Bullet Joe Bush

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 173lb (175cm, 78kg)

Born: November 27, 1892 in Ehime, MN us

Died: November 1, 1974 in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Brainerd HS (Brainerd, MN)

Debut: September 30, 1912 (Age 19-308d, 3,842nd in major league history)
vs. NYY 8.0 IP, 14 H, 3 SO, 4 BB, 7 ER

Last Game: September 30, 1928 (Age 35-308d)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1913 season

Full Name: Leslie Ambrose Bush

Nicknames: Bullet Joe

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

37.0

196

184

ERA

3.51

488

370

3085.1

1318

WHIP

1.378

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-19 / in Starts: 15-16
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 105 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	73 (33-26-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 105 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (31-21-11)

Most Driven In
F Thomas	3
E Scott	3
G Cochran	2
W Barbare	2
W Mayer	2
S McInnis	1
G Whiteman	1
J Stansbury	1

Most Driven In By
H Hooper	3
A Strunk	1
D Shean	1
F Truesdale	1

1918 Batting Game Log

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1918 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	182	4 (3)	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.87	-0.066	3.42	-0.16%	-0.79	P
2	183	8 (3)	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.89	-0.065	4.05	-0.18%	-0.39	P
3	184	12 (3)	Apr 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.36	-0.026	1.77	-0.08%	-0.40	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
4	185	16 (3)	May 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.077	.077	.077	.154	9	1.22	-0.004	6.77	-0.01%	-0.05	P
5	186	20 (3)	May 8	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-14	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.133	.133	.267	.400	9	.60	0.027	2.75	0.07%	0.71	P
6	187	24 (3)	May 13	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.105	.105	.211	.316	9	.66	-0.080	2.70	-0.20%	-1.84	P
7	188	28 (3)	May 18	BOS		DET	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.182	.182	.273	.455	9	2.05	0.084	9.82	0.24%	0.41	P
8	189	31 (2)	May 23	BOS		CLE	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.182	.182	.273	.455	9						P
9	190	32	May 24	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.231	.231	.308	.538	9	1.92	0.339	10.53	1.12%	2.92	P
10	191	34 (1)	May 27	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.231	.231	.308	.538	9						P
11	192	35	May 28	BOS		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.241	.241	.310	.552	9	1.39	0.132	7.97	0.45%	0.62	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
12	193	40 (4)	Jun 1	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.219	.219	.281	.500	9	1.88	-0.131	10.39	-0.44%	-1.00	P
13	194	44 (3)	Jun 5	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.200	.200	.257	.457	9	1.30	-0.132	8.13	-0.50%	-1.37	P
14	195	46 (1)	Jun 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-14	3-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.194	.194	.250	.444	9	1.11	-0.027	7.02	-0.10%	-0.21	P
15	196	49 (2)	Jun 10	BOS	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.179	.179	.231	.410	9	.88	-0.068	6.07	-0.28%	-0.64	P
16	197	53 (3)	Jun 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.186	.186	.233	.419	9	1.32	0.154	8.63	0.60%	0.16	P
17	198	57 (3)	Jun 19	BOS		PHA	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.196	.196	.239	.435	9	1.22	-0.095	7.46	-0.35%	-0.79	P
18	199	61 (3)	Jun 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.184	.184	.224	.408	9	.77	0.080	6.59	0.41%	0.70	P
19	200	64 (2)	Jun 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.212	.212	.250	.462	9	1.08	0.048	9.35	0.25%	0.44	P
20	201	66 (1)	Jun 29	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.212	.212	.250	.462	9						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
21	202	68 (1)	Jul 2	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.236	.250	.273	.523	9	.62	0.054	4.54	0.24%	0.51	P
22	203	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-9	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.250	.263	.286	.549	9	.70	0.029	4.35	0.11%	1.16	P
23	204	73 (2)	Jul 6	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.233	.246	.267	.513	9	.71	-0.021	6.32	-0.11%	-0.24	P
24	205	76 (2)	Jul 9	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.219	.231	.250	.481	9	2.25	-0.239	21.30	-1.36%	-1.15	P
25	206	80 (3)	Jul 13	BOS		CHW	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.239	.250	.269	.519	9	.73	0.039	5.38	0.17%	0.64	P
26	207	83 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.268	.278	.324	.602	9	.69	0.232	4.46	0.90%	4.23	P
27	208	88 (4)	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		0		0		.260	.289	.315	.605	9	1.76	0.011	9.09	0.03%	-0.05	P
28	209	92 (3)	Jul 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.273	.300	.338	.638	9	1.97	0.265	11.70	0.94%	1.61	P
29	210	96 (3)	Jul 31	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	5	4	2	4	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.309	.341	.395	.736	9	1.31	0.385	6.75	1.19%	3.85	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
30	211	101 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.301	.333	.386	.719	9	1.30	-0.061	9.41	-0.27%	-0.48	P
31	212	103 (1)	Aug 7	BOS	@	DET	L,8-11	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.298	.330	.381	.710	9	.54	-0.011	2.58	-0.03%	-0.32	P
32	213	105 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.284	.315	.364	.679	9	1.44	-0.147	5.54	-0.34%	-0.67	P
33	214	110 (4)	Aug 16	BOS		CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.286	.316	.363	.678	9	.42	-0.025	3.70	-0.14%	-0.33	P
34	215	115 (4)	Aug 22	BOS		SLB	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.277	.306	.351	.657	9	2.38	-0.242	10.09	-0.62%	-1.12	P
35	216	119 (3)	Aug 27	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.278	.314	.351	.664	9	1.58	0.023	4.03	0.04%	0.13	P
36	217	124 (4)	Aug 31 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,0-1	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.276	.317	.347	.664	9	.78	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.02	P
							17-19		105	98	8	27	3	2	0	15	6	0	11	0	1		3		0		.276	.317	.347	.664		1.22	0.450	7.08	1.61%	6.21

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