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: 17-24 / in Starts: 14-15

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: 2

1912 Pitching Game Log

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1912 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	13	12	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.74	32	78	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	2	1.06	0.32%
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
2	14	16	May 1	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	GS-8	W(2-0)	5	7.1	6	2	2	3	2	0	0	1.10	3.10	30	57	1	3	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	2	4.56	0.34%
3	15	18	May 3	CHW		CLE	W,7-4	GS-7		1	6.2	5	4	1	3	2	0	0	1.17	3.24	30	53	1	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	1	2	5.27	-0.49%
4	16	22	May 8	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS-2	W(3-0)	4	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.13	3.39	4	52	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.73	0.03%
5	17	23	May 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-2	GS-6	W(4-0)	0	6.0	5	2	0	5	3	0	0	0.90	3.58	26	56	1	2	0	21	1	2	0	0	0	2	7.66	-0.03%
6	18	27	May 14	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-0	SHO	W(5-0)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.69	3.42	37	74	2	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	2	2.33	0.69%
7	19	30	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(6-0)	3	9.0	9	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.56	3.39	36	66	1	3	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	2	8.70	2.04%
8	20	32	May 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-9	7-9	H(1)	2	1.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0.72	3.46	9		0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	8.41	-0.31%
9	21	34	May 23	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-4	GS-6		1	6.0	8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0.97	3.41	27	46	1	0	1	25	1	0	0	0	1	1	5.38	-0.16%
10	22	36	May 26	CHW		DET	L,2-6	GS-7	L(6-1)	2	7.0	9	4	4	3	5	0	0	1.44	3.33	36	45	3	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	2	6.44	-0.16%
11	23	38	May 29(1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-6	L(6-2)	2	6.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	1.70	3.26	23	47	1	1	0	22	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.44	-0.21%
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
12	24	42	Jun 1	CHW		PHA	W,6-3	GS-4		2	4.0	4	3	2	1	2	0	0	1.86	3.22	19	45	1	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	2	4.80	-0.46%
13	25	44	Jun 3	CHW		PHA	L,4-8	8-GF		1	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.93	3.23	9		0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.04%
14	26	46	Jun 5	CHW		WSH	L,4-8	GS-5	L(6-3)	1	4.0	6	5	2	1	3	1	0	2.06	3.33	20	38	2	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	4.90	-1.38%
15	27	55	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	3-GF		9	7.0	5	1	0	0	4	0	1	1.89	3.24	28		0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	2	5.28	0.17%
16	28	59	Jun 19	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	1.81	3.12	32	78	2	2	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.15	1.09%
17	29	61	Jun 22	CHW		SLB	W,8-1	CG	W(8-3)	2	9.0	6	1	1	1	8	1	0	1.74	3.09	33	78	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.34%
18	30	64	Jun 26	CHW		SLB	W,7-0	SHO	W(9-3)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	1.60	3.06	34	77	0	1	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.62%
19	31	65	Jun 28	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	9-GF(10)	L(9-4)	1	1.2	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.57	3.09	9		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	8.61	-0.40%
20	32	67	Jun 30(2)	CHW	@	DET	L,9-11	6-GF(6)	BL(9-5)	1	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	1.79	3.09	7		0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.97	-0.57%
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	33	68	Jul 2(1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	L(9-6)	1	8.1	8	2	2	2	4	0	1	1.82	3.08	32	61	1	3	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.19	-0.20%
22	34	73	Jul 6(1)	CHW		DET	L,0-4	GS-6	L(9-7)	3	6.0	6	4	4	5	1	0	0	2.01	3.17	25	40	4	4	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	-0.14%
23	35	77	Jul 12(1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-2	GS-7	L(9-8)	5	7.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.04	3.14	27	58	0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.23	0.04%
24	36	81	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-7	6-7		3	2.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.14	3.16	11		0	1	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.12%
25	37	84	Jul 19(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-8	GS-7	L(9-9)	2	7.0	8	7	2	5	1	0	0	2.16	3.24	36	39	2	1	1	29	0	0	0	0	1	3	.85	-0.17%
26	38	88	Jul 23	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-7	W(10-9)	3	7.0	7	4	4	0	1	1	3	2.30	3.35	31	48	0	2	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	2	.18	-0.01%
27	39	90	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-10	W(11-9)	1	9.0	10	4	4	2	6	1	1	2.39	3.38	36	55	1	4	0	32	1	1	0	0	1	0	.24	0.00%
28	40	93	Jul 29	CHW		BOS	L,5-7	GS-4	L(11-10)	3	4.0	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2.34	3.39	18	45	0	1	0	13	1	1	0	0	1	1	.13	-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
29	41	98	Aug 3	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	L(11-11)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.32	3.38	33	67	0	3	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.04	0.01%
30	42	100	Aug 5	CHW		WSH	L,7-8	8-8	BS(2)	1	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.42	3.38	2		0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.04	0.00%
31	43	104	Aug 10	CHW		PHA	L,0-8	GS-5	L(11-12)	4	4.1	9	8	8	2	3	0	0	2.77	3.36	25	14	1	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	44	111	Aug 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(11-13)	5	8.0	9	4	3	0	6	0	0	2.79	3.28	30	56	0	1	1	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
33	45	115	Aug 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-6	L(11-14)	4	6.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	0	2.84	3.23	24	47	1	1	1	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
34	46	121	Aug 28(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(11-15)	6	8.0	4	5	3	5	2	0	0	2.87	3.27	33	55	0	2	1	26	2	1	0	0	1	2	.00	0.00%
35	47	123	Aug 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.85	3.29	3		0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.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
36	48	125	Sep 1	CHW		DET	W,7-6	10-GF(10)	W(12-15)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.84	3.26	4		1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
37	49	126	Sep 2	CHW		DET	L,4-12	GS-5	L(12-16)	0	5.0	10	6	2	2	0	0	0	2.86	3.28	26	29	3	0	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
38	50	131	Sep 6	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	CG(11)	L(12-17)	3	11.0	11	5	3	2	4	1	0	2.84	3.31	45	61	1	1	0	41	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
39	51	134	Sep 10	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.82	3.30	4		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
40	52	147	Sep 24(2)	CHW	@	SLB	T,2-2	CG(10)		13	10.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	1	2.78	3.29	37	73	1	2	1	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
41	53	150	Sep 27(1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-5	1-8	W(13-17)	2	6.2	7	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.78	3.30	27		0	1	2	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
42	54	158	Oct 6	CHW	@	DET	W,9-4	6-7		8	2.0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	2.79	3.31	10		0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							17-24		W-L:13-17,BSv:2,Hld:1	2.8	238.2	231	107	74	72	98	5	8	2.79	3.31	1000	55	32	41	9	891	27	15	2	6	9	33	2.41	0.81%

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