Bob Wicker
1901–1906 · bats R / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals
172G
.205AVG
.247OBP
.241SLG
More career statistics
98H
0HR
27RBI
10SB
64–52W–L
1,036.2IP
472K
2.73ERA
117GS
1SV
5Rare feats
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 · Hit by pitch | 4 | 5 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 513 | 523 |
| Batting · RBI | 27 | 24 |
| Batting · Walks | 22 | 31 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,201 | 4,081 |
| Pitching · p cg | 97 | 96 |
| Pitching · p er | 314 | 54 |
| Pitching · p h | 963 | 964 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,110 | 3,106 |
| Pitching · p k | 472 | 475 |
| Pitching · p w | 293 | 290 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 172 | 513 | 477 | 54 | 98 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 115 | .205 | .247 | .241 | .488 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,036.7 | 138 | 117 | 97 | 64 | 52 | 1 | 963 | 443 | 314 | 16 | 293 | 472 | 0 | 0 | 2.73 | 1.212 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1903-05-01 to 1903-05-16
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1904-09-24 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1904-06-11 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1903-06-12 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 107 | 321 | 50 | 0 | 13 | 23 | 34 | .172 | .227 | .200 |
| Away | 65 | 202 | 48 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 23 | .257 | .277 | .305 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 11 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .179 | .258 | .179 |
| May | 46 | 147 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 13 | .225 | .293 | .295 |
| June | 27 | 82 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | .133 | .183 | .173 |
| July | 35 | 91 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | .209 | .242 | .244 |
| August | 31 | 99 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | .225 | .242 | .225 |
| September | 18 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | .182 | .193 | .218 |
| October | 4 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .375 | .400 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 28 | 80 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 | .184 | .212 | .211 |
| boston-braves | 28 | 92 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | .205 | .239 | .229 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 26 | 79 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | .239 | .278 | .268 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 25 | 84 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | .203 | .262 | .257 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 22 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .250 | .276 | .286 |
| cincinnati-reds | 20 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .167 | .207 | .167 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 14 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .233 | .294 | .349 |
| chicago-cubs | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .100 | .143 | .100 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 3 | 2 |
| 1902 | St. Louis Cardinals | 31 | 77 | 18 | – | 3 | 2 | .234 | 152 | 78 |
| 1903 | Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals | 33 | 101 | 24 | – | 6 | 1 | .238 | 252 | 115 |
| 1904 |  Chicago Cubs | 50 | 155 | 34 | – | 9 | 4 | .219 | 228 | 99 |
| 1905 | Chicago Cubs | 25 | 72 | 10 | – | 2 | 1 | .139 | 178 | 86 |
| 1906 | Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds | 30 | 69 | 11 | – | 4 | 2 | .159 | 221 | 95 |