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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3x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

37.0

196

184

ERA

3.51

488

370

3085.1

1318

WHIP

1.378

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-9	GF	27	6.1	1	4	0	5	0
2	6 (3)	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	10 (3)	Apr 25	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16 (5)	May 3	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	GF	11	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
5	27 (10)	May 23	NYY		DET	W,7-6	GS	22	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	30 (2)	May 26	NYY		DET	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	35 (4)	May 31 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	38 (2)	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	44 (5)	Jun 11	NYY	@	DET	L,2-7	GS	30	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	49 (4)	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
11	51 (1)	Jun 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	54 (2)	Jun 22	NYY		BOS	L,2-6	GS	20	4.1	0	2	0	2	0
13	58 (3)	Jun 25	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	CG	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	63 (4)	Jun 30 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	66 (2)	Jul 2 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,8-9		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	69 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	73 (3)	Jul 6	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	74	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,2-10	GS	29	5.2	1	1	0	2	0
19	79 (4)	Jul 11	NYY		CHW	W,12-9	GS	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	81 (1)	Jul 13	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	86 (4)	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,2-9	GS	32	6.0	4	2	0	6	1
22	91 (4)	Jul 21	NYY		DET	L,7-9	GF	33	6.2	0	4	0	4	0
23	97 (5)	Jul 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	102 (4)	Aug 1	NYY	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	106 (3)	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	W,9-2	GS	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	1
26	107	Aug 6	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	GS	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
27	109 (1)	Aug 8	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-10	GS	34	7.0	0	1	1	2	0
28	113 (3)	Aug 13 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
29	117 (3)	Aug 18	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	120 (2)	Aug 24	NYY		DET	L,2-7	GS	42	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
31	125 (4)	Aug 29	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
32	127 (1)	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	L,2-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	131 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	136 (4)	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	140 (3)	Sep 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,16-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
36	144 (3)	Sep 17 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS	33	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
37	147 (2)	Sep 20	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	149 (1)	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	153 (3)	Sep 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							39gm		252.0	24	60	1	85	4