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.

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 22	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
2	9	Apr 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	20 (10)	May 5	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-5	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
4	21	May 6	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	22	May 7	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
6	23	May 8	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	31 (7)	May 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-18	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
8	32	May 20	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
9	33	May 24	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	34	May 25	CIN	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	35	May 26	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	39 (3)	May 31 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	45 (5)	Jun 6 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	46	Jun 7	CIN		BSN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
15	47	Jun 9	CIN		BSN	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	48	Jun 11	CIN		NYG	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
17	49	Jun 12	CIN		NYG	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	50	Jun 13	CIN		NYG	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	51	Jun 14	CIN		NYG	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	52	Jun 16	CIN		PHI	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	53	Jun 18	CIN		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
22	54	Jun 19	CIN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	55	Jun 20	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
24	56	Jun 23	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	57	Jun 25	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	58	Jun 26	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	59	Jun 27 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	60	Jun 27 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
29	61	Jun 28	CIN		PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	62	Jun 30	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	63	Jul 2	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
32	64	Jul 3 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	65	Jul 3 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,13-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	66	Jul 4	CIN		PIT	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	67	Jul 5 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	68	Jul 5 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	69	Jul 6	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	70	Jul 8	CIN	@	BRO	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
39	71	Jul 9	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	72	Jul 10 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	73	Jul 10 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
42	74	Jul 12 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	75	Jul 12 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
44	76	Jul 13	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	77	Jul 14	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	9.2	4	0	1	5	0
46	78	Jul 15	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	79	Jul 16	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	80	Jul 17	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	81	Jul 19	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	82	Jul 20	CIN	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	83	Jul 21	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
52	84	Jul 24 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	85	Jul 24 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
54	86	Jul 25	CIN		STL	L,4-7	CG	0	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	87	Jul 26	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
56	88	Jul 27	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
57	89	Jul 28	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	90	Jul 30	CIN		BRO	T,2-2	CG	0	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	91	Jul 31	CIN		BRO	W,1-0	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	92	Aug 1 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	93	Aug 1 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	94	Aug 3	CIN		NYG	L,6-7	CG	0	10.0	4	0	1	5	0
63	95	Aug 5	CIN		NYG	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	96	Aug 6	CIN		NYG	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	97	Aug 7	CIN		PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
66	98	Aug 8	CIN		PHI	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	99	Aug 9	CIN		PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
68	100	Aug 10	CIN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
69	101	Aug 12 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	102	Aug 12 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
71	103	Aug 14	CIN		BSN	W,1-0	CG	0	5.0	2	0	1	3	0
72	104	Aug 15 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	105	Aug 15 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	106	Aug 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
75	110 (3)	Aug 23	CIN	@	NYG	L,9-12	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
76	113 (2)	Aug 26	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	114	Aug 27	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	5	0	0	5	0
78	115	Aug 28	CIN	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	116	Aug 30	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	117	Aug 31	CIN	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	118	Sep 1 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	119	Sep 1 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	120	Sep 2 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
84	121	Sep 2 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	122	Sep 3 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	123	Sep 3 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	0	12.1	2	0	0	2	0
87	124	Sep 4	CIN		CHC	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	125	Sep 5	CIN		STL	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	126	Sep 6 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	127	Sep 6 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	128	Sep 9	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	129	Sep 10	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
93	130	Sep 11	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	131	Sep 12	CIN		CHC	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	132	Sep 13	CIN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	133	Sep 14	CIN		CHC	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	134	Sep 15	CIN		PIT	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	135	Sep 16	CIN		PIT	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
99	136	Sep 18 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	137	Sep 18 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	138	Sep 19 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	139	Sep 19 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	140	Sep 21	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
104	141	Sep 22	CIN		PHI	T,4-4	CG	0	14.0	5	0	0	5	0
105	142	Sep 23	CIN		PHI	L,2-12	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
106	143	Sep 24	CIN		NYG	L,9-12	GS	0		3	1	1	5	0
107	144	Sep 25 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	145	Sep 25 (2)	CIN		NYG	T,1-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
109	146	Sep 26 (1)	CIN		NYG	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	147	Sep 26 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,3-0	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	148	Sep 27 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	149	Sep 27 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	150	Sep 28	CIN		BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	151	Sep 29	CIN		BRO	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	152	Oct 1	CIN		STL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
116	153	Oct 2	CIN		STL	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	154	Oct 3 (1)	CIN		STL	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
							117gm			247	15	13	275	4