Bullet Joe Bush
American baseball player (1892-1974) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Joe Bush (disambiguation).
Leslie Ambrose "Bullet Joe" Bush (November 27, 1892 – November 1, 1974) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants between 1912 and 1928. Bush batted and threw right-handed. He is credited with having developed the forkball pitch.[1]
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Bullet Joe Bush | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1892-11-27)November 27, 1892 Brainerd, Minnesota, U.S. | |
Died: November 1, 1974(1974-11-01) (aged 81) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 30, 1912, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 22, 1928, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 195–183 |
Earned run average | 3.51 |
Strikeouts | 1,318 |
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