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Bats: B · Throws: L · Born 1884-02-25 · Played 1908–1918 · College: Wittenberg University (1904–1905) · Career WAR 21.9 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=beschbo01, LAHMAN=beschbo01, MLBAM=110949, RETROSHEET=bescb101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1908	CIN	NL	32	114	16	31	5	5	0	17	10		9	22	.272	.336	.404	.740	1.3
1909	CIN	NL	124	446	73	107	17	6	1	34	54		56	76	.240	.335	.312	.647	2.2
1910	CIN	NL	150	589	95	147	20	10	4	48	70		81	75	.250	.344	.338	.682	2.5
1911	CIN	NL	153	599	106	165	32	10	1	45	81		102	78	.275	.385	.367	.752	3.0
1912	CIN	NL	145	548	120	154	29	11	4	38	67		83	61	.281	.381	.396	.777	3.9
1913	CIN	NL	141	511	86	132	22	11	1	37	38		94	68	.258	.377	.350	.727	2.4
1914	NY1	NL	135	512	82	138	23	4	6	35	36		45	48	.270	.336	.365	.701	2.7
1915	SLN	NL	130	486	71	128	15	7	4	34	27	19	52	53	.263	.342	.348	.690	1.8
1916	SLN	NL	151	561	78	132	24	8	6	43	39	12	60	50	.235	.316	.339	.655	1.6
1917	SLN	NL	42	110	10	17	1	1	1	8	3		20	13	.155	.290	.209	.499	-0.3
1918	CLE	AL	25	60	12	20	2	1	0	6	3		17	5	.333	.487	.400	.887	0.8
Total			1228	4536	749	1171	190	74	28	345	428	31	619	549	.258	.347	.351	.698	21.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1908	CIN	NL	OF	32	32	274.0	82	2	0	2
1909	CIN	NL	OF	117	112	1007.0	247	14	13	4
1910	CIN	NL	OF	150	150	1318.0	339	16	20	4
1911	CIN	NL	OF	153			267	21	14	2
1912	CIN	NL	OF	143			347	15	14	4
1913	CIN	NL	OF	138			283	22	10	2
1914	NY1	NL	OF	126			298	14	13	7
1915	SLN	NL	OF	129			257	12	8	1
1916	SLN	NL	OF	151			284	18	15	2
1917	SLN	NL	OF	32			61	0	1	0
1918	CLE	AL	OF	17			28	3	1	0
Total				1188	294	2599.0	2493	137	109	28

Ejections (4)

Date	As	Reason
1915-06-01	Player	Called third strike
1915-09-18	Player	Fighting
1916-09-12	Player	Call at 1B
1916-09-13	Player	Call at 3B

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Ejections (4)