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	20-18 / in Starts: 17-13
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 116 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	76 (38-26-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 116 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	77 (38-24-14)

Most Driven In
A Ward	5
W Schang	5
E Scott	3
F Hofmann	2
Self	2
B Bengough	1
B Meusel	1
H Hendrick	1

Most Driven In By
W Witt	5
J Dugan	2
Self	2
W Pipp	1
B Ruth	1
L Gehrig	1

1923 Batting Game Log

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1923 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	358	2 (1)	Apr 19	NYY		BOS	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.750	.750	.750	1.500	9	.47	0.030	1.35	0.05%	1.72	P
2	359	5 (2)	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.600	.600	.600	1.200	9	5.15	-0.150	17.42	-0.30%	-0.34	PH
3	360	6	Apr 23	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.500	.429	.929	9	1.18	-0.006	3.65	-0.01%	-0.30	P
4	361	9 (2)	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.500	.429	.929	9						P
5	362	11 (1)	Apr 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	9	1.44	-0.122	4.70	-0.24%	-0.88	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
6	363	13 (1)	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-7	7-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.417	.455	.871	9	2.58	0.224	8.49	0.44%	1.00	P
7	364	17 (3)	May 5	NYY		PHA	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.375	.467	.842	9	.46	-0.004	1.69	-0.01%	-0.08	P
8	365	21 (3)	May 12	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.300	.368	.668	9	2.18	-0.224	9.61	-0.59%	-1.47	P
9	366	23 (1)	May 14	NYY	@	DET	W,16-11	9-GF(12)	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.318	.429	.747	9	2.86	0.014	12.92	0.04%	1.51	P
10	367	26 (2)	May 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-2	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.308	.400	.708	9	.67	0.056	3.17	0.16%	0.01	P
11	368	32 (5)	May 24	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.267	.345	.611	9	1.62	-0.197	10.11	-0.74%	-1.22	P
12	369	38 (5)	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.265	.333	.598	9	.71	-0.066	3.56	-0.20%	-0.87	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
13	370	42 (3)	Jun 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.243	.306	.549	9	.63	-0.049	3.00	-0.14%	-0.51	P
14	371	46 (3)	Jun 9	NYY		CLE	L,3-13	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.231	.289	.520	9	1.05	-0.088	6.60	-0.33%	-0.68	P
15	372	48 (1)	Jun 11	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.231	.289	.520	9						P
16	373	50 (1)	Jun 13	NYY		SLB	W,5-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.238	.341	.580	9	1.03	0.093	5.73	0.31%	0.34	P
17	374	54 (3)	Jun 17	NYY		DET	W,9-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.283	.364	.646	9	.41	0.098	2.18	0.32%	2.56	P
18	375	57 (2)	Jun 20	NYY		DET	L,7-9	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.283	.364	.646	9						P
19	376	59 (1)	Jun 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.280	.375	.655	9	.56	0.087	2.97	0.28%	0.56	P
20	377	63 (3)	Jun 29	NYY		PHA	W,10-9	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.278	.423	.701	9	.73	0.160	4.85	0.64%	0.83	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
21	378	67 (3)	Jul 3	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG(15)	6	5	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.281	.317	.491	.808	9	1.53	0.375	6.01	0.88%	1.90	P
22	379	72 (4)	Jul 8	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.328	.492	.820	9	.49	-0.001	1.52	0.00%	-0.12	P
23	380	77 (4)	Jul 13	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.309	.462	.770	9	1.77	-0.175	2.68	-0.16%	-0.95	P
24	381	82 (4)	Jul 16 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.310	.456	.766	9	.68	0.027	1.54	0.04%	0.17	P
25	382	93 (10)	Jul 29 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.297	.437	.734	9	.77	-0.061	.20	-0.01%	-0.48	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	383	96 (2)	Aug 1	NYY		CLE	L,3-5	1-GF	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.295	.427	.722	9	1.19	-0.115	.63	-0.04%	-1.53	P
27	384	100 (3)	Aug 6	NYY		SLB	W,5-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.296	.423	.719	9	1.65	0.067	.52	0.01%	0.16	P
28	385	104 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	NYY		DET	W,10-4	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.301	.450	.751	9	.53	0.066	.23	0.02%	1.60	P
29	386	106 (1)	Aug 12	NYY		DET	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.302	.446	.748	9	1.09	-0.034	.47	-0.01%	-0.22	P
30	387	109 (2)	Aug 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.300	.460	.760	9	.98	0.021	.31	0.00%	0.33	P
31	388	113 (3)	Aug 22	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.290	.444	.735	9	.70	-0.055	.09	0.00%	-0.73	P
32	389	117 (3)	Aug 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.289	.436	.725	9	.72	-0.055	.17	-0.01%	-0.59	P
Sep/Oct		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
33	390	122 (4)	Sep 2	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.280	.423	.703	9	1.70	-0.125	.04	0.00%	-1.04	P
34	391	128 (5)	Sep 9 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.279	.416	.695	9	.78	0.097	.00	0.00%	0.56	P
35	392	134 (5)	Sep 13	NYY		CHW	W,9-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.287	.429	.716	9	.30	0.091	.00	0.00%	1.39	P
36	393	139 (4)	Sep 17	NYY		CLE	L,2-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.291	.430	.721	9	.93	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.14	P
37	394	144 (4)	Sep 26	NYY		DET	L,3-8	GS-10	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.292	.427	.719	9	1.25	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.04	P
38	395	150 (5)	Oct 5	NYY		PHA	W,8-4	5-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.293	.425	.718	7	.42	0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.05	P
							20-18		116	113	12	31	5	3	2	21	3	0	8	0	0		1		0	0	.274	.293	.425	.718		1.04	0.006	2.92	0.39%	2.69

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