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Johnny Lush

John Charles Lush

Positions: Pitcher, Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 8, 1885 in Williamsport, PA
High School: Girard Preparatory (Philadelphia, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1904
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals 1904-1910

Final Game: October 13, 1910
Died: November 18, 1946 in Beverly Hills, CA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:44AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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
1904 18 PHI NL 0 6 .000 3.59 7 6 1 3 0 0 42.2 52 40 17 0 27 27 7 1 3 207 77 1.852 11.0 0.0 5.7 5.7 1.00
1905 19 PHI NL 2 0 1.000 1.59 2 2 0 1 0 0 17.0 12 4 3 0 8 8 1 0 1 71 188 1.176 6.4 0.0 4.2 4.2 1.00
1906 20 PHI NL 18 15 .545 2.37 37 35 1 24 5 0 281.0 254 128 74 2 119 151 16 0 8 1210 110 1.327 8.1 0.1 3.8 4.8 1.27
1907 21 TOT NL 10 15 .400 2.64 28 27 1 20 5 0 201.1 180 85 59 2 63 91 11 1 6 821 94 1.207 8.0 0.1 2.8 4.1 1.44
1907 21 PHI NL 3 5 .375 2.98 8 8 0 5 2 0 57.1 48 22 19 0 21 20 3 0 0 235 82 1.203 7.5 0.0 3.3 3.1 0.95
1907 21 STL NL 7 10 .412 2.50 20 19 1 15 3 0 144.0 132 63 40 2 42 71 8 1 6 586 100 1.208 8.3 0.1 2.6 4.4 1.69
1908 22 STL NL 11 18 .379 2.12 38 32 6 23 3 1 250.2 221 102 59 6 57 93 11 0 8 1023 111 1.109 7.9 0.2 2.0 3.3 1.63
1909 23 STL NL 11 18 .379 3.13 34 28 5 21 2 0 221.1 215 96 77 1 69 66 10 0 6 907 80 1.283 8.7 0.0 2.8 2.7 0.96
1910 24 STL NL 14 13 .519 3.20 36 25 4 13 1 1 225.1 235 116 80 6 70 54 7 0 5 929 93 1.354 9.4 0.2 2.8 2.2 0.77
7 Seasons 66 85 .437 2.68 182 155 18 105 16 2 1239.1 1169 571 369 17 413 490 63 2 37 5168 97 1.276 8.5 0.1 3.0 3.6 1.19
162 Game Avg. 13 17 .437 2.68 37 31 4 21 3 0 250 236 115 74 3 83 99 13 0 7 1043 97 1.276 8.5 0.1 3.0 3.6 1.19
PHI (4 yrs) 23 26 .469 2.56 54 51 2 33 7 0 398.0 366 194 113 2 175 206 27 1 12 1723 102 1.359 8.3 0.0 4.0 4.7 1.18
STL (4 yrs) 43 59 .422 2.74 128 104 16 72 9 2 841.1 803 377 256 15 238 284 36 1 25 3445 94 1.237 8.6 0.2 2.5 3.0 1.19

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1904 18 PHI NL 42.2 6 40 21 -2 1.0 -19 -2.0 $
1905 19 PHI NL 17.0 2 4 9 0 1.0 5 0.5 $
1906 20 PHI NL 281.0 35 128 129 0 1.0 1 0.0 $
1907 21 PHI NL 57.1 8 22 25 0 1.0 3 0.3 $
1907 21 STL NL 144.0 19 63 63 -2 1.0 0 0.3 $
1908 22 STL NL 250.2 32 101 105 -6 1.0 4 1.2 $
1909 23 STL NL 221.1 28 96 102 -7 1.0 6 1.2 $
1910 24 STL NL 225.1 24 116 116 -4 1.0 0 0.2 $
7 Seasons 1239.1 154 570 570 -21 1.0 0 1.7 $
PHI (4 yrs) 398.0 51 194 184 -2 1.0 -10 -1.2 $
STL (4 yrs) 841.1 103 376 386 -19 1.0 10 2.9 $

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
1904 18 PHI NL 106 408 369 39 102 22 3 2 42 12 27 46 .276 .336 .369 .704 118 136 6 6 3O/1
1905 19 PHI NL 6 19 16 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .313 .389 .313 .701 113 5 1 1 /O1
1906 20 PHI NL 76 226 212 28 56 7 1 0 15 6 14 34 .264 .310 .307 .616 92 65 0 0 1O/3
1907 21 TOT NL 52 129 122 11 31 3 4 0 10 5 6 12 .254 .289 .344 .633 100 42 0 1 1O
1907 21 PHI NL 17 41 40 5 8 1 1 0 5 1 1 6 .200 .220 .275 .495 55 11 0 0 /1O
1907 21 STL NL 35 88 82 6 23 2 3 0 5 4 5 6 .280 .322 .378 .700 122 31 0 1 1/O
1908 22 STL NL 45 100 89 7 15 2 0 0 2 1 7 10 .169 .229 .191 .420 37 17 0 4 1
1909 23 STL NL 45 100 92 11 22 5 0 0 14 2 6 12 .239 .293 .293 .586 87 27 1 1 1/O
1910 24 STL NL 47 101 93 8 21 1 3 0 10 2 8 11 .226 .287 .301 .588 75 28 0 0 1
7 Seasons 377 1083 993 107 252 40 11 2 94 28 69 127 .254 .307 .322 .630 96 320 8 13
162 Game Avg. 162 465 427 46 108 17 5 1 40 12 30 55 .254 .307 .322 .630 96 138 3 6
PHI (4 yrs) 205 694 637 75 171 30 5 2 63 19 43 88 .268 .322 .341 .662 106 217 7 7
STL (4 yrs) 172 389 356 32 81 10 6 0 31 9 26 39 .228 .282 .289 .571 79 103 1 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1904 18 PHI NL 408 6 -2 0 0 -13 -3 12 0 0.1 13 1.4 -1.3 $ 3O/1
1905 19 PHI NL 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ /O1
1906 20 PHI NL 226 -3 0 0 0 0 3 7 7 0.6 7 0.8 -0.2 $3,000 1O/3
1907 21 PHI NL 41 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1O
1907 21 STL NL 88 1 0 0 0 -2 2 3 4 0.4 6 0.8 -0.4 $ 1/O
1908 22 STL NL 100 -6 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ 1
1909 23 STL NL 100 -2 0 0 0 0 4 3 5 0.5 5 0.6 -0.1 $ 1/O
1910 24 STL NL 101 -3 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
7 Seasons 1083 -8 -2 0 0 -15 14 33 22 2.0 37 4.2 -2.2 $3,000
PHI (4 yrs) 694 2 -2 0 0 -13 1 21 9 0.9 22 2.4 -1.5 $3,000
STL (4 yrs) 389 -10 0 0 0 -2 13 12 13 1.1 15 1.8 -0.7 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1904 PHI NL 18 1B 62 583 526 28 29 27 .950 8.94 .983 10.68
1904 PHI NL 18 OF 33 62 54 3 5 0 .919 1.73 .947 1.89 0-0-33
1904 PHI NL 18 P 7 42.2 17 3 13 1 1 .941 3.38 2.29 .940 3.04 2.96
1905 PHI NL 19 OF 3 9 6 0 3 0 .667 2.00 .956 1.97 0-2-1
1905 PHI NL 19 P 2 17.0 7 0 6 1 0 .857 3.18 3.00 .943 2.96 2.95
1906 PHI NL 20 P 37 281.0 118 18 89 11 2 .907 3.43 2.89 .948 3.05 2.99
1906 PHI NL 20 OF 22 45 41 3 1 1 .978 2.00 .959 1.89 0-6-16
1906 PHI NL 20 1B 2 20 16 3 1 0 .950 9.50 .984 10.80
1907 TOT NL 21 P 28 201.1 68 11 53 4 4 .941 2.86 2.29 .950 2.97 2.89
1907 TOT NL 21 OF 11 12 8 1 3 0 .750 0.82 .960 1.98 0-6-5
1907 PHI NL 21 P 8 57.1 20 2 18 0 2 1.000 3.14 2.50 .950 2.97 2.89
1907 PHI NL 21 OF 4 10 6 1 3 0 .700 1.75 .960 1.98 0-3-1
1907 STL NL 21 P 20 144.0 48 9 35 4 2 .917 2.75 2.20 .950 2.97 2.89
1907 STL NL 21 OF 7 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.29 .960 1.99 0-3-4
1908 STL NL 22 P 38 250.2 95 15 73 7 0 .926 3.16 2.32 .953 2.99 2.98
1909 STL NL 23 P 34 221.1 73 9 60 4 0 .945 2.81 2.03 .940 2.83 2.84
1909 STL NL 23 OF 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 .960 2.07 0-0-3
1910 STL NL 24 P 36 225.1 69 8 56 5 2 .928 2.56 1.78 .945 2.82 2.80
7 Seasons P 182 1239.1 447 64 350 33 9 .926 3.01 2.27 .947 2.94 2.90
5 Seasons OF 72 132 113 7 12 1 .909 1.67 .953 1.92 0-14-58
2 Seasons 1B 64 603 542 31 30 27 .950 8.95 .983 10.68
7 Seasons TOT 318 1239.1 1182 719 388 75 37 .937 3.01 3.48 .966 2.94 4.25 0-14-58
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career  2.68 (73rd)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1908 NL  2.047 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 NL  4.836 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1906 NL  151 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1906 NL  35 (8th)
1908 NL  32 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1906 NL  5 (10th)
1907 NL  5 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1908 NL  6 (4th)
1910 NL  6 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1906 NL  119 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1906 NL  254 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1908 NL  1.632 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1909 NL  0.041 (8th)
Career  0.124 (62nd)

Losses s c a p y
1908 NL  18 (7th)
1909 NL  18 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1909 NL  77 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1906 NL  8 (5th)
1907 NL  6 (9th)
1908 NL  8 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1906 NL  16 (2nd)
1907 NL  11 (8th)
1908 NL  11 (7th)
1909 NL  10 (6th)
Career  63 (248th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1906 NL  1,210 (8th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1904 NL  29 (2nd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1906 NL  11 (3rd)
1908 NL  7 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
Career  2.27 (91st)

Youngest s c a p y
1904 NL  born 1885-10-08 (1st)
1905 NL  born 1885-10-08 (2nd)
1906 NL  born 1885-10-08 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1465), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1143), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Charlie Smith (961)
  2. Otto Hess (959)
  3. Pete Schneider (955)
  4. Patsy Flaherty (952)
  5. Fred Beebe (946)
  6. Frank Corridon (945)
  7. Doc Newton (945)
  8. Joe Lake (944)
  9. Ned Garvin (943)
  10. Harry Harper (941)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Christy Mathewson (973) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Christy Mathewson (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Billy Rhines (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Earl Hamilton (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Lee Meadows (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  1. Pop Dillon (977)
  2. Charlie Gould (975)
  3. Harry Swacina (975)
  4. Charlie Sweeney (970)
  5. Joe Nealon (970)
  6. Moose Grimshaw (969)
  7. Lee Richmond (965)
  8. Chuck Stevens (965)
  9. Jack Taylor (962)
  10. Hugh Bradley (962)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Scott Stratton (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Scott Stratton (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Charlie Sweeney (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Charlie Sweeney (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Charlie Buffinton (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
190620Philadelphia Phillies$3,0001908 National Commission report
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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