Guy Bush
[edit] Biography
Born on August 23, 1901 in Aberdeen, Mississippi, Guy Bush (Guy Terrell Bush) played for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 17 year career. Bush broke into the bigs on September 17, 1923 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 4.02 ERA in 80.2 innings pitched in 1924, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Guy Bush's best season was 1933, when he posted a 2.75 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 84 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1923
| CHI
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| CHI
| N
| 16
| 8
| 2
| 5
| 4.02
| 36
| 51
| 36
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 80.2
| 91
| 7
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1925
| CHI
| N
| 42
| 15
| 6
| 13
| 4.30
| 76
| 102
| 87
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 182
| 213
| 15
| 52
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1926
| CHI
| N
| 35
| 15
| 13
| 9
| 2.86
| 32
| 58
| 50
| 7
| 2
| 2
| 157.1
| 149
| 3
| 42
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1927
| CHI
| N
| 36
| 22
| 10
| 10
| 3.03
| 62
| 76
| 65
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 193.1
| 177
| 3
| 79
| 0
| 2
| 6
|
| 1928
| CHI
| N
| 42
| 24
| 15
| 6
| 3.83
| 61
| 104
| 87
| 9
| 2
| 2
| 204.1
| 229
| 10
| 86
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1929
| CHI
| N
| 50
| 30
| 18
| 7
| 3.66
| 82
| 135
| 110
| 18
| 2
| 8
| 270.2
| 277
| 16
| 107
| 0
| 7
| 4
|
| 1930
| CHI
| N
| 46
| 25
| 15
| 10
| 6.20
| 75
| 174
| 155
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 225
| 291
| 22
| 86
| 0
| 12
| 2
|
| 1931
| CHI
| N
| 39
| 24
| 16
| 8
| 4.49
| 54
| 104
| 90
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 180.1
| 190
| 9
| 66
| 0
| 6
| 2
|
| 1932
| CHI
| N
| 40
| 30
| 19
| 11
| 3.21
| 73
| 106
| 85
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 238.2
| 262
| 13
| 70
| 0
| 5
| 7
|
| 1933
| CHI
| N
| 41
| 32
| 20
| 12
| 2.75
| 84
| 98
| 79
| 20
| 4
| 2
| 259
| 261
| 9
| 68
| 0
| 6
| 1
|
| 1934
| CHI
| N
| 40
| 27
| 18
| 10
| 3.83
| 75
| 96
| 89
| 15
| 1
| 2
| 209.1
| 213
| 15
| 54
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1935
| PIT
| N
| 41
| 25
| 11
| 11
| 4.32
| 42
| 115
| 98
| 8
| 1
| 2
| 204.1
| 237
| 16
| 40
| 0
| 3
| 5
|
| 1936
| PIT
| N
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 5.97
| 10
| 28
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 34.2
| 49
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1936
| BOS
| N
| 15
| 11
| 4
| 5
| 3.39
| 28
| 38
| 34
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 90.1
| 98
| 2
| 20
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1936
| TOT
| N
| 31
| 11
| 5
| 8
| 4.10
| 38
| 66
| 57
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 125
| 147
| 5
| 31
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| 1937
| BOS
| N
| 32
| 20
| 8
| 15
| 3.54
| 56
| 77
| 71
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 180.2
| 201
| 8
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| STL
| N
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4.50
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 6
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1945
| CIN
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.31
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4.1
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 542
| 308
| 176
| 136
| 3.86
| 850
| 1369
| 1166
| 151
| 16
| 34
| 2722
| 2950
| 152
| 859
| 0
| 51
| 41
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1923
| CHI
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1924
| CHI
| N
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1925
| CHI
| N
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 61
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| 1926
| CHI
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 39
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1927
| CHI
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 41
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1928
| CHI
| N
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 46
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1929
| CHI
| N
| P
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 60
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1930
| CHI
| N
| P
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 46
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1931
| CHI
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 55
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| 1932
| CHI
| N
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 50
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1933
| CHI
| N
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 72
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1934
| CHI
| N
| P
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 46
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1935
| PIT
| N
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 41
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1936
| PIT
| N
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1936
| BOS
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 21
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1936
| TOT
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 32
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1937
| BOS
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 45
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1938
| STL
| N
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1945
| CIN
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 542
| 0
| 0
| 138
| 643
| 21
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1923
| CHI
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| CHI
| N
| 16
| 26
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 4
| .154
| .185
| .192
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| CHI
| N
| 42
| 57
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 2
| .193
| .220
| .193
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| CHI
| N
| 35
| 48
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .167
| .184
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| CHI
| N
| 36
| 65
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .123
| .136
| .138
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| CHI
| N
| 42
| 73
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .082
| .107
| .082
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 18
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| CHI
| N
| 50
| 91
| 5
| 15
| 0
| 3
| .165
| .191
| .165
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 19
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| CHI
| N
| 46
| 78
| 7
| 22
| 0
| 7
| .282
| .333
| .308
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 19
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| CHI
| N
| 39
| 57
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 9
| .123
| .194
| .140
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| CHI
| N
| 40
| 84
| 6
| 15
| 0
| 1
| .179
| .216
| .226
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| CHI
| N
| 41
| 88
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 3
| .125
| .198
| .170
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1934
| CHI
| N
| 41
| 70
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 10
| .229
| .250
| .243
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 4
|
| 1935
| PIT
| N
| 41
| 63
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .127
| .236
| .143
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 7
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1936
| PIT
| N
| 16
| 9
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 3
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| BOS
| N
| 15
| 25
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .120
| .214
| .120
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1936
| TOT
| N
| 31
| 34
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 3
| .176
| .243
| .176
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1937
| BOS
| N
| 33
| 54
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 3
| .111
| .172
| .130
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1938
| STL
| N
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1945
| CIN
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 544
| 888
| 57
| 143
| 0
| 52
| .161
| .207
| .179
| 12
| 2
| 50
| 162
| 1
| 61
| 3
| 0
| 10
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Jim Weaver and Babe Herman to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Larry French and Freddie Lindstrom (November 22, 1934).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (July 20, 1936).
- Signed by Boston Bees (July 23, 1936).
- Sold by Boston Bees to St. Louis Cardinals (February 5, 1938).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (May 7, 1938).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (1945).
- Released by Cincinnati Reds (June 2, 1945).
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