Bullet Joe Bush
1912–1931 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, MLS, New York Giants, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
583G
.253AVG
.283OBP
.345SLG
More career statistics
313H
7HR
137RBI
4SB
196–184W–L
3,087.1IP
1,319K
3.51ERA
370GS
19SV
14Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,239 | 1,247 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 4 | 7 |
| Batting · Hits | 313 | 318 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 192 | 198 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,316 | 1,325 |
| Batting · Runs | 129 | 130 |
| Batting · RBI | 137 | 146 |
| Batting · Triples | 17 | 18 |
| Batting · Walks | 53 | 54 |
| Pitching · Games | 489 | 488 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 13,099 | 13,164 |
| Pitching · p cg | 225 | 224 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,204 | 1,192 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,992 | 3,000 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 9,262 | 9,251 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,319 | 1,327 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,439 | 1,437 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,263 | 1,270 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 583 | 1,316 | 1,239 | 129 | 313 | 59 | 17 | 7 | 137 | 53 | 192 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 427 | .253 | .283 | .345 | .628 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,087.3 | 489 | 370 | 225 | 196 | 184 | 19 | 2,992 | 1,439 | 1,204 | 96 | 1,263 | 1,319 | 0 | 0 | 3.51 | 1.378 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1922-05-27 to 1922-07-11
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Four Intentional Walks Issued | 1917-08-17 | 1 in 2,511 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1918-07-09 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1916-08-26 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 297 | 653 | 167 | 4 | 76 | 30 | 99 | .272 | .302 | .367 |
| Away | 286 | 672 | 151 | 3 | 70 | 24 | 99 | .238 | .260 | .330 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 47 | 117 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 16 | .189 | .239 | .226 |
| May | 102 | 203 | 50 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 40 | .258 | .286 | .361 |
| June | 107 | 241 | 52 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 32 | .233 | .261 | .305 |
| July | 116 | 273 | 69 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 40 | .271 | .293 | .353 |
| August | 111 | 254 | 68 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 31 | .281 | .299 | .409 |
| September | 93 | 217 | 53 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 37 | .255 | .281 | .361 |
| October | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .316 | .300 | .421 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 88 | 177 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 27 | .206 | .249 | .303 |
| cleveland-guardians | 79 | 176 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 30 | .201 | .210 | .278 |
| chicago-white-sox | 74 | 178 | 50 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 30 | .298 | .309 | .351 |
| st-louis-browns | 70 | 173 | 45 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 26 | .280 | .301 | .398 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 68 | 164 | 38 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 21 | .250 | .280 | .349 |
| new-york-yankees | 64 | 144 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 29 | .239 | .257 | .312 |
| boston-red-sox | 54 | 134 | 34 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 20 | .272 | .306 | .408 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 48 | 119 | 32 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 4 | .288 | .336 | .378 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | 3 | – | .500 | 8 | 3 |
| 1913 | Philadelphia Athletics | 39 | 71 | 14 | – | – | – | .197 | 201 | 80 |
| 1914 | Philadelphia Athletics | 38 | 74 | 14 | 1 | 8 | – | .189 | 206 | 109 |
| 1915 | Philadelphia Athletics | 25 | 49 | 7 | – | – | – | .143 | 145 | 89 |
| 1916 | Philadelphia Athletics | 41 | 100 | 14 | – | 7 | – | .140 | 286 | 157 |
| 1917 | Philadelphia Athletics | 37 | 80 | 16 | – | 5 | – | .200 | 233 | 127 |
| 1918 |  Boston Red Sox | 36 | 98 | 27 | – | 15 | – | .276 | 272 | 125 |
| 1919 | Boston Red Sox | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .400 | 7 | 2 |
| 1920 | Boston Red Sox | 45 | 103 | 25 | – | 7 | – | .243 | 243 | 88 |
| 1921 | Boston Red Sox | 51 | 124 | 41 | – | 19 | 2 | .331 | 253 | 96 |
| 1922 |  New York Yankees | 39 | 96 | 31 | – | 12 | – | .323 | 254 | 92 |
| 1923 | New York Yankees | 38 | 113 | 31 | 2 | 21 | – | .274 | 275 | 125 |
| 1924 | New York Yankees | 61 | 125 | 42 | 1 | 15 | – | .336 | 252 | 84 |
| 1925 |  St. Louis Browns | 57 | 102 | 26 | 2 | 20 | 2 | .255 | 208 | 63 |
| 1926 | Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 45 | 79 | 20 | 1 | 10 | – | .253 | 182 | 65 |
| 1927 | New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | 9 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .556 | 18 | 7 |
| 1928 | Philadelphia Athletics | 15 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | .067 | 35 | 15 |