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.

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CIN		CHC	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 12	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 14	CIN		PIT	W,11-7	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 15	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	48	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
5	5	Apr 16	CIN		PIT	L,2-8	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 20	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	9.1	3	0	1	4	0
7	7	Apr 21	CIN		STL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 22	CIN		STL	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 23	CIN		STL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 25	CIN	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 27	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-23	CG	51	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 28	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
13	13	Apr 30	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CIN	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	58	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 2	CIN	@	STL	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	16	May 4	CIN	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 5	CIN	@	STL	W,11-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 7	CIN		PHI	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	19	May 8	CIN		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
20	20	May 9	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	21	May 10	CIN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	22	May 12	CIN		BRO	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	23	May 13	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	24	May 15	CIN		BSN	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 16	CIN		BSN	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	32 (6)	May 23	CIN	@	STL	L,10-11	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	33	May 24	CIN	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	34	May 25	CIN	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
29	35	May 26	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	51	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	36	May 27	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	37	May 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	38	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	39	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	40	May 31	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	41	Jun 1	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	42	Jun 3	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	43	Jun 4	CIN	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	44	Jun 5	CIN	@	NYG	L,10-22	CG	51	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	45	Jun 7	CIN	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	46	Jun 8	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	47	Jun 10	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	48	Jun 11	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	49	Jun 12	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	50	Jun 13	CIN	@	PHI	L,10-11	CG	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	51	Jun 14	CIN	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	52	Jun 15	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	53	Jun 17 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	54	Jun 17 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	55	Jun 18	CIN	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	56	Jun 20 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,4-6	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	57	Jun 20 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	58	Jun 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	59	Jun 23	CIN		PIT	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	60	Jun 24	CIN		CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	61	Jun 25 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,0-11	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
56	62	Jun 25 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	63	Jun 26	CIN		CHC	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	64	Jun 27	CIN		CHC	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	65	Jun 28	CIN		STL	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
60	66	Jun 29	CIN		STL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	67	Jun 30	CIN		STL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	68	Jul 1	CIN		STL	W,12-6	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	69	Jul 4 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-11	GS	3	0.2	1	0	0	1	0
64	70	Jul 4 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
65	71	Jul 5	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
66	74 (2)	Jul 9	CIN		BRO	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	75	Jul 11 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	76	Jul 11 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	77	Jul 12	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
70	78	Jul 13	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	79	Jul 14	CIN		PHI	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	80	Jul 15	CIN		PHI	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
73	81	Jul 16	CIN		PHI	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
74	82	Jul 18 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	83	Jul 18 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,7-1	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	84	Jul 19	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	2	4	0
77	85	Jul 20	CIN		BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	86	Jul 21	CIN		NYG	L,6-12	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
79	87	Jul 22	CIN		NYG	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	88	Jul 23	CIN		NYG	L,1-11	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
81	89	Jul 24	CIN		NYG	L,7-8	CG	47	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
82	90	Jul 26	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	94 (3)	Jul 31	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	95	Aug 1 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
85	96	Aug 1 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	97	Aug 2	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	98	Aug 3	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
88	99	Aug 5	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
89	100	Aug 6	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	101	Aug 7	CIN	@	BSN	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	102	Aug 8	CIN	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	103	Aug 10 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
93	104	Aug 10 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	34	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
94	105	Aug 12	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	106	Aug 13	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	107	Aug 15 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,3-7	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	108	Aug 15 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	109	Aug 16	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	110	Aug 17	CIN		BRO	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	111	Aug 18	CIN		BSN	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	112	Aug 20 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	113	Aug 20 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	114	Aug 21	CIN		BSN	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	115	Aug 22	CIN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	116	Aug 24	CIN		PHI	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	117	Aug 25	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	118	Aug 26	CIN		NYG	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	119	Aug 27	CIN		NYG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	120	Aug 29	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	121	Aug 30	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	45	11.2	2	0	0	2	0
111	122	Aug 31	CIN	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	123	Sep 1 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
113	124	Sep 1 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	125	Sep 2 (1)	CIN		STL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
115	126	Sep 2 (2)	CIN		STL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	127	Sep 3	CIN		STL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
117	128	Sep 4	CIN		STL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	129	Sep 5	CIN		CHC	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
119	130	Sep 6	CIN		CHC	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	131	Sep 7	CIN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
121	132	Sep 8	CIN		CHC	W,10-8	CG	42	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	133	Sep 10	CIN	@	BRO	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
123	134	Sep 12 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	135	Sep 12 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
125	136	Sep 13	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	137	Sep 16 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
127	138	Sep 16 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	139	Sep 17	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
129	140	Sep 19 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-1	GS	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	142 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
131	143	Sep 20 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	144	Sep 21	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-13	CG	46	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
133	145	Sep 23	CIN	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	146	Sep 26 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,10-11	CG	46	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
135	147	Sep 26 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-10	CG	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
136	148	Sep 27 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
137	149	Sep 27 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	T,4-4	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
138	150	Sep 28	CIN	@	CHC	W,12-1	CG	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
139	151	Sep 29	CIN	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
140	152	Sep 30	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	153	Oct 1	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
142	154	Oct 5	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
143	155	Oct 6	CIN		PIT	L,6-16	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							143gm			347	15	14	376	4