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.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 13	STL		PIT	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 14	STL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 15	STL		PIT	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 16	STL		CHC	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 17	STL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 20	STL	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 21	STL	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 23	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	2	1	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 24	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	L,3-11	GS	17	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	12	Apr 27	STL	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 28	STL	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 2	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	16	May 3	STL		CIN	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
17	17	May 4	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
18	18	May 5	STL		CIN	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 6	STL		CIN	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 7	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 10	STL		PHI	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	22	May 11	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	23	May 12	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	24	May 13	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 14	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 15	STL		BRO	L,2-4	CG	42	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	27	May 16	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 17	STL		NYG	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	May 18	STL		NYG	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	30	May 19	STL		NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	31	May 20	STL		NYG	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 21	STL		BSN	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 22	STL		BSN	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
34	34	May 23	STL		BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
35	35	May 24	STL		BSN	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
36	36	May 26	STL		PIT	L,5-6	CG	50	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
37	37	May 28 (1)	STL		PIT	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	38	May 28 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	23	5.0	2	0	1	3	0
39	39	May 30 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	40	May 30 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
41	41	May 31 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	42	May 31 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 2	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 3	STL	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 5	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	47	10.2	4	0	0	4	0
46	46	Jun 6	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 7	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 10	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	53	14.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	49	Jun 12	STL	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	50	Jun 13	STL	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 14	STL	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
52	52	Jun 15	STL	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 18	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
54	54	Jun 19	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	55	Jun 20	STL	@	PIT	W,10-6	CG	52	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	56	Jun 22	STL	@	PIT	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
57	57	Jun 23	STL	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	58	Jun 24 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	59	Jun 24 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
60	60	Jun 25 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	61	Jun 25 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	62	Jun 26	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	44	10.1	2	0	1	3	0
63	64 (1)	Jun 28	STL	@	CIN	W,9-6	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	65	Jun 29	STL		CHC	L,2-3	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	66	Jun 30	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	67	Jul 1 (1)	STL		CHC	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	68	Jul 1 (2)	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	69	Jul 2	STL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
69	70	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CIN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	71	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
71	72	Jul 5	STL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	73	Jul 7	STL		PHI	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	74	Jul 8	STL		PHI	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	75	Jul 9	STL		PHI	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	76	Jul 10	STL		PHI	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	77	Jul 11	STL		BRO	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	78	Jul 13 (1)	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	79	Jul 13 (2)	STL		BRO	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	80	Jul 14	STL		BRO	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
80	81	Jul 15	STL		NYG	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	82	Jul 16	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	83	Jul 17	STL		NYG	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	84	Jul 18	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	85	Jul 19	STL		BSN	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	86	Jul 20	STL		BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
86	87	Jul 21	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	88	Jul 22	STL		BSN	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	89	Jul 23	STL		BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	90	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	91	Jul 26 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	92	Jul 27	STL	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	93	Jul 28	STL	@	BRO	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	94	Jul 29 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
94	95	Jul 29 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	96	Jul 31 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	97	Jul 31 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	98	Aug 1	STL	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	0	10.1	2	0	0	2	0
98	99	Aug 2	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
99	100	Aug 3	STL	@	PHI	L,4-10	CG	37	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
100	101	Aug 4	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	102	Aug 5	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
102	103	Aug 7	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	104	Aug 9 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	105	Aug 9 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	106	Aug 11 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
106	107	Aug 11 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	108	Aug 13 (1)	STL		PIT	W,9-8	CG	50	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	109	Aug 13 (2)	STL		PIT	L,5-9	CG	27	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	110	Aug 15 (1)	STL		PIT	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	111	Aug 15 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	112	Aug 18	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	113	Aug 19	STL		BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
113	114	Aug 20	STL		NYG	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	115	Aug 21	STL		NYG	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	116	Aug 22	STL		NYG	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	117	Aug 24	STL		PHI	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	118	Aug 25	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	119	Aug 26	STL		PHI	W,4-3	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
119	120	Aug 28	STL		BRO	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	121	Aug 29	STL		BRO	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	122	Aug 30	STL		BRO	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	123	Aug 31	STL		CHC	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	124	Sep 2 (1)	STL		CHC	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	125	Sep 2 (2)	STL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	126	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
126	127	Sep 3 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	128	Sep 4 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
128	129	Sep 4 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	130	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
130	131	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	132	Sep 8	STL		CIN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	133	Sep 9 (1)	STL		CIN	L,3-6	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	134	Sep 9 (2)	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
134	135	Sep 10	STL		CIN	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	136	Sep 12	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
136	139 (2)	Sep 14	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
137	140	Sep 16	STL	@	BSN	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	141	Sep 18	STL	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	142	Sep 19	STL	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
140	143	Sep 20	STL	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
141	144	Sep 21	STL	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
142	145	Sep 22	STL	@	BRO	L,1-11	CG	51	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	146	Sep 23 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
144	147	Sep 23 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
145	148	Sep 25 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
146	149	Sep 25 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
147	150	Sep 26	STL	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
148	151	Sep 27	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	43	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
149	152	Sep 30	STL	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
150	153	Oct 1	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
							153gm			280	14	15	309	3