League Leaders Who Led?
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

No league-leading finishes. This player never placed in the top 25 of a tracked category. The season record below is the full story.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
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

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 .342 .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 by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 489 208 839 34 50 .969
OF 9 5 0 0 0 1.000