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Bullet Joe Bush

Bullet Joe Bush

1912–1928 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'9", 173 lb · b. 1892 Gull River, MN

Career 195–183 · 3.51 ERA · 1,319 SO · 3087.1 IP · 581 G · 313 H · 7 HR · 137 RBI · .253 AVG

Seasons leading his league

4

3 best in baseball 1 league only

35 Top-5 finishes

4 Title seasons

2 Categories led

1920 Best season

Spanning 1920–1925, peaking at 1 titles in 1920.

Clubs 20 Win Seasons

Team records #4 Yankees 1922 W #10 Athletics career ERA

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,384th League titles 4
897th Best in baseball 3
736th Top-5 finishes 35

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

52nd Pitcher Assists 839
71st Shutouts 35
101st Pitcher Putouts 208
109th Complete Games 225
126th Innings Pitched 3087.1
133rd Wins 195
147th Pitcher Range Factor 2.14
304th Pitcher Fielding Percentage .969
323rd Strikeouts 1,319
444th Earned Run Average 3.51

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Pitcher Fielding Percentage	2	1st	—	1922 1.000 1925 1.000
Pitcher Putouts	2	1st	—	1920 24 1924 AL 24 1916 #3 1917 #3 1918 #2 1922 #2
Pitcher Range Factor	—	#3	—	1916 #3 1918 #3
Complete Games	—	#3	—	1916 #3
Shutouts	—	#2	—	1916 #2 1918 #3
Strikeouts / 9	—	#3	—	1917 #3
Strikeouts	—	#2	—	1918 #3 1923 #2
Wins	—	#2	—	1922 #2

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1925	1	P FPCT 1.000
1924	1	P PO 24
1922	1	P FPCT 1.000
1920	1	P PO 24

Pitching

17 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1912	PHA	AL	0	0	7.88	1	1	0	8.0	14	7	0	4	3	2.25
1913	PHA	AL	15	6	3.82	39	16	3	200.1	199	85	3	66	81	1.32
1914	PHA	AL	16	12	3.06	38	22	3	206.0	184	70	2	81	109	1.29
1915	PHA	AL	5	15	4.14	25	18	0	145.2	137	67	3	89	89	1.55
1916	PHA	AL	15	24	2.57	40	33	0	286.2	222	82	3	130	157	1.23
1917	PHA	AL	11	17	2.47	37	31	2	233.1	207	64	3	111	121	1.36
1918	BOS	AL	15	15	2.11	36	31	2	272.2	241	64	3	91	125	1.22
1919	BOS	AL	0	0	5.00	3	2	0	9.0	11	5	0	4	3	1.67
1920	BOS	AL	15	15	4.25	35	32	1	243.2	287	115	3	94	88	1.56
1921	BOS	AL	16	9	3.50	37	32	1	254.1	244	99	10	93	96	1.33
1922	NYA	AL	26	7	3.31	39	30	3	255.1	240	94	16	85	92	1.27
1923	NYA	AL	19	15	3.43	37	30	0	275.2	263	105	7	117	125	1.38
1924	NYA	AL	17	16	3.57	39	31	1	252.0	262	100	9	109	80	1.47
1925	SLA	AL	14	14	5.09	33	28	0	208.2	230	118	18	91	63	1.54
1926	PIT +1	NL	7	14	4.45	31	22	3	182.0	180	90	13	70	65	1.37
1927	PIT +1	NL	2	3	9.64	8	5	0	18.2	32	20	2	10	7	2.25
1928	PHA	AL	2	1	5.09	11	2	1	35.1	39	20	1	18	15	1.61
Career	—	—	195	183	3.51	489	366	20	3087.1	2,992	1,205	96	1,263	1,319	1.38

Batting

17 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1912	PHA	AL	1	4	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500
1913	PHA	AL	39	70	8	11	3	1	0	1	2	21	0	.157	.181	.229	.409
1914	PHA	AL	38	74	6	14	4	0	1	8	2	25	0	.189	.211	.284	.494
1915	PHA	AL	25	49	2	7	0	0	0	0	1	22	0	.143	.160	.143	.303
1916	PHA	AL	41	100	4	14	4	0	0	6	0	23	0	.140	.140	.180	.320
1917	PHA	AL	37	80	9	16	2	1	0	4	5	12	0	.200	.247	.250	.497
1918	BOS	AL	36	98	8	27	3	2	0	14	6	11	0	.276	.317	.347	.664
1919	BOS	AL	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.400	.400	.400	.800
1920	BOS	AL	45	102	14	25	2	0	0	7	9	15	0	.245	.306	.265	.571
1921	BOS	AL	50	120	19	39	5	4	0	17	3	14	2	.325	.341	.433	.775
1922	NYA	AL	39	95	15	31	6	2	0	12	3	11	0	.326	.347	.432	.779
1923	NYA	AL	38	113	12	31	5	3	2	19	3	8	0	.274	.293	.425	.718
1924	NYA	AL	60	124	13	42	9	3	1	14	7	6	0	.339	.374	.484	.858
1925	SLA	AL	57	102	10	26	12	0	2	18	6	8	2	.255	.296	.431	.728
1926	PIT +1	NL	45	79	6	20	4	0	1	10	4	12	0	.253	.289	.342	.631
1927	PIT +1	NL	10	9	0	5	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	.556	.600	.556	1.156
1928	PHA	AL	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.067	.125	.067	.192
Career	—	—	581	1,239	128	313	59	17	7	137	53	194	4	.253	.283	.345	.628

Fielding

2 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1912	PHA	AL	P	1	—	—	1	1	1	1	3	.667	2.00
1913	PHA	AL	P	39	—	—	15	74	2	4	91	.978	2.28
1914	PHA	AL	P	38	—	—	8	55	3	1	66	.955	1.66
1915	PHA	AL	P	25	—	—	7	39	3	3	49	.939	1.84
1916	PHA	AL	P	40	—	—	19	94	6	8	119	.950	2.83
1917	PHA	AL	P	37	—	—	20	61	6	0	87	.931	2.19
1918	BOS	AL	P	36	—	—	16	81	2	5	99	.980	2.69
1919	BOS	AL	P	3	—	—	0	2	0	1	2	1.000	0.67
1920	BOS	AL	P	35	—	—	24	66	4	7	94	.957	2.57
			OF	2	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	0.50
1921	BOS	AL	P	37	—	—	13	64	1	0	78	.987	2.08
			OF	4	—	—	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	0.50
1922	NYA	AL	P	39	—	—	16	61	0	4	77	1.000	1.97
1923	NYA	AL	P	37	—	—	15	74	3	3	92	.967	2.41
1924	NYA	AL	P	39	—	—	24	60	1	4	85	.988	2.15
1925	SLA	AL	P	33	—	—	17	54	0	5	71	1.000	2.15
			OF	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1926	PIT	NL	P	31	—	—	8	39	2	3	49	.959	1.52
			OF	1	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1927	PIT	NL	P	8	—	—	0	4	0	0	4	1.000	0.50
1928	PHA	AL	P	11	—	—	5	10	0	1	15	1.000	1.36
			OF	1	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
Career	—	—	P	489	—	—	208	839	34	50	1,081	.969	2.14
	—	—	OF	9	—	—	5	0	0	0	5	1.000	0.56