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Joe Bush was born on Sunday, November 27, 1892, in Gull River, Minnesota. Bush was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 30, 1912, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Joe Bush baseball stats page.

"There was a day when (Joe) Bush could get by on sheer speed. Those were the years he picked up the nickname of 'Bullet Joe.' Nowadays, however, Bush couples speed with his fork ball and a few, a very few, judiciously placed curves." - Sportswriter F.C. Lane in Baseball Magazine (February 1923)

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Birth Name:	Leslie Ambrose Bush
Nickname:	Bullet Joe or Joe
Born On:	11-27-1892
Born In:	Gull River, Minnesota
Zodiac:	Sagittarius
Died On:	11-01-1974
Died In:	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Cemetery:	Cremated

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	5-09
Weight:	173
First Game:	09-30-1912 (Age 19)
Last Game:	09-30-1928
Draft:	Not Applicable

Joe Bush Joe Bush Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1912	Athletics	1	1	0	0	0	.000	7.88	0	0	0	8.0	42	14	7	10	0	4	-	3	0	0	0	-
1913	Athletics	39	16	20	15	6	.714	3.82	6	1	3	200.1	871	199	85	97	3	66	-	81	8	4	1	-
1914	Athletics	38	22	10	16	12	.571	3.06	14	2	3	206.0	848	184	70	84	2	81	-	109	3	8	0	-
1915	Athletics	25	18	5	5	15	.250	4.14	8	0	0	145.2	613	137	67	86	3	89	-	89	10	4	0	-
1916	Athletics	40	33	6	15	24	.385	2.57	25	8	0	286.2	1,145	222	82	109	3	130	-	157	15	3	0	-
1917	Athletics	37	31	5	11	17	.393	2.47	17	4	2	233.1	1,025	207	64	101	3	111	-	121	7	1	0	-
1918	Red Sox	36	31	4	15	15	.500	2.11	26	7	2	272.2	1,119	241	64	88	3	91	-	125	5	3	0	-
1919	Red Sox	3	2	0	0	0	.000	5.00	0	0	0	9.0	38	11	5	5	0	4	-	3	1	0	0	-
1920	Red Sox	35	32	3	15	15	.500	4.25	18	0	1	243.2	1,081	287	115	138	3	94	-	88	4	10	0	-
1921	Red Sox	37	32	4	16	9	.640	3.50	21	3	1	254.1	1,066	244	99	111	10	93	-	96	7	6	0	-
1922	Yankees	39	30	8	26	7	.788	3.31	20	0	3	255.1	1,062	240	94	109	16	85	-	92	5	1	0	-
1923	Yankees	37	30	5	19	15	.559	3.43	22	3	0	275.2	1,173	263	105	115	7	117	-	125	12	5	0	-
1924	Yankees	39	31	6	17	16	.515	3.57	19	3	1	252.0	1,112	262	100	117	9	109	-	80	7	7	0	-
1925	Browns	33	28	3	14	14	.500	5.09	15	2	0	208.2	935	230	118	129	18	91	-	63	4	2	0	-
1926	Senators	12	11	1	1	8	.111	6.69	3	0	0	71.1	331	83	53	54	6	35	-	27	0	5	0	-
1926	Pirates	19	11	4	6	6	.500	3.01	9	2	3	110.2	459	97	37	45	7	35	-	38	0	2	0	-
1927	Pirates	5	3	1	1	2	.333	13.50	0	0	0	6.2	42	14	10	14	1	5	-	1	1	0	0	-
1927	Giants	3	2	1	1	1	.500	7.50	1	0	0	12.0	58	18	10	10	1	5	-	6	0	0	0	-
1928	Athletics	11	2	7	2	1	.667	5.09	1	0	1	35.1	165	39	20	21	1	18	-	15	1	1	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
17 Years		489	366	93	195	183	.516	3.51	225	35	20	3,087.1	13,185	2,992	1,205	1,443	96	1,263	-	1,319	90	62	1	-

Joe Bush Joe Bush Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1912	Athletics	1	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	-	-	0	-	0	-	.500	.500	1.000
1913	Athletics	39	70	8	11	3	1	0	0	1	2	-	21	2	-	0	-	.157	.181	.229
1914	Athletics	38	74	6	14	4	0	1	0	8	2	-	25	4	-	0	-	.189	.211	.284
1915	Athletics	25	49	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	22	2	-	0	-	.143	.160	.143
1916	Athletics	41	100	4	14	4	0	0	0	6	0	-	23	2	-	0	-	.140	.140	.180
1917	Athletics	37	80	9	16	2	1	0	0	4	5	-	12	0	-	0	-	.200	.247	.250
1918	Red Sox	36	98	8	27	3	2	0	0	14	6	-	11	1	-	0	-	.276	.317	.347
1919	Red Sox	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	-	1	0	-	0	-	.400	.400	.400
1920	Red Sox	45	102	14	25	2	0	0	0	7	9	-	15	3	-	0	-	.245	.306	.265
1921	Red Sox	50	120	19	39	5	4	0	0	17	3	-	14	3	-	0	-	.325	.341	.433
1922	Yankees	39	95	15	31	6	2	0	0	12	3	-	11	5	-	0	-	.326	.347	.432
1923	Yankees	38	113	12	31	5	3	2	0	19	3	-	8	0	-	0	-	.274	.293	.425
1924	Yankees	60	124	13	42	9	3	1	0	14	7	-	6	1	-	0	-	.339	.374	.484
1925	Browns	57	102	10	26	12	0	2	0	18	6	-	8	1	-	0	-	.255	.296	.431
1926	Senators	17	30	1	7	0	0	0	0	3	3	-	2	0	-	0	-	.233	.303	.233
1926	Pirates	28	49	5	13	4	0	1	0	7	1	-	10	0	-	0	-	.265	.280	.408
1927	Pirates	7	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	-	1	0	-	0	-	.600	.667	.600
1927	Giants	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	0	-	.500	.500	.500
1928	Athletics	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	2	0	-	0	-	.067	.125	.067
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
17 Years		581	1,239	128	313	59	17	7	0	137	53	-	192	24	-	0	-	.253	.283	.345

Joe Bush Joe Bush Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1912 Athletics	P	1	1	24	3	3.0	2	1	1	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.667	2.25	-
1913 Athletics	P	39	16	601	91	2.3	89	15	74	2	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	4.00	-
1914 Athletics	P	38	22	618	66	1.7	63	8	55	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	2.75	-
1915 Athletics	P	25	18	437	49	2.0	46	7	39	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.939	2.84	-
1916 Athletics	P	40	33	860	119	3.0	113	19	94	6	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.950	3.55	-
1917 Athletics	P	37	31	700	87	2.4	81	20	61	6	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.931	3.12	-
1918 Red Sox	P	36	31	818	99	2.8	97	16	81	2	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	3.20	-
1919 Red Sox	P	3	2	27	2	0.7	2	0	2	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.00	-
1920 Red Sox	CF	2	-	-	1	0.5	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1920 Red Sox	P	35	32	731	94	2.7	90	24	66	4	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.957	3.32	-
1921 Red Sox	OF	4	-	-	2	0.5	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1921 Red Sox	P	37	32	763	78	2.1	77	13	64	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	2.72	-
1922 Yankees	P	39	30	766	77	2.0	77	16	61	0	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.71	-
1923 Yankees	P	37	30	827	92	2.5	89	15	74	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	2.91	-
1924 Yankees	P	39	31	756	85	2.2	84	24	60	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.988	3.00	-
1925 Browns	P	33	28	626	71	2.2	71	17	54	0	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.06	-
1925 Browns	RF	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1926 Senators	P	12	11	214	23	1.9	21	3	18	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.913	2.65	-
1926 Senators	RF	1	-	-	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1926 Pirates	P	19	11	332	26	1.4	26	5	21	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.11	-
1927 Pirates	P	5	3	20	2	0.4	2	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.70	-
1927 Giants	P	3	2	36	2	0.7	2	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.50	-
1928 Athletics	LF	1	-	-	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1928 Athletics	P	11	2	106	15	1.4	15	5	10	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.82	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		489	366	9,262	1,081	2.2	1,047	208	839	34	50	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	3.05	--
OF Totals		4	0	0	2	0.5	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
CF Totals		2	0	0	1	0.5	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
RF Totals		2	0	0	1	0.5	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
LF Totals		1	0	0	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
17 Years		498	366	9,262	1,086	2.2	1,052	213	839	34	50	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	3.07	--

Joe Bush Joe Bush Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1912 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.75	3.38	4.50
1913 Athletics	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.3	70.0	1.23	3.64	2.97
1914 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	74.0	3.0	9.3	1.35	4.76	3.54
1915 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.2	0.0	1.00	5.50	5.50
1916 Athletics	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	4.3	16.7	1.21	4.93	4.08
1917 Athletics	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	6.7	20.0	1.09	4.67	4.28
1918 Red Sox	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	8.9	7.0	1.37	4.13	3.00
1919 Red Sox	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	5.0	2.5	0.75	3.00	4.00
1920 Red Sox	0	2	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	6.8	14.6	0.94	3.25	3.47
1921 Red Sox	2	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	8.6	7.1	1.03	3.40	3.29
1922 Yankees	0	1	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	8.6	7.9	1.08	3.24	3.00
1923 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	56.5	14.1	5.9	1.07	4.08	3.82
1924 Yankees	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	124.0	20.7	8.9	0.73	2.86	3.89
1925 Browns	2	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	51.0	12.8	5.7	0.69	2.72	3.92
1926 Senators	0	1	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	15.0	10.0	0.77	3.41	4.42
1926 Pirates	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	49.0	4.9	7.0	1.09	3.09	2.85
1927 Pirates	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	5.0	2.5	0.20	1.35	6.75
1927 Giants	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.20	4.50	3.75
1928 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	7.5	0.0	0.83	3.82	4.58
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
17 Years	4	4	.500	-	-	n/a	177.0	6.5	9.0	1.04	3.85	3.68

Joe Bush Joe Bush Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1912 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1913 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	Stats
1914 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	Stats
1915 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1916 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1917 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1918 Boston Red Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	Stats
1919 Boston Red Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1920 Boston Red Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1921 Boston Red Sox	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1922 New York Yankees	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	Stats
1923 New York Yankees	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	Stats
1924 New York Yankees	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1925 St. Louis Browns	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1926 Washington Senators	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1926 Pittsburgh Pirates	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1927 Pittsburgh Pirates	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1927 New York Giants	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1928 Philadelphia Athletics	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
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