Bullet Joe Bush

Leslie Ambrose Bush
Born: November 27, 1892
Ehime, MN USA
Deceased: 1974
Fort Lauderdale, FL USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 173
Career: 1912-1928
Minor League Statistics

Bullet Joe Bush compiled a career record of 195 wins and 183 losses in his 583-game career with the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants. He began playing during the 1912 season and last took the field during the 1928 campaign.

Philadelphia Athletics	Boston Red Sox	New York Yankees	St. Louis Browns	Washington Senators	Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Giants

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1912	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	0	0		7.88	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	14	10	7	0	4	3	0	0	0	42
1913	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	15	6	.714	3.82	39	16	20	6	1	3	200.3	199	97	85	3	66	81	4	1	8	871
1914	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	16	12	.571	3.06	38	22	10	14	2	3	206.0	184	84	70	2	81	109	8	0	3	848
1915	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	5	15	.250	4.14	25	18	5	8	0	0	145.7	137	86	67	3	89	89	4	0	10	613
1916	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	15	24	.385	2.57	40	33	6	25	8	0	286.7	222	109	82	3	130	157	3	0	15	1145
1917	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	11	17	.393	2.47	37	31	5	17	4	2	233.3	207	101	64	3	111	121	1	0	7	1025
1918	AL	Boston Red Sox	15	15	.500	2.11	36	31	4	26	7	2	272.7	241	88	64	3	91	125	3	0	5	1119
1919	AL	Boston Red Sox	0	0		5.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	11	5	5	0	4	3	0	0	1	38
1920	AL	Boston Red Sox	15	15	.500	4.25	35	32	3	18	0	1	243.7	287	138	115	3	94	88	10	0	4	1081
1921	AL	Boston Red Sox	16	9	.640	3.50	37	32	4	21	3	1	254.3	244	111	99	10	93	96	6	0	7	1066
1922	AL	New York Yankees	26	7	.788	3.31	39	30	8	20	0	3	255.3	240	109	94	16	85	92	1	0	5	1062
1923	AL	New York Yankees	19	15	.559	3.43	37	30	5	22	3	0	275.7	263	115	105	7	117	125	5	0	12	1173
1924	AL	New York Yankees	17	16	.515	3.57	39	31	6	19	3	1	252.0	262	117	100	9	109	80	7	0	7	1112
1925	AL	St. Louis Browns	14	14	.500	5.09	33	28	3	15	2	0	208.7	230	129	118	18	91	63	2	0	4	935
1926	AL	Washington Senators	1	8	.111	6.69	12	11	1	3	0	0	71.3	83	54	53	6	35	27	5	0	0	331
1926	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	6	.500	3.01	19	11	4	9	2	3	110.7	97	45	37	7	35	38	2	0	0	459
1927	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	2	.333	13.50	5	3	1	0	0	0	6.7	14	14	10	1	5	1	0	0	1	42
1927	NL	New York Giants	1	1	.500	7.50	3	2	1	1	0	0	12.0	18	10	10	1	5	6	0	0	0	58
1928	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	2	1	.667	5.09	11	2	7	1	0	1	35.3	39	21	20	1	18	15	1	0	1	165
Totals			195	183	.516	3.51	489	366	93	225	35	20	3087.3	2992	1443	1205	96	1263	1319	62	1	90	13185

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1912	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	1	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	4	0
1913	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	39	74	70	8	11	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	21	.157	.181	.229	.409	16	2
1914	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	38	80	74	6	14	4	0	1	8	0	0	2	25	.189	.211	.284	.494	21	4
1915	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	25	52	49	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	.143	.160	.143	.303	7	2
1916	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	41	102	100	4	14	4	0	0	6	0	0	0	23	.140	.140	.180	.320	18	2
1917	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	37	85	80	9	16	2	1	0	4	0	0	5	12	.200	.247	.250	.497	20	0
1918	AL	Boston Red Sox	36	105	98	8	27	3	2	0	14	0	0	6	11	.276	.317	.347	.664	34	1
1919	AL	Boston Red Sox	5	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0
1920	AL	Boston Red Sox	45	114	102	14	25	2	0	0	7	0	2	9	15	.245	.306	.265	.571	27	3
1921	AL	Boston Red Sox	50	126	120	19	39	5	4	0	17	2	0	3	14	.325	.341	.433	.775	52	3
1922	AL	New York Yankees	39	103	95	15	31	6	2	0	12	0	1	3	11	.326	.347	.432	.779	41	5
1923	AL	New York Yankees	38	116	113	12	31	5	3	2	19	0	0	3	8	.274	.293	.425	.718	48	0
1924	AL	New York Yankees	60	132	124	13	42	9	3	1	14	0	0	7	6	.339	.374	.484	.858	60	1
1925	AL	St. Louis Browns	57	109	102	10	26	12	0	2	18	2	0	6	8	.255	.296	.431	.728	44	1
1926	AL	Washington Senators	17	33	30	1	7	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	2	.233	.303	.233	.536	7	0
1926	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	28	50	49	5	13	4	0	1	7	0	0	1	10	.265	.280	.408	.688	20	0
1927	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	6	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.600	.667	.600	1.267	3	0
1927	NL	New York Giants	3	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0
1928	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	15	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.067	.125	.067	.192	1	0
Totals			581	1316	1239	128	313	59	17	7	137	4	4	53	192	.253	.283	.345	.628	427	24

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1912	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	1	1	1	1	1	.667	2.000
1913	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	39	15	74	2	4	.978	2.282
1914	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	38	8	55	3	1	.955	1.658
1915	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	25	7	39	3	3	.939	1.840
1916	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	40	19	94	6	8	.950	2.825
1917	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	37	20	61	6	0	.931	2.189
1918	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	36	16	81	2	5	.980	2.694
1919	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	3	0	2	0	1	1.000	.667
1920	AL	Boston Red Sox	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
1920	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	35	24	66	4	7	.957	2.571
1921	AL	Boston Red Sox	OF	4	2	0	0	0	1.000	.500
1921	AL	Boston Red Sox	P	37	13	64	1	0	.987	2.081
1922	AL	New York Yankees	P	39	16	61	0	4	1.000	1.974
1923	AL	New York Yankees	P	37	15	74	3	3	.967	2.405
1924	AL	New York Yankees	P	39	24	60	1	4	.988	2.154
1925	AL	St. Louis Browns	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
1925	AL	St. Louis Browns	P	33	17	54	0	5	1.000	2.152
1926	AL	Washington Senators	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
1926	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	19	5	21	0	1	1.000	1.368
1926	AL	Washington Senators	P	12	3	18	2	2	.913	1.750
1927	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	.400
1927	NL	New York Giants	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667
1928	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
1928	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	P	11	5	10	0	1	1.000	1.364
Totals				498	213	839	34	50	.969	2.112

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF
1913	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	5	2	1	0	4	0	3	1	34
1914	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	0	1	.000	3.27	1	1	0	1	0	11.0	9	5	4	1	4	1	4	0	46
1918	AL	Boston Red Sox	WS	0	1	.000	3.00	2	1	1	1	1	9.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	33
1922	AL	New York Yankees	WS	0	2	.000	4.80	2	2	0	1	0	15.0	21	8	8	0	5	1	6	0	66
1923	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	1	.500	1.08	3	1	2	1	0	16.7	7	2	2	1	4	0	5	0	58
Totals				2	5	.286	2.67	9	6	3	5	1	60.7	49	20	18	2	20	2	18	1	237

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1913	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1
1914	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1918	AL	Boston Red Sox	WS	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0
1922	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2	6	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1
1923	AL	New York Yankees	WS	4	8	7	2	3	1	1	1	1	.429	.500	.571	1.071	4
Totals				10	26	24	2	5	1	2	2	4	.208	.269	.250	.519	6

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1913	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	P	1	1	9.0	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	1.000
1914	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	WS	P	1	1	11.0	0	5	1	0	.833	4.091	5.000
1918	AL	Boston Red Sox	WS	P	2	1	9.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.500
1922	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	2	2	15.0	1	3	0	2	1.000	2.400	2.000
1923	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	3	1	16.7	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.700	1.667
Totals					9	6	60.7	3	15	1	3	.947	2.670	2.000

Awards

1922 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1

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