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	17-24 / in Starts: 14-15
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	31 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 86 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	47 (26-12-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 86 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	55 (25-19-11)

Most Driven In
B Weaver	2
B Block	1
R Zeider	1
W Kuhn	0

Most Driven In By
J Callahan	1
S Collins	1
H Lord	0

1912 Batting Game Log

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1912 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	13	12 (11)	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.13	-0.014	.45	-0.03%	-0.23	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
2	14	16 (3)	May 1	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.84	-0.043	3.07	-0.09%	-0.88	P
3	15	18 (1)	May 3	CHW		CLE	W,7-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.222	.222	.444	9	1.24	0.038	5.21	0.10%	0.49	P
4	16	22 (3)	May 8	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.222	.222	.222	.444	9						P
5	17	23	May 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.72	-0.011	3.71	-0.04%	-0.11	P
6	18	27 (3)	May 14	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.214	.214	.214	.429	9	.31	-0.001	1.62	0.00%	0.16	P
7	19	30 (2)	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.176	.176	.176	.353	9	1.11	-0.081	6.79	-0.30%	-0.71	P
8	20	32 (1)	May 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-9	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.00	-0.026	4.79	-0.08%	-0.46	P
9	21	34 (1)	May 23	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.150	.150	.150	.300	9	.90	-0.046	4.21	-0.13%	-0.42	P
10	22	36 (1)	May 26	CHW		DET	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.98	0.016	4.82	0.05%	0.22	P
11	23	38 (1)	May 29 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.83	-0.042	4.08	-0.13%	-0.41	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
12	24	42 (3)	Jun 1	CHW		PHA	W,6-3	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.05	0.070	5.81	0.23%	0.62	P
13	25	44 (1)	Jun 3	CHW		PHA	L,4-8	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.231	.231	.462	9	.43	0.013	2.46	0.04%	0.17	P
14	26	46 (1)	Jun 5	CHW		WSH	L,4-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.222	.222	.222	.444	9	.81	-0.019	4.51	-0.07%	-0.29	P
15	27	55 (8)	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	3-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.207	.233	.207	.440	9	.95	-0.027	5.61	-0.09%	-0.11	P
16	28	59 (3)	Jun 19	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.188	.212	.188	.400	9	1.30	-0.091	3.71	-0.16%	-0.81	P
17	29	61 (1)	Jun 22	CHW		SLB	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.167	.189	.167	.356	9	.27	-0.030	.87	-0.06%	-0.97	P
18	30	64 (2)	Jun 26	CHW		SLB	W,7-0	CG	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.184	.205	.237	.442	9	.60	0.076	1.48	0.11%	0.62	P
19	31	65	Jun 28	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.179	.200	.231	.431	9	1.78	-0.044	5.15	-0.08%	-0.16	P
20	32	67 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,9-11	6-GF(6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.179	.200	.231	.431	9						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
21	33	68	Jul 2 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.171	.190	.220	.410	9	1.36	0.020	2.48	0.02%	0.26	P
22	34	73 (4)	Jul 6 (1)	CHW		DET	L,0-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.186	.214	.400	9	.47	-0.012	.83	-0.01%	-0.10	P
23	35	77 (3)	Jul 12 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.159	.178	.205	.382	9	1.31	-0.064	2.29	-0.07%	-0.52	P
24	36	81 (3)	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-7	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.159	.178	.205	.382	5						P
25	37	84 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-8	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.152	.170	.196	.366	9	1.01	-0.056	1.40	-0.05%	-0.58	P
26	38	88 (3)	Jul 23	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.143	.160	.184	.344	9	1.49	0.031	.26	0.00%	-0.15	P
27	39	90 (1)	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.132	.148	.170	.318	9	1.78	-0.182	.32	-0.02%	-1.19	P
28	40	93 (2)	Jul 29	CHW		BOS	L,5-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.130	.145	.167	.312	9	.74	-0.019	.10	0.00%	-0.23	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
29	41	98 (4)	Aug 3	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.123	.138	.158	.296	9	1.13	-0.091	.06	0.00%	-0.56	P
30	42	100 (1)	Aug 5	CHW		WSH	L,7-8	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.123	.138	.158	.296	9						P
31	43	104 (3)	Aug 10	CHW		PHA	L,0-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.121	.136	.155	.291	9	.74	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
32	44	111 (6)	Aug 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.117	.131	.150	.281	9	1.29	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.60	P
33	45	115 (3)	Aug 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.113	.127	.145	.272	9	.97	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
34	46	121 (5)	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.109	.123	.141	.264	9	1.21	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.76	P
35	47	123 (1)	Aug 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.109	.123	.141	.264	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
36	48	125 (1)	Sep 1	CHW		DET	W,7-6	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.108	.121	.138	.260	9	1.78	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.16	P
37	49	126	Sep 2	CHW		DET	L,4-12	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.106	.119	.136	.256	9	.98	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
38	50	131 (4)	Sep 6	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	CG(11)	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.130	.143	.159	.302	9	1.89	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.15	P
39	51	134 (2)	Sep 10	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.130	.143	.159	.302	7						P
40	52	147 (12)	Sep 24 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	T,2-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.123	.135	.151	.286	9	1.23	-0.125	.00	0.00%	-0.99	P
41	53	150 (2)	Sep 27 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-5	1-8	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0		0		.133	.156	.160	.316	9	.91	0.071	.00	0.00%	1.05	P
42	54	158 (7)	Oct 6	CHW	@	DET	W,9-4	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.132	.154	.158	.312	9	.25	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
							17-24		86	76	3	10	0	1	0	4	2	0	30	0	7		2		0		.132	.154	.158	.312		1.01	-0.944	1.92	-0.82%	-9.21

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