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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3x World Series

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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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Team Record in Appearances: 3-6 / in Starts: 2-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1913	WS g3	Oct 9	PHA	@	NYG	W,8-2	CG	W(1-0)	5	9.0	5	2	1	4	3	0	1	1.00	3.56	34	125	77	24	11	12	10	2	2	4	70			3	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.162	33.62	6.51%	2.25	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
1914 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	1914	WS g3	Oct 12	PHA	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG(12)	L(0-1)	4	11.0	9	5	4	4	4	1	0	3.27	3.98	46	177	107	24	11	20	14	5	4	4	61			3	0	0	40	3	0	2	0	1	1	1.59	-0.281	63.39	-8.27%	-1.06	1b start a 1	12b 12- 0 out d1
1918 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	1918	WS g2	Sep 6	BOS	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(0-1)	5	8.0	7	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.38	3.36	31	93	58	14	6	12	14	4	3	2	53			0	3	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	1	.57	-0.161	28.67	-4.50%	0.25	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
4	1918	WS g4	Sep 9	BOS		CHC	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.23	2	9	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.04	0.422	356.78	13.81%	1.35	9t 12- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
1922 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	1922	WS g1	Oct 4	NYY	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	3	7.0	11	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.86	2.72	31	107	71	17	9	13	10	0	6	4	45			0	1	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.62	-0.181	84.77	-5.90%	0.66	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out tie
6	1922	WS g5	Oct 8	NYY	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(0-2)	3	8.0	10	5	5	4	3	0	0	4.80	3.35	35	118	72	16	9	16	9	3	3	3	41			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	3	0	0	1.76	-0.319	43.27	-4.43%	-0.42	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
1923 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	1923	WS g1	Oct 10	NYY		NYG	L,4-5	3-GF	L(0-1)	4	6.2	4	1	1	2	2	1	0	1.35	5.29	23					11	8	3	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.22	0.048	63.98	1.01%	2.25	3t --3 1 out tie	9t end d 1
8	1923	WS g3	Oct 12	NYY		NYG	L,0-1	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	4.99	3					1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.043	34.88	1.77%	0.55	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
9	1923	WS g5	Oct 14	NYY		NYG	W,8-1	CG	W(1-1)	1	9.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.08	3.94	32					13	12	1	0	2	78			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	.28	0.093	23.20	4.22%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
											60.2	49	20	18	20	18	2	1	2.67		237																			3

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