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: 11-22 / in Starts: 6-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 0

1913 Pitching Game Log

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1913 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	55	2	Apr 12	CHW	@	CLE	W,13-3	CG(7)	W(1-0)	99	7.0	9	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.86	1.56	31	51	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	0.01%
2	56	4	Apr 14	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	1.68	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.02%
3	57	8	Apr 18	CHW		CLE	L,0-4	GS-6	L(1-1)	3	6.0	5	4	2	0	2	0	0	3.21	1.77	22	52	2	1	0	19	0	1	0	0	1	1	2.10	-0.39%
4	58	17	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	9-GF(12)	W(2-1)	10	4.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.00	1.72	15		0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.26	0.65%
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
5	59	21	May 3	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	GS-7		3	7.0	8	3	1	3	3	0	0	2.52	2.08	30	53	4	2	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	4.24	-0.22%
6	60	26	May 10	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	GS-8	L(2-2)	6	8.0	5	1	0	4	5	0	0	1.91	2.25	33	71	3	0	2	29	1	0	0	0	0	2	4.09	0.47%
7	61	30	May 16	CHW		NYY	W,7-0	SHO	W(3-2)	5	9.0	3	0	0	7	5	0	0	1.50	2.58	36	79	2	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.82	0.38%
8	62	34	May 21	CHW		BOS	L,9-10	GS-4	L(3-3)	4	3.1	6	6	3	4	2	0	0	1.99	2.76	22	28	0	0	0	17	2	0	2	0	0	2	3.43	-0.61%
9	63	37	May 25	CHW		CLE	L,1-8			3	1.0	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	2.53	2.75	7					7
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	64	67	Jun 26	CHW		CLE	W,7-5	4-9	W(4-3)	31	5.0	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.28	2.75	18		1	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.04%
11	65	71	Jun 30	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	6-GF	W(5-3)	3	4.0	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	2.28	2.81	17		3	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.10%
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
12	66	73	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,5-7	GS-4	L(5-4)	1	3.2	7	4	0	0	2	0	1	2.14	2.78	20	41	0	0	0	18	1	2	0	1	1	2	1.11	-0.20%
13	67	75	Jul 4(1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-6	GS-	L(5-5)	1	1.0	6	4	4	0	0	1	0	2.70	2.99	9	25				9
14	68	79	Jul 6(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-7			1	2.0	5	4	2	1	2	0	0	2.90	2.96	11					10
15	69	89	Jul 16(2)	CHW		PHA	W,5-3			9	4.1	3	1	1	4	2	0	0	2.85	3.05	20					16
16	70	93	Jul 19(2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-3			2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.85	3.10	1					0
17	71	95	Jul 21	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	4-8		1	5.0	6	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.65	3.13	22		1	1	1	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.02%
18	72	98	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	6-GF(8)		3	3.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.66	3.16	13		2	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.00%
19	73	100	Jul 29(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.63	3.13	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
20	74	101	Jul 29(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.59	3.13	4		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
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
21	75	106	Aug 5	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	GS-9		6	8.0	7	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.35	3.08	34	70	1	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
22	76	108	Aug 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-4		S(1)	1	3.0	6	4	3	1	2	0	1	2.58	3.08	17					15
23	77	111	Aug 11	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-8	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.55	3.15	5		1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
24	78	113	Aug 14	CHW		NYY	L,0-2	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.52	3.09	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
25	79	116	Aug 17	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG(12)	L(5-6)	2	12.0	8	3	2	2	4	0	0	2.40	3.01	42	78	2	2	2	39	1	0	0	0	0	1	.02	0.00%
26	80	120	Aug 21	CHW		PHA	L,1-7	GS-6	L(5-7)	3	5.1	8	6	6	3	3	0	0	2.78	3.02	26	28	2	1	0	21	0	1	0	0	1	1	.03	-0.01%
27	81	123	Aug 24	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	3.01	3		0	0	0	3	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
28	82	131	Sep 2(2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	W(6-7)	8	8.0	8	3	2	2	3	0	0	2.72	2.98	35	57				33	2	1
29	83	135	Sep 7	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-1	GS-	L(6-8)	4	6.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.66	2.92	23	59				22
30	84	139	Sep 12	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-7	GS-7	L(6-9)	4	6.1	5	4	3	3	4	0	0	2.74	2.91	27	50	1	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
31	85	142	Sep 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	L(6-10)	3	8.2	6	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.70	2.83	34	69	1	0	0	32	1	1	2	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	86	148	Sep 26	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(7-10)	9	10.0	9	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.64	2.80	37	68	1	2	1	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
33	87	151	Oct 4(1)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-7	GS-4		7	4.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.63	2.81	16	49	0	1	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							11-22		W-L:7-10,Sv:1	3.4	150.2	146	64	44	59	79	1	2	2.63	2.81	640	55	27	13	6	569	13	8	4	4	3	13	1.28	0.26%

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