Bio
- Debut
- 1912
Bio
- Debut
- 1912
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 489
- W
- 195
- L
- 183
- ERA
- 3.51
- IP
- 3087.1
- K
- 1,319
- BB
- 1,263
- WHIP
- 1.38
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | ATH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 8.0 | 3 | 4 | 2.25 |
| 1913 | ATH | 39 | 15 | 6 | 3.82 | 200.1 | 81 | 66 | 1.32 |
| 1914 | ATH | 38 | 16 | 12 | 3.06 | 206.0 | 109 | 81 | 1.29 |
| 1915 | ATH | 25 | 5 | 15 | 4.14 | 145.2 | 89 | 89 | 1.55 |
| 1916 | ATH | 40 | 15 | 24 | 2.57 | 286.2 | 157 | 130 | 1.23 |
| 1917 | ATH | 37 | 11 | 17 | 2.47 | 233.1 | 121 | 111 | 1.36 |
| 1918 | BOS | 36 | 15 | 15 | 2.11 | 272.2 | 125 | 91 | 1.22 |
| 1919 | BOS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 9.0 | 3 | 4 | 1.67 |
| 1920 | BOS | 35 | 15 | 15 | 4.25 | 243.2 | 88 | 94 | 1.56 |
| 1921 | BOS | 37 | 16 | 9 | 3.50 | 254.1 | 96 | 93 | 1.33 |
| 1922 | NYY | 39 | 26 | 7 | 3.31 | 255.1 | 92 | 85 | 1.27 |
| 1923 | NYY | 37 | 19 | 15 | 3.43 | 275.2 | 125 | 117 | 1.38 |
| 1924 | NYY | 39 | 17 | 16 | 3.57 | 252.0 | 80 | 109 | 1.47 |
| 1925 | BAL | 33 | 14 | 14 | 5.09 | 208.2 | 63 | 91 | 1.54 |
| 1926 |  MIN/PIT | 31 | 7 | 14 | 4.45 | 182.0 | 65 | 70 | 1.37 |
| 1927 |  PIT/SF | 8 | 2 | 3 | 9.64 | 18.2 | 7 | 10 | 2.25 |
| 1928 | ATH | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5.09 | 35.1 | 15 | 18 | 1.61 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 9
- W
- 2
- L
- 5
- ERA
- 2.70
- IP
- 60.0
- K
- 18
- BB
- 20
- WHIP
- 1.15
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 225
- SHO
- 35
- K/9
- 3.8
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | ATH | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | ATH | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | ATH | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | ATH | 0 | 25 | 8 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | ATH | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | BOS | 0 | 26 | 7 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | BOS | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | BOS | 0 | 21 | 3 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | NYY | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | NYY | 0 | 22 | 3 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | NYY | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | BAL | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | MIN/PIT | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | PIT/SF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | ATH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Joe Bush's career stats?
Joe Bush played 17 seasons for the Athletics, the Red Sox, the Yankees and the Orioles. He had 195 wins and 1,319 strikeouts with a 3.51 ERA over 3,087.1 innings. His best season was 1922: 26 wins, a 3.31 ERA and 92 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
17 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1912 to 1928
Championships ×3
- 1913 World Series with the Athletics
- 1918 World Series with the Boston Red Sox
- 1923 World Series with the New York Yankees
All-time career rank
- 126th in wins (pitching) (195)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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