Joe Benz
Joseph Louis Benz (Blitzen and Butcher Boy)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 196 lb.

Born: January 21, 1886 in New Alsace, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: August 16, 1911
Final Game: May 2, 1919
Died: April 22, 1957 in Chicago, IL
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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 1 222 143 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 8 966 111 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 4 636 107 1.358 8.7 0.1 3.5 4.7 1.34
1914 28 CHW AL 14 19 .424 2.26 48 35 9 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 5 17 2 0 238.1 209 78 56 4 43 81 3 2 4 911 141 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 4 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 1 602 103 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 Seasons 76 75 .503 2.43 251 163 51 75 17 3 1359.2 1225 509 367 16 334 539 24 3 29 5364 119 1.147 8.1 0.1 2.2 3.6 1.61
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .503 2.43 41 27 8 12 3 0 223 201 84 60 3 55 89 4 0 5 881 119 1.147 8.1 0.1 2.2 3.6 1.61

Cumulative Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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 1 222 143 1.168 8.4 0.0 2.1 4.5 2.15 143
1912 26 16 19 .457 2.78 54 37 10 13 3 0 294.1 283 130 91 5 83 125 10 1 9 1188 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 13 1824 113 1.282 8.7 0.1 2.9 4.1 1.44 113
1914 28 37 48 .435 2.57 135 89 29 35 8 3 728.2 674 297 208 10 208 346 14 1 17 2932 115 1.210 8.3 0.1 2.6 4.3 1.66 115
1915 29 52 59 .468 2.46 174 117 34 52 10 3 967.0 883 375 264 14 251 427 17 3 21 3843 121 1.173 8.2 0.1 2.3 4.0 1.70 121
1916 30 61 64 .488 2.40 202 133 41 58 14 3 1109.0 991 415 296 14 283 484 20 3 26 4383 122 1.149 8.0 0.1 2.3 3.9 1.71 122
1917 31 68 67 .504 2.41 221 146 45 65 16 3 1203.2 1067 451 322 15 306 509 22 3 28 4754 121 1.141 8.0 0.1 2.3 3.8 1.66 121
1918 32 76 75 .503 2.43 250 163 50 75 17 3 1357.2 1223 508 367 16 334 539 24 3 29 5356 119 1.147 8.1 0.1 2.2 3.6 1.61 119
1919 33 76 75 .503 2.43 251 163 51 75 17 3 1359.2 1225 509 367 16 334 539 24 3 29 5364 119 1.147 8.1 0.1 2.2 3.6 1.61 119

Neutralized Pitching

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) ·

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 2.25 56.0 52 16 14 0 13 28 2 1.161 8.4 2.1 4.5 2.15 0.0 12
1912 26 15 10 .600 3.19 231.0 238 91 82 5 72 94 8 1.342 9.3 2.8 3.7 1.31 0.2 42
1913 27 9 7 .563 3.37 147.0 161 61 55 1 65 77 2 1.537 9.9 4.0 4.7 1.18 0.1 33
1914 28 18 11 .621 3.09 262.0 274 100 90 4 74 131 2 1.328 9.4 2.5 4.5 1.77 0.1 48
1915 29 18 7 .720 2.53 228.0 221 71 64 4 45 77 3 1.167 8.7 1.8 3.0 1.71 0.2 39
1916 30 9 5 .643 2.75 134.0 121 46 41 0 36 54 3 1.172 8.1 2.4 3.6 1.50 0.0 28
1917 31 6 4 .600 3.30 90.0 86 37 33 1 26 24 2 1.244 8.6 2.6 2.4 0.92 0.1 19
1918 32 10 9 .526 3.74 171.0 214 79 71 1 38 33 3 1.474 11.3 2.0 1.7 0.87 0.1 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 Seasons 89 55 .618 3.06 1322.0 1367 501 450 16 369 518 25 1.313 9.3 3.5 1.40 0.1 251

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1914 AL--2.255--7th
1915 AL--2.115--6th
Career--2.429--33rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1914 AL--1.098--8th
1915 AL--1.057--5th
Career--1.147--59th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--8.109--148th

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--159th

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--.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--1108--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1914 AL--119--8th
1915 AL--141--6th
Career--119--127th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 13 (1073), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1093), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Al Demaree (959)
  2. Frank Owen (954)
  3. Lew Richie (954)
  4. Cy Morgan (953)
  5. George McQuillan (950)
  6. Roy Patterson (948)
  7. Ed Siever (945)
  8. Frank Corridon (943)
  9. Al Mamaux (940)
  10. Reb Russell (938)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Al Mattern (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 (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Phil Douglas (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Russ Ford (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Cy Morgan (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Cy Morgan (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Al Demaree (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     DeadBallEra Obituary     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Joe Benz    

Viewed 19,854 times through November 14, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Blitzen Butcher Joseph Boy Joe jose joseph Louis Benz

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.