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	23-34 / in Starts: 15-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 109 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	82 (39-27-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 109 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	74 (37-23-13)

Most Driven In
B Jacobson	3
H Severeid	3
Self	2
G Robertson	2
L Dixon	2
H Bennett	1
B LaMotte	1
K Williams	1

Most Driven In By
B LaMotte	2
Self	2
J Tobin	1
G Robertson	1
G Sisler	1
H Rice	1
H Bennett	0

1925 Batting Game Log

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1925 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	457	1	Apr 14	SLB		CLE	L,14-21	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.87	-0.026	2.14	-0.04%	-0.37	P
2	458	3 (1)	Apr 17	SLB		CLE	L,0-1	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	2.53	-0.069	5.43	-0.09%	-0.28	PH
3	459	4	Apr 18	SLB		CHW	L,5-14	GS-7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	1.41	-0.045	2.61	-0.05%	-0.62	P
4	460	6 (1)	Apr 20	SLB		CHW	L,10-11	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9	1.88	-0.051	3.35	-0.06%	-0.28	PH
5	461	8 (1)	Apr 22	SLB	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	9	1.41	-0.048	2.76	-0.06%	-0.44	P
6	462	12 (3)	Apr 26	SLB	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.167	.182	.348	9	.43	-0.035	.69	-0.03%	-0.63	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
7	463	16 (3)	May 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.143	.154	.297	9	.84	-0.047	1.87	-0.06%	-0.43	P
8	464	20 (3)	May 5	SLB		DET	L,8-14	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.143	.154	.297	9						P
9	465	21	May 6	SLB		DET	L,4-11	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.133	.143	.276	9	.34	-0.009	.55	-0.01%	-0.20	PH
10	466	23 (1)	May 8	SLB		NYY	L,0-12	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.133	.143	.276	9						P
11	467	25 (1)	May 10	SLB		NYY	L,1-13	4-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.188	.143	.330	9	.54	0.014	.78	0.01%	0.35	PH
12	468	26	May 11	SLB		NYY	W,19-10	5-GF	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.176	.263	.294	.557	9	.57	0.136	.74	0.11%	2.56	P
13	469	28 (1)	May 13	SLB		WSH	L,1-8	8-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.389	.689	9	.15	0.010	.26	0.01%	0.90	PH
14	470	30 (1)	May 15	SLB		WSH	L,7-12	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.389	.689	9						P
15	471	34 (3)	May 19	SLB		BOS	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.333	.500	.833	9	.37	0.078	.27	0.03%	1.49	P
16	472	35	May 20	SLB		PHA	L,6-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.320	.478	.798	9	2.00	-0.053	2.32	-0.04%	-0.48	PH
17	473	36	May 21	SLB		PHA	L,4-20	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.458	.766	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.62	PH
18	474	38 (1)	May 24	SLB		PHA	L,1-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.345	.462	.806	9	1.36	0.046	1.23	0.03%	0.14	P
19	475	40 (1)	May 26 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,5-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.367	.481	.848	9	5.23	0.158	3.86	0.07%	1.00	PH
20	476	42 (1)	May 28	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.333	.433	.767	9	.39	-0.033	.29	-0.02%	-0.53	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
21	477	47 (4)	Jun 1	SLB	@	CLE	W,10-2	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.333	.433	.767	9						P
22	478	49 (1)	Jun 3	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-6	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.324	.419	.743	7	1.78	-0.053	1.88	-0.03%	-0.36	PH
23	479	50	Jun 4	SLB	@	CLE	L,10-11	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.343	.438	.780	7	5.51	0.654	7.32	0.52%	1.88	PH P RF
24	480	52 (1)	Jun 6	SLB	@	NYY	L,9-11	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.333	.424	.758	9	2.17	-0.058	1.75	-0.03%	-0.27	PH
25	481	53	Jun 7	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.300	.378	.678	9	.54	-0.109	.38	-0.05%	-2.75	P
26	482	57 (3)	Jun 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.279	.350	.629	9	1.38	-0.126	1.47	-0.08%	-1.31	P
27	483	61 (3)	Jun 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.233	.283	.372	.655	9	1.51	0.096	1.29	0.05%	1.11	P
28	484	64 (2)	Jun 20	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-11	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.277	.364	.640	9	1.30	-0.034	.87	-0.01%	-0.35	PH
29	485	65	Jun 22	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.255	.314	.447	.761	9	.57	0.137	.26	0.04%	3.49	P
30	486	66	Jun 25	SLB	@	DET	L,2-3	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.327	.447	.774	9	1.31	0.039	.37	0.01%	0.22	PH
31	487	68 (1)	Jun 27	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.304	.412	.715	9	1.23	-0.124	.27	-0.02%	-1.93	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
32	488	72 (3)	Jul 1	SLB		CHW	W,8-6	4-GF	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.322	.426	.748	9	2.01	0.262	.31	0.02%	2.04	P
33	489	75 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		DET	L,1-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.255	.317	.418	.735	9						PH
34	490	77 (1)	Jul 5	SLB		DET	W,6-5	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.323	.439	.761	9	.66	0.027	.08	0.00%	0.31	P
35	491	82 (4)	Jul 10 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,13-3	CG(8)	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	1		1	0	0				0	0	.279	.343	.459	.802	9						P
36	492	87 (4)	Jul 15	SLB		BOS	W,11-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.352	.523	.875	9	.21	0.092	.05	0.01%	0.67	P
37	493	92 (4)	Jul 20	SLB		PHA	L,3-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.338	.500	.838	9	1.17	-0.095	.37	-0.02%	-0.69	P
38	494	96 (3)	Jul 26	SLB		CLE	L,6-11	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.338	.500	.838	9						P
39	495	98 (1)	Jul 29	SLB	@	NYY	L,7-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.333	.493	.826	9	1.53	-0.041	.04	0.00%	-0.27	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
40	496	100 (1)	Aug 1	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.301	.354	.521	.875	9	1.23	0.296	.01	0.00%	2.44	P
41	497	103 (2)	Aug 6 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.307	.358	.520	.878	9	1.47	0.015	.02	0.00%	0.08	P
42	498	106 (2)	Aug 8	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.354	.513	.867	9	.21	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH
43	499	107	Aug 10	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.341	.494	.835	9	1.19	-0.178	.01	0.00%	-2.11	P
44	500	109 (1)	Aug 12	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.337	.488	.825	9	.20	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.13	PH
45	501	114 (4)	Aug 18	SLB		PHA	W,7-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.333	.481	.815	9	.41	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.37	P
46	502	116 (1)	Aug 20	SLB		PHA	W,7-6	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.330	.476	.805	9	1.42	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.40	PH
47	503	117	Aug 21	SLB		BOS	W,9-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.337	.488	.825	9	.65	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.09	P
48	504	118	Aug 22	SLB		BOS	L,4-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.333	.483	.816	9	.34	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.20	PH
49	505	123 (4)	Aug 27	SLB		WSH	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.320	.462	.781	9	1.17	-0.150	.00	0.00%	-2.17	P
50	506	126 (2)	Aug 30	SLB		NYY	W,7-6	5-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.320	.462	.781	9	2.83	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.69	PH
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
51	507	127	Sep 3	SLB		CHW	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.313	.452	.765	9	1.30	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.62	P
52	508	132 (4)	Sep 8	SLB	@	DET	L,1-11	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.310	.447	.757	9	.20	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
53	509	137 (4)	Sep 13	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.307	.442	.749	8	2.61	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.38	PH
54	510	144 (6)	Sep 20	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.263	.305	.444	.749	9						P
55	511	146 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-6	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.302	.440	.742	9	.92	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.10	PH
56	512	148 (1)	Sep 24	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.299	.436	.735	9	3.73	-0.113	.00	0.00%	-0.37	PH
57	513	150 (1)	Sep 26	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.255	.296	.431	.728	9						PH
							23-34		109	102	10	26	12	0	2	20	6	0	8	0	0		2		2	0	.255	.296	.431	.728		1.13	0.311	.76	0.23%	-1.83

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