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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	12 (11)	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	16 (3)	May 1	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	GS	30	7.1	1	3	0	4	0
3	18 (1)	May 3	CHW		CLE	W,7-4	GS	30	6.2	1	2	1	4	0
4	22 (3)	May 8	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS	4	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	23	May 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-2	GS	26	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
6	27 (3)	May 14	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
7	30 (2)	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
8	32 (1)	May 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-9		9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
9	34 (1)	May 23	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-4	GS	27	6.0	0	5	1	6	0
10	36 (1)	May 26	CHW		DET	L,2-6	GS	36	7.0	1	4	1	6	0
11	38 (1)	May 29 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	23	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	42 (3)	Jun 1	CHW		PHA	W,6-3	GS	19	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	44 (1)	Jun 3	CHW		PHA	L,4-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	46 (1)	Jun 5	CHW		WSH	L,4-8	GS	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	55 (8)	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	GF	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	59 (3)	Jun 19	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
17	61 (1)	Jun 22	CHW		SLB	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	64 (2)	Jun 26	CHW		SLB	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
19	65	Jun 28	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
20	67 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,9-11	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	68	Jul 2 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
22	73 (4)	Jul 6 (1)	CHW		DET	L,0-4	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	77 (3)	Jul 12 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-2	GS	27	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
24	81 (3)	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-7		11	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	84 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-8	GS	36	7.0	0	1	1	2	0
26	88 (3)	Jul 23	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
27	90 (1)	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	93 (2)	Jul 29	CHW		BOS	L,5-7	GS	18	4.0	0	2	1	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	98 (4)	Aug 3	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
30	100 (1)	Aug 5	CHW		WSH	L,7-8		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	104 (3)	Aug 10	CHW		PHA	L,0-8	GS	25	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
32	111 (6)	Aug 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	115 (3)	Aug 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS	24	6.0	0	7	0	7	0
34	121 (5)	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
35	123 (1)	Aug 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	125 (1)	Sep 1	CHW		DET	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	126	Sep 2	CHW		DET	L,4-12	GS	26	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
38	131 (4)	Sep 6	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	CG	45	11.0	0	2	1	3	0
39	134 (2)	Sep 10	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	147 (12)	Sep 24 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	T,2-2	CG	37	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	150 (2)	Sep 27 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-5		27	6.2	0	5	0	5	0
42	158 (7)	Oct 6	CHW	@	DET	W,9-4		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
							42gm		239.0	10	77	10	97	0