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Fred Lynn League
4-14-2074
Bob Dessau Catcher
Retired (1959, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .270 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .748 Status Deceased (1998) Option Years 0  
H 1060 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 03-29-1923
HR 129 Drafted Round 12, Pick 186
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 6 years
(130 games)
RBI 541
SB 31
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B  Velocity D    Mentor vR B-
Speed D  Bunt B- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B F  (1.4%) LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1950 CHN-DET-CIN
79
244
28
65
9
2
6
27
26
 34 3 2
0
 0 5
.735
.342
.393
.127
.266
1951 CIN
150
440
46
117
18
1
16
58
43
 61 3 5
1
 0 6
.752
.332
.420
.155
.266
1952 CIN
121
397
49
115
14
2
18
65
31
 59 1 3
0
 0 7
.811
.340
.471
.181
.290
1953 CIN
113
308
36
80
14
1
10
46
34
 51 0 2
2
 1 3
.740
.331
.409
.149
.260
1954 CIN
140
529
60
154
21
1
19
72
37
 72 5 4
6
 9 3
.783
.341
.442
.151
.291
1955 CIN
139
518
59
133
19
1
19
73
49
 85 1 4
4
 5 5
.727
.320
.407
.151
.257
1956 CIN
119
333
48
88
18
2
12
58
40
 51 1 2
9
 4 2
.782
.343
.438
.174
.264
1957 CIN
119
346
52
96
10
0
11
44
42
 66 1 2
9
 4 2
.757
.355
.402
.124
.277
1958 CIN
136
490
56
141
19
2
15
64
40
 78 4 3
0
 0 2
.771
.345
.427
.139
.288
1959 CIN
133
321
30
71
10
0
3
34
33
 61 2 0
0
 0 0
.578
.298
.280
.059
.221
Total
1249
3926
464
1060
152
12
129
541
375
 618 21 27
31
 23 35
.748
.335
.413
.143
.270
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1959-11-01Bob Dessau has retired from the Cincinnati Big Red Machine II
1952-06-13The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Bob Dessau to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Mike Phillips to the minors.
1952-05-11The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Pop Weigel to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Bob Dessau to the minors.
1951-03-01The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Bob Dessau to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted R.C. Minor to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Mike Gainer to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Chris Diaz to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Stan Belinda to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Joe Drake to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Pop Weigel to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Hoyt Wilhelm to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Graig Adamson to the minors.
1950-10-23The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Charlie Graham to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Syd McClain to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Chris Diaz to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Mike Gainer to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Bob Dessau to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Joe Drake to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Doug Bird to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Pop Weigel to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Hoyt Wilhelm to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Stan Belinda to the major league team.
1950-10-23The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Charlie Graham to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Syd McClain to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Chris Diaz to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Mike Gainer to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Bob Dessau to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Joe Drake to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Doug Bird to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Pop Weigel to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Hoyt Wilhelm to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Stan Belinda to the minors.
1950-10-23The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Charlie Graham to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Syd McClain to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Chris Diaz to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Mike Gainer to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Bob Dessau to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Joe Drake to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Doug Bird to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Pop Weigel to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Hoyt Wilhelm to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Stan Belinda to the major league team.
1950-10-23The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Bob Dessau to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Mike Gainer to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Chris Diaz to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Syd McClain to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Charlie Graham to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Stan Belinda to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Joe Drake to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Doug Bird to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Pop Weigel to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Hoyt Wilhelm to the minors.
1950-09-29The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Jim Upton to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Pop Weigel to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Chris Mackenzie to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Pee Wee Reese to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Danny Ferguson to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Bob Dessau to the minors.
1950-09-16The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Bob Dessau to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Ed Tomlin to the minors.
1950-08-14The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Jim Upton to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Eddie Wheat to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Graig Adamson to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Bob Dessau to the minors.
1950-08-12The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Bill Jackson to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Amos Nielsen to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Chris Mackenzie to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Frank Urrea to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Wild Thing to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Phil Machemehl to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted R.C. Minor to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Bob Dessau to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Jim Upton to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent C.C. Sabathia to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Pee Wee Reese to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Doug Bird to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Eddie Wheat to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Chuck Fairey to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Hy Dunn to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Bill Holloway to the minors.
1950-08-08The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Pee Wee Reese to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Eddie Wheat to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Hy Dunn to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have promoted Graig Adamson to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Amos Nielsen to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Chris Mackenzie to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent Bob Dessau to the minors. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II have sent R.C. Minor to the minors.
1950-07-04A trade has been completed between the Detroit Spiders and the Cincinnati Big Red Machine II. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine II receive Dave Bemis, Bob Dessau, Rick Manning from the Detroit Spiders in exchange for Pablo Mulcahy, Marty Rivera.
1950-05-10The Detroit Spiders have promoted Bob Dessau to the major league team. The Detroit Spiders have sent Gabby Hayes to the minors.
1950-05-09A trade has been completed between the Detroit Spiders and the Chicago Fast Balls. The Chicago Fast Balls receive John McDonald, Roy Face from the Detroit Spiders in exchange for Bob Dessau.