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Debut: September 30, 1912 |
Joe Bush was only 19 years old when he made his major league debut with the Philadelphia Athletics and just days shy of his 21st birthday when he started Game Three of the 1913 World Series. He was traded to the Red Sox in December 1917.
Bush led the 1918 Red Sox with an ERA of 2.11, but received very poor run support, finishing with a 15-15 record. In 10 of Bush's losses, Boston scored a total of six runs. The Red Sox were shut out in 5 of his last 8 starts. He won five games by a score of 1-0 -- still a major league record.
Bush was traded to the New York Yankees after the 1921 season. He pitched in New York for three years before moving on to the St. Louis Browns, Washington, Pittsburgh and the New York Giants before finishing his career in 1928, where it began, in Philadelphia.
Pitching
Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA lgERA ERA+
1912 19 PHA AL 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 14 7 0 4 3 7.88 3.11 39
1913 20 PHA AL 15 6 39 16 6 1 3 200.1 199 85 3 66 81 3.82 2.75 72
1914 21 PHA AL 16 12 38 22 14 2 3 206.0 184 70 2 81 109 3.06 2.60 85
1915 22 PHA AL 5 15 25 18 8 0 0 145.2 137 67 3 89 89 4.14 2.93 71
1916 23 PHA AL 15 24 40 33 25 8 0 286.2 222 82 3 130 157 2.57 2.85 111
1917 24 PHA AL 11 17 37 31 17 4 2 233.1 207 64 3 111 121 2.47 2.74 111
1918 25 BOS AL 15 15 36 31 26 7 2 272.2 241 64 3 91 125 2.11 2.69 127
1919 26 BOS AL 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 9.0 11 5 0 4 3 5.00 3.03 61
1920 27 BOS AL 15 15 35 32 18 0 1 243.2 287 115 3 94 88 4.25 3.64 86
1921 28 BOS AL 16 9 37 32 21 3 1 254.1 244 99 10 93 96 3.50 4.24 121
1922 29 NYY AL 26 7 39 30 20 0 3 255.1 240 94 16 85 92 3.31 3.99 120
1923 30 NYY AL 19 15 37 30 22 3 0 275.2 263 105 7 117 125 3.43 3.94 115
1924 31 NYY AL 17 16 39 31 19 3 1 252.0 262 100 9 109 80 3.57 4.14 116
1925 32 SLB AL 14 14 33 28 15 2 0 208.2 230 118 18 91 63 5.09 4.66 92
1926 33 WSH AL 1 8 12 11 3 0 0 71.1 83 53 6 35 27 6.69 3.86 58
PIT NL 6 6 19 11 9 2 3 110.2 97 37 7 35 38 3.01 3.94 131
TOT 7 14 31 22 12 2 3 182.0 180 90 13 70 65 4.45 3.91 88
1927 34 NYG NL 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 12.0 18 10 1 5 6 7.50 3.83 51
PIT NL 1 2 5 3 0 0 0 6.2 14 10 1 5 1 13.50 4.11 31
TOT NL 2 3 8 5 1 0 0 18.2 32 20 2 10 7 9.63 3.95 41
1928 35 PHA AL 2 1 11 2 1 0 1 35.1 39 20 1 18 15 5.09 4.00 78
17 Yr WL% .516 195 183 489 366 225 35 20 3087.1 2992 1205 96 1263 1319 3.51 3.49 99
Batting
Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH
1912 19 PHA AL 1 4 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 4 0
1913 20 PHA AL 39 70 8 11 3 1 0 1 0 2 21 .157 .181 .229 16 2
1914 21 PHA AL 38 74 6 14 4 0 1 8 0 2 25 .189 .211 .284 21 4
1915 22 PHA AL 25 49 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 .143 .160 .143 7 2
1916 23 PHA AL 41 100 4 14 4 0 0 6 0 0 23 .140 .140 .180 18 2
1917 24 PHA AL 37 80 9 16 2 1 0 4 0 5 12 .200 .247 .250 20 0
1918 25 BOS AL 36 98 8 27 3 2 0 14 0 6 11 .276 .317 .347 34 1
1919 26 BOS AL 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 2 0
1920 27 BOS AL 45 102 14 25 2 0 0 7 0 2 9 15 .245 .306 .265 27 3
1921 28 BOS AL 50 120 19 39 5 4 0 17 2 0 3 14 .325 .341 .433 52 3
1922 29 NYY AL 39 95 15 31 6 2 0 12 0 1 3 11 .326 .347 .432 41 5
1923 30 NYY AL 38 113 12 31 5 3 2 19 0 0 3 8 .274 .293 .425 48 0
1924 31 NYY AL 60 124 13 42 9 3 1 14 0 0 7 6 .339 .374 .484 60 1
1925 32 SLB AL 57 102 10 26 12 0 2 18 2 0 6 8 .255 .296 .431 44 1
1926 33 WSH AL 17 30 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 2 .233 .303 .233 7 0
PIT NL 28 49 5 13 4 0 1 7 0 1 10 .265 .280 .408 20 0
TOT 45 79 6 20 4 0 1 10 0 1 4 12 .253 .289 .342 27 0
1927 34 NYG NL 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 2 0
PIT NL 7 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 .600 .667 .600 3 0
TOT NL 10 9 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .556 .600 .556 5 0
1928 35 PHA AL 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .067 .125 .067 1 0
17 Seasons 581 1239 128 313 59 17 7 137 4 4 53 192 .253 .283 .345 427 24
Fielding
Year Ag Tm Lg Pos G PO A E DP FP lgFP RnF lgRnF LF CF RF
1912 19 PHA AL P 1 1 1 1 1 .667 .940 2.00 1.95
1913 20 PHA AL P 39 15 74 2 4 .978 .937 2.28 1.83
1914 21 PHA AL P 38 8 55 3 1 .955 .936 1.66 1.74
1915 22 PHA AL P 25 7 39 3 3 .939 .937 1.84 1.80
1916 23 PHA AL P 40 19 94 6 8 .950 .945 2.83 1.69
1917 24 PHA AL P 37 20 61 6 0 .931 .947 2.19 1.83
1918 25 BOS AL P 36 16 81 2 5 .980 .952 2.69 1.85
1919 26 BOS AL P 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 .948 0.67 1.76
1920 27 BOS AL P 35 24 66 4 7 .957 .949 2.57 1.66
OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .962 0.50 2.16 0 2 0
1921 28 BOS AL P 37 13 64 1 0 .987 .956 2.08 1.56
OF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 .960 0.50 2.21 3 1 0
1922 29 NYY AL P 39 16 61 0 4 1.000 .963 1.97 1.48
1923 30 NYY AL P 37 15 74 3 3 .967 .959 2.41 1.49
1924 31 NYY AL P 39 24 60 1 4 .988 .959 2.15 1.32
1925 32 SLB AL P 33 17 54 0 5 1.000 .960 2.15 1.40
OF 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .965 0.00 2.27 0 0 1
1926 33 WSH AL P 12 3 18 2 2 .913 .957 1.75 1.39
OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .966 1.00 2.23 0 0 1
PIT NL P 19 5 21 0 1 1.000 .958 1.37 1.39
1927 34 NYG NL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .958 0.67 1.29
PIT NL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .958 0.40 1.29
TOT NL P 8 0 4 0 0 1.000 .958 0.50 1.29
1928 35 PHA AL P 11 5 10 0 1 1.000 .957 1.36 1.37
OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.00 2.22 1 0 0
Position Total P 489 208 839 34 50 .969 .951 2.14 1.61
OF 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.56 2.22 4 3 2
Overall Total 498 213 839 34 50 .969 .951 2.11 1.62
World Series Pitching
Year Team Opp G ERA W-L SV CG IP H ER BB SO 1913 PHA NYG 1 1.00 1-0 0 1 9.0 5 1 4 3 1914 PHA BSN 1 3.27 0-1 0 1 11.0 9 4 4 4 1918 BOS CHC 2 3.00 0-1 1 1 9.0 7 3 3 0 1922 NYY NYG 2 4.80 0-2 0 1 15.0 21 8 5 6 1923 NYY NYG 3 1.08 1-1 0 1 16.2 7 2 4 5 5 World Series 9 2.67 2-5 1 5 60.2 49 18 20 18
World Series Batting
Year Team Opp G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB 1913 PHA NYG 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 0 1914 PHA BSN 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 1918 BOS CHC 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 0 1922 NYY NYG 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0 1923 NYY NYG 4 7 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .429 .500 .571 0 5 World Series 10 24 2 5 1 0 0 2 2 4 .208 .269 .250 0
Minor League Pitching
Year Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
1912 Missoula UA 26 16 50 40 36 3 3 350.1 348 200 136 108 238 3.49
1927 Toledo AA 4 2 6 51 45 25 12 17 20 2.65
1929 Portland PCL [played 27 games in outfield]
Newark IL 3 3 7 42 45 25 23 21 16 4.93
1930 Allentown EL 0 0 3 8 15 5 3 5 3 3.38
1931 Allentown EL 1 0 3 8 4 1 1 4 3 1.13
TOTALS 34 21 69 40 36 3 3 459.1 457 251 178 155 280 3.49
Manager: Allentown (EL) 1930-31.
Minor Leagues: UA - Union Association; AA - American Association; PCL - Pacific Coast League; IL - International League; EL - Eastern League.