Joe Benz

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Full Name: Joseph Louis Benz	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/196	First Game: August 16, 1911
Birthdate: January 21, 1886	Final Game: May 2, 1919
Birthplace: New Alsace, Indiana	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: April 22, 1957
Deathplace: Chicago, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on January 21, 1886 in New Alsace, Indiana, Joe Benz (Joseph Louis Benz) played for the Chicago White Sox for his entire 9 year career. Benz broke into the bigs on August 16, 1911 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 2.26 ERA in 55.2 innings pitched in 1911, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Joe Benz's best season was 1914, when he posted a 2.26 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 142 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1911	CHI	A	12	6	3	2	2.26	28	23	14	1	0	0	55.2	52	0	13	0	1	2
1912	CHI	A	42	31	13	17	2.90	97	107	77	12	3	0	238.2	231	5	70	0	8	8
1913	CHI	A	33	17	7	10	2.74	79	64	46	6	1	1	151	146	1	59	0	4	2
1914	CHI	A	48	35	14	19	2.26	142	103	71	16	4	2	283.1	245	4	66	0	4	2
1915	CHI	A	39	28	15	11	2.11	81	78	56	17	2	0	238.1	209	4	43	0	4	3
1916	CHI	A	28	16	9	5	2.03	57	40	32	6	4	0	142	108	0	32	0	5	3
1917	CHI	A	19	13	7	3	2.47	25	36	26	7	2	0	94.2	76	1	23	0	2	2
1918	CHI	A	29	17	8	8	2.63	30	57	45	10	1	0	154	156	1	28	0	1	2
1919	CHI	A	1	0	0	0	.00	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total			251	163	76	75	2.43	539	509	367	75	17	3	1359.2	1225	16	334	0	29	24

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1911	CHI	A	P	12	0	0	1	22	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.821
1912	CHI	A	P	42	0	0	10	77	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.897
1913	CHI	A	P	33	0	0	4	66	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1914	CHI	A	P	48	0	0	5	112	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	.921
1915	CHI	A	P	39	0	0	5	86	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1916	CHI	A	P	28	0	0	5	46	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.927
1917	CHI	A	P	19	0	0	3	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1918	CHI	A	P	29	0	0	4	62	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.943
1919	CHI	A	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	251	0	0	37	504	45	18	0	0	0	0	0	.923

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1911	CHI	A	12	17	1	1	0	0	.059	.059	.059	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1912	CHI	A	42	76	3	10	0	4	.132	.143	.158	0	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	0
1913	CHI	A	33	50	3	9	0	4	.180	.180	.220	2	0	0	14	0	2	0	0	0
1914	CHI	A	48	92	5	12	0	1	.130	.140	.163	3	0	1	29	0	4	1	0	0
1915	CHI	A	39	79	7	10	0	1	.127	.148	.152	0	1	1	25	1	4	0	0	0
1916	CHI	A	28	46	3	3	0	2	.065	.104	.087	1	0	2	19	0	2	0	0	0
1917	CHI	A	19	30	4	5	0	0	.167	.167	.200	1	0	0	11	0	3	0	0	0
1918	CHI	A	29	51	3	11	0	5	.216	.216	.235	1	0	0	14	0	4	0	0	0
1919	CHI	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			251	441	29	61	0	17	.138	.150	.166	8	2	5	112	1	27	1	0	0

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