Joe Benz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 196lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: January 21, 1886 in New Alsace, IN us

Died: April 22, 1957 in Chicago, IL

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery, Alsip, IL

Debut: August 16, 1911 (Age 25-207d, 3,564th in major league history)
vs. DET 3.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 0 BB

Last Game: May 2, 1919 (Age 33-101d)
vs. SLB 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1911 season

Full Name: Joseph Louis Benz

Nicknames: Blitzen or Butcher Boy

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1917 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.3

ERA

2.43

251

163

1359.2

539

WHIP

1.147

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-19 / in Starts: 16-11
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	24 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 85 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	44 (21-19-4) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 85 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (24-17-9)

Most Driven In
B Weaver	1
L Blackburne	0
R Schalk	0
S Collins	0

Most Driven In By
E Murphy	2
E Collins	1
N Leibold	1
H Felsch	1
B Roth	0
B Weaver	0

1915 Batting Game Log

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1915 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	136	11 (10)	Apr 24	CHW		SLB	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.36	-0.026	.74	-0.03%	-0.64	P
2	137	14 (2)	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	W,7-4	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	138	15	Apr 28	CHW		CLE	W,7-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.50	-0.017	1.43	-0.03%	-0.35	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	139	21 (5)	May 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-4	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.22	-0.003	.58	-0.01%	-0.25	P
5	140	24 (2)	May 11	CHW		WSH	L,0-2	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.57	-0.015	1.90	-0.03%	-0.09	P
6	141	28 (3)	May 16	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.091	.091	.091	.182	9						P
7	142	31 (2)	May 19	CHW		PHA	W,9-7	4-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.091	.091	.091	.182	9						P
8	143	33 (1)	May 22	CHW		BOS	W,11-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.19	-0.010	.83	-0.03%	-0.96	P
9	144	37 (3)	May 27	CHW		NYY	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.29	-0.026	1.54	-0.09%	-0.14	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	145	42 (4)	Jun 2	CHW		DET	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.150	.150	.150	.300	9	1.18	-0.063	7.00	-0.23%	-0.43	P
11	146	46 (3)	Jun 8	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.136	.136	.136	.273	9	1.29	-0.061	6.83	-0.19%	-0.43	P
12	147	50 (3)	Jun 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.120	.120	.120	.240	9	1.94	-0.179	10.15	-0.56%	-1.35	P
13	148	56 (5)	Jun 20 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		0		0		.107	.138	.107	.245	9	.69	0.048	3.50	0.15%	-0.07	P
14	149	62 (5)	Jun 26	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.097	.125	.097	.222	9	.51	-0.038	2.53	-0.11%	-0.28	P
15	150	66 (3)	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0		.086	.111	.086	.197	9	.83	-0.078	4.19	-0.23%	-1.37	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	151	72 (5)	Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-9	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.111	.135	.111	.246	9						P
17	152	75 (2)	Jul 10	CHW		WSH	T,1-1	CG(5)	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.135	.158	.189	.347	9	.70	0.083	3.74	0.27%	0.67	P
18	153	76	Jul 11 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,3-8	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.135	.158	.189	.347	9						P
19	154	83 (6)	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.135	.158	.189	.347	9						P
20	155	86 (2)	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	GS-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.158	.179	.211	.390	9	.48	0.015	4.21	0.08%	0.12	P
21	156	94 (7)	Jul 31	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.146	.167	.195	.362	9	1.52	-0.112	8.75	-0.39%	-0.71	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	157	98 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,6-8	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.140	.159	.186	.345	9	.96	-0.047	4.74	-0.14%	-0.31	P
23	158	103 (4)	Aug 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.128	.146	.170	.316	9	.76	-0.077	2.87	-0.17%	-0.75	P
24	159	105 (1)	Aug 15	CHW		DET	L,2-5	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.122	.140	.163	.303	9						P
25	160	107 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.132	.148	.170	.318	9						P
26	161	110 (2)	Aug 20	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.132	.148	.170	.318	9						P
27	162	112 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.132	.148	.170	.318	9						P
28	163	113	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.127	.143	.164	.306	9	.69	-0.034	1.22	-0.04%	-0.24	P
29	164	117 (3)	Aug 25	CHW		WSH	L,4-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.125	.140	.161	.301	9						P
30	165	120 (2)	Aug 28	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.125	.140	.161	.301	9						P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	166	123 (2)	Sep 1	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	4-9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.138	.153	.172	.325	9	.59	0.043	.41	0.02%	0.58	P
32	167	125 (1)	Sep 3	CHW		CLE	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0		.129	.143	.161	.304	9	.32	-0.027	.04	0.00%	-0.70	P
33	168	130 (4)	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.136	.149	.167	.316	9						P
34	169	132 (1)	Sep 8	CHW		DET	W,10-9	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.136	.149	.167	.316	9						P
35	170	136 (3)	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.132	.145	.162	.307	9	.88	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.40	P
36	171	140 (3)	Sep 18 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.127	.139	.155	.294	9	.24	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.55	P
37	172	144 (3)	Sep 22	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.137	.149	.164	.313	9	1.30	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.18	P
38	173	148 (3)	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.132	.154	.158	.312	9	.82	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.93	P
39	174	153 (4)	Oct 2 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.127	.148	.152	.300	9	.35	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
							19-19		85	79	7	10	0	1	0	1	1	0	25	1	4		3		0		.127	.148	.152	.300		.69	-0.775	2.48	-1.77%	-10.21

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