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Joe Benz
Joseph Louis Benz (Blitzen or Butcher Boy)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 196 lb.

Debut August 16, 1911
Final Game May 2, 1919
Born January 21, 1886 in New Alsace, IN
Died April 22, 1957 in Chicago, IL

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1911 25 CHW AL   3   2  12   6   1   0   4  0   55.7   52   23   14   0   13   28   2   1   222       1  2.26  3.24  143 1.168
 1912 26 CHW AL  13  17  42  31  12   3   6  0  238.7  231  107   77   5   70   97   8   8   966       0  2.90  3.24  111 1.261
 1913 27 CHW AL   7  10  33  17   6   1  10  1  151.0  146   64   46   1   59   79   2   4   636       0  2.74  2.93  107 1.358
 1914 28 CHW AL  14  19  48  35  16   4   9  2  283.3  245  103   71   4   66  142   2   4  1108       0  2.26  2.68  119 1.098
 1915 29 CHW AL  15  11  39  28  17   2   5  0  238.3  209   78   56   4   43   81   3   4   911       2  2.11  2.99  141 1.057
 1916 30 CHW AL   9   5  28  16   6   4   7  0  142.0  108   40   32   0   32   57   3   5   540       0  2.03  2.77  136 0.986
 1917 31 CHW AL   7   3  19  13   7   2   4  0   94.7   76   36   26   1   23   25   2   2   371       0  2.47  2.66  108 1.046
 1918 32 CHW AL   8   8  29  17  10   1   5  0  154.0  156   57   45   1   28   30   2   1   602       0  2.63  2.71  103 1.195
 1919 33 CHW AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    2    1    0   0    0    0   0   0     8       0  0.00  3.19  inf 1.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .503  76  75 251 163  75  17  51  3 1359.7 1225  509  367  16  334  539  24  29  5364       3  2.43  2.89  119 1.147
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  12  41  26  12   2   8  0  223.0  201   83   60   2   54   88   3   4   881   0   0  2.43  2.89  119 1.147
 Career High     15  19  48  35  17   4  10  2  283.3  245  107   77   5   70  142   8   8  1108   0   2  2.03  3.24  143 0.986

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1911 25 CHW AL  12   17    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0      .059  .059  .059  -67    1   0           0    
 1912 26 CHW AL  42   76    3   10   0  1   0    4   0      1      .132  .143  .158  -13   12   8           0    
 1913 27 CHW AL  33   50    3    9   2  0   0    4   0      0  14  .180  .180  .220   17   11   2           0    
 1914 28 CHW AL  48   92    5   12   3  0   0    1   1      1  29  .130  .140  .163   -9   15   4           0    
 1915 29 CHW AL  39   79    7   10   0  1   0    1   0      1  25  .127  .148  .152  -11   12   4           1    
 1916 30 CHW AL  28   46    3    3   1  0   0    2   0      2  19  .065  .104  .087  -43    4   2           0    
 1917 31 CHW AL  19   30    4    5   1  0   0    0   0      0  11  .167  .167  .200   11    6   3           0    
 1918 32 CHW AL  29   51    3   11   1  0   0    5   0      0  14  .216  .216  .235   35   12   4           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      251  441   29   61   8  2   0   17   1  0   5 112  .138  .150  .166   -7   73  27   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        285   19   39   5  1   0   11   1  0   3  72  .138  .150  .166   -7   47  17   0   0   1   0
 Career High     48   92    7   12   3  1   0    5   1  0   2  29                          15   8   0   0   1   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1911 25 CHW AL   17   16    0   0.0    95| .059  .279| .059  .345| .059  .366| .118  .711| -67  .000  -3.8  -0.4     
 1912 26 CHW AL   85   74    2   0.7    89| .132  .269| .143  .337| .158  .354| .301  .691| -13  .043 -11.4  -1.2     
 1913 27 CHW AL   52   43    2   1.2    86| .180  .263| .180  .335| .220  .346| .400  .680|  17  .123  -5.4  -0.6     
 1914 28 CHW AL   97   84    2   0.6    82| .130  .255| .140  .328| .163  .334| .303  .663|  -9  .048 -12.5  -1.5     
 1915 29 CHW AL   85   73    2   0.7    86| .127  .259| .148  .337| .152  .339| .300  .677| -11  .057 -11.4  -1.3     
 1916 30 CHW AL   50   45    0   0.0    83| .065  .258| .104  .332| .087  .337| .191  .669| -43  .000  -8.2  -1.0     
 1917 31 CHW AL   33   28    1   1.0    81| .167  .257| .167  .328| .200  .333| .367  .661|  11  .092  -3.4  -0.4     
 1918 32 CHW AL   55   44    3   1.9    83| .216  .262| .216  .333| .235  .333| .451  .666|  35  .239  -4.3  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       474  407   12   0.8    85| .138  .261| .150  .334| .166  .341| .316  .675|  -7  .060 -60.4  -6.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1911 25 CHW AL   P   12      1   22    5    1  .821  .939  1.92  1.89  3.72  2.88    6   55.7
 1912 26 CHW AL   P   42     10   77   10    0  .897  .940  2.07  1.95  3.28  2.96   31  238.7
 1913 27 CHW AL   P   33      4   66    4    1  .946  .937  2.12  1.83  4.17  3.01   17  151.0
 1914 28 CHW AL   P   48      5  112   10    8  .921  .936  2.44  1.74  3.72  2.96   35  283.3
 1915 29 CHW AL   P   39      5   86    3    5  .968  .937  2.33  1.80  3.44  3.01   28  238.3
 1916 30 CHW AL   P   28      5   46    4    1  .927  .944  1.82  1.69  3.23  2.95   16  142.0
 1917 31 CHW AL   P   19      3   32    5    0  .875  .946  1.84  1.83  3.33  3.04   13   94.7
 1918 32 CHW AL   P   29      4   62    4    2  .943  .952  2.28  1.85  3.86  2.82   17  154.0
 1919 33 CHW AL   P    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  1.80  4.50  2.70    0    2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1911 25 CHW AL   P   12      1   22    5    1  .821  .939  1.92  1.89  3.72  2.88    6   55.7
 1912 26 CHW AL   P   42     10   77   10    0  .897  .940  2.07  1.95  3.28  2.96   31  238.7
 1913 27 CHW AL   P   33      4   66    4    1  .946  .937  2.12  1.83  4.17  3.01   17  151.0
 1914 28 CHW AL   P   48      5  112   10    8  .921  .936  2.44  1.74  3.72  2.96   35  283.3
 1915 29 CHW AL   P   39      5   86    3    5  .968  .937  2.33  1.80  3.44  3.01   28  238.3
 1916 30 CHW AL   P   28      5   46    4    1  .927  .944  1.82  1.69  3.23  2.95   16  142.0
 1917 31 CHW AL   P   19      3   32    5    0  .875  .946  1.84  1.83  3.33  3.04   13   94.7
 1918 32 CHW AL   P   29      4   62    4    2  .943  .952  2.28  1.85  3.86  2.82   17  154.0
 1919 33 CHW AL   P    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  1.80  4.50  2.70    0    2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 251     37  504   45   18  .923  .940  2.16  1.82  3.58  2.96  163 1359.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       251     37  504   45   18  .923  .940  2.16  1.82  3.58  2.96  163   1360

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1914 AL-2.26-7
1915 AL-2.11-5
Car-2.43-32

Won-Loss %
1916 AL-.643-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1914 AL-1.098-8
1915 AL-1.057-5
Car-1.147-58

Bases on Balls/9IP
1914 AL-2.10-8
1915 AL-1.62-3
1918 AL-1.64-3

Games
1912 AL-42-5
1914 AL-48-3

Innings
1914 AL-283.3-7

Strikeouts
1914 AL-142-7

Games Started
1912 AL-31-10
1914 AL-35-4

Shutouts
1912 AL-3-6
1916 AL-4-5

Home Runs Allow.
1912 AL-5-5
1914 AL-4-8
1915 AL-4-9

Hits Allowed
1914 AL-245-8

SO to Walk
1914 AL-2.15-7
1915 AL-1.88-7

Losses
1912 AL-17-5
1914 AL-19-1

Wild Pitches
1912 AL-8-10

Batters Faced
1914 AL-1108-7

Adjusted ERA+
1914 AL-119-8
1915 AL-141-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 30 (769) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 18.0 (349) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 7.0 (1082) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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ERA 1914 AL-2.26-7 1915 AL-2.11-5 Car-2.43-32	Won-Loss % 1916 AL-.643-9	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1914 AL-1.098-8 1915 AL-1.057-5 Car-1.147-58	Bases on Balls/9IP 1914 AL-2.10-8 1915 AL-1.62-3 1918 AL-1.64-3	Games 1912 AL-42-5 1914 AL-48-3	Innings 1914 AL-283.3-7
Strikeouts 1914 AL-142-7	Games Started 1912 AL-31-10 1914 AL-35-4	Shutouts 1912 AL-3-6 1916 AL-4-5	Home Runs Allow. 1912 AL-5-5 1914 AL-4-8 1915 AL-4-9	Hits Allowed 1914 AL-245-8	SO to Walk 1914 AL-2.15-7 1915 AL-1.88-7
Losses 1912 AL-17-5 1914 AL-19-1	Wild Pitches 1912 AL-8-10	Batters Faced 1914 AL-1108-7	Adjusted ERA+ 1914 AL-119-8 1915 AL-141-6