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Bullet Joe Bush

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Full Name: Leslie Ambrose Bush Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/173 First Game: September 30, 1912
Birthdate: November 27, 1892 Final Game: September 30, 1928
Birthplace: Gull River, Minnesota MLB Experience: 17 years
Died: November 1, 1974
Deathplace: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on November 27, 1892 in Gull River, Minnesota, Bullet Joe Bush (Leslie Ambrose Bush) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants over the course of his 17 year career. Bush broke into the bigs on September 30, 1912 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.82 ERA in 200.1 innings pitched in 1913, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Bullet Joe Bush's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1922, when he posted a 3.31 ERA, won 26 games and struck out 92 batters. However, others believe that it was 1918, when he posted a 2.11 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 125 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1912 PHI A 1 1 0 0 7.88 3 10 7 0 0 0 8 14 0 4 0 0 0
1913 PHI A 39 16 15 6 3.82 81 97 85 6 1 3 200.1 199 3 66 0 8 4
1914 PHI A 38 23 17 13 3.06 109 84 70 14 2 3 206 184 2 81 0 3 8
1915 PHI A 25 18 5 15 4.14 89 86 67 8 0 0 145.2 137 3 89 0 10 4
1916 PHI A 40 33 15 24 2.57 157 109 82 25 8 0 286.2 222 3 130 0 15 3
1917 PHI A 37 31 11 17 2.47 121 101 64 17 4 2 233.1 207 3 111 0 7 1
1918 BOS A 36 31 15 15 2.11 125 88 64 26 7 2 272.2 241 3 91 0 5 3
1919 BOS A 3 2 0 0 5.00 3 5 5 0 0 0 9 11 0 4 0 1 0
1920 BOS A 35 32 15 15 4.25 88 138 115 18 0 1 243.2 287 3 94 0 4 10
1921 BOS A 37 32 16 9 3.50 96 111 99 21 3 1 254.1 244 10 93 0 7 6
1922 NY A 39 30 26 7 3.31 92 109 94 20 0 3 255.1 240 16 85 0 5 1
1923 NY A 37 30 19 15 3.43 125 115 105 22 3 0 275.2 263 7 117 0 12 5
1924 NY A 39 31 17 16 3.57 80 117 100 19 3 1 252 262 9 109 0 7 7
1925 STL A 33 30 14 14 5.09 63 129 118 15 2 0 208.2 230 18 91 0 4 2
1926 WAS A 12 11 1 8 6.69 27 54 53 3 0 0 71.1 83 6 35 0 0 5
1926 PIT N 19 12 6 6 3.01 38 45 37 9 2 3 110.2 97 7 35 0 0 2
1926 Total 31 23 7 14 4.45 65 99 90 12 2 3 182 180 13 70 0 0 7
1927 PIT N 5 3 1 2 13.50 1 14 10 0 0 0 6.2 14 1 5 0 1 0
1927 NY N 3 2 1 1 7.50 6 10 10 1 0 0 12 18 1 5 0 0 0
1927 TOT N 8 5 2 3 9.64 7 24 20 1 0 0 18.2 32 2 10 0 1 0
1928 PHI A 11 2 2 1 5.09 15 21 20 1 0 1 35.1 39 1 18 0 1 1
Total NL 27 17 8 9 3.97 45 69 57 10 2 3 129.1 129 9 45 0 1 2
Total AL 462 353 188 175 3.49 1274 1374 1148 215 33 17 2958 2863 87 1218 0 89 60
Total 489 370 196 184 3.51 1319 1443 1205 225 35 20 3087.1 2992 96 1263 0 90 62

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1912 PHI A P 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667
1913 PHI A P 39 0 0 15 74 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1914 PHI A P 38 0 0 8 55 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1915 PHI A P 25 0 0 7 39 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1916 PHI A P 40 0 0 19 94 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1917 PHI A P 37 0 0 20 61 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .931
1918 BOS A P 36 0 0 16 81 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1919 BOS A P 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1920 BOS A P 35 0 0 24 66 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1920 BOS A OF 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1921 BOS A P 37 0 0 13 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1921 BOS A OF 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1922 NY A P 39 0 0 16 61 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1923 NY A P 37 0 0 15 74 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1924 NY A P 39 0 0 24 60 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1925 STL A OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1925 STL A P 33 0 0 17 54 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1926 WAS A P 12 0 0 3 18 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .913
1926 WAS A OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1926 PIT N P 19 0 0 5 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1926 Total P 31 0 0 8 39 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1927 PIT N P 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1927 NY N P 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1927 TOT N P 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1928 PHI A P 11 0 0 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1928 PHI A OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 489 0 0 208 839 34 50 0 0 0 0 0 .969
Total OF 9 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1912 PHI A 1 4 1 2 0 3 .500 .500 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1913 PHI A 39 70 8 11 0 1 .157 .181 .229 3 1 2 21 0 2 0 0 0
1914 PHI A 38 74 6 14 1 8 .189 .211 .284 4 0 2 25 0 4 0 0 0
1915 PHI A 25 49 2 7 0 0 .143 .160 .143 0 0 1 22 0 2 0 0 0
1916 PHI A 41 100 4 14 0 6 .140 .140 .180 4 0 0 23 0 2 0 0 0
1917 PHI A 37 80 9 16 0 4 .200 .247 .250 2 1 5 12 0 0 0 0 0
1918 BOS A 36 98 8 27 0 14 .276 .317 .347 3 2 6 11 0 1 0 0 0
1919 BOS A 6 5 1 2 0 2 .400 .400 .400 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1920 BOS A 45 102 14 25 0 7 .245 .306 .265 2 0 9 15 0 3 0 0 0
1921 BOS A 51 120 19 39 0 17 .325 .341 .433 5 4 3 14 0 3 2 0 0
1922 NY A 39 95 15 31 0 12 .326 .347 .432 6 2 3 11 0 5 0 0 0
1923 NY A 38 113 12 31 2 19 .274 .293 .425 5 3 3 8 0 0 0 0 0
1924 NY A 60 124 13 42 1 14 .339 .374 .484 9 3 7 6 0 1 0 0 0
1925 STL A 57 102 10 26 2 18 .255 .296 .431 12 0 6 8 0 1 2 0 0
1926 WAS A 17 30 1 7 0 3 .233 .303 .233 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
1926 PIT N 28 49 5 13 1 7 .265 .280 .408 4 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0
1926 Total 45 79 6 20 1 10 .253 .289 .342 4 0 4 12 0 0 0 0 0
1927 PIT N 7 5 0 3 0 2 .600 .667 .600 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1927 NY N 3 4 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1927 TOT N 10 9 0 5 0 2 .556 .600 .556 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1928 PHI A 15 15 0 1 0 0 .067 .125 .067 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 38 58 5 18 1 9 .310 .333 .431 4 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0
Total AL 545 1181 123 295 6 128 .250 .281 .340 55 17 51 181 0 24 4 0 0
Total 583 1239 128 313 7 137 .253 .283 .345 59 17 53 192 0 24 4 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Amos Strunk and Wally Schang to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Vean Gregg, Merlin Kopp, Pinch Thomas and $60000 (December 14, 1917).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox with Everett Scott and Sad Sam Jones to New York Yankees in exchange for Roger Peckinpaugh, Jack Quinn, Rip Collins and Bill Piercy (December 20, 1921).
  • Traded by New York Yankees with Milt Gaston and Joe Giard to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Urban Shocker (December 17, 1924).
  • Traded by St. Louis Browns with Jack Tobin to Washington Senators in exchange for Tom Zachary and Win Ballou (February, 1926).
  • Sold by Washington Senators to Pittsburgh Pirates (July 1, 1926).

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