Joe Bush
Leslie Ambrose Bush (Bullet Joe)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 173 lb.

Born: November 27, 1892 in Gull River, MN
High School: Brainerd (Brainerd, MN) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1912
Final Game: September 30, 1928
Died: November 1, 1974 in Ft.Lauderdale, FL
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Standard Batting

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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
1912 19 PHA AL 1 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 331 4 0 0 /1
1913 20 PHA AL 39 74 70 8 11 3 1 0 1 0 2 21 .157 .181 .229 .409 21 16 0 2 1
1914 21 PHA AL 38 80 74 6 14 4 0 1 8 0 2 25 .189 .211 .284 .494 51 21 0 4 1
1915 22 PHA AL 25 52 49 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 .143 .160 .143 .303 -8 7 0 2 1
1916 23 PHA AL 41 102 100 4 14 4 0 0 6 0 0 23 .140 .140 .180 .320 -2 18 0 2 1
1917 24 PHA AL 37 85 80 9 16 2 1 0 4 0 5 12 .200 .247 .250 .497 53 20 0 0 1
1918 25 BOS AL 36 105 98 8 27 3 2 0 14 0 6 11 .276 .317 .347 .664 102 34 0 1 1
1919 26 BOS AL 5 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 131 2 0 0 /1
1920 27 BOS AL 45 114 102 14 25 2 0 0 7 0 2 9 15 .245 .306 .265 .571 55 27 0 3 1/O
1921 28 BOS AL 50 126 120 19 39 5 4 0 17 2 0 3 14 .325 .341 .433 .775 99 52 0 3 1/O
1922 29 NYY AL 39 103 95 15 31 6 2 0 12 0 1 3 11 .326 .347 .432 .779 99 41 0 5 1 MVP-4
1923 30 NYY AL 38 116 113 12 31 5 3 2 19 0 0 3 8 .274 .293 .425 .718 86 48 0 0 1
1924 31 NYY AL 60 132 124 13 42 9 3 1 14 0 0 7 6 .339 .374 .484 .858 120 60 0 1 1
1925 32 SLB AL 57 109 102 10 26 12 0 2 18 2 0 6 8 .255 .296 .431 .728 79 44 0 1 1/O
1926 33 TOT MLB 45 83 79 6 20 4 0 1 10 0 1 4 12 .253 .289 .342 .631 66 27 0 0 1/O
1926 33 WSH AL 17 33 30 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 2 .233 .303 .233 .536 42 7 0 0 1/O
1926 33 PIT NL 28 50 49 5 13 4 0 1 7 0 1 10 .265 .280 .408 .688 80 20 0 0 1
1927 34 TOT NL 10 10 9 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 .556 .600 .556 1.156 206 5 0 0 /1
1927 34 PIT NL 7 6 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 .600 .667 .600 1.267 232 3 0 0 /1
1927 34 NYG NL 3 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 168 2 0 0 /1
1928 35 PHA AL 15 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .067 .125 .067 .192 -49 1 0 0 1/O
17 Seasons 581 1316 1239 128 313 59 17 7 137 4 4 53 192 .253 .283 .345 .628 72 427 0 24
162 Game Avg. 162 367 345 36 87 16 5 2 38 1 15 .253 .283 .345 .628 72 119 0 7
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
PHA (7 yrs) 196 413 392 30 65 13 3 1 22 0 0 11 105 .166 .189 .222 .411 24 87 0 10
BOS (4 yrs) 136 350 325 42 93 10 6 0 40 2 2 18 41 .286 .324 .354 .677 86 115 0 7
NYY (3 yrs) 137 351 332 40 104 20 8 3 45 0 1 13 25 .313 .339 .449 .788 103 149 0 6
PIT (2 yrs) 35 56 54 5 16 4 0 1 9 0 2 11 .296 .321 .426 .747 95 23 0 0
WSH (1 yr) 17 33 30 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 2 .233 .303 .233 .536 42 7 0 0
NYG (1 yr) 3 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 168 2 0 0
SLB (1 yr) 57 109 102 10 26 12 0 2 18 2 0 6 8 .255 .296 .431 .728 79 44 0 1
AL (16 yrs) 543 1256 1181 123 295 55 17 6 128 4 4 51 181 .250 .281 .340 .621 71 402 0 24
NL (2 yrs) 38 60 58 5 18 4 0 1 9 0 2 11 .310 .333 .431 .764 100 25 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1912 19 PHA AL 4 2 2 26.5 89 .500 .500 .269 .500 .337 1.000 .354 1.500 .691 331 .971 1.0 0.1 2.000 .500 .500
1913 20 PHA AL 74 61 3 1.3 86 .224 .157 .262 .181 .333 .229 .344 .409 .678 21 .134 -7.3 -0.8 .305 .100 .071
1914 21 PHA AL 80 64 4 1.7 79 .271 .189 .252 .211 .324 .284 .330 .494 .654 51 .226 -4.7 -0.6 .383 .122 .095 .0
1915 22 PHA AL 52 44 1 0.6 80 .259 .143 .251 .160 .328 .143 .329 .303 .657 -8 .041 -6.6 -0.8 .190 .020 .000
1916 23 PHA AL 102 88 3 0.9 79 .182 .140 .251 .140 .324 .180 .328 .320 .652 -2 .082 -12.6 -1.5 .209 .040 .040
1917 24 PHA AL 85 64 5 2.1 78 .235 .200 .253 .247 .323 .250 .327 .497 .650 53 .298 -4.8 -0.6 .391 .113 .050
1918 25 BOS AL 105 72 11 4.2 80 .310 .276 .258 .317 .329 .347 .329 .664 .658 102 .578 -0.3 0.0 .563 .133 .071
1919 26 BOS AL 5 3 1 9.0 90 .500 .400 .269 .400 .334 .400 .361 .800 .695 131 .809 0.2 0.0 .667 .000 .000
1920 27 BOS AL 114 82 8 2.6 103 .287 .245 .286 .306 .350 .265 .393 .571 .743 55 .264 -6.3 -0.6 .430 .088 .020
1921 28 BOS AL 126 84 18 5.8 112 .368 .325 .296 .341 .361 .433 .415 .775 .776 99 .556 -0.9 -0.1 .704 .150 .108 .0
1922 29 NYY AL 103 70 14 5.4 112 .369 .326 .297 .347 .362 .432 .417 .779 .779 99 .555 -0.5 0.0 .662 .126 .105
1923 30 NYY AL 116 82 14 4.6 109 .282 .274 .292 .293 .363 .425 .404 .718 .767 86 .489 -3.5 -0.3 .622 .177 .150 .0
1924 31 NYY AL 132 83 22 7.0 112 .350 .339 .298 .374 .368 .484 .409 .858 .777 120 .663 3.1 0.3 .817 .202 .145 .0
1925 32 SLB AL 109 77 13 4.5 120 .261 .255 .306 .296 .377 .431 .429 .728 .806 79 .443 -3.7 -0.3 .684 .255 .176 2.0
1926 33 TOT MLB 83 60 8 3.6 107 .288 .253 .291 .289 .356 .342 .405 .631 .761 66 .385 -4.1 -0.4 .500 .127 .089 .0
1926 33 WSH AL 33 24 2 2.2 108 .250 .233 .288 .303 .359 .233 .403 .536 .762 42 .203 -2.5 -0.2 .375 .067 .000
1926 33 PIT NL 50 36 6 4.4 107 .316 .265 .293 .280 .354 .408 .406 .688 .760 80 .492 -1.6 -0.2 .583 .163 .143 .0
1927 34 TOT NL 10 4 3 20.1 107 .625 .556 .295 .600 .354 .556 .407 1.156 .761 206 .937 1.5 0.1 1.500 .111 .000
1927 34 PIT NL 6 2 2 26.8 110 .750 .600 .299 .667 .358 .600 .412 1.267 .770 232 .962 1.1 0.1 2.000 .200 .000
1927 34 NYG NL 4 2 1 13.4 104 .500 .500 .290 .500 .349 .500 .400 1.000 .749 168 .877 0.4 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1928 35 PHA AL 16 14 0 0.0 111 .077 .067 .292 .125 .358 .067 .415 .192 .773 -49 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .143 .067 .000
17 Seasons 1316 954 130 3.7 99 .294 .253 .280 .283 .349 .345 .380 .628 .729 72 .427 -53.0 -5.8 .516 .135 .092 5.1
162 Game Avg. 367 266 36 3.7 99 .294 .253 .280 .283 .349 .345 .380 .628 .729 72 .427 -53.0 -5.8 .516 .135 .092 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PHA (7 yrs) 413 337 18 1.4 81 .224 .166 .255 .189 .328 .222 .335 .411 .662 24 .165 -38.4 -4.5 .300 .084 .056 .0
BOS (4 yrs) 350 241 38 4.2 99 .327 .286 .281 .324 .347 .354 .382 .677 .729 86 .480 -7.4 -0.7 .568 .123 .068 .0
NYY (3 yrs) 351 235 50 5.7 111 .332 .313 .296 .339 .364 .449 .410 .788 .774 103 .579 -0.8 -0.0 .703 .172 .136 .0
PIT (2 yrs) 56 38 8 5.6 107 .357 .296 .294 .321 .354 .426 .407 .747 .761 95 .597 -0.5 -0.1 .658 .167 .130 .0
WSH (1 yr) 33 24 2 2.2 108 .250 .233 .288 .303 .359 .233 .403 .536 .762 42 .203 -2.5 -0.2 .375 .067 .000
NYG (1 yr) 4 2 1 13.4 104 .500 .500 .290 .500 .349 .500 .400 1.000 .749 168 .877 0.4 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
SLB (1 yr) 109 77 13 4.5 120 .261 .255 .306 .296 .377 .431 .429 .728 .806 79 .443 -3.7 -0.3 .684 .255 .176 2.0
AL (16 yrs) 1256 914 121 3.6 99 .291 .250 .279 .281 .349 .340 .378 .621 .727 71 .415 -52.9 -5.7 .509 .134 .091 4.8
NL (2 yrs) 60 40 9 6.0 107 .370 .310 .293 .333 .354 .431 .406 .764 .760 100 .625 -0.1 -0.1 .675 .155 .121 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1913 20 PHA AL WS NYG W 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1914 21 PHA AL WS BSN L 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1918 25 BOS AL WS CHC W 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1922 29 NYY AL WS NYG L 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
1923 30 NYY AL WS NYG W 4 8 7 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .429 .500 .571 1.071 4 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (5 Series) 10 26 24 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .208 .269 .250 .519 6 0 0 0 0 0
5 WS 10 26 24 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .208 .269 .250 .519 6 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1912 19 1 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 331 4 0 0
1913 20 40 78 74 9 13 3 2 0 4 0 2 21 .176 .197 .270 .468 38 20 0 2
1914 21 78 158 148 15 27 7 2 1 12 0 4 46 .182 .204 .277 .481 44 41 0 6
1915 22 103 210 197 17 34 7 2 1 12 0 5 68 .173 .193 .244 .437 31 48 0 8
1916 23 144 312 297 21 48 11 2 1 18 0 5 91 .162 .175 .222 .398 20 66 0 10
1917 24 181 397 377 30 64 13 3 1 22 0 10 103 .170 .191 .228 .419 27 86 0 10
1918 25 217 502 475 38 91 16 5 1 36 0 16 114 .192 .218 .253 .471 43 120 0 11
1919 26 222 507 480 39 93 16 5 1 38 0 16 115 .194 .220 .254 .474 44 122 0 11
1920 27 267 621 582 53 118 18 5 1 45 0 2 25 130 .203 .236 .256 .492 46 149 0 14
1921 28 317 747 702 72 157 23 9 1 62 2 2 28 144 .224 .253 .286 .540 56 201 0 17
1922 29 356 850 797 87 188 29 11 1 74 2 3 31 155 .236 .264 .304 .568 62 242 0 22
1923 30 394 966 910 99 219 34 14 3 93 2 3 34 163 .241 .268 .319 .587 65 290 0 22
1924 31 454 1098 1034 112 261 43 17 4 107 2 3 41 169 .252 .281 .338 .619 72 350 0 23
1925 32 511 1207 1136 122 287 55 17 6 125 4 3 47 177 .253 .282 .347 .629 73 394 0 24
1926 33 556 1290 1215 128 307 59 17 7 135 4 4 51 189 .253 .283 .347 .629 72 421 0 24
1927 34 566 1300 1224 128 312 59 17 7 137 4 4 52 190 .255 .285 .348 .633 74 426 0 24
1928 35 581 1316 1239 128 313 59 17 7 137 4 4 53 192 .253 .283 .345 .628 72 427 0 24

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1912 19 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 1
1913 20 41 76 74 9 12 3 1 0 1 0 2 22 .162 .184 .230 .414 3 39
1914 21 39 81 79 8 17 5 0 1 11 0 2 26 .215 .235 .316 .551 6 38
1915 22 26 52 51 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 .137 .154 .137 .291 1 25
1916 23 43 104 104 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 24 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 41
1917 24 38 91 85 11 19 2 1 0 5 0 6 12 .224 .275 .271 .545 6 37
1918 25 46 139 130 12 39 4 3 0 22 0 9 14 .300 .345 .377 .722 17 36
1919 26 6 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 5
1920 27 47 116 107 15 26 2 0 0 8 0 9 16 .243 .302 .262 .563 8 45
1921 28 53 127 124 18 39 5 4 0 16 2 3 15 .315 .331 .419 .750 17 50
1922 29 41 99 96 14 29 6 2 0 11 0 3 11 .302 .323 .406 .729 13 39
1923 30 40 120 117 12 31 5 3 2 18 0 3 8 .265 .283 .410 .694 14 38
1924 31 63 134 127 12 41 9 3 1 13 0 7 6 .323 .358 .465 .823 21 60
1925 32 60 111 105 9 25 12 0 2 16 2 6 8 .238 .279 .410 .689 12 57
1926 33 47 86 82 6 20 4 0 1 10 0 4 13 .244 .279 .329 .608 7 45
1927 34 11 10 9 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 .556 .600 .556 1.156 3 10
1928 35 16 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 15
17 Seasons 618 1373 1316 135 310 57 17 7 146 4 57 202 .236 .267 .321 .588 134 581
162 Game Avg. 162 360 345 35 81 15 4 2 38 1 15 .236 .267 .321 .588 35 581
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1922-AL-4-30%
0.30 Career Shares (587th)

                                          

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