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: 11-16 / in Starts: 10-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 3

1916 Pitching Game Log

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1916 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	175	5	Apr 16	CHW		SLB	L,5-6	GS-	L(0-1)	99	4.1	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	2.08	3.70	20	49				18					0
2	176	13	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-9	8-8		8	0.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	8.31	3.70	4		0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.01%
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
3	177	21	May 5	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	7-GF		9	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.91	3.13	10		0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.10%
4	178	27	May 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.32	2.56	4		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.01%
5	179	29	May 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	2.53	4		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.00%
6	180	31	May 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-0	SHO	W(1-1)	1	9.0	7	0	0	3	3	0	0	1.96	2.59	38	73	1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.07%
7	181	34	May 25	CHW	@	WSH	T,3-3	GS-7		4	7.0	8	2	2	0	2	0	2	2.13	2.59	27	55	0	2	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	0.19%
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
8	182	41	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,0-5	9-GF		8	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.39	2.62	5		1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.01%
9	183	43	Jun 5	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	GS-1	L(1-2)	1	0.1	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.38	2.73	6	30	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.53	-0.37%
10	184	46	Jun 12	CHW		WSH	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-2)	6	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.52	2.65	33	82	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	2	2.34	0.50%
11	185	51	Jun 17	CHW		BOS	W,5-0	GS-6	W(3-2)	4	5.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.21	2.64	18	61	0	0	0	17	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.69	0.10%
12	186	54	Jun 21(1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-11	5-GF(8)		3	3.2	3	5	5	4	2	0	0	3.05	2.79	18		2	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.00%
13	187	59	Jun 26	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-2	1-7		4	6.2	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.65	2.57	23		0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.43	0.38%
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
14	188	69	Jul 6	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	1-7	L(3-3)	9	6.0	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.68	2.65	24		1	1	0	21	2	0	0	1	1	0	5.95	-0.43%
15	189	74	Jul 11(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	4-7		4	4.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.51	2.59	15		1	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.07%
16	190	79	Jul 15(2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.19	2.59	32	79	1	1	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.19	1.18%
17	191	83	Jul 19(2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-6	GS-2	L(4-4)	3	2.0	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	2.50	2.58	11	34	2	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	3.34	-0.84%
18	192	87	Jul 22	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS-9		2	8.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.25	2.54	29	71	0	1	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.44	0.53%
19	193	95	Jul 29(2)	CHW		PHA	W,6-4	GS-9	W(5-4)	6	8.1	5	2	1	2	2	0	0	2.14	2.54	33	67	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	3.03	0.65%
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
20	194	101	Aug 2	CHW		PHA	W,8-2	5-GF	W(6-4)	3	5.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.03	2.50	16		0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.81	0.59%
21	195	103	Aug 4(2)	CHW		WSH	L,3-8			1	0.1	2	3	3	0	0	0	1	2.31	2.53	4					2					0
22	196	124	Aug 28	CHW	@	PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-4)	23	9.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.10	2.45	31	84	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.07	1.40%
23	197	127	Aug 31	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	W(8-4)	2	9.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.01	2.43	31	77	0	2	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	3.75	0.86%
Sept				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
24	198	131	Sep 4(2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	10	0	0	1.94	2.31	30	85				28	0	0			0
25	199	134	Sep 8	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	2	2	1	2	3	0	0	1.90	2.31	26	68	1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	5.64	0.25%
26	200	138	Sep 12	CHW		SLB	L,3-5	GS-5	L(9-5)	3	5.0	9	5	2	2	1	0	0	1.97	2.34	26	34	2	1	0	23	0	1	1	0	0	1	9.74	-1.26%
27	201	145	Sep 19	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	GS-8		6	7.1	9	4	4	0	3	0	0	2.12	2.29	30	47	1	1	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	2	11.02	-2.09%
28	202	149	Sep 23	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	8-GF		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.09	2.25	8		1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.01%
							11-16		W-L:9-5	4.2	142.0	108	40	33	32	57	0	3	2.09	2.25	556	62	14	13	2	507	12	5	3	7	1	10	3.77	1.88%

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