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	11-22 / in Starts: 6-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 53 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	24 (13-7-4) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 53 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	32 (14-11-6)

Most Driven In
R Schalk	2
P Bodie	1
B Weaver	0
T Easterly	0

Most Driven In By
H Lord	1
J Breton	1
J Beall	1

1913 Batting Game Log

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1913 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	55	2 (1)	Apr 12	CHW	@	CLE	W,13-3	CG(7)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		1		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.50	-0.010	1.20	-0.02%	0.02	P
2	56	4 (1)	Apr 14	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
3	57	8 (3)	Apr 18	CHW		CLE	L,0-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.44	-0.011	1.45	-0.02%	-0.09	P
4	58	17 (8)	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	9-GF(12)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	9	2.23	0.082	5.34	0.12%	0.37	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
5	59	21 (3)	May 3	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	.444	.778	9	.43	0.059	1.29	0.11%	0.38	P
6	60	26 (4)	May 10	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.364	.364	.455	.818	9	.91	0.028	3.05	0.06%	0.10	P
7	61	30 (3)	May 16	CHW		NYY	W,7-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.357	.357	.429	.786	9	.39	-0.044	1.04	-0.07%	-0.19	P
8	62	34 (3)	May 21	CHW		BOS	L,9-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	.400	.733	9	.71	-0.017	2.29	-0.03%	-0.14	P
9	63	37 (2)	May 25	CHW		CLE	L,1-8	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	.400	.733	9						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	64	67 (29)	Jun 26	CHW		CLE	W,7-5	4-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.294	.294	.353	.647	9	1.16	-0.062	1.09	-0.04%	-0.64	P
11	65	71 (3)	Jun 30	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	6-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.333	.333	.389	.722	9	.31	0.011	.28	0.01%	0.24	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
12	66	73 (1)	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,5-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.316	.316	.368	.684	9	1.45	-0.034	1.28	-0.02%	-0.30	P
13	67	75 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-6	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.300	.300	.350	.650	9						P
14	68	79 (3)	Jul 6 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.286	.286	.333	.619	9						P
15	69	89 (9)	Jul 16 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,5-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.261	.261	.304	.565	9						P
16	70	93 (3)	Jul 19 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.261	.261	.304	.565	9						P
17	71	95 (1)	Jul 21	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	4-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.292	.542	9	.96	-0.023	.14	0.00%	-0.14	P
18	72	98 (2)	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	6-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.292	.542	9						P
19	73	100 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.292	.542	9						P
20	74	101	Jul 29 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.250	.250	.292	.542	9						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
21	75	106 (4)	Aug 5	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.222	.222	.259	.481	9	.65	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.52	P
22	76	108 (1)	Aug 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.214	.214	.250	.464	7						P
23	77	111 (2)	Aug 11	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.214	.214	.250	.464	9						P
24	78	113 (1)	Aug 14	CHW		NYY	L,0-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.214	.214	.250	.464	9						P
25	79	116 (2)	Aug 17	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0		.182	.182	.212	.394	9	1.84	-0.194	.03	0.00%	-1.02	P
26	80	120 (3)	Aug 21	CHW		PHA	L,1-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.229	.429	9	2.22	0.059	.06	0.00%	0.74	P
27	81	123 (2)	Aug 24	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.229	.429	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
28	82	131 (7)	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG(8)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.205	.205	.256	.462	9						P
29	83	135 (3)	Sep 7	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-1	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.195	.195	.244	.439	9						P
30	84	139 (3)	Sep 12	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-7	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.186	.186	.233	.419	9	.68	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
31	85	142 (2)	Sep 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.174	.174	.217	.391	9	1.20	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-0.65	P
32	86	148 (5)	Sep 26	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.180	.180	.220	.400	9	1.92	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-0.42	P
33	87	151 (2)	Oct 4 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.176	.176	.216	.392	9	1.32	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
							11-22		53	51	3	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	14	0	2		2		0		.176	.176	.216	.392		1.10	-0.468	.75	0.09%	-3.08

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