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: 19-19 / in Starts: 16-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 4

1915 Pitching Game Log

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1915 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	136	11	Apr 24	CHW		SLB	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	1.00	1.52	34	79	0	1	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	3	1.93	0.40%
2	137	14	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	W,7-4	6-7		2	1.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.84	2.03	7		0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.73	0.25%
3	138	15	Apr 28	CHW		CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(2-0)	0	9.0	8	3	2	0	2	0	0	1.37	2.00	34	63	0	0	0	34	1	2	0	2	0	1	2.06	0.36%
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
4	139	21	May 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-4	GS-5	W(3-0)	7	5.0	7	4	3	3	3	0	0	2.19	2.21	25	39	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	-0.12%
5	140	24	May 11	CHW		WSH	L,0-2	5-GF		4	5.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.12	2.54	18		0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.04%
6	141	28	May 16	CHW		PHA	L,2-4			4	6.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.77	2.55	20					19					0
7	142	31	May 19	CHW		PHA	W,9-7	4-5		2	2.0	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.15	2.70	10		0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.12%
8	143	33	May 22	CHW		BOS	W,11-3	CG	W(4-0)	2	9.0	11	3	2	2	4	0	0	2.12	2.60	43	57	0	0	0	41	3	1	0	0	0	3	1.70	0.33%
9	144	37	May 27	CHW		NYY	W,8-2	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	5	2	1	0	3	0	1	1.94	2.52	34	74	1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.42	0.51%
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
10	145	42	Jun 2	CHW		DET	L,1-4	GS-8	L(5-1)	5	7.1	10	2	2	3	1	0	0	2.00	2.62	34	48	0	1	0	30	1	1	0	2	0	2	10.73	-0.45%
11	146	46	Jun 8	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	9	3	3	1	0	1	0	2.22	2.83	25	41	1	2	1	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.72	-0.41%
12	147	50	Jun 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(5-2)	3	8.0	9	2	2	1	8	0	0	2.22	2.62	35	63	0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.83	0.06%
13	148	56	Jun 20(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	W(6-2)	7	9.0	11	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.09	2.69	38	64	0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.04	0.63%
14	149	62	Jun 26	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(6-3)	5	8.0	4	3	1	1	4	0	0	2.01	2.61	29	69	0	0	2	25	1	0	0	0	0	2	7.17	-0.96%
15	150	66	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	W,8-6	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	11	6	6	5	3	0	0	2.36	2.68	44	39	0	0	0	38	2	1	0	0	0	2	3.75	0.06%
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
16	151	72	Jul 5(2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-9	GS-	L(7-4)	4	5.0	10	7	3	1	3	0	0	2.50	2.64	25	29				22					0
17	152	75	Jul 10	CHW		WSH	T,1-1	CG(5)		4	5.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.47	2.66	19	54	0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.42	0.39%
18	153	76	Jul 11(1)	CHW		WSH	L,3-8			0	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.52	2.65	5					4					0
19	154	83	Jul 17(1)	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	9-GF		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	2.65	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	0.11%
20	155	86	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	GS-6		1	6.0	7	4	1	1	1	0	0	2.45	2.65	26	48	1	0	1	25	1	0	0	1	0	2	8.99	-0.68%
21	156	94	Jul 31	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	L(7-5)	11	8.0	6	2	1	0	2	1	1	2.37	2.73	31	66	0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	6.63	-0.02%
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
22	157	98	Aug 6(1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,6-8	GS-7		5	7.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.38	2.74	28	56	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.94	0.12%
23	158	103	Aug 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	7	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.36	2.66	32	69	0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.12	0.89%
24	159	105	Aug 15	CHW		DET	L,2-5			3	4.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.29	2.63	14					14					0
25	160	107	Aug 16(2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	W(9-5)	0	9.0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.16	2.60	35	70				34	1	0			0
26	161	110	Aug 20	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	GS-1	L(9-6)	3	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.32	2.62	5	32	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.04	-0.48%
27	162	112	Aug 21(2)	CHW		NYY	L,2-3			0	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.30	2.63	6					5					0
28	163	113	Aug 22(1)	CHW		NYY	W,5-2	GS-8	W(10-6)	0	8.0	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	2.25	2.61	31	65	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.71	0.11%
29	164	117	Aug 25	CHW		WSH	L,4-7		L(10-7)	2	4.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	2.35	2.61	16					15					0
30	165	120	Aug 28	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	GS-3	L(10-8)	2	3.0	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	2.36	2.62	13	40	0	2	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.18%
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
31	166	123	Sep 1	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	4-GF(8)	L(10-9)	3	4.1	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.40	2.64	18		0	1	0	16	1	1	0	1	0	1	.49	-0.10%
32	167	125	Sep 3	CHW		CLE	W,8-2	CG	W(11-9)	1	9.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.39	2.65	32	68	0	0	0	29	0	1	0	3	0	0	.12	0.02%
33	168	130	Sep 6(2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-0	SHO	W(12-9)	2	9.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.28	2.63	32	80				31	0	0			0
34	169	132	Sep 8	CHW		DET	W,10-9	1-2		1	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.40	2.63	6		1	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	.10	-0.01%
35	170	136	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS-7	L(12-10)	5	6.2	3	2	0	2	2	0	0	2.32	2.63	27	64	1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
36	171	140	Sep 18(1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	W(13-10)	3	9.0	8	3	3	1	6	0	1	2.35	2.60	34	64	1	1	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.00	0.00%
37	172	144	Sep 22	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS-6	L(13-11)	3	6.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.37	2.56	26	51	1	1	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
38	173	148	Sep 25(1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	W(14-11)	2	9.0	3	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.32	2.53	30	81	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.00	0.00%
39	174	153	Oct 2(1)	CHW		SLB	W,3-0	SHO	W(15-11)	6	9.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.23	2.50	31	84	0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
							19-19		W-L:15-11	3.0	238.1	209	79	59	41	81	4	3	2.23	2.50	954	59	7	15	4	883	19	10	1	15	0	28	3.18	0.76%

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