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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Team Record in Appearances: 17-19 / in Starts: 15-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 2

1918 Pitching Game Log

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1918 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	181	4	Apr 19(1)	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	1	1	5	4	0	0	1.00	3.01	34	74	1	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.78	1.27%
2	182	8	Apr 23	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-0)	3	9.0	3	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.50	3.18	31	78	0	0	1	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	6.24	1.66%
3	183	12	Apr 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	0.67	2.71	31	71	0	2	2	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	1.00%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
4	184	16	May 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(3-1)	5	10.1	9	3	3	4	5	0	0	1.21	2.63	41	64	0	1	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	9.71	0.05%
5	185	20	May 8	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-14	GS-5	L(3-2)	4	4.0	5	5	5	2	0	0	0	2.18	2.74	18	30	1	0	2	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.30	-0.92%
6	186	24	May 13	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	10	5	4	7	3	0	0	2.50	2.95	44	45	3	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	5.95	0.18%
7	187	28	May 18	BOS		DET	W,3-1	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	6	1	0	2	3	0	0	2.12	2.84	35	74	2	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	6.76	0.94%
8	188	31	May 23	BOS		CLE	L,0-1	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.09	2.88	5		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.60	0.09%
9	189	32	May 24	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	W(6-2)	0	9.0	7	4	2	4	4	0	0	2.08	2.85	37	61	1	0	1	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.54	-0.44%
10	190	34	May 27	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	9-GF		2	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.18	2.89	4		0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.63	-0.24%
11	191	35	May 28	BOS		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-2)	0	9.0	1	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.93	2.74	30	89	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.21	2.26%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
12	192	40	Jun 1	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-8		3	8.0	7	3	3	5	1	0	0	2.06	2.84	32	52	0	2	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.78	-0.40%
13	193	44	Jun 5	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG(10)	L(7-3)	3	9.1	8	5	3	7	3	0	1	2.14	2.97	43	52	1	2	1	33	1	1	0	0	0	2	13.06	-2.68%
14	194	46	Jun 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-14	3-6		1	3.2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.06	2.93	16		2	1	0	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.71	-0.05%
15	195	49	Jun 10	BOS	@	CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-3)	2	9.0	2	0	0	3	6	0	0	1.89	2.84	32	86	1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	10.13	3.08%
16	196	53	Jun 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	L(8-4)	3	8.2	8	5	3	2	3	0	0	1.98	2.80	36	53	2	0	0	33	0	2	0	1	0	1	12.98	-2.72%
17	197	57	Jun 19	BOS		PHA	L,0-5	CG	L(8-5)	4	9.0	10	5	2	3	3	0	0	1.98	2.78	41	53	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.65	-0.69%
18	198	61	Jun 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(8-6)	4	8.1	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	2.06	2.79	32	56	0	0	1	26	3	1	0	2	1	0	16.22	-2.16%
19	199	64	Jun 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-7	L(8-7)	2	7.0	10	7	3	1	1	1	0	2.15	2.86	34	37	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	2	9.47	-3.01%
20	200	66	Jun 29	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.12	2.84	7		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.50	0.78%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
21	201	68	Jul 2	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(8-8)	2	8.0	7	3	2	4	3	0	0	2.13	2.85	33	57	0	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.97	-0.72%
22	202	70	Jul 4(1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-9	7-GF	S(2)	1	2.1	6	4	2	1	1	1	0	2.21	2.93	15		0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	6.42	0.30%
23	203	73	Jul 6	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	W(9-8)	1	9.0	9	4	4	2	5	0	0	2.31	2.87	37	56	2	1	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	9.96	0.59%
24	204	76	Jul 9	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	SHO(12)	W(10-8)	2	12.0	8	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.15	2.81	43	88	1	1	1	39	1	0	0	0	0	1	16.25	5.43%
25	205	80	Jul 13	BOS		CHW	L,0-5	CG	L(10-9)	3	9.0	12	5	3	1	5	0	0	2.19	2.75	36	51	0	2	1	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.29	-0.69%
26	206	83	Jul 17(1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-0	SHO	W(11-9)	3	9.0	7	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.09	2.73	37	74	0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.73	0.81%
27	207	88	Jul 22(1)	BOS		DET	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(12-9)	4	10.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.99	2.67	36	86	0	1	1	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	7.36	2.24%
28	208	92	Jul 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	W(13-9)	4	9.0	10	4	3	3	3	0	0	2.03	2.67	39	53	4	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	8.64	-0.07%
29	209	96	Jul 31	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	W(14-9)	3	9.0	10	4	3	1	7	1	0	2.07	2.66	39	59	0	0	0	35	0	1	0	1	1	2	7.51	-0.49%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
30	210	101	Aug 4(2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG(6)	L(14-10)	3	6.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.10	2.66	26	50	5	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.91	0.01%
31	211	103	Aug 7	BOS	@	DET	L,8-11	GS-2	L(14-11)	2	2.0	9	7	7	1	2	0	0	2.35	2.65	16	11	0	0	0	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.56	-1.50%
32	212	105	Aug 10(1)	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	CG(10)	L(14-12)	2	10.0	12	5	5	2	10	0	0	2.44	2.58	42	56	1	0	0	38	5	0	1	1	0	0	6.76	-0.06%
33	213	110	Aug 16	BOS		CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(15-12)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.35	2.55	31	79	1	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.84	2.51%
34	214	115	Aug 22	BOS		SLB	L,0-1	CG	L(15-13)	5	9.0	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.31	2.55	35	69	2	1	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	0.58%
35	215	119	Aug 27	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	L(15-14)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	13	0	0	2.30	2.47	36	75	1	1	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	1	4.29	-0.11%
36	216	124	Aug 31(2)	BOS		PHA	L,0-1	GS-6	L(15-15)	3	6.0	7	1	0	2	3	0	0	2.24	2.47	25	57	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							17-19		W-L:15-15,Sv:2	2.8	272.2	241	91	68	91	125	3	1	2.24	2.47	1109	61	31	19	12	986	36	8	4	9	4	17	7.60	6.83%

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