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	21-23 / in Starts: 17-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 115 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	81 (41-26-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 115 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	73 (35-24-14)

Most Driven In
E Foster	2
E Scott	2
R Walters	1
S McInnis	1
W Schang	1
M McNally	0
C Brady	0
B Karr	0

Most Driven In By
M Menosky	3
H Hooper	2
O Vitt	2
W Schang	1
T Hendryx	1
R Walters	1
G Bailey	1
E Foster	1

1920 Batting Game Log

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1920 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	223	2 (1)	Apr 17	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	13-GF(14)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	4.29	-0.097	11.48	-0.16%	-0.48	P
2	224	4 (1)	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.23	-0.128	3.91	-0.24%	-1.56	P
3	225	7 (2)	Apr 23	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	3	.51	0.022	1.73	0.04%	0.00	RF
4	226	9 (1)	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.154	.000	.154	9	.87	-0.107	3.16	-0.23%	-1.03	P
5	227	11 (1)	Apr 28	BOS	@	PHA	T,7-7	GS-7	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	1	.000	.176	.000	.176	3	.96	0.038	3.43	0.08%	0.37	LF
6	228	12	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.000	.190	.000	.190	9	.81	0.170	2.96	0.37%	1.71	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
7	229	18 (5)	May 5	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0	0	.000	.208	.000	.208	9						P
8	230	22 (3)	May 12	BOS		CLE	L,7-9	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.048	.231	.048	.278	9	.90	0.081	4.50	0.25%	0.74	P
9	231	25 (2)	May 18	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.048	.231	.048	.278	9						P
10	232	29 (3)	May 24	BOS		SLB	W,5-1	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.042	.207	.042	.249	9	.62	0.055	2.46	0.13%	-0.32	P
11	233	34 (4)	May 29 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.038	.194	.038	.232	9	2.42	-0.123	10.88	-0.33%	-1.02	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	234	39 (4)	Jun 1 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.038	.194	.038	.232	9						P
13	235	43 (3)	Jun 9	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.036	.182	.036	.218	9	1.50	0.015	4.14	0.03%	0.18	P
14	236	50 (6)	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.032	.189	.032	.221	9	.62	-0.051	.88	-0.04%	-0.38	P
15	237	52 (1)	Jun 19	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.030	.179	.030	.210	4	1.04	-0.054	1.22	-0.04%	-0.40	PH CF
16	238	55 (2)	Jun 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-13	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.029	.171	.029	.199	9	1.25	-0.072	2.48	-0.09%	-0.78	P
17	239	58 (2)	Jun 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-14	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.028	.186	.028	.214	9	.48	0.023	.80	0.02%	0.28	P
18	240	61 (2)	Jun 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.098	.229	.098	.327	9	2.34	0.314	1.47	0.12%	0.50	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
19	241	66 (4)	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-3	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.269	.178	.447	9	.83	0.198	.24	0.03%	2.30	P
20	242	72 (5)	Jul 9	BOS		SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.273	.188	.460	9	.94	-0.039	.15	0.00%	-0.02	P
21	243	74 (1)	Jul 12	BOS		SLB	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.273	.188	.460	1						PR RF
22	244	75	Jul 13	BOS		DET	L,4-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.268	.184	.452	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
23	245	76	Jul 14 (1)	BOS		DET	W,6-5	GS-9	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.276	.196	.472	9	1.21	0.056	.07	0.00%	0.30	P
24	246	81 (4)	Jul 19 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,6-10	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.274	.200	.474	9	1.48	-0.065	.04	0.00%	-0.52	P
25	247	87 (5)	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.277	.207	.484	9	1.27	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.31	P
26	248	92 (4)	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-13	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.284	.217	.500	9	.81	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.07	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
27	249	95 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.275	.210	.485	9	1.33	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.89	P
28	250	96	Aug 2 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.275	.210	.485	8						CF
29	251	98 (1)	Aug 4	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.288	.227	.515	9	.72	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.46	P
30	252	102 (3)	Aug 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.284	.224	.508	9	3.87	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-0.62	P
31	253	103	Aug 9	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.293	.235	.529	2	4.51	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.34	PH
32	254	104	Aug 10	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.232	.303	.246	.549	9	.64	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
33	255	108 (3)	Aug 14	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.288	.233	.520	9	1.47	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.78	P
34	256	113 (4)	Aug 19	BOS		DET	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.277	.224	.501	9	.97	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.64	P
35	257	118 (4)	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.287	.241	.528	9	.53	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.00	P
36	258	120 (1)	Aug 26	BOS		SLB	L,0-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.284	.238	.522	1	.07	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.81	PH
37	259	124 (3)	Aug 31	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.304	.262	.566	9	.56	0.081	.00	0.00%	1.08	P
Sept		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
38	260	129 (4)	Sep 4 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.313	.273	.585	9	1.69	0.071	.00	0.00%	0.21	P
39	261	131 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.309	.270	.579	3	.07	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
40	262	135 (3)	Sep 9	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.250	.310	.272	.582	9	.52	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.75	P
41	263	138 (2)	Sep 12	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.307	.269	.576	9	1.87	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.25	P
42	264	142 (3)	Sep 16	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-0	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0	0	.250	.314	.271	.585	9						P
43	265	146 (3)	Sep 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.306	.263	.568	9	1.48	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.95	P
44	266	150 (3)	Sep 25	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.306	.265	.571	9	.75	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.12	P
45	267	154 (3)	Sep 28 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,6-7	0-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.243	.304	.262	.566	9						PH
							21-23		115	103	14	25	2	0	0	7	9	0	15	0	2		2		0	2	.243	.304	.262	.566		1.13	0.048	1.34	-0.06%	-3.84

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