Joe Benz
1911–1919 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox
251G
.138AVG
.150OBP
.166SLG
More career statistics
61H
0HR
17RBI
1SB
77–75W–L
1,359.2IP
539K
2.43ERA
163GS
3SV
3Rare 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 | 441 | 442 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 112 | 152 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 474 | 476 |
| Batting · RBI | 17 | 19 |
| Batting · Walks | 5 | 6 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,412 | 5,539 |
| Pitching · p er | 367 | 357 |
| Pitching · p gs | 163 | 162 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,079 | 4,075 |
| Pitching · p k | 539 | 538 |
| Pitching · p w | 334 | 336 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | 474 | 441 | 29 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 112 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 73 | .138 | .150 | .166 | .316 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,359.7 | 251 | 163 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 3 | 1,225 | 509 | 367 | 16 | 334 | 539 | 0 | 0 | 2.43 | 1.147 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1913-04-29 to 1913-05-16
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 13 scoreless innings | 1914-07-25 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1914-05-31 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1912-07-23 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 127 | 216 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 65 | .143 | .144 | .177 |
| Away | 124 | 260 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 87 | .134 | .138 | .155 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 15 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | .161 | .152 | .161 |
| May | 45 | 87 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 25 | .148 | .149 | .160 |
| June | 44 | 80 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | .125 | .138 | .167 |
| July | 51 | 81 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | .145 | .136 | .211 |
| August | 49 | 75 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | .123 | .120 | .137 |
| September | 41 | 113 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 34 | .147 | .159 | .167 |
| October | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 43 | 87 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | .083 | .080 | .119 |
| cleveland-guardians | 39 | 81 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 26 | .173 | .160 | .187 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 37 | 73 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 | .156 | .178 | .188 |
| new-york-yankees | 35 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | .131 | .129 | .148 |
| st-louis-browns | 35 | 76 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | .143 | .158 | .171 |
| boston-red-sox | 33 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .132 | .138 | .170 |
| detroit-tigers | 29 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | .171 | .154 | .200 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 |  Chicago White Sox | 12 | 17 | 1 | – | – | – | .059 | 55 | 29 |
| 1912 | Chicago White Sox | 42 | 76 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .132 | 238 | 98 |
| 1913 | Chicago White Sox | 33 | 51 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .176 | 150 | 79 |
| 1914 | Chicago White Sox | 48 | 92 | 12 | – | 1 | 1 | .130 | 282 | 142 |
| 1915 | Chicago White Sox | 39 | 79 | 10 | – | 1 | – | .127 | 238 | 81 |
| 1916 | Chicago White Sox | 28 | 45 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .067 | 142 | 57 |
| 1917 | Chicago White Sox | 19 | 31 | 5 | – | – | – | .161 | 94 | 25 |
| 1918 | Chicago White Sox | 29 | 51 | 11 | – | 8 | – | .216 | 154 | 27 |
| 1919 | Chicago White Sox | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |