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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Team Record in Appearances: 19-27 / in Starts: 13-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 4

1914 Pitching Game Log

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1914 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	88	3	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.00	2.77	34	79	1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	4.69	1.19%
2	89	7	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	W,6-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	6	1	0	1	6	0	0	0.00	2.10	31	78	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.94	0.20%
3	90	10	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	L(2-1)	3	8.1	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	0.34	2.17	31	70	1	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.29	0.27%
4	91	14	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(2-2)	4	8.0	8	5	1	3	3	0	0	0.52	2.32	34	54	0	1	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.01	-0.16%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	92	18	May 4	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-1	GS-7	L(2-3)	3	7.0	4	1	1	1	8	0	0	0.65	2.03	25	72	0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.19%
6	93	21	May 8	CHW		DET	L,8-10	GS-3		3	2.2	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	1.23	2.12	13	33	0	0	2	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.72	-0.06%
7	94	22	May 9	CHW		DET	L,4-7	9-GF		0	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	2.13	5		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.02%
8	95	24	May 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	L(2-4)	2	8.0	10	3	2	2	5	1	0	1.36	2.34	34	55	2	1	1	32	0	1	0	1	0	1	2.84	-0.31%
9	96	28	May 16	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-7	L(2-5)	3	7.0	6	4	3	3	4	1	0	1.65	2.59	29	52	0	1	1	26	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.56	-0.25%
10	97	32	May 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS-7	W(3-5)	4	6.1	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.49	2.56	23	58	0	0	1	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.02%
11	98	36	May 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	5-GF	W(4-5)	4	5.0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.39	2.49	17		0	0	1	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.53	0.24%
12	99	40	May 31	CHW		CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	1.23	2.49	29	86				27	0	0			0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
13	100	45	Jun 6	CHW		NYY	T,1-1	CG(8)		5	8.0	3	1	1	4	7	0	0	1.22	2.46	31	75	1	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.26	0.10%
14	101	49	Jun 10	CHW		WSH	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-5)	3	9.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.11	2.38	28	89	0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.84	0.55%
15	102	53	Jun 15	CHW		PHA	L,4-9	GS-4	L(6-6)	4	4.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	0	1.33	2.32	19	37	2	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	-0.12%
16	103	57	Jun 19	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(7-6)	3	9.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	0	1.39	2.34	31	70	0	3	1	27	1	1	0	1	0	1	.74	0.12%
17	104	60	Jun 22	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	3-GF	W(8-6)	2	6.2	3	3	3	1	5	0	0	1.54	2.28	23		0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.14%
18	105	64	Jun 27	CHW		DET	L,0-2	GS-4	L(8-7)	4	3.1	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.57	2.31	15	45	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.52	-0.10%
19	106	66	Jun 28(2)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2			0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	2.30	3					3					0
20	107	67	Jun 29	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-8	W(9-7)	0	7.2	5	2	1	3	3	0	0	1.53	2.33	31	63	0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	1	2	2.91	0.07%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
21	108	70	Jul 4(1)	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	5-GF	W(10-7)	4	4.1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.49	2.30	18		1	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	2	5.74	0.53%
22	109	74	Jul 8(2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS-8	W(11-7)	3	7.2	6	4	3	2	2	0	0	1.60	2.32	32	53	0	0	1	29	1	0	0	0	0	2	3.34	0.02%
23	110	77	Jul 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-9	5-6		2	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.58	2.31	5		0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.06%
24	111	81	Jul 15(2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-3	L(11-8)	3	2.2	5	2	2	3	0	0	0	1.67	2.38	15	37	1	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.61	-0.35%
25	112	86	Jul 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS-6	L(11-9)	5	6.0	12	4	3	2	3	0	0	1.78	2.38	29	35	3	1	1	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	1.95	-0.13%
26	113	88	Jul 23	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-5	7-7	BS(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.78	2.40	2		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.88	-0.07%
27	114	89	Jul 25	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	SHO(13)	W(12-9)	1	13.0	6	0	0	3	9	0	0	1.64	2.35	45	101	0	2	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.14	0.77%
28	115	92	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	L,0-5	4-4		1	1.0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	1.79	2.35	4		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.05%
29	116	95	Jul 30	CHW		BOS	L,0-4	GS-1	L(12-10)	2	0.2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.79	2.36	5	43	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.09%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
30	117	97	Aug 1	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	GS-8	L(12-11)	1	8.0	4	4	1	1	1	1	0	1.76	2.45	30	64	0	0	1	29	0	1	0	0	0	3	.32	-0.05%
31	118	100	Aug 4	CHW		PHA	L,4-5	6-GF		2	4.0	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.72	2.46	16		0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.00%
32	119	102	Aug 7	CHW		WSH	W,2-0	SHO	W(13-11)	2	9.0	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.63	2.44	34	71	0	1	1	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.06	0.02%
33	120	103	Aug 8(1)	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	7-GF	S(1)	0	3.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.61	2.45	13		1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.00%
34	121	108	Aug 12	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	GS-5	L(13-12)	3	5.0	4	3	0	3	2	0	0	1.57	2.47	23	52	1	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	1	.02	0.00%
35	122	109	Aug 14	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-4	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.56	2.45	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
36	123	112	Aug 16(2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,7-9			1	3.2	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.58	2.42	15					15					0
37	124	113	Aug 19(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(13-13)	2	8.0	8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1.64	2.43	30	54	1	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
38	125	116	Aug 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.71	2.42	9		0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
39	126	118	Aug 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-9	GS-1	L(13-14)	2	0.1	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	1.88	2.45	5	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
40	127	120	Aug 27	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-6	GS-6	L(13-15)	1	6.0	5	4	3	3	3	0	0	1.96	2.46	26	48	1	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	2	1	.00	0.00%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
41	128	125	Sep 2	CHW	@	WSH	T,4-4	CG(10)		5	10.0	9	4	3	3	4	0	0	1.99	2.46	45	61	3	0	0	40	1	1	0	0	1	4	.00	0.00%
42	129	129	Sep 7(1)	CHW	@	DET	W,8-7	GS-6		4	5.1	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	1.94	2.43	21	58	0	0	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
43	130	134	Sep 13	CHW		DET	L,3-4	GS-	L(13-16)	5	8.2	7	3	1	0	4	0	0	1.91	2.40	33	66				33					0
44	131	138	Sep 17	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	GS-9	L(13-17)	3	8.1	13	6	4	1	7	0	0	1.99	2.35	39	43	2	0	1	38	2	2	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
45	132	144	Sep 22(1)	CHW		WSH	W,9-1	CG	W(14-17)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	1.96	2.32	33	76	0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
46	133	150	Sep 27(2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	W(15-17)	4	7.0	9	3	3	0	1	1	0	2.01	2.36	30	48				29	1	1			0
47	134	153	Sep 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG(12)	L(15-18)	2	11.1	13	6	6	4	9	0	1	2.12	2.35	55	53	2	1	0	49	4	1	1	0	0	3	.00	0.00%
48	135	155	Oct 3(1)	CHW		SLB	L,1-7	GS-7	L(15-19)	2	6.1	8	6	6	4	7	0	0	2.26	2.35	31	36	0	0	0	26	0	2	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
							19-27		W-L:15-19,Sv:2,BSv:1	2.6	282.1	244	103	71	67	142	4	2	2.26	2.35	1132	58	23	20	13	1038	27	16	3	14	5	36	1.52	2.72%

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