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Historical player · 1912–1928

Bullet Joe Bush

B/T R/R · HT 69 · WT 173 · Born 11/27/1892 · From Gull River, MN USA · Debut 1912-09-30 · Final 1928-09-30

Career · batting

581

1,239

313

RBI

137

AVG/OPS

0.253 · 0.628

Career · pitching

489

366

3,087.3

W-L

195-183

1,319

ERA

3.51

WHIP

1.38

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the New York Yankees · 1922–1924

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#403 on the Yankees

↑ 1 D. Ackley

↓ 1 K. Youkilis

Hits

104

#322 on the Yankees

↑ 1 R. Demmitt

↓ 1 H. Rice

RBI

#330 on the Yankees

↑ 1 H. Bader

↓ 1 M. Throneberry

Runs

#371 on the Yankees

↑ 1 H. Arndt

↓ 1 A. Fox

#513 on the Yankees

↑ 1 H. Bright

↓ 1 D. Ackley

Career with the St. Louis Browns · 1925–1925

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#490 on the Browns

↑ 1 M. Alexander

↓ 1 T. Zachary

Hits

#671 on the Browns

↑ 1 R. Barkley

↓ 1 J. Walkup

RBI

#543 on the Browns

↑ 1 E. Auker

↓ 1 T. Vavra

#434 on the Browns

↑ 1 B. Abstein

↓ 1 S. Adams

Runs

#722 on the Browns

↑ 1 P. Layden

↓ 1 R. Adams

#758 on the Browns

↑ 1 G. Archie

↓ 1 M. Aubrey

Career with the Philadelphia Athletics · 1912–1928

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#595 on the Athletics

↑ 1 D. Adams

Hits

#460 on the Athletics

↑ 1 G. Burke

↓ 1 E. Patterson

RBI

#509 on the Athletics

↑ 1 L. Brissie

↓ 1 J. Rothrock

Runs

#465 on the Athletics

↑ 1 F. Barreto

↓ 1 C. Berry

#636 on the Athletics

↑ 1 V. Blue

↓ 1 D. Alston

Career with the Pittsburgh Pirates · 1926–1927

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#610 on the Pirates

↑ 1 G. Allen

Hits

#919 on the Pirates

↑ 1 C. Case

↓ 1 B. Tolan

RBI

#795 on the Pirates

↑ 1 T. Alvarez

↓ 1 B. Werle

Runs

#1,008 on the Pirates

↑ 1 G. Alexander

↓ 1 D. Anderson

#1,086 on the Pirates

↑ 1 G. Alexander

↓ 1 J. Altenburg

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1918–1921

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Hits

#397 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 M. Bishop

↓ 1 C. Mays

RBI

#389 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 D. Lenhardt

↓ 1 A. Camp

#447 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 G. Allenson

↓ 1 I. Alcantara

Runs

#404 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 M. Carp

↓ 1 B. Conroy

#527 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 B. Bailey

↓ 1 S. Casey

Career with the Washington Senators · 1926–1926

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Hits

#868 on the Senators

↑ 1 J. Acosta

↓ 1 B. Zuber

RBI

#822 on the Senators

↑ 1 S. Adams

↓ 1 E. Yingling

Runs

#987 on the Senators

↑ 1 B. Bean

#814 on the Senators

↑ 1 R. Adams

↓ 1 N. Altrock

Career with the New York Giants · 1927–1927

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Hits

#1,260 on the Giants

↑ 1 E. Ainsmith

↓ 1 R. Wilfong

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#4,761 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Abernathy

↓ 1 E. Zambrano

Hits

313

#3,700 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Agnew

↓ 1 H. Walker

RBI

137

#3,663 all-time MLB

↑ 1 C. Abrams

↓ 1 T. Walls

#5,977 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Adams

↓ 1 B. Abbey

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1912	Athletics	AL	1	4	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0.500	—	1.000
1913	Athletics	AL	39	70	8	11	3	1	0	1	0	2	21	0.157	—	0.229
1914	Athletics	AL	38	74	6	14	4	0	1	8	0	2	25	0.189	—	0.284
1915	Athletics	AL	25	49	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	0.143	—	0.143
1916	Athletics	AL	41	100	4	14	4	0	0	6	0	0	23	0.140	—	0.180
1917	Athletics	AL	37	80	9	16	2	1	0	4	0	5	12	0.200	—	0.250
1918	Red Sox	AL	36	98	8	27	3	2	0	14	0	6	11	0.276	—	0.347
1919	Red Sox	AL	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.400	—	0.400
1920	Red Sox	AL	45	102	14	25	2	0	0	7	0	9	15	0.245	—	0.265
1921	Red Sox	AL	50	120	19	39	5	4	0	17	2	3	14	0.325	—	0.433
1922	Yankees	AL	39	95	15	31	6	2	0	12	0	3	11	0.326	—	0.432
1923	Yankees	AL	38	113	12	31	5	3	2	19	0	3	8	0.274	—	0.425
1924	Yankees	AL	60	124	13	42	9	3	1	14	0	7	6	0.339	—	0.484
1925	Browns	AL	57	102	10	26	12	0	2	18	2	6	8	0.255	—	0.431
1926	Senators	AL	17	30	1	7	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	0.233	—	0.233
1926	Pirates	NL	28	49	5	13	4	0	1	7	0	1	10	0.265	—	0.408
1927	Pirates	NL	7	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0.600	—	0.600
1927	Giants	NL	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.500	—	0.500
1928	Athletics	AL	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.067	—	0.067
Career			581	1,239	128	313	59	17	7	137	4	53	194	0.253	0.283	0.345

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1912	Athletics	AL	0	0	1	1	0	8.0	14	7	4	3	7.88	2.25
1913	Athletics	AL	15	6	39	16	3	200.3	199	85	66	81	3.82	1.32
1914	Athletics	AL	16	12	38	22	3	206.0	184	70	81	109	3.06	1.29
1915	Athletics	AL	5	15	25	18	0	145.7	137	67	89	89	4.14	1.55
1916	Athletics	AL	15	24	40	33	0	286.7	222	82	130	157	2.57	1.23
1917	Athletics	AL	11	17	37	31	2	233.3	207	64	111	121	2.47	1.36
1918	Red Sox	AL	15	15	36	31	2	272.7	241	64	91	125	2.11	1.22
1919	Red Sox	AL	0	0	3	2	0	9.0	11	5	4	3	5.00	1.67
1920	Red Sox	AL	15	15	35	32	1	243.7	287	115	94	88	4.25	1.56
1921	Red Sox	AL	16	9	37	32	1	254.3	244	99	93	96	3.50	1.33
1922	Yankees	AL	26	7	39	30	3	255.3	240	94	85	92	3.31	1.27
1923	Yankees	AL	19	15	37	30	0	275.7	263	105	117	125	3.43	1.38
1924	Yankees	AL	17	16	39	31	1	252.0	262	100	109	80	3.57	1.47
1925	Browns	AL	14	14	33	28	0	208.7	230	118	91	63	5.09	1.54
1926	Senators	AL	1	8	12	11	0	71.3	83	53	35	27	6.69	1.65
1926	Pirates	NL	6	6	19	11	3	110.7	97	37	35	38	3.01	1.19
1927	Pirates	NL	1	2	5	3	0	6.7	14	10	5	1	13.50	2.85
1927	Giants	NL	1	1	3	2	0	12.0	18	10	5	6	7.50	1.92
1928	Athletics	AL	2	1	11	2	1	35.3	39	20	18	15	5.09	1.61
Career			195	183	489	366	20	3,087.3	2,992	1,205	1,263	1,319	3.51	1.38

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	489	0	0.0	208	839	34	50
OF	9	0	0.0	5	0	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1958	BBWAA	5	200	Ballot