	115	Aug 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	116	Aug 16	CIN	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	0	10.1	1	0	0	1	0
105	117	Aug 18	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	0	5.2	1	0	0	1	0
106	118	Aug 19 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	119	Aug 19 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	120	Aug 20	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	121	Aug 21	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	122	Aug 22	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	123	Aug 23	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	124	Aug 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
113	125	Aug 26	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	126	Aug 27	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	127	Aug 29	CIN		STL	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	128	Aug 30	CIN		STL	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	129	Aug 31 (1)	CIN		STL	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	130	Aug 31 (2)	CIN		STL	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	131	Sep 1 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
120	132	Sep 1 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	137 (4)	Sep 8 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,2-15	GS	29	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	140 (2)	Sep 11	CIN		BSN	W,12-11	GF	0	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	141	Sep 13 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	143 (1)	Sep 14	CIN		PHI	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	144	Sep 15	CIN		PHI	T,2-2	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	145	Sep 16 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
127	146	Sep 16 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
128	147	Sep 18	CIN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
129	148	Sep 19 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,1-0	CG	39	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
130	149	Sep 19 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
131	150	Sep 21 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
132	151	Sep 21 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
133	152	Sep 27	CIN		CHC	L,2-11	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
134	153	Sep 28 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	154	Sep 28 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	155	Oct 4	CIN	@	STL	L,2-11	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	156	Oct 5	CIN	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							138gm			283	22	10	315	2