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Joe Benz

Joseph Louis Benz (Blitzen or Butcher Boy)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 196 lb.

Born: January 21, 1886 in New Alsace, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: August 16, 1911
Team: WhiteSox 1911-1919

Final Game: May 2, 1919
Died: April 22, 1957 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery, Worth, IL
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1911 25 CHW AL 3 2 .600 2.26 12 6 4 1 0 0 55.2 52 23 14 0 13 28 2 1 1 222 144 1.168 8.4 0.0 2.1 4.5 2.15
1912 26 CHW AL 13 17 .433 2.90 42 31 6 12 3 0 238.2 231 107 77 5 70 97 8 0 8 970 111 1.261 8.7 0.2 2.6 3.7 1.39
1913 27 CHW AL 7 10 .412 2.74 33 17 10 6 1 1 151.0 146 64 46 1 59 79 2 0 5 630 107 1.358 8.7 0.1 3.5 4.7 1.34
1914 28 CHW AL 15 19 .441 2.26 48 35 8 16 4 2 283.1 245 103 71 4 66 142 2 0 4 1108 119 1.098 7.8 0.1 2.1 4.5 2.15
1915 29 CHW AL 15 11 .577 2.11 39 28 6 17 2 0 238.1 209 78 56 4 43 81 3 2 4 925 140 1.057 7.9 0.2 1.6 3.1 1.88
1916 30 CHW AL 9 5 .643 2.03 28 16 7 6 4 0 142.0 108 40 32 0 32 57 3 0 5 540 136 0.986 6.8 0.0 2.0 3.6 1.78
1917 31 CHW AL 7 3 .700 2.47 19 13 3 7 2 0 94.2 76 36 26 1 23 25 2 0 2 371 108 1.046 7.2 0.1 2.2 2.4 1.09
1918 32 CHW AL 8 8 .500 2.63 29 17 5 10 1 0 154.0 156 57 45 1 28 30 2 0 1 632 105 1.195 9.1 0.1 1.6 1.8 1.07
1919 33 CHW AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Yrs 77 75 .507 2.43 251 163 50 75 17 3 1359.2 1225 509 367 16 334 539 24 3 30 5406 119 1.147 8.1 0.1 2.2 3.6 1.61
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .507 2.43 41 27 8 12 3 0 223 201 84 60 3 55 89 4 0 5 888 119 1.147 8.1 0.1 2.2 3.6 1.61

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1911 25 CHW AL 55.2 12 6 23 3.72 4.60 0.17 0.00 97.0 4.30 4 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.8 10 .531 .502 $
1912 26 CHW AL 238.2 42 31 107 4.03 4.50 -0.05 0.00 96.0 4.37 10 1.1 1.0 -0.3 3.0 35 .526 .507 $
1913 27 CHW AL 151.0 33 17 64 3.81 4.03 0.22 0.00 100.0 3.81 1 0.1 1.0 -0.2 1.4 15 .504 .501 $2,400
1914 28 CHW AL 283.1 48 35 103 3.27 3.73 0.15 0.00 98.0 3.50 10 1.3 1.0 -0.2 3.6 33 .526 .508 $3,000
1915 29 CHW AL 238.1 39 28 78 2.95 3.87 0.09 0.00 101.0 3.81 24 2.9 1.0 -0.2 4.8 46 .574 .518 $6,500
1916 30 CHW AL 142.0 28 16 40 2.54 3.65 0.19 0.00 97.0 3.35 13 1.7 1.0 -0.1 2.8 26 .559 .510 $
1917 31 CHW AL 94.2 19 13 36 3.42 3.57 -0.03 0.00 100.0 3.60 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.0 10 .511 .501 $
1918 32 CHW AL 154.1 29 17 57 3.32 3.54 -0.12 0.00 101.2 3.70 6 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.0 18 .525 .505 $
1919 33 CHW AL 2.0 1 0 1 4.50 3.77 0.09 0.00 98.0 3.60 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 -0 .476 .500 $
9 Seasons 1360.0 251 163 509 3.37 3.92 0.08 0.00 98.8 3.79 70 8.3 1.0 -1.2 19.4 192 .533 .506 $11,900

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1918 32 CHW AL 638 0.2% 4.7% 4.4% 2.0% 8% 86%
1919 33 CHW AL 8 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
2 Yrs 646 0.2% 4.6% 4.3% 2.0% 8% 86%
MLB Averages 0.4% 8.0% 7.3% 2.7% 12% 81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1911 25 3 2 .600 2.26 12 6 4 1 0 0 55.2 52 23 14 0 13 28 2 1 1 222 144 1.168 8.4 0.0 2.1 4.5 2.15 144
1912 26 16 19 .457 2.78 54 37 10 13 3 0 294.1 283 130 91 5 83 125 10 1 9 1192 116 1.243 8.7 0.2 2.5 3.8 1.51 116
1913 27 23 29 .442 2.77 87 54 20 19 4 1 445.1 429 194 137 6 142 204 12 1 14 1822 113 1.282 8.7 0.1 2.9 4.1 1.44 113
1914 28 38 48 .442 2.57 135 89 28 35 8 3 728.2 674 297 208 10 208 346 14 1 18 2930 115 1.210 8.3 0.1 2.6 4.3 1.66 115
1915 29 53 59 .473 2.46 174 117 34 52 10 3 967.0 883 375 264 14 251 427 17 3 22 3855 120 1.173 8.2 0.1 2.3 4.0 1.70 120
1916 30 62 64 .492 2.40 202 133 41 58 14 3 1109.0 991 415 296 14 283 484 20 3 27 4395 122 1.149 8.0 0.1 2.3 3.9 1.71 122
1917 31 69 67 .507 2.41 221 146 44 65 16 3 1203.2 1067 451 322 15 306 509 22 3 29 4766 121 1.141 8.0 0.1 2.3 3.8 1.66 121
1918 32 77 75 .507 2.43 250 163 49 75 17 3 1357.2 1223 508 367 16 334 539 24 3 30 5398 119 1.147 8.1 0.1 2.2 3.6 1.61 119
1919 33 77 75 .507 2.43 251 163 50 75 17 3 1359.2 1225 509 367 16 334 539 24 3 30 5406 119 1.147 8.1 0.1 2.2 3.6 1.61 119

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1911 25 4 2 .667 2.29 55.0 54 16 14 0 14 27 2 1.236 8.8 2.3 4.4 1.93 0.0 12
1912 26 15 10 .600 3.28 228.0 246 92 83 5 75 93 9 1.408 9.7 3.0 3.7 1.24 0.2 42
1913 27 9 7 .563 3.44 144.0 163 61 55 1 66 75 2 1.590 10.2 4.1 4.7 1.14 0.1 33
1914 28 17 11 .607 3.12 260.0 279 100 90 5 75 130 2 1.362 9.7 2.6 4.5 1.73 0.2 48
1915 29 18 7 .720 2.55 229.0 230 72 65 4 47 78 3 1.210 9.0 1.8 3.1 1.66 0.2 39
1916 30 9 5 .643 2.80 132.0 124 46 41 0 37 53 3 1.220 8.5 2.5 3.6 1.43 0.0 28
1917 31 6 4 .600 3.20 90.0 86 36 32 1 26 24 2 1.244 8.6 2.6 2.4 0.92 0.1 19
1918 32 11 9 .550 3.48 181.0 220 78 70 1 39 35 3 1.431 10.9 1.9 1.7 0.90 0.0 29
1919 33 0 0 0.00 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
9 Yrs 89 55 .618 3.06 1322.0 1402 501 450 17 379 515 26 1.347 9.5 3.5 1.36 0.1 251

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1915 AL  4.8 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1914 AL  2.26 (7th)
1915 AL  2.11 (6th)
Career  2.43 (33rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1914 AL  1.098 (8th)
1915 AL  1.057 (5th)
Career  1.147 (60th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  8.109 (153rd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 AL  2.097 (8th)
1915 AL  1.624 (3rd)
1918 AL  1.636 (3rd)
Career  2.211 (162nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1912 AL  42 (5th)
1914 AL  48 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1914 AL  283.3 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1914 AL  142 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1912 AL  31 (10th)
1914 AL  35 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1912 AL  3 (6th)
1916 AL  4 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1912 AL  5 (5th)
1914 AL  4 (8th)
1915 AL  4 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1914 AL  245 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1914 AL  2.152 (7th)
1915 AL  1.884 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  0.106 (38th)

Losses s c a p y
1912 AL  17 (5th)
1914 AL  19 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1912 AL  8 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1914 AL  1,108 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1914 AL  119 (8th)
1915 AL  142 (6th)
Career  119 (132nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1915 AL  22 (6th)
1916 AL  13 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1915 AL  2.5 (6th)
1916 AL  1.5 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 27 (875), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (365), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Al Demaree (962)
  2. Frank Owen (957)
  3. Cy Morgan (952)
  4. Lew Richie (951)
  5. George McQuillan (949)
  6. Roy Patterson (949)
  7. Ed Siever (946)
  8. Frank Corridon (944)
  9. Reb Russell (943)
  10. Ray Collins (939)
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  1. Ralph Glaze (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rankin Johnson (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bugs Raymond (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Phil Douglas (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Russ Ford (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Cy Morgan (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Cy Morgan (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Al Demaree (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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