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Joe Bush
Leslie Ambrose Bush (Bullet Joe)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 173 lb.

Debut September 30, 1912
Final Game September 30, 1928
Born November 27, 1892 in Gull River, MN
Died November 1, 1974 in Ft.Lauderdale, FL

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1912 19 PHA AL   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  0    8.0   14   10    7   0    4    3   0   0    42       0  7.88  3.10   39 2.250
 1913 20 PHA AL  15   6  39  16   6   1  20  3  200.3  199   97   85   3   66   81   4   8   871       1  3.82  2.75   72 1.323
 1914 21 PHA AL  16  12  38  22  14   2  10  3  206.0  184   84   70   2   81  109   8   3   848       0  3.06  2.60   85 1.286
 1915 22 PHA AL   5  15  25  18   8   0   5  0  145.7  137   86   67   3   89   89   4  10   613       0  4.14  2.90   70 1.551
 1916 23 PHA AL  15  24  40  33  25   8   6  0  286.7  222  109   82   3  130  157   3  15  1145       0  2.57  2.85  111 1.228
 1917 24 PHA AL  11  17  37  31  17   4   5  2  233.3  207  101   64   3  111  121   1   7  1025       0  2.47  2.74  111 1.363
 1918 25 BOS AL  15  15  36  31  26   7   4  2  272.7  241   88   64   3   91  125   3   5  1119       0  2.11  2.69  127 1.218
 1919 26 BOS AL   0   0   3   2   0   0   0  0    9.0   11    5    5   0    4    3   0   1    38       0  5.00  3.02   60 1.667
 1920 27 BOS AL  15  15  35  32  18   0   3  1  243.7  287  138  115   3   94   88  10   4  1081       0  4.25  3.64   86 1.564
 1921 28 BOS AL  16   9  37  32  21   3   4  1  254.3  244  111   99  10   93   96   6   7  1066       0  3.50  4.24  121 1.325
 1922 29 NYY AL  26   7  39  30  20   0   8  3  255.3  240  109   94  16   85   92   1   5  1062       0  3.31  3.99  120 1.273 MVP-4
 1923 30 NYY AL  19  15  37  30  22   3   5  0  275.7  263  115  105   7  117  125   5  12  1173       0  3.43  3.94  115 1.378
 1924 31 NYY AL  17  16  39  31  19   3   6  1  252.0  262  117  100   9  109   80   7   7  1112       0  3.57  4.14  116 1.472
 1925 32 SLB AL  14  14  33  28  15   2   3  0  208.7  230  129  118  18   91   63   2   4   935       0  5.09  4.65   91 1.538
 1926 33 TOT      7  14  31  22  12   2   5  3  182.0  180   99   90  13   70   65   7   0   790       0  4.45  3.91   88 1.374
         WSH AL   1   8  12  11   3   0   1  0   71.3   83   54   53   6   35   27   5   0   331       0  6.69  3.86   58 1.654
         PIT NL   6   6  19  11   9   2   4  3  110.7   97   45   37   7   35   38   2   0   459       0  3.01  3.94  131 1.193
 1927 34 TOT NL   2   3   8   5   1   0   2  0   18.7   32   24   20   2   10    7   0   1   100       0  9.64  3.93   41 2.250
         PIT NL   1   2   5   3   0   0   1  0    6.7   14   14   10   1    5    1   0   1    42       0 13.50  4.11   30 2.850
         NYG NL   1   1   3   2   1   0   1  0   12.0   18   10   10   1    5    6   0   0    58       0  7.50  3.84   51 1.917
 1928 35 PHA AL   2   1  11   2   1   0   7  1   35.3   39   21   20   1   18   15   1   1   165       0  5.09  4.00   78 1.613
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 17 Yr WL% .516 195 183 489 366 225  35  93 20 3087.3 2992 1443 1205  96 1263 1319  62  90 13185       1  3.51  3.49   99 1.378
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  14  38  29  17   2   7  1  245.3  237  114   95   7  100  104   4   7  1048   0   0  3.51  3.49   99 1.378
 Career High     26  24  40  33  26   8  20  3  286.7  287  138  118  18  130  157  10  15  1173   0   1  2.11  4.65  127 1.218
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 19 PHA AL   1    4    1    2   0  1   0    3   0      0      .500  .500 1.000  331    4   0           0    
 1913 20 PHA AL  39   70    8   11   3  1   0    1   0      2  21  .157  .181  .229   21   16   2           0    
 1914 21 PHA AL  38   74    6   14   4  0   1    8   0      2  25  .189  .211  .284   51   21   4           0    
 1915 22 PHA AL  25   49    2    7   0  0   0    0   0      1  22  .143  .160  .143   -8    7   2           0    
 1916 23 PHA AL  41  100    4   14   4  0   0    6   0      0  23  .140  .140  .180   -2   18   2           0    
 1917 24 PHA AL  37   80    9   16   2  1   0    4   0      5  12  .200  .247  .250   53   20   0           0    
 1918 25 BOS AL  36   98    8   27   3  2   0   14   0      6  11  .276  .317  .347  102   34   1           0    
 1919 26 BOS AL   5    5    1    2   0  0   0    2   0      0   1  .400  .400  .400  131    2   0           0    
 1920 27 BOS AL  45  102   14   25   2  0   0    7   0  2   9  15  .245  .306  .265   55   27   3           0    
 1921 28 BOS AL  50  120   19   39   5  4   0   17   2  0   3  14  .325  .341  .433   99   52   3           0    
 1922 29 NYY AL  39   95   15   31   6  2   0   12   0  1   3  11  .326  .347  .432  100   41   5           0     MVP-4
 1923 30 NYY AL  38  113   12   31   5  3   2   19   0  0   3   8  .274  .293  .425   86   48   0           0    
 1924 31 NYY AL  60  124   13   42   9  3   1   14   0  0   7   6  .339  .374  .484  120   60   1           0    
 1925 32 SLB AL  57  102   10   26  12  0   2   18   2  0   6   8  .255  .296  .431   79   44   1           0    
 1926 33 TOT     45   79    6   20   4  0   1   10   0  1   4  12  .253  .289  .342   66   27   0           0    
         WSH AL  17   30    1    7   0  0   0    3   0  1   3   2  .233  .303  .233   42    7   0           0    
         PIT NL  28   49    5   13   4  0   1    7   0      1  10  .265  .280  .408   80   20   0           0    
 1927 34 TOT NL  10    9    0    5   0  0   0    2   0      1   1  .556  .600  .556  206    5   0           0    
         PIT NL   7    5    0    3   0  0   0    2   0      1   1  .600  .667  .600  232    3   0           0    
         NYG NL   3    4    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .500  .500  .500  168    2   0           0    
 1928 35 PHA AL  15   15    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .067  .125  .067  -49    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     581 1239  128  313  59 17   7  137   4  4  53 192  .253  .283  .345   72  427  24   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        345   36   87  16  5   2   38   1  1  15  54  .253  .283  .345   72  119   7   0   0   0   0
 Career High     60  124   19   42  12  4   2   19   2  2   9  25                          60   5   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 19 PHA AL    4    2    2  26.5    89| .500  .269| .500  .337|1.000  .354|1.500  .691| 331  .971   1.0   0.1     
 1913 20 PHA AL   74   61    3   1.3    86| .157  .262| .181  .333| .229  .344| .410  .678|  21  .134  -7.3  -0.8     
 1914 21 PHA AL   80   64    4   1.7    79| .189  .252| .211  .324| .284  .330| .495  .654|  51  .226  -4.7  -0.6     
 1915 22 PHA AL   52   44    1   0.6    80| .143  .251| .160  .328| .143  .329| .303  .657|  -8  .041  -6.6  -0.8     
 1916 23 PHA AL  102   88    3   0.9    79| .140  .251| .140  .324| .180  .328| .320  .652|  -2  .082 -12.6  -1.5     
 1917 24 PHA AL   85   64    5   2.1    78| .200  .253| .247  .323| .250  .327| .497  .650|  53  .298  -4.8  -0.6     
 1918 25 BOS AL  105   72   11   4.2    80| .276  .258| .317  .329| .347  .329| .664  .658| 102  .578  -0.3   0.0     
 1919 26 BOS AL    5    3    1   9.0    90| .400  .269| .400  .334| .400  .361| .800  .695| 131  .809   0.2   0.0     
 1920 27 BOS AL  114   82    8   2.6   103| .245  .286| .306  .350| .265  .393| .571  .743|  55  .264  -6.3  -0.6   0%
 1921 28 BOS AL  126   84   18   5.8   112| .325  .296| .341  .361| .433  .415| .774  .776|  99  .556  -0.9  -0.1 100%
 1922 29 NYY AL  103   70   14   5.4   111| .326  .295| .347  .361| .432  .415| .779  .776| 100  .555  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1923 30 NYY AL  116   82   14   4.6   109| .274  .292| .293  .363| .425  .404| .718  .767|  86  .489  -3.5  -0.3   0%
 1924 31 NYY AL  132   83   22   7.0   112| .339  .298| .374  .368| .484  .409| .858  .777| 120  .663   3.1   0.3   0%
 1925 32 SLB AL  109   77   13   4.5   120| .255  .306| .296  .377| .431  .429| .727  .806|  79  .443  -3.7  -0.3 100%
 1926 33 TOT      83   60    8   3.6   107| .253  .291| .289  .356| .342  .405| .631  .761|  66  .385  -4.1  -0.4   0%
         WSH AL   33   24    2   2.2   108| .233  .288| .303  .359| .233  .403| .536  .762|  42  .203  -2.5  -0.2   0%
         PIT NL   50   36    6   4.4   107| .265  .293| .280  .354| .408  .406| .688  .760|  80  .492  -1.6  -0.2     
 1927 34 TOT NL   10    4    3  20.1   107| .556  .295| .600  .354| .556  .407|1.156  .761| 206  .937   1.5   0.1     
         PIT NL    6    2    2  26.8   110| .600  .299| .667  .358| .600  .412|1.267  .770| 232  .962   1.1   0.1     
         NYG NL    4    2    1  13.4   104| .500  .290| .500  .349| .500  .400|1.000  .749| 168  .877   0.4   0.0     
 1928 35 PHA AL   16   14    0   0.0   111| .067  .292| .125  .358| .067  .415| .192  .773| -49  .000  -3.4  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     1316  954  130   3.7    99| .253  .279| .283  .349| .345  .380| .628  .728|  72  .427 -52.9  -5.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1912 19 PHA AL P 1 1 1 1 1 .667 .952 2.00 2.00 2.25 2.93 1 8.0 1913 20 PHA AL P 39 15 74 2 4 .978 .937 2.28 1.83 4.00 3.01 16 200.3 1914 21 PHA AL P 38 8 55 3 1 .955 .936 1.66 1.74 2.75 2.96 22 206.0 1915 22 PHA AL P 25 7 39 3 3 .939 .937 1.84 1.80 2.84 3.01 18 145.7 1916 23 PHA AL P 40 19 94 6 8 .950 .945 2.83 1.69 3.55 2.95 33 286.7 1917 24 PHA AL P 37 20 61 6 0 .931 .947 2.19 1.83 3.12 3.04 31 233.3 1918 25 BOS AL P 36 16 81 2 5 .980 .952 2.69 1.85 3.20 2.82 31 272.7 1919 26 BOS AL P 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 0.67 1.77 2.00 2.80 2 9.0 1920 27 BOS AL P 35 24 66 4 7 .957 .949 2.57 1.66 3.32 2.70 32 243.7 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.15 0 2 0 1921 28 BOS AL P 37 13 64 1 0 .987 .957 2.08 1.56 2.73 2.70 32 254.3 OF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 2.20 3 1 0 1922 29 NYY AL P 39 16 61 0 4 1.000 .962 1.97 1.48 2.71 2.60 30 255.3 1923 30 NYY AL P 37 15 74 3 3 .967 .959 2.41 1.49 2.91 2.72 30 275.7 1924 31 NYY AL P 39 24 60 1 4 .988 .959 2.15 1.32 3.00 2.53 31 252.0 1925 32 SLB AL P 33 17 54 0 5 1.000 .959 2.15 1.40 3.06 2.66 28 208.7 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0 0 1 1926 33 TOT P 31 8 39 2 3 .959 .959 1.52 1.39 2.32 2.61 22 182.0 WSH AL P 12 3 18 2 2 .913 .959 1.75 1.39 2.65 2.66 11 71.3 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 0 0 1 PIT NL P 19 5 21 0 1 1.000 .959 1.37 1.39 2.11 2.57 11 110.7 1927 34 TOT NL P 8 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 1.29 1.93 2.31 5 18.7 PIT NL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.28 2.69 2.28 3 6.7 NYG NL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.30 1.50 2.33 2 12.0 1928 35 PHA AL P 11 5 10 0 1 1.000 .955 1.36 1.37 3.82 2.45 2 35.3 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 1 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1920 27 BOS AL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.15 0 2 0 1921 28 BOS AL OF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 2.20 3 1 0 1925 32 SLB AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0 0 1 1926 33 WSH AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 0 0 1 1928 35 PHA AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 1 0 0 1912 19 PHA AL P 1 1 1 1 1 .667 .952 2.00 2.00 2.25 2.93 1 8.0 1913 20 PHA AL P 39 15 74 2 4 .978 .937 2.28 1.83 4.00 3.01 16 200.3 1914 21 PHA AL P 38 8 55 3 1 .955 .936 1.66 1.74 2.75 2.96 22 206.0 1915 22 PHA AL P 25 7 39 3 3 .939 .937 1.84 1.80 2.84 3.01 18 145.7 1916 23 PHA AL P 40 19 94 6 8 .950 .945 2.83 1.69 3.55 2.95 33 286.7 1917 24 PHA AL P 37 20 61 6 0 .931 .947 2.19 1.83 3.12 3.04 31 233.3 1918 25 BOS AL P 36 16 81 2 5 .980 .952 2.69 1.85 3.20 2.82 31 272.7 1919 26 BOS AL P 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 0.67 1.77 2.00 2.80 2 9.0 1920 27 BOS AL P 35 24 66 4 7 .957 .949 2.57 1.66 3.32 2.70 32 243.7 1921 28 BOS AL P 37 13 64 1 0 .987 .957 2.08 1.56 2.73 2.70 32 254.3 1922 29 NYY AL P 39 16 61 0 4 1.000 .962 1.97 1.48 2.71 2.60 30 255.3 1923 30 NYY AL P 37 15 74 3 3 .967 .959 2.41 1.49 2.91 2.72 30 275.7 1924 31 NYY AL P 39 24 60 1 4 .988 .959 2.15 1.32 3.00 2.53 31 252.0 1925 32 SLB AL P 33 17 54 0 5 1.000 .959 2.15 1.40 3.06 2.66 28 208.7 1926 33 TOT P 31 8 39 2 3 .959 .959 1.52 1.39 2.32 2.61 22 182.0 WSH AL P 12 3 18 2 2 .913 .959 1.75 1.39 2.65 2.66 11 71.3 PIT NL P 19 5 21 0 1 1.000 .959 1.37 1.39 2.11 2.57 11 110.7 1927 34 TOT NL P 8 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 1.29 1.93 2.31 5 18.7 PIT NL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.28 2.69 2.28 3 6.7 NYG NL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.30 1.50 2.33 2 12.0 1928 35 PHA AL P 11 5 10 0 1 1.000 .955 1.36 1.37 3.82 2.45 2 35.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 489 208 839 34 50 .969 .951 2.14 1.61 366 3087.3 OF 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.56 2.20 4 3 2 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 498 213 839 34 50 .969 .951 2.11 1.62
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1913   WS    PHA NYG     W   1   1   1.00  1  0  0  1   9     5   1   4   3 
 1914   WS    PHA BSN     L   1   1   3.27  0  1  0  1  11     9   4   4   4 
 1918   WS    BOS CHC     W   2   1   3.00  0  1  1  1   9     7   3   3   0 
 1922   WS    NYY NYG     L   2   2   4.80  0  2  0  1  15    21   8   5   6 
 1923   WS    NYY NYG     W   3   1   1.08  1  1  0  1  16.2   7   2   4   5 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  5 World Series        3-2   9   6   2.67  2  5  1  5  60.2  49  18  20  18 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1913   WS    PHA NYG     W   1   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
 1914   WS    PHA BSN     L   1   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1918   WS    BOS CHC     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .333  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1922   WS    NYY NYG     L   2   6   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0  .167  .167  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
 1923   WS    NYY NYG     W   4   7   2   3  1  0  0   1   1   1  .429  .500  .571   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 World Series        3-2  10  24   2   5  1  0  0   2   2   4  .208  .269  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1922-AL-4-0.30
Car-587-0.30 shares

ERA
1918 AL-2.11-5
1921 AL-3.50-7
1922 AL-3.31-9

Wins
1914 AL-16-10
1918 AL-15-9
1922 AL-26-2
1923 AL-19-6
1924 AL-17-8

Won-Loss %
1913 AL-.714-2
1921 AL-.640-5
1922 AL-.788-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1921 AL-1.325-5
1922 AL-1.273-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1916 AL-6.97-4
1921 AL-8.63-2
1922 AL-8.46-2
1923 AL-8.59-3
1924 AL-9.36-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1914 AL-4.76-10
1916 AL-4.93-6
1917 AL-4.67-3
1918 AL-4.13-4
1922 AL-3.24-9
1923 AL-4.08-4
1924 AL-2.86-10

Saves
1913 AL-3-7
1914 AL-3-6
1918 AL-2-9
1922 AL-3-7
1926 NL-3-5

Innings
1916 AL-286.7-6
1918 AL-272.7-5
1923 AL-275.7-7
1924 AL-252.0-7

Strikeouts
1916 AL-157-4
1917 AL-121-6
1918 AL-125-3
1922 AL-92-10
1923 AL-125-2
1924 AL-80-6

Games Started
1916 AL-33-7
1917 AL-31-10
1918 AL-31-5
1921 AL-32-9

Comp. Games
1916 AL-25-3
1918 AL-26-4
1921 AL-21-8
1922 AL-20-10
1923 AL-22-4
1924 AL-19-8

Shutouts
1916 AL-8-2
1917 AL-4-9
1918 AL-7-3
1921 AL-3-5
1923 AL-3-4
1924 AL-3-6
1925 AL-2-8
1926 NL-2-10
Car-35-71

Home Runs Allow.
1917 AL-3-9
1918 AL-3-7
1922 AL-16-6
1925 AL-18-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1915 AL-89-9
1916 AL-130-2
1917 AL-111-2
1918 AL-91-5
1920 AL-94-4
1921 AL-93-4
1922 AL-85-10
1923 AL-117-3
1924 AL-109-1
1925 AL-91-10
Car-1263-38

Hits Allowed
1918 AL-241-6

SO to Walk
1918 AL-1.37-7

Losses
1915 AL-15-7
1916 AL-24-1
1917 AL-17-3
1918 AL-15-5
1920 AL-15-10
1924 AL-16-4
1925 AL-14-7
Car-183-64

Earned Runs Allow.
1913 AL-85-5
1916 AL-82-6
1920 AL-115-3
1923 AL-105-8
1925 AL-118-6

Wild Pitches
1913 AL-8-9
1915 AL-10-3
1916 AL-15-1
1917 AL-7-5
1918 AL-5-9
1921 AL-7-2
1922 AL-5-7
1923 AL-12-1
1924 AL-7-1

Hit Batsmen
1914 AL-8-10
1920 AL-10-4
1924 AL-7-10

Batters Faced
1916 AL-1145-7
1918 AL-1119-6
1923 AL-1173-6
1924 AL-1112-7
Car-13185-95

Games Finished
1913 AL-20-3

Adjusted ERA+
1918 AL-127-6
1921 AL-121-8
1922 AL-120-10

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 126 (137) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) Pitching - 22.0 (247) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 63.0 (192) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

December 14, 1917: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Wally Schang and Amos Strunk to the Boston Red Sox for Vean Gregg, Merlin Kopp, Pinch Thomas, and $60,000.

December 20, 1921: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Sam Jones and Everett Scott to the New York Yankees for Roger Peckinpaugh, Jack Quinn, Rip Collins, and Bill Piercy.

December 17, 1924: Traded by the New York Yankees with Milt Gaston and Joe Giard to the St. Louis Browns for Urban Shocker.

February, 1926: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Jack Tobin to the Washington Senators for Tom Zachary and Win Ballou.

July 1, 1926: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Washington Senators.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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