Joe Benz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 196lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: January 21, 1886 in New Alsace, IN us

Died: April 22, 1957 in Chicago, IL

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery, Alsip, IL

Debut: August 16, 1911 (Age 25-207d, 3,564th in major league history)
vs. DET 3.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 0 BB

Last Game: May 2, 1919 (Age 33-101d)
vs. SLB 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1911 season

Full Name: Joseph Louis Benz

Nicknames: Blitzen or Butcher Boy

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1917 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.3

ERA

2.43

251

163

1359.2

539

WHIP

1.147

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-27 / in Starts: 13-20
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	33 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 97 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	41 (22-12-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 97 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	59 (27-20-11)

Most Driven In
B Roth	1
R Schalk	0
J Breton	0
L Blackburne	0
B Weaver	0

Most Driven In By
S Collins	2
B Weaver	1
L Blackburne	1
R Demmitt	1

1914 Batting Game Log

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1914 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	88	3 (2)	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.69	-0.050	2.10	-0.09%	-0.49	P
2	89	7 (3)	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	W,6-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.33	-0.017	1.16	-0.04%	-0.17	P
3	90	10 (2)	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.21	-0.087	4.28	-0.18%	-0.54	P
4	91	14 (3)	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.091	.091	.091	.182	9	1.02	-0.049	3.07	-0.09%	-0.34	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	92	18 (3)	May 4	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.154	.154	.154	.308	9	.89	0.045	2.18	0.07%	0.28	P
6	93	21 (2)	May 8	CHW		DET	L,8-10	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.97	-0.045	2.26	-0.06%	-0.69	P
7	94	22	May 9	CHW		DET	L,4-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
8	95	24 (1)	May 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.118	.118	.118	.235	9	.92	-0.051	1.61	-0.05%	-0.57	P
9	96	28 (3)	May 16	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.105	.105	.105	.211	9	.49	-0.024	.68	-0.02%	-0.16	P
10	97	32 (3)	May 21	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.45	-0.032	.60	-0.03%	-0.30	P
11	98	36 (3)	May 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.087	.087	.087	.174	9	1.44	-0.038	2.08	-0.03%	-0.19	P
12	99	40 (3)	May 31	CHW		CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.074	.074	.074	.148	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	100	45 (4)	Jun 6	CHW		NYY	T,1-1	CG(8)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.067	.067	.067	.133	9	.94	-0.071	.92	-0.04%	-0.36	P
14	101	49 (3)	Jun 10	CHW		WSH	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.061	.061	.061	.121	9	.98	-0.072	1.63	-0.07%	-0.84	P
15	102	53 (3)	Jun 15	CHW		PHA	L,4-9	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.061	.088	.061	.149	9	.69	0.030	.72	0.02%	0.23	P
16	103	57 (3)	Jun 19	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.054	.079	.054	.133	9	1.42	-0.148	.78	-0.05%	-1.15	P
17	104	60 (2)	Jun 22	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	3-GF	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.103	.125	.128	.253	9	1.35	0.145	1.28	0.08%	0.97	P
18	105	64 (3)	Jun 27	CHW		DET	L,0-2	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.103	.125	.128	.253	9	1.97	-0.020	3.42	-0.02%	-0.16	P
19	106	66 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.103	.125	.128	.253	3						P
20	107	67	Jun 29	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.098	.119	.122	.241	9	1.19	-0.057	2.31	-0.07%	-0.58	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	108	70 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.093	.114	.116	.230	9	.82	-0.039	1.72	-0.05%	-0.32	P
22	109	74 (3)	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.109	.128	.152	.280	9	.70	0.029	2.26	0.06%	-0.02	P
23	110	77 (2)	Jul 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-9	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.109	.128	.152	.280	9						P
24	111	81 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.128	.146	.170	.316	9	.69	0.028	2.59	0.06%	0.23	P
25	112	86 (4)	Jul 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.122	.140	.163	.303	9	1.38	-0.076	2.70	-0.09%	-0.64	P
26	113	88 (1)	Jul 23	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-5	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.122	.140	.163	.303	9						P
27	114	89	Jul 25	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG(13)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.113	.130	.151	.281	9	1.73	-0.164	2.06	-0.12%	-0.84	P
28	115	92 (2)	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	L,0-5	4-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.113	.130	.151	.281	9						P
29	116	95 (2)	Jul 30	CHW		BOS	L,0-4	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.113	.130	.151	.281	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	117	97 (1)	Aug 1	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.109	.125	.145	.270	9	.71	-0.035	.23	-0.01%	-0.32	P
31	118	100 (2)	Aug 4	CHW		PHA	L,4-5	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.107	.123	.143	.266	9	.88	-0.021	.17	0.00%	-0.08	P
32	119	102 (1)	Aug 7	CHW		WSH	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0		.102	.117	.136	.252	9	.43	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.02	P
33	120	103	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.100	.115	.133	.248	5	.32	-0.007	.01	0.00%	-0.13	P
34	121	108 (4)	Aug 12	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.115	.129	.148	.277	9	.33	0.012	.01	0.00%	0.11	P
35	122	109	Aug 14	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.115	.129	.148	.277	9						P
36	123	112 (2)	Aug 16 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,7-9	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.113	.127	.145	.272	9						P
37	124	113	Aug 19 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.108	.121	.138	.260	9	1.21	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-0.92	P
38	125	116 (2)	Aug 22	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.108	.121	.138	.260	9						P
39	126	118 (1)	Aug 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-9	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.108	.121	.138	.260	9						P
40	127	120 (1)	Aug 27	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.119	.132	.164	.297	9	.89	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.12	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	128	125 (4)	Sep 2	CHW	@	WSH	T,4-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		1		.127	.139	.169	.308	9	1.15	0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.03	P
42	129	129 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,8-7	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.125	.137	.167	.304	9	1.68	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
43	130	134 (4)	Sep 13	CHW		DET	L,3-4	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.133	.145	.173	.318	9						P
44	131	138 (3)	Sep 17	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.128	.139	.167	.306	9	1.22	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
45	132	144 (5)	Sep 22 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,9-1	CG	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.122	.133	.159	.291	9	.64	0.128	.00	0.00%	1.48	P
46	133	150 (5)	Sep 27 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG(7)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.119	.129	.155	.284	9						P
47	134	153 (2)	Sep 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG(12)	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.133	.143	.167	.310	9	1.73	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
48	135	155 (1)	Oct 3 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,1-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.130	.140	.163	.303	9	1.50	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
							19-27		97	92	5	12	3	0	0	1	1	0	29	0	4		2		1		.130	.140	.163	.303		1.04	-0.985	1.11	-0.82%	-7.98

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