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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

3x World Series

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

37.0

196

184

ERA

3.51

488

370

3085.1

1318

WHIP

1.378

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-36 / in Starts: 19-12
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	49 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 133 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	78 (43-22-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 133 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	88 (44-28-16)

Most Driven In
E Scott	3
W Pipp	2
M McNally	2
A Ward	2
F Hofmann	1
B Meusel	1
E Johnson	1
M Hillis	1

Most Driven In By
J Dugan	5
B Ruth	3
W Witt	2
H Hendrick	1
W Pipp	1
Self	1

1924 Batting Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1924 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	396	2 (1)	Apr 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-9	2-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2		0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.13	0.016	.38	0.03%	0.61	P
2	397	6 (3)	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	.89	-0.100	1.90	-0.13%	-1.48	P
3	398	10 (3)	Apr 25	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	9	.71	0.115	2.06	0.20%	1.30	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	399	16 (5)	May 3	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	7-GF	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.455	.500	.455	.955	9	1.61	0.115	5.41	0.23%	0.84	P
5	400	23 (6)	May 15	NYY		SLB	L,1-2	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.455	.538	.455	.993	9	6.07	0.040	26.70	0.11%	0.15	PH
6	401	27 (3)	May 23	NYY		DET	W,7-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.417	.500	.417	.917	9	.99	-0.026	4.35	-0.07%	-0.26	P
7	402	30 (2)	May 26	NYY		DET	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	9	.58	0.034	2.42	0.09%	0.13	P
8	403	32 (1)	May 28 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.421	.471	.892	9	.94	-0.025	4.04	-0.06%	-0.26	PH
9	404	34 (1)	May 30 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.389	.450	.500	.950	9	1.96	0.055	7.92	0.13%	0.14	PH
10	405	35	May 31 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.417	.455	.871	9	.72	-0.018	2.92	-0.04%	-1.69	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
11	406	38 (2)	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.360	.407	.440	.847	9	1.66	0.031	7.54	0.09%	0.40	P
12	407	42 (3)	Jun 9	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.346	.393	.423	.816	7	3.30	-0.103	15.21	-0.28%	-0.72	PH
13	408	44 (1)	Jun 11	NYY	@	DET	L,2-7	GS-7	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.379	.419	.483	.902	9	.60	0.051	3.02	0.15%	0.24	P
14	409	48 (3)	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.367	.406	.467	.873	9	.01	0.000	.05	0.00%	-0.40	PH
15	410	49	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.389	.441	.830	9	1.23	-0.028	5.78	-0.08%	-0.51	P
16	411	51 (1)	Jun 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.343	.378	.429	.807	9	3.13	-0.079	14.86	-0.22%	-0.33	P
17	412	54 (2)	Jun 22	NYY		BOS	L,2-6	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.361	.395	.444	.839	9	.40	0.013	2.18	0.04%	0.14	P
18	413	55	Jun 23 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.351	.385	.432	.817	1	1.78	-0.053	9.35	-0.17%	-0.35	PH
19	414	56	Jun 23 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,2-4	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.368	.400	.447	.847	9	2.98	0.204	15.11	0.62%	1.10	PH
20	415	58 (1)	Jun 25	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.341	.372	.415	.787	9	1.16	-0.097	5.12	-0.26%	-0.62	P
21	416	59	Jun 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.386	.429	.815	9	1.03	-0.027	3.75	-0.06%	-0.18	PH
22	417	63 (3)	Jun 30 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.391	.417	.457	.873	9	.46	0.125	1.66	0.28%	2.32	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
23	418	66 (2)	Jul 2 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,8-9	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.391	.417	.457	.873	9						P
24	419	69 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.380	.404	.460	.864	9	.87	-0.014	4.69	-0.05%	-0.22	P
25	420	73 (3)	Jul 6	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.380	.404	.460	.864	9						P
26	421	74	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,2-10	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.365	.389	.442	.831	9	.97	-0.057	5.75	-0.20%	-0.51	P
27	422	78 (3)	Jul 10 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,18-5	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.377	.400	.453	.853	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.14	PH
28	423	79	Jul 11	NYY		CHW	W,12-9	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.382	.404	.455	.858	9	.91	-0.011	5.66	-0.04%	-0.05	P
29	424	81 (1)	Jul 13	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.373	.393	.441	.834	9	.53	0.093	3.47	0.37%	1.17	P
30	425	83 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,4-9	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.373	.403	.441	.844	9	.04	0.001	.26	0.01%	0.28	PH
31	426	85 (1)	Jul 16	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.367	.397	.433	.830	9	1.58	-0.047	9.96	-0.18%	-0.25	PH
32	427	86	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,2-9	GS-7	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.387	.415	.468	.883	9	.83	0.085	5.09	0.31%	0.71	P
33	428	91 (4)	Jul 21	NYY		DET	L,7-9	3-GF	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.379	.406	.470	.875	9	1.13	-0.010	10.43	-0.06%	0.23	P
34	429	92	Jul 22	NYY		DET	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.373	.400	.463	.863	9	4.84	-0.115	45.03	-0.64%	-0.50	PH
35	430	94 (1)	Jul 24	NYY		DET	L,4-5	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.368	.394	.456	.850	9	1.89	-0.102	17.22	-0.56%	-1.19	PH
36	431	97 (2)	Jul 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.366	.392	.451	.843	9	.45	-0.030	2.64	-0.11%	-0.42	P
37	432	100 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.361	.387	.444	.831	9	2.18	-0.059	16.31	-0.26%	-0.27	PH
38	433	101	Jul 31 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.356	.382	.438	.820	6	2.98	0.114	22.05	0.51%	0.40	PH
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
39	434	102	Aug 1	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.363	.416	.778	9	.59	-0.067	4.29	-0.29%	-0.93	P
40	435	103	Aug 2	NYY	@	SLB	L,8-12	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.338	.370	.416	.786	9	.59	0.027	4.55	0.12%	0.40	PH
41	436	104	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.346	.378	.436	.814	9	.44	0.032	4.28	0.19%	1.17	PH
42	437	106 (1)	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	W,9-2	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.342	.373	.430	.804	9	.42	-0.011	4.37	-0.07%	-0.18	P
43	438	107	Aug 6	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.342	.373	.430	.804	9						P
44	439	109 (1)	Aug 8	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-10	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.325	.356	.410	.766	9	.78	-0.086	5.86	-0.39%	-0.98	P
45	440	113 (3)	Aug 13 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.356	.419	.774	9	.83	0.012	7.37	0.06%	-0.01	P
46	441	114	Aug 14	NYY		SLB	L,5-8	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.363	.419	.781	9	.70	0.027	6.11	0.14%	0.67	PH
47	442	115	Aug 16	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.370	.425	.795	9	1.13	0.047	8.93	0.22%	0.28	PH
48	443	117 (1)	Aug 18	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.322	.358	.411	.769	9	.61	-0.048	4.97	-0.24%	-0.63	P
49	444	120 (2)	Aug 24	NYY		DET	L,2-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.347	.398	.745	9	1.45	-0.112	16.31	-0.76%	-0.85	P
50	445	125 (4)	Aug 29	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.343	.392	.735	9	1.51	-0.096	23.19	-0.89%	-0.95	P
51	446	127 (1)	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	L,2-4	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.340	.388	.728	9	1.90	-0.049	30.94	-0.48%	-0.18	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
52	447	131 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.336	.402	.738	9	.33	0.013	3.06	0.07%	-0.04	P
53	448	136 (4)	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.324	.387	.711	9	1.30	-0.140	12.71	-0.83%	-1.26	P
54	449	137	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.330	.402	.732	9	5.16	0.284	51.45	1.70%	1.65	PH
55	450	140 (2)	Sep 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,16-1	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.342	.420	.762	9	.09	0.016	1.08	0.12%	1.39	P
56	451	144 (3)	Sep 17 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS-7	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.347	.431	.778	9	.42	-0.007	6.03	-0.06%	0.44	P
57	452	145	Sep 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	9-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.325	.352	.462	.814	1	2.98	0.317	42.77	2.73%	1.00	PH
58	453	147 (1)	Sep 20	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.331	.358	.466	.824	8	2.18	0.079	36.03	0.78%	0.40	P
59	454	148	Sep 21	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0	0	.331	.363	.466	.829	7						PH
60	455	149	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.331	.367	.479	.847	9	1.07	-0.024	15.28	-0.21%	-0.05	P
61	456	153 (3)	Sep 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.336	.371	.480	.851	9	1.58	0.112	53.24	2.26%	2.06	P
							25-36		133	125	14	42	9	3	1	15	7	0	6	0	1		3		0	0	.336	.371	.480	.851		1.05	0.417	9.22	3.90%	3.49

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Bush Pages

Bullet Joe Bush Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Bullet Joe Bush Pages at Baseball Reference