Bob Scheffing
1941–1951 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals
517G
.263AVG
.316OBP
.360SLG
More career statistics
357H
20HR
187RBI
6SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 6 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,474 | 1,473 |
| Batting · RBI | 187 | 185 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 6 | 5 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 517 | 1,474 | 1,357 | 105 | 357 | 53 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 103 | 127 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 488 | .263 | .316 | .360 | .676 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1947-07-12 to 1947-07-23
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1947-09-20 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1946-09-07 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1941-09-20 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 260 | 708 | 160 | 10 | 77 | 54 | 67 | .247 | .302 | .352 |
| Away | 257 | 765 | 197 | 10 | 108 | 49 | 60 | .277 | .322 | .366 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 47 | 145 | 31 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 10 | .235 | .283 | .311 |
| May | 88 | 243 | 64 | 6 | 37 | 10 | 17 | .281 | .305 | .421 |
| June | 95 | 263 | 63 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 26 | .266 | .331 | .367 |
| July | 94 | 237 | 60 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 24 | .274 | .325 | .347 |
| August | 109 | 305 | 72 | 3 | 42 | 19 | 27 | .254 | .298 | .349 |
| September | 83 | 279 | 67 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 23 | .262 | .323 | .348 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 79 | 217 | 56 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 24 | .277 | .318 | .381 |
| cincinnati-reds | 79 | 234 | 62 | 3 | 39 | 16 | 20 | .284 | .333 | .390 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 76 | 212 | 44 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 15 | .233 | .297 | .296 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 76 | 192 | 49 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 15 | .278 | .328 | .409 |
| boston-braves | 72 | 229 | 55 | 4 | 34 | 12 | 21 | .255 | .293 | .352 |
| new-york-giants | 71 | 205 | 53 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 18 | .283 | .332 | .358 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 59 | 174 | 34 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 14 | .214 | .276 | .321 |
| chicago-cubs | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 |  Chicago Cubs | 51 | 132 | 32 | 1 | 20 | 1 | .242 | – | – |
| 1942 | Chicago Cubs | 44 | 102 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 2 | .196 | – | – |
| 1946 | Chicago Cubs | 63 | 115 | 32 | – | 18 | – | .278 | – | – |
| 1947 | Chicago Cubs | 110 | 363 | 96 | 5 | 50 | 2 | .264 | – | – |
| 1948 | Chicago Cubs | 102 | 293 | 88 | 5 | 44 | – | .300 | – | – |
| 1949 | Chicago Cubs | 55 | 149 | 40 | 3 | 19 | – | .268 | – | – |
| 1950 | Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds | 33 | 63 | 16 | 2 | 7 | – | .254 | – | – |
| 1951 | Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals | 59 | 140 | 33 | 2 | 16 | – | .236 | – | – |