Leslie Ambrose “Bullet Joe” Bush
Pitcher
5’9″, 173 lbs., Batted Right, Threw Right
Born: November 27, 1892, Brainerd, Minnesota
Died: November 1, 1974, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
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
|
|
|
W |
L |
ERA |
G |
GS |
CG |
IP |
H |
ER |
bb |
so |
OBA |
oOb |
WHIP |
|
1918 |
Bos |
15 |
15 |
2.11 |
36 |
31 |
26 |
272.2 |
241 |
64 |
91 |
125 |
.242 |
.307 |
11.1 |
|
Career |
195 |
183 |
3.51 |
489 |
368 |
225 |
3087.1 |
2992 |
1205 |
1263 |
1319 |
.259 |
.335 |
12.6 |
|
Batting
|
|
|
g |
ab |
r |
h |
2b |
3b |
hr |
rbi |
sb |
bb |
so |
ba |
oba |
slg |
|
1918 |
Bos |
36 |
98 |
8 |
27 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
6 |
11 |
.276 |
.317 |
.347 |
|
Career |
581 |
1239 |
128 |
313 |
59 |
17 |
7 |
137 |
4 |
53 |
192 |
.253 |
.283 |
.345 |
|
Fielding
| g | po | a | e | dp | pct | rf | lgrf | ||
| 1918 | Bos |
36 |
16 | 81 | 2 | 5 | .980 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Career | 207 | 840 | 34 | 50 | .969 | 2.2 | |||
� 1997-20243 by Allan Wood.
