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, 3,843rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 8.0 IP, 14 H, 3 SO, 4 BB, 0 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

37.2

196

184

ERA

3.51

488

370

3085.1

1318

WHIP

1.378

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1912	19	PHA	AL	0	0		7.88	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	14	10	7	0	4		3	0	0	0	42	41	3.60	2.250	15.8	0.0	4.5	3.4	0.75
1913	20	PHA	AL	15	6	.714	3.82	39	16	20	6	1	3	200.1	199	95	85	3	66		81	5	1	5	842	72	3.01	1.323	8.9	0.1	3.0	3.6	1.23
1914	21	PHA	AL	17	13	.567	3.06	38	23	10	14	2	2	206.0	184	84	70	2	81		109	8	0	3	848	85	2.80	1.286	8.0	0.1	3.5	4.8	1.35
1915	22	PHA	AL	5	15	.250	4.14	25	18	5	8	0	0	145.2	137	86	67	3	89		89	4	0	10	613	70	3.37	1.551	8.5	0.2	5.5	5.5	1.00
1916	23	PHA	AL	15	24	.385	2.57	40	33	6	25	8	0	286.2	222	109	82	3	130		157	3	0	15	1145	110	2.75	1.228	7.0	0.1	4.1	4.9	1.21
1917	24	PHA	AL	11	17	.393	2.47	37	31	4	17	4	2	233.1	207	101	64	3	111		121	1	0	7	972	110	2.83	1.363	8.0	0.1	4.3	4.7	1.09
1918	25	BOS	AL	15	15	.500	2.11	36	31	4	26	7	2	272.2	241	88	64	3	91		125	3	0	5	1119	128	2.49	1.218	8.0	0.1	3.0	4.1	1.37
1919	26	BOS	AL	0	0		3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	3	3	0	4		2	0	0	1	30	84	3.63	1.857	11.6	0.0	5.1	2.6	0.50
1920	27	BOS	AL	15	15	.500	4.25	35	32	3	18	0	1	243.2	287	138	115	3	94		88	10	0	4	1061	86	3.52	1.564	10.6	0.1	3.5	3.3	0.94
1921	28	BOS	AL	16	9	.640	3.50	37	32	4	21	3	2	254.1	244	111	99	10	93		96	6	0	7	1066	121	4.06	1.325	8.6	0.4	3.3	3.4	1.03
1922	29	NYY	AL	26	7	.788	3.31	39	30	8	20	0	3	255.1	240	109	94	16	85		92	1	0	5	1062	121	4.25	1.273	8.5	0.6	3.0	3.2	1.08	MVP-4
1923	30	NYY	AL	19	15	.559	3.43	37	30	6	22	3	0	275.2	263	115	105	7	117		125	5	0	12	1173	115	3.79	1.378	8.6	0.2	3.8	4.1	1.07
1924	31	NYY	AL	17	16	.515	3.57	39	31	6	19	3	1	252.0	262	117	100	9	*109*		80	7	0	7	1106	117	3.95	1.472	9.4	0.3	3.9	2.9	0.73
1925	32	SLB	AL	14	14	.500	5.09	33	30	3	15	2	0	208.2	230	129	118	18	91		63	2	0	4	935	92	4.05	1.538	9.9	0.8	3.9	2.7	0.69
1926	33	TOT	MLB	7	14	.333	4.45	31	23	5	12	2	3	182.0	180	99	90	13	70		65	7	0	0	790	88	4.51	1.374	8.9	0.6	3.5	3.2	0.93
1926	33	WSH	AL	1	8	.111	6.69	12	11	1	3	0	0	71.1	83	54	53	6	35		27	5	0	0	331	58	5.05	1.654	10.5	0.8	4.4	3.4	0.77
1926	33	PIT	NL	6	6	.500	3.01	19	12	4	9	2	3	110.2	97	45	37	7	35		38	2	0	0	459	130	4.17	1.193	7.9	0.6	2.8	3.1	1.09
1927	34	TOT	NL	2	3	.400	9.64	8	5	2	1	0	0	18.2	32	24	20	2	10		7	0	0	1	100	43	4.75	2.250	15.4	1.0	4.8	3.4	0.70
1927	34	PIT	NL	1	2	.333	13.50	5	3	1	0	0	0	6.2	14	14	10	1	5		1	0	0	1	42	32	6.40	2.850	18.9	1.4	6.8	1.4	0.20
1927	34	NYG	NL	1	1	.500	7.50	3	2	1	1	0	0	12.0	18	10	10	1	5		6	0	0	0	58	53	3.84	1.917	13.5	0.8	3.8	4.5	1.20
1928	35	PHA	AL	2	1	.667	5.09	11	2	7	1	0	1	35.1	39	21	20	1	18	1	15	1	0	1	157	79	4.16	1.613	9.9	0.3	4.6	3.8	0.83
17 Yrs				196	184	.516	3.51	488	370	93	225	35	20	3085.1	2990	1439	1203	96	1263	1	1318	63	1	87	13061	100	3.49	1.378	8.7	0.3	3.7	3.8	1.04
162 Game Avg.				16	15	.516	3.51	39	29	7	18	3	2	245	237	114	95	8	100	0	104	5	0	7	1035	100	3.49	1.378	8.7	0.3	3.7	3.8	1.04
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
PHA (7 yrs)				65	76	.461	3.19	191	124	52	71	15	8	1115.1	1002	506	395	15	499	1	575	22	1	41	4619	88	2.95	1.346	8.1	0.1	4.0	4.6	1.15
BOS (4 yrs)				46	39	.541	3.25	110	97	11	65	10	5	777.2	781	340	281	16	282		311	19	0	17	3276	108	3.34	1.367	9.0	0.2	3.3	3.6	1.10
NYY (3 yrs)				62	38	.620	3.44	115	91	20	61	6	4	783.0	765	341	299	32	311		297	13	0	24	3341	118	3.99	1.374	8.8	0.4	3.6	3.4	0.96
PIT (2 yrs)				7	8	.467	3.61	24	15	5	9	2	3	117.1	111	59	47	8	40		39	2	0	1	501	109	4.29	1.287	8.5	0.6	3.1	3.0	0.98
WSH (1 yr)				1	8	.111	6.69	12	11	1	3	0	0	71.1	83	54	53	6	35		27	5	0	0	331	58	5.05	1.654	10.5	0.8	4.4	3.4	0.77
NYG (1 yr)				1	1	.500	7.50	3	2	1	1	0	0	12.0	18	10	10	1	5		6	0	0	0	58	53	3.84	1.917	13.5	0.8	3.8	4.5	1.20
SLB (1 yr)				14	14	.500	5.09	33	30	3	15	2	0	208.2	230	129	118	18	91		63	2	0	4	935	92	4.05	1.538	9.9	0.8	3.9	2.7	0.69

AL (16 yrs)				188	175	.518	3.49	461	353	87	215	33	17	2956.0	2861	1370	1146	87	1218	1	1273	61	1	86	12502	100	3.46	1.380	8.7	0.3	3.7	3.9	1.05
NL (2 yrs)				8	9	.471	3.97	27	17	6	10	2	3	129.1	129	69	57	9	45		45	2	0	1	559	99	4.25	1.345	9.0	0.6	3.1	3.1	1.00

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