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	16-21 / in Starts: 12-19
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 85 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	52 (21-20-11) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 85 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (24-17-9)

Most Driven In
B Meyer	2
R Shannon	2
W Witt	1
R Grover	0

Most Driven In By
P Bodie	2
R Grover	2
W Witt	2
R Bates	1
A Strunk	0
C Jamieson	0

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 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	145	1	Apr 11	PHA		WSH	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.86	-0.040	2.21	-0.06%	-0.27	P
2	146	5 (3)	Apr 17	PHA		BOS	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.04	-0.071	2.21	-0.09%	-0.52	P
3	147	10 (4)	Apr 23	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.222	.222	.333	.556	9	.70	0.057	1.22	0.06%	0.26	P
4	148	13 (2)	Apr 28	PHA	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.167	.250	.417	9	1.07	-0.078	2.20	-0.10%	-0.67	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
5	149	15 (1)	May 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.133	.133	.200	.333	9	1.03	-0.073	2.38	-0.10%	-0.51	P
6	150	17 (1)	May 8	PHA		NYY	L,2-4	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.133	.133	.200	.333	9						P
7	151	19 (1)	May 11	PHA	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.167	.278	9	1.25	-0.092	1.54	-0.07%	-0.88	P
8	152	24 (4)	May 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.143	.143	.238	.381	9	1.15	0.018	.95	0.01%	0.22	P
9	153	28 (3)	May 20 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.130	.130	.217	.348	9	.94	-0.045	.50	-0.01%	-0.34	P
10	154	31 (2)	May 25	PHA	@	DET	W,10-6	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.125	.125	.208	.333	9	1.67	-0.036	.97	-0.01%	-0.32	P
11	155	33 (1)	May 29 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.179	.179	.250	.429	9	.43	0.013	.20	0.00%	-0.21	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	156	37 (3)	Jun 2	PHA		CHW	L,0-4	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.179	.179	.250	.429	9						P
13	157	46 (8)	Jun 16 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,0-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.194	.233	.427	9	2.60	-0.061	.55	-0.01%	-0.44	P
14	158	50 (3)	Jun 21	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.147	.171	.206	.377	9	.53	-0.050	.07	0.00%	-0.68	P
15	159	56 (5)	Jun 26	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.147	.171	.206	.377	9						P
16	160	61 (4)	Jun 30 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.132	.154	.184	.338	9	.30	-0.038	.01	0.00%	-1.24	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
17	161	67 (5)	Jul 5 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.167	.175	.342	9	1.61	-0.042	.02	0.00%	-0.43	P
18	162	71 (3)	Jul 9	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.159	.196	.205	.400	9	.80	0.108	.01	0.00%	0.96	P
19	163	75 (3)	Jul 13	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.152	.204	.196	.400	9	1.03	-0.045	.01	0.00%	-0.33	P
20	164	77 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.149	.200	.191	.391	9	.83	-0.020	.01	0.00%	-0.20	P
21	165	80 (2)	Jul 18 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,4-3	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.143	.192	.184	.376	9	.27	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.39	P
22	166	83 (2)	Jul 22	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-20	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.140	.189	.180	.369	9	.64	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.14	P
23	167	86 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	PHA		DET	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.140	.189	.180	.369	9						P
24	168	88 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	PHA		DET	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.148	.193	.185	.378	9	.65	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.38	P
25	169	91 (2)	Jul 31	PHA		CLE	L,5-8	5-8	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.161	.203	.196	.400	9	1.64	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.20	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
26	170	100 (8)	Aug 9	PHA		SLB	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.155	.197	.190	.386	9	1.04	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.38	P
27	171	105 (4)	Aug 14	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.150	.203	.183	.386	9	.59	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
28	172	107 (1)	Aug 17	PHA	@	CHW	W,9-7	7-GF(12)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.161	.212	.194	.406	9	2.24	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
29	173	112 (4)	Aug 22	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.156	.206	.188	.393	9	.87	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.38	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
30	174	124 (11)	Sep 3 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,7-4	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.169	.217	.200	.417	9	1.07	0.098	.00	0.00%	0.91	P
31	175	126 (1)	Sep 4	PHA		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.179	.236	.209	.445	9	1.35	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
32	176	132 (5)	Sep 11 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,0-1	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.188	.243	.217	.461	9						P
33	177	139 (6)	Sep 18	PHA		CHW	L,1-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.194	.247	.222	.469	9	1.52	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-0.55	P
34	178	142 (2)	Sep 21	PHA		CLE	L,3-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.194	.247	.222	.469	9						P
35	179	144 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	PHA		CLE	L,1-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.189	.241	.216	.457	9	.53	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.27	P
36	180	148 (3)	Sep 27	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.192	.241	.244	.485	9	1.01	0.162	.00	0.00%	0.72	P
37	181	151 (2)	Sep 29 (2)	PHA		DET	W,12-11	4-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.200	.247	.250	.497	9	2.07	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.62	P
							16-21		85	80	9	16	2	1	0	5	5	0	12	0	0		0		0		.200	.247	.250	.497		1.05	-0.629	.49	-0.38%	-7.02

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