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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Team Record in Appearances: 18-17 / in Starts: 16-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 1

1920 Pitching Game Log

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1920 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	219	2	Apr 17	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	13-GF(14)	W(1-0)	99	2.0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	1.80	9		2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.68	0.45%
2	220	4	Apr 19(2)	BOS		NYY	W,8-3	CG	W(2-0)	1	9.0	7	3	3	5	5	0	1	2.45	3.35	42	61	0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	3	3.42	0.48%
3	221	9	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(2-1)	5	8.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	1	2.37	3.49	31	59	3	4	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	2	2.94	0.18%
4	222	12	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	9	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.93	3.09	35	68	0	0	1	33	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.95	0.53%
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
5	223	18	May 5	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	GS-		5	9.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.19	3.10	36	61				30	1	0	0		0
6	224	22	May 12	BOS		CLE	L,7-9	GS-5	L(3-2)	6	4.0	5	8	8	5	1	0	1	3.73	3.46	22	16	1	2	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	6.34	-2.10%
7	225	25	May 18	BOS		CHW	L,3-4	GS-2	L(3-3)	5	1.2	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.22	3.58	10	33	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	4.37	-0.56%
8	226	29	May 24	BOS		SLB	W,5-1	CG	W(4-3)	5	9.0	7	1	0	2	2	0	0	3.48	3.48	38	71	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.84	0.71%
9	227	34	May 29(1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	7.0	7	4	3	2	2	1	0	3.53	3.65	29	49	0	0	1	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	3.70	-0.39%
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
10	228	39	Jun 1(2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-7	GS-3	L(4-5)	2	2.1	7	6	6	5	3	0	1	4.28	3.82	19	17	1	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	3.65	-0.58%
11	229	43	Jun 9	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(5-5)	7	9.0	8	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.99	3.74	36	62	1	0	0	33	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.61	1.02%
12	230	50	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	W(6-5)	7	9.0	5	1	1	5	3	0	0	3.65	3.75	34	71	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.40	0.64%
13	231	55	Jun 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-13	GS-4	L(6-6)	4	4.0	11	7	7	2	2	0	0	4.23	3.73	25	12	0	0	0	22	5	0	1	0	0	0	2.69	-0.62%
14	232	58	Jun 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-14	GS-6	L(6-7)	3	5.1	14	12	10	3	2	0	2	4.99	3.80	34	-5	2	0	0	28	2	2	0	1	0	1	1.00	-0.28%
15	233	61	Jun 30(1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(7-7)	3	10.0	11	3	2	2	3	0	0	4.67	3.70	39	61	1	2	0	36	2	0	1	1	0	2	.97	0.14%
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
16	234	66	Jul 5(2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-3	CG	W(8-7)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.53	3.59	34	61	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.03%
17	235	72	Jul 9	BOS		SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(9-7)	3	9.0	10	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.26	3.51	37	65	1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.05%
18	236	76	Jul 14(1)	BOS		DET	W,6-5	GS-9		4	8.0	3	4	2	4	6	0	1	4.13	3.49	30	66	2	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.07	0.00%
19	237	81	Jul 19(1)	BOS		CLE	L,6-10	CG	L(9-8)	4	9.0	17	10	8	6	3	0	0	4.39	3.53	49	14	0	0	0	42	3	1	0	1	0	1	.04	-0.01%
20	238	87	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	L,4-7	GS-8	L(9-9)	4	8.0	12	7	6	1	1	1	1	4.52	3.61	39	32	1	0	0	34	3	0	1	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
21	239	92	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-13	GS-5	L(9-10)	5	5.0	7	8	4	5	1	0	1	4.61	3.69	27	25	2	0	0	20	2	0	0	2	0	1	.00	0.00%
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
22	240	95	Aug 2(1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-3	L(9-11)	2	3.0	8	5	3	1	1	0	0	4.70	3.68	17	27	0	1	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
23	241	98	Aug 4	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	W(10-11)	1	9.0	11	1	0	1	7	0	0	4.43	3.56	37	69	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	2	0	0	.00	0.00%
24	242	102	Aug 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.41	3.57	4		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
25	243	104	Aug 10	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-6	GS-4	L(10-12)	1	4.0	8	4	3	1	0	0	0	4.46	3.57	20	31	0	0	0	19	2	1	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
26	244	108	Aug 14	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	W(11-12)	3	9.0	8	3	3	0	6	0	0	4.39	3.46	36	65	1	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
27	245	113	Aug 19	BOS		DET	L,0-4	CG	L(11-13)	4	9.0	12	4	4	3	1	0	0	4.37	3.47	39	45	3	1	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
28	246	118	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	W(12-13)	4	9.0	9	2	2	3	1	0	1	4.26	3.49	38	59	0	1	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
29	247	124	Aug 31	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	CG	W(13-13)	6	9.0	10	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.20	3.46	37	55	0	1	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
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
30	248	129	Sep 4(2)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	W(14-13)	3	9.0	9	5	5	6	9	1	0	4.23	3.50	41	52	0	0	1	35	4	0	1	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
31	249	135	Sep 9	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	L(14-14)	4	8.2	11	6	6	5	2	0	0	4.31	3.52	41	35	0	0	0	35	0	0	2	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
32	250	138	Sep 12	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-7	7-GF	S(1)	2	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.27	3.50	8		0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
33	251	142	Sep 16	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-		3	8.0	11	6	5	5	2	0	0	4.32	3.53	39	35				31	1	2	0		1
34	252	146	Sep 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-8	GS-7	L(14-15)	3	7.0	13	8	7	4	1	0	0	4.46	3.55	34	18	1	0	0	29	1	2	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
35	253	150	Sep 25	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	CG	W(15-15)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.36	3.52	39	62	0	0	0	37	5	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
							18-17		W-L:15-15,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.7	243.1	287	138	118	94	88	3	10	4.36	3.52	1085	45	22	13	3	953	55	12	6	19	6	16	1.25	-0.33%

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