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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
2	7 (3)	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
3	10 (2)	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	31	8.1	1	5	0	6	0
4	14 (3)	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	18 (3)	May 4	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-1	GS	25	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	21 (2)	May 8	CHW		DET	L,8-10	GS	13	2.2	0	4	0	4	0
7	22	May 9	CHW		DET	L,4-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	24 (1)	May 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
9	28 (3)	May 16	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	1	4	1	6	0
10	32 (3)	May 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS	23	6.1	0	3	0	3	0
11	36 (3)	May 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	GF	17	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	40 (3)	May 31	CHW		CLE	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	45 (4)	Jun 6	CHW		NYY	T,1-1	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
14	49 (3)	Jun 10	CHW		WSH	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
15	53 (3)	Jun 15	CHW		PHA	L,4-9	GS	19	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	57 (3)	Jun 19	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
17	60 (2)	Jun 22	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	GF	23	6.2	0	1	0	1	0
18	64 (3)	Jun 27	CHW		DET	L,0-2	GS	15	3.1	0	2	0	2	0
19	66 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2		0	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	67	Jun 29	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	31	7.2	0	1	1	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	70 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	GF	18	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
22	74 (3)	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS	32	7.2	0	1	0	1	0
23	77 (2)	Jul 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-9		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
24	81 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	15	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
25	86 (4)	Jul 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS	29	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
26	88 (1)	Jul 23	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-5		2	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
27	89	Jul 25	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	45	13.0	0	5	1	6	1
28	92 (2)	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	L,0-5		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	95 (2)	Jul 30	CHW		BOS	L,0-4	GS	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	97 (1)	Aug 1	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	GS	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	100 (2)	Aug 4	CHW		PHA	L,4-5	GF	16	4.0	0	0	1	1	0
32	102 (1)	Aug 7	CHW		WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
33	103	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	108 (4)	Aug 12	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	GS	23	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
35	109	Aug 14	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	112 (2)	Aug 16 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,7-9		0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	113	Aug 19 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	116 (2)	Aug 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	0	1	1	2	0
39	118 (1)	Aug 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-9	GS	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
40	120 (1)	Aug 27	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-6	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	125 (4)	Sep 2	CHW	@	WSH	T,4-4	CG	45	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
42	129 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,8-7	GS	21	5.1	0	4	0	4	0
43	134 (4)	Sep 13	CHW		DET	L,3-4	GS	0	8.2	0	2	0	2	0
44	138 (3)	Sep 17	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	GS	39	8.1	0	3	1	4	0
45	144 (5)	Sep 22 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	150 (5)	Sep 27 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	7.0	0	1	1	2	0
47	153 (2)	Sep 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	55	11.1	0	3	0	3	0
48	155 (1)	Oct 3 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,1-7	GS	31	6.1	0	2	1	3	1
							48gm		283.0	5	112	10	127	8