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Joe Benz

Joseph Louis Benz (Blitzen and 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,in Worth, IL
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Standard Pitching

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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 8 970 112 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 4 925 141 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 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 13 30 2 0 1 632 103 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 77 75 .507 2.43 251 163 50 75 17 3 1359.2 1225 509 367 16 334 13 539 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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1911 25 CHW AL 12 17 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 .059 .059 .118 -67 1 0 0 1
1912 26 CHW AL 42 85 76 3 10 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 .132 .143 .158 .301 -13 12 0 8 1
1913 27 CHW AL 33 52 50 3 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 14 .180 .180 .220 .400 17 11 0 2 1
1914 28 CHW AL 48 97 92 5 12 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 29 .130 .140 .163 .303 -9 15 0 4 1
1915 29 CHW AL 39 85 79 7 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 25 .127 .148 .152 .300 -11 12 1 4 1
1916 30 CHW AL 28 50 46 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .065 .104 .087 .191 -43 4 0 2 1
1917 31 CHW AL 19 33 30 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 .167 .167 .200 .367 11 6 0 3 1
1918 32 CHW AL 29 55 51 3 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 14 .216 .216 .235 .451 35 12 0 4 1
1919 33 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Seasons 251 474 441 29 61 8 2 0 17 1 1 5 112 .138 .150 .166 .315 -7 73 1 27
162 Game Avg. 162 306 285 19 39 5 1 0 11 1 3 .138 .150 .166 .315 -7 47 1 17

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1911 CHW AL 25 P 12 28 1 22 5 1 .821 1.92 .946 1.89
1912 CHW AL 26 P 42 97 10 77 10 0 .897 2.07 .942 1.95
1913 CHW AL 27 P 33 74 4 66 4 1 .946 2.12 .938 1.83
1914 CHW AL 28 P 48 127 5 112 10 8 .921 2.44 .937 1.74
1915 CHW AL 29 P 39 94 5 86 3 5 .968 2.33 .935 1.80
1916 CHW AL 30 P 28 55 5 46 4 1 .927 1.82 .945 1.69
1917 CHW AL 31 P 19 40 3 32 5 0 .875 1.84 .950 1.83
1918 CHW AL 32 P 29 70 4 62 4 2 .943 2.28 .953 1.85
1919 CHW AL 33 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 1.80
9 Seasons P 251 586 37 504 45 18 .923 2.16 .942 1.82
9 Seasons TOT 251 586 37 504 45 18 .923 2.16 .865 1.82

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (59th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  8.109 (149th)

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 (126th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 27 (855), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Cy Morgan (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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