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 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
1912 19 PHA AL 0 0 7.88 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 14 10 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 42 39 2.250 15.8 0.0 4.5 3.4 0.75
1913 20 PHA AL 15 6 .714 3.82 39 16 20 6 1 3 200.1 199 97 85 3 66 81 4 1 8 871 72 1.323 8.9 0.1 3.0 3.6 1.23
1914 21 PHA AL 16 12 .571 3.06 38 22 10 14 2 3 206.0 184 84 70 2 81 109 8 0 3 848 85 1.286 8.0 0.1 3.5 4.8 1.35
1915 22 PHA AL 5 15 .250 4.14 25 18 5 8 0 0 145.2 137 86 67 3 89 89 4 0 10 613 70 1.551 8.5 0.2 5.5 5.5 1.00
1916 23 PHA AL 15 24 .385 2.57 40 33 6 25 8 0 286.2 222 109 82 3 130 157 3 0 15 1145 111 1.228 7.0 0.1 4.1 4.9 1.21
1917 24 PHA AL 11 17 .393 2.47 37 31 5 17 4 2 233.1 207 101 64 3 111 121 1 0 7 1025 111 1.363 8.0 0.1 4.3 4.7 1.09
1918 25 BOS AL 15 15 .500 2.11 36 31 4 26 7 2 272.2 241 88 64 3 91 125 3 0 5 1119 127 1.218 8.0 0.1 3.0 4.1 1.37
1919 26 BOS AL 0 0 5.00 3 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 11 5 5 0 4 3 0 0 1 38 60 1.667 11.0 0.0 4.0 3.0 0.75
1920 27 BOS AL 15 15 .500 4.25 35 32 3 18 0 1 243.2 287 138 115 3 94 88 10 0 4 1081 86 1.564 10.6 0.1 3.5 3.3 0.94
1921 28 BOS AL 16 9 .640 3.50 37 32 4 21 3 1 254.1 244 111 99 10 93 96 6 0 7 1066 121 1.325 8.6 0.4 3.3 3.4 1.03
1922 29 NYY AL 26 7 .788 3.31 39 30 8 20 0 3 255.1 240 109 94 16 85 92 1 0 5 1062 120 1.273 8.5 0.6 3.0 3.2 1.08 MVP-4
1923 30 NYY AL 19 15 .559 3.43 37 30 5 22 3 0 275.2 263 115 105 7 117 125 5 0 12 1173 115 1.378 8.6 0.2 3.8 4.1 1.07
1924 31 NYY AL 17 16 .515 3.57 39 31 6 19 3 1 252.0 262 117 100 9 109 80 7 0 7 1112 116 1.472 9.4 0.3 3.9 2.9 0.73
1925 32 SLB AL 14 14 .500 5.09 33 28 3 15 2 0 208.2 230 129 118 18 91 63 2 0 4 935 91 1.538 9.9 0.8 3.9 2.7 0.69
1926 33 TOT MLB 7 14 .333 4.45 31 22 5 12 2 3 182.0 180 99 90 13 70 65 7 0 0 790 88 1.374 8.9 0.6 3.5 3.2 0.93
1926 33 WSH AL 1 8 .111 6.69 12 11 1 3 0 0 71.1 83 54 53 6 35 27 5 0 0 331 58 1.654 10.5 0.8 4.4 3.4 0.77
1926 33 PIT NL 6 6 .500 3.01 19 11 4 9 2 3 110.2 97 45 37 7 35 38 2 0 0 459 131 1.193 7.9 0.6 2.8 3.1 1.09
1927 34 TOT NL 2 3 .400 9.64 8 5 2 1 0 0 18.2 32 24 20 2 10 7 0 0 1 100 41 2.250 15.4 1.0 4.8 3.4 0.70
1927 34 PIT NL 1 2 .333 13.50 5 3 1 0 0 0 6.2 14 14 10 1 5 1 0 0 1 42 30 2.850 18.9 1.4 6.8 1.4 0.20
1927 34 NYG NL 1 1 .500 7.50 3 2 1 1 0 0 12.0 18 10 10 1 5 6 0 0 0 58 51 1.917 13.5 0.8 3.8 4.5 1.20
1928 35 PHA AL 2 1 .667 5.09 11 2 7 1 0 1 35.1 39 21 20 1 18 15 1 0 1 165 78 1.613 9.9 0.3 4.6 3.8 0.83
17 Seasons 195 183 .516 3.51 489 366 93 225 35 20 3087.1 2992 1443 1205 96 1263 1319 62 1 90 13185 99 1.378 8.7 0.3 3.7 3.8 1.04
162 Game Avg. 16 15 .516 3.51 39 29 7 18 3 2 246 238 115 96 8 100 105 5 0 7 1049 99 1.378 8.7 0.3 3.7 3.8 1.04
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
PHA (7 yrs) 64 75 .460 3.19 191 123 53 71 15 9 1115.1 1002 508 395 15 499 575 21 1 44 4709 88 1.346 8.1 0.1 4.0 4.6 1.15
BOS (4 yrs) 46 39 .541 3.27 111 97 11 65 10 4 779.2 783 342 283 16 282 312 19 0 17 3304 107 1.366 9.0 0.2 3.3 3.6 1.11
NYY (3 yrs) 62 38 .620 3.44 115 91 19 61 6 4 783.0 765 341 299 32 311 297 13 0 24 3347 117 1.374 8.8 0.4 3.6 3.4 0.96
PIT (2 yrs) 7 8 .467 3.61 24 14 5 9 2 3 117.1 111 59 47 8 40 39 2 0 1 501 110 1.287 8.5 0.6 3.1 3.0 0.98
WSH (1 yr) 1 8 .111 6.69 12 11 1 3 0 0 71.1 83 54 53 6 35 27 5 0 0 331 58 1.654 10.5 0.8 4.4 3.4 0.77
NYG (1 yr) 1 1 .500 7.50 3 2 1 1 0 0 12.0 18 10 10 1 5 6 0 0 0 58 51 1.917 13.5 0.8 3.8 4.5 1.20
SLB (1 yr) 14 14 .500 5.09 33 28 3 15 2 0 208.2 230 129 118 18 91 63 2 0 4 935 91 1.538 9.9 0.8 3.9 2.7 0.69
AL (16 yrs) 187 174 .518 3.49 462 350 87 215 33 17 2958.0 2863 1374 1148 87 1218 1274 60 1 89 12626 99 1.380 8.7 0.3 3.7 3.9 1.05
NL (2 yrs) 8 9 .471 3.97 27 16 6 10 2 3 129.1 129 69 57 9 45 45 2 0 1 559 99 1.345 9.0 0.6 3.1 3.1 1.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1913 20 PHA AL WS W NYG 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 5 2 1 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 34 1.000 5.0 0.0 4.0 3.0 0.75
1914 21 PHA AL WS L BSN 0 1 .000 3.27 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.0 9 5 4 1 4 1 4 0 0 0 46 1.182 7.4 0.8 3.3 3.3 1.00
1918 25 BOS AL WS W CHC 0 1 .000 3.00 2 1 1 1 0 1 9.0 7 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 33 1.111 7.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
1922 29 NYY AL WS L NYG 0 2 .000 4.80 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.0 21 8 8 0 5 1 6 0 0 0 66 1.733 12.6 0.0 3.0 3.6 1.20
1923 30 NYY AL WS W NYG 1 1 .500 1.08 3 1 2 1 0 0 16.2 7 2 2 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 58 0.660 3.8 0.5 2.2 2.7 1.25
5 Seasons (5 Series) 2 5 .286 2.67 9 6 3 5 0 1 60.2 49 20 18 2 20 2 18 1 0 0 237 1.137 7.3 0.3 3.0 2.7 0.90
5 WS 2 5 .286 2.67 9 6 3 5 0 1 60.2 49 20 18 2 20 2 18 1 0 0 237 1.137 7.3 0.3 3.0 2.7 0.90

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1912 19 0 0 7.88 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 14 10 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 42 39 2.250 15.8 0.0 4.5 3.4 0.75 39
1913 20 15 6 .714 3.97 40 17 20 6 1 3 208.1 213 107 92 3 70 84 4 1 8 913 70 1.358 9.2 0.1 3.0 3.6 1.20 70
1914 21 31 18 .633 3.52 78 39 30 20 3 6 414.1 397 191 162 5 151 193 12 1 11 1761 76 1.323 8.6 0.1 3.3 4.2 1.28 76
1915 22 36 33 .522 3.68 103 57 35 28 3 6 560.0 534 277 229 8 240 282 16 1 21 2374 74 1.382 8.6 0.1 3.9 4.5 1.18 74
1916 23 51 57 .472 3.31 143 90 41 53 11 6 846.2 756 386 311 11 370 439 19 1 36 3519 84 1.330 8.0 0.1 3.9 4.7 1.19 84
1917 24 62 74 .456 3.12 180 121 46 70 15 8 1080.0 963 487 375 14 481 560 20 1 43 4544 89 1.337 8.0 0.1 4.0 4.7 1.16 89
1918 25 77 89 .464 2.92 216 152 50 96 22 10 1352.2 1204 575 439 17 572 685 23 1 48 5663 94 1.313 8.0 0.1 3.8 4.6 1.20 94
1919 26 77 89 .464 2.93 219 154 50 96 22 10 1361.2 1215 580 444 17 576 688 23 1 49 5701 94 1.315 8.0 0.1 3.8 4.5 1.19 94
1920 27 92 104 .469 3.13 254 186 53 114 22 11 1605.1 1502 718 559 20 670 776 33 1 53 6782 92 1.353 8.4 0.1 3.8 4.4 1.16 92
1921 28 108 113 .489 3.18 291 218 57 135 25 12 1859.2 1746 829 658 30 763 872 39 1 60 7848 97 1.349 8.4 0.1 3.7 4.2 1.14 97
1922 29 134 120 .528 3.20 330 248 65 155 25 15 2115.0 1986 938 752 46 848 964 40 1 65 8910 99 1.340 8.5 0.2 3.6 4.1 1.14 99
1923 30 153 135 .531 3.23 367 278 70 177 28 15 2390.2 2249 1053 857 53 965 1089 45 1 77 10083 101 1.344 8.5 0.2 3.6 4.1 1.13 101
1924 31 170 151 .530 3.26 406 309 76 196 31 16 2642.2 2511 1170 957 62 1074 1169 52 1 84 11195 103 1.357 8.6 0.2 3.7 4.0 1.09 103
1925 32 184 165 .527 3.39 439 337 79 211 33 16 2851.1 2741 1299 1075 80 1165 1232 54 1 88 12130 102 1.370 8.7 0.3 3.7 3.9 1.06 102
1926 33 191 179 .516 3.46 470 359 84 223 35 19 3033.1 2921 1398 1165 93 1235 1297 61 1 88 12920 101 1.370 8.7 0.3 3.7 3.8 1.05 101
1927 34 193 182 .515 3.49 478 364 86 224 35 19 3052.0 2953 1422 1185 95 1245 1304 61 1 89 13020 100 1.375 8.7 0.3 3.7 3.8 1.05 100
1928 35 195 183 .516 3.51 489 366 93 225 35 20 3087.1 2992 1443 1205 96 1263 1319 62 1 90 13185 99 1.378 8.7 0.3 3.7 3.8 1.04 99

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1912 19 0 0 9.00 8.0 15 9 8 0 4 3 0 2.375 16.9 4.5 3.4 0.75 0.0 1
1913 20 9 13 .409 4.72 202.0 229 118 106 3 76 82 5 1.510 10.2 3.4 3.7 1.08 0.1 39
1914 21 9 11 .450 4.38 187.0 208 101 91 2 92 99 9 1.604 10.0 4.4 4.8 1.08 0.1 38
1915 22 5 9 .357 5.39 132.0 147 88 79 3 95 81 4 1.833 10.0 6.5 5.5 0.85 0.2 25
1916 23 17 12 .586 3.42 266.0 244 112 101 3 143 146 3 1.455 8.3 4.8 4.9 1.02 0.1 40
1917 24 17 9 .654 2.99 235.0 234 87 78 3 125 122 1 1.528 9.0 4.8 4.7 0.98 0.1 37
1918 25 23 12 .657 2.89 318.0 340 113 102 4 128 146 4 1.472 9.6 3.6 4.1 1.14 0.1 36
1919 26 0 0 7.00 9.0 13 8 7 0 5 3 0 2.000 13.0 5.0 3.0 0.60 0.0 3
1920 27 13 14 .481 4.28 246.0 292 130 117 3 96 89 10 1.577 10.7 3.5 3.3 0.93 0.1 35
1921 28 18 11 .621 3.13 262.0 238 101 91 10 91 99 6 1.256 8.2 3.1 3.4 1.09 0.3 37
1922 29 17 11 .607 3.18 260.0 242 102 92 16 86 94 1 1.262 8.4 3.0 3.3 1.09 0.6 39
1923 30 19 12 .613 3.28 283.0 264 114 103 7 117 128 5 1.346 8.4 3.7 4.1 1.09 0.2 37
1924 31 17 12 .586 3.24 264.0 261 106 95 9 109 84 7 1.402 8.9 3.7 2.9 0.77 0.3 39
1925 32 13 12 .520 3.94 226.0 218 110 99 17 86 68 2 1.345 8.7 3.4 2.7 0.79 0.7 33
1926 33 9 11 .450 4.31 188.0 185 100 90 13 72 67 7 1.367 8.9 3.4 3.2 0.93 0.6 31
1927 34 0 2 .000 9.00 20.0 34 22 20 2 11 7 0 2.250 15.3 5.0 3.2 0.64 0.9 8
1928 35 2 2 .500 4.50 38.0 40 21 19 1 18 16 1 1.526 9.5 4.3 3.8 0.89 0.2 11
17 Seasons 188 153 .551 3.72 3144.0 3204 1442 1298 96 1354 1334 65 1.450 9.2 3.8 0.99 0.3 489
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1918 AL--2.112--5th
1921 AL--3.503--7th
1922 AL--3.313--9th

Wins s c a p y
1914 AL--16--10th
1918 AL--15--9th
1922 AL--26--2nd
1923 AL--19--6th
1924 AL--17--8th
Career--195--121st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1913 AL--.714--2nd
1921 AL--.640--5th
1922 AL--.788--1st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1921 AL--1.325--5th
1922 AL--1.273--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1916 AL--6.970--4th
1921 AL--8.634--2nd
1922 AL--8.460--2nd
1923 AL--8.587--3rd
1924 AL--9.357--10th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 AL--4.762--10th
1916 AL--4.929--6th
1917 AL--4.667--3rd
1918 AL--4.126--4th
1922 AL--3.243--9th
1923 AL--4.081--4th
1924 AL--2.857--10th

Saves s c a p y
1913 AL--3--7th
1914 AL--3--6th
1918 AL--2--9th
1922 AL--3--7th
1926 NL--3--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1916 AL--286.7--6th
1918 AL--272.7--5th
1923 AL--275.7--7th
1924 AL--252.0--7th
Career--3087.3--117th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1916 AL--157--4th
1917 AL--121--6th
1918 AL--125--3rd
1922 AL--92--10th
1923 AL--125--2nd
1924 AL--80--6th
Career--1319--241st

Games Started s c a p y
1916 AL--33--7th
1917 AL--31--10th
1918 AL--31--5th
1921 AL--32--9th
Career--366--164th

Complete Games s c a p y
1916 AL--25--3rd
1918 AL--26--4th
1921 AL--21--8th
1922 AL--20--10th
1923 AL--22--4th
1924 AL--19--8th
Career--225--109th

Shutouts s c a p y
1916 AL--8--2nd
1917 AL--4--9th
1918 AL--7--3rd
1921 AL--3--5th
1923 AL--3--4th
1924 AL--3--6th
1925 AL--2--8th
1926 NL--2--10th
Career--35--71st

Home Runs s c a p y
1917 AL--3--9th
1918 AL--3--7th
1922 AL--16--6th
1925 AL--18--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1915 AL--89--9th
1916 AL--130--2nd
1917 AL--111--2nd
1918 AL--91--5th
1920 AL--94--4th
1921 AL--93--4th
1922 AL--85--10th
1923 AL--117--3rd
1924 AL--109--1st
1925 AL--91--10th
Career--1263--38th

Hits s c a p y
1918 AL--241--6th
Career--2992--126th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1918 AL--1.374--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 AL--.087--9th
1920 AL--.111--2nd
1923 AL--.229--6th

Losses s c a p y
1915 AL--15--7th
1916 AL--24--1st
1917 AL--17--3rd
1918 AL--15--5th
1920 AL--15--10th
1924 AL--16--4th
1925 AL--14--7th
Career--183--64th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1913 AL--85--5th
1916 AL--82--6th
1920 AL--115--3rd
1923 AL--105--8th
1925 AL--118--6th
Career--1205--115th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1913 AL--8--9th
1915 AL--10--3rd
1916 AL--15--1st
1917 AL--7--5th
1918 AL--5--9th
1921 AL--7--2nd
1922 AL--5--7th
1923 AL--12--1st
1924 AL--7--1st
Career--90--115th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1914 AL--8--10th
1920 AL--10--4th
1924 AL--7--10th
Career--62--222nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1916 AL--1145--7th
1918 AL--1119--6th
1923 AL--1173--6th
1924 AL--1112--7th
Career--13185--95th

Games Finished s c a p y
1913 AL--20--3rd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1918 AL--127--6th
1921 AL--121--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 126 (140), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 63 (192), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 22 (249), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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