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.

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1911 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,0-14	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 15	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 16	CIN		STL	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 17	CIN		STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 18	CIN		STL	T,1-1	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 20	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
7	7	Apr 23	CIN		PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 24	CIN		CHC	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 25	CIN		CHC	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 26	CIN		CHC	L,8-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 3	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	May 4	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 5	CIN	@	CHC	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 6	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	16	May 7	CIN		PIT	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
17	17	May 9	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
18	18	May 10	CIN	@	BSN	W,8-7	CG	0	15.0	6	0	1	7	0
19	19	May 11	CIN	@	BSN	W,13-10	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 12	CIN	@	BSN	W,18-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 13	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	15.2	2	1	0	3	0
22	22	May 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-21	GS	0		0	0	1	1	0
23	23	May 16	CIN	@	PHI	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	24	May 17	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 18	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 19	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	27	May 20	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 22	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	May 23	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
30	30	May 24	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	31	May 25	CIN	@	NYG	W,6-1	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
32	34 (2)	May 28	CIN		PIT	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	35	May 29 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	36	May 29 (2)	CIN	@	STL	T,5-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	37	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	38	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	39	May 31 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
38	40	May 31 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,8-15	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	41	Jun 1 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
40	42	Jun 1 (2)	CIN	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	43	Jun 2	CIN		BSN	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
42	44	Jun 3	CIN		BSN	W,15-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	45	Jun 4	CIN		BSN	W,26-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	46	Jun 5	CIN		BSN	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
45	47	Jun 6	CIN		PHI	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	48	Jun 7	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	49	Jun 8	CIN		PHI	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
48	50	Jun 9	CIN		PHI	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	51	Jun 10	CIN		NYG	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	52	Jun 11	CIN		NYG	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	53	Jun 12	CIN		NYG	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	54	Jun 13	CIN		NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	55	Jun 15	CIN		BRO	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	56	Jun 17	CIN		BRO	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	57	Jun 18	CIN		BRO	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
56	58	Jun 20	CIN		STL	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
57	59	Jun 21	CIN		STL	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
58	60	Jun 22	CIN		STL	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
59	61	Jun 23	CIN		STL	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
60	62	Jun 25 (1)	CIN		STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	63	Jun 25 (2)	CIN		STL	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	64	Jun 26	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	65	Jun 27	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	66	Jun 28	CIN	@	PIT	T,3-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	67	Jun 29	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	68	Jun 30	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	69	Jul 1	CIN		CHC	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	70	Jul 2	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-13	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	71	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	72	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	T,2-2	CG	0	10.0	0	0	1	1	0
71	73	Jul 6	CIN	@	BSN	W,12-11	CG	0	12.0	2	0	1	3	0
72	74	Jul 7	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	75	Jul 8	CIN	@	BSN	W,11-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	76	Jul 10	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	77	Jul 11	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-12	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
76	78	Jul 12	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	79	Jul 13	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
78	80	Jul 14	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	81	Jul 15	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	82	Jul 18	CIN	@	NYG	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	83	Jul 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
82	84	Jul 20	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	86 (1)	Jul 22	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	87	Jul 23	CIN		STL	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	88	Jul 24	CIN		NYG	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
86	89	Jul 25	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	90	Jul 26	CIN		NYG	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	91	Jul 27	CIN		NYG	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	92	Jul 28	CIN		BRO	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	93	Jul 29	CIN		BRO	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	94	Jul 30 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	95	Jul 30 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	96	Jul 31	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	97	Aug 3	CIN		PHI	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	98	Aug 6 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
96	99	Aug 6 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	100	Aug 7	CIN		BSN	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	101	Aug 8	CIN		BSN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	102	Aug 9	CIN		BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	103	Aug 11	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	104	Aug 12	CIN		PIT	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
102	105	Aug 13 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	106	Aug 13 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	107	Aug 16	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	108	Aug 17 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
106	109	Aug 17 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-15	CG	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	110	Aug 19 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
108	112 (1)	Aug 21	CIN	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	113	Aug 22	CIN	@	BSN	W,11-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	114	Aug 23	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
111	115	Aug 24	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	14.0	3	1	0	4	0
112	116	Aug 25	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-4	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
113	117	Aug 26	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	118	Aug 28	CIN	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	119	Sep 1 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
116	120	Sep 1 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-14	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
117	121	Sep 2	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	122	Sep 3	CIN		PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	123	Sep 4 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	124	Sep 4 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
121	125	Sep 6 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
122	126	Sep 6 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	0	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	127	Sep 7 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	128	Sep 7 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	129	Sep 8	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	0	0	0	0	0
126	130	Sep 9	CIN	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	131	Sep 10	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
128	132	Sep 11	CIN		CHC	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	133	Sep 12	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	134	Sep 13	CIN		PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
131	135	Sep 14 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	10.2	3	0	0	3	0
132	136	Sep 14 (2)	CIN	@	STL	T,5-5	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	137	Sep 15 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	0	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
134	138	Sep 15 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
135	139	Sep 16	CIN		PHI	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
136	140	Sep 17 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	141	Sep 17 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
138	142	Sep 18	CIN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	143	Sep 19	CIN		BRO	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
140	144	Sep 20 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
141	145	Sep 20 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,12-1	CG	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
142	146	Sep 21 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	15.0	6	1	0	7	0
143	147	Sep 21 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,0-4	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
144	148	Sep 22	CIN		BRO	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
145	149	Sep 23	CIN		NYG	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
146	150	Sep 24	CIN		NYG	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
147	151	Sep 25	CIN		NYG	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
148	152	Sep 27	CIN		BSN	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
149	154 (1)	Sep 30 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
150	155	Sep 30 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
151	157 (1)	Oct 9 (1)	CIN		STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
152	158	Oct 9 (2)	CIN		STL	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
153	159	Oct 12	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
							153gm			267	21	14	302	2