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	13-31 / in Starts: 9-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 84 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	59 (33-15-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 84 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	55 (27-17-10)

Most Driven In
Self	1
P Traynor	1
J Cronin	1
B Myer	1
R Peckinpaugh	1
O Bluege	1
J Rawlings	1
W Mueller	1

Most Driven In By
K Cuyler	1
Self	1
P Waner	1
H Rhyne	1
E McNeely	1
G Goslin	0

1926 Batting Game Log

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1926 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	514	3 (2)	Apr 15	WSH		PHA	L,3-9	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.77	0.033	2.19	0.06%	0.39	P
2	515	6 (2)	Apr 18	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.17	0.009	3.11	0.02%	-0.35	P
3	516	11 (4)	Apr 24	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	9	1.34	-0.026	3.81	-0.04%	-0.34	P
4	517	12	Apr 25	WSH		BOS	L,6-8	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	4	1.70	-0.049	4.28	-0.08%	-0.33	RF
5	518	16 (3)	Apr 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	9	.63	-0.053	1.87	-0.10%	-1.13	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	519	21 (4)	May 4	WSH	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS-6	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.429	.385	.813	9	1.20	0.167	2.97	0.25%	1.45	P
7	520	25 (3)	May 8	WSH		CHW	L,5-11	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.400	.357	.757	9	.41	-0.011	1.70	-0.03%	-0.31	PH
8	521	30 (4)	May 13	WSH		SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.421	.353	.774	9	.45	-0.050	1.52	-0.10%	-0.77	P
9	522	35 (4)	May 19	WSH		DET	L,0-6	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	9	.82	-0.017	2.64	-0.03%	-0.09	P
10	523	38 (2)	May 22	WSH		DET	T,6-6	4-GF(8)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.391	.300	.691	9	1.72	-0.093	4.43	-0.14%	-0.61	P
11	524	39	May 23	WSH		PHA	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	9	1.89	-0.049	4.73	-0.07%	-0.25	PH
12	525	41 (1)	May 25 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.360	.273	.633	2	2.89	-0.085	7.27	-0.13%	-0.25	PH
13	526	42	May 26	WSH		PHA	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	9	2.03	-0.105	3.95	-0.12%	-0.90	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
14	527	46 (3)	Jun 2 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.310	.231	.541	9	.83	-0.041	2.35	-0.07%	-0.34	P
15	528	47	Jun 2 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.333	.231	.564	5	6.86	0.030	16.32	0.04%	0.17	PH
16	529	51 (3)	Jun 9	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-11	GS-2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.355	.259	.614	9	1.75	0.107	2.17	0.08%	1.07	P
17	530	57 (5)	Jun 17	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-9	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.324	.233	.557	9	1.48	-0.116	.99	-0.05%	-1.66	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
				Player went from Washington Nationals to Pittsburgh Pirates
18	531	74	Jul 6 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.297	.212	.509	9	1.41	-0.109	5.37	-0.25%	-0.94	P
19	532	81 (6)	Jul 14 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,8-12	3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.297	.212	.509	9						P
20	533	84 (2)	Jul 16	PIT		BSN	W,9-7	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	9	.41	-0.017	1.71	-0.04%	-0.12	P
21	534	87 (2)	Jul 20	PIT		BSN	W,8-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	9						P
22	535	89 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	1-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.279	.205	.484	9	.77	-0.060	4.70	-0.22%	-0.73	P
23	536	93 (3)	Jul 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.261	.190	.451	9	.81	-0.062	5.61	-0.26%	-0.50	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
24	537	100 (6)	Aug 3	PIT	@	PHI	W,14-2	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.275	.277	.551	9	.30	0.005	2.09	0.02%	1.12	P
25	538	101	Aug 4 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-14	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.288	.313	.601	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.61	PH
26	539	106 (4)	Aug 7 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG(8)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.291	.314	.605	9	1.56	-0.011	11.08	-0.05%	0.23	P
27	540	111 (4)	Aug 18 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,3-4	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.308	.593	9	1.16	-0.034	8.57	-0.15%	-0.34	P
28	541	114 (2)	Aug 21 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.305	.345	.651	9	1.34	0.204	9.50	0.87%	1.06	P
29	542	115	Aug 21 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,8-5	4-5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.305	.345	.651	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
30	543	116	Aug 23 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,3-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.300	.339	.639	8	1.34	-0.031	9.84	-0.14%	-0.37	PH
31	544	119 (2)	Aug 25	PIT		BRO	L,1-2	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.300	.339	.639	9						P
32	545	121 (1)	Aug 27	PIT		NYG	W,4-0	CG	3	3	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.333	.390	.723	9	.79	0.100	5.93	0.45%	1.13	P
33	546	125 (3)	Aug 30 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.318	.371	.689	9	.86	-0.073	10.24	-0.52%	-0.60	P
34	547	126	Aug 31 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.313	.365	.679	8	.43	-0.013	5.05	-0.09%	-0.24	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
35	548	128 (1)	Sep 1	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.324	.365	.689	8	1.72	0.069	21.73	0.53%	0.39	PH
36	549	130 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-11	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.329	.369	.698	9	1.75	0.059	14.09	0.28%	0.36	P
37	550	135 (4)	Sep 7	PIT		STL	L,0-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.324	.364	.688	8	.02	0.000	.18	0.00%	-0.31	PH
38	551	138 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.338	.391	.729	9	1.02	0.210	6.81	0.84%	1.98	P
39	552	142 (3)	Sep 11	PIT		CIN	L,6-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.333	.386	.719	9	.07	-0.002	.50	-0.01%	-0.11	PH
40	553	143	Sep 12 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.333	.386	.719	9						P
41	554	145 (1)	Sep 13	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.329	.380	.709	7	1.57	-0.044	10.34	-0.17%	-0.50	PH
42	555	147 (1)	Sep 15	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-6	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.321	.370	.690	9	1.33	-0.062	7.84	-0.22%	-0.66	P
43	556	152 (4)	Sep 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.305	.351	.656	9	.49	-0.053	.01	0.00%	-0.87	P
44	557	153	Sep 21	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.301	.346	.647	9	.13	-0.004	.01	0.00%	-0.18	PH
45	558	156 (2)	Sep 25 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,11-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.298	.342	.639	9	.06	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
							13-31		84	79	6	20	4	0	1	10	5	0	12	0	0		0		0	1	.253	.298	.342	.639		1.06	-0.279	4.78	0.36%	-3.91

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