Joe Benz
[edit] Biography
Born on January 21, 1886 in New Alsace, Indiana, Joe Benz (Joseph Louis Benz) played for the Chicago White Sox for his entire 9 year career. Benz broke into the bigs on August 16, 1911 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 2.26 ERA in 55.2 innings pitched in 1911, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Joe Benz's best season was 1914, when he posted a 2.26 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 142 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1911
| CHI
| A
| 12
| 6
| 3
| 2
| 2.26
| 28
| 23
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 55.2
| 52
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1912
| CHI
| A
| 42
| 31
| 13
| 17
| 2.90
| 97
| 107
| 77
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 238.2
| 231
| 5
| 70
| 0
| 8
| 8
|
| 1913
| CHI
| A
| 33
| 17
| 7
| 10
| 2.74
| 79
| 64
| 46
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 151
| 146
| 1
| 59
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1914
| CHI
| A
| 48
| 35
| 14
| 19
| 2.26
| 142
| 103
| 71
| 16
| 4
| 2
| 283.1
| 245
| 4
| 66
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1915
| CHI
| A
| 39
| 28
| 15
| 11
| 2.11
| 81
| 78
| 56
| 17
| 2
| 0
| 238.1
| 209
| 4
| 43
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1916
| CHI
| A
| 28
| 16
| 9
| 5
| 2.03
| 57
| 40
| 32
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 142
| 108
| 0
| 32
| 0
| 5
| 3
|
| 1917
| CHI
| A
| 19
| 13
| 7
| 3
| 2.47
| 25
| 36
| 26
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 94.2
| 76
| 1
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1918
| CHI
| A
| 29
| 17
| 8
| 8
| 2.63
| 30
| 57
| 45
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 154
| 156
| 1
| 28
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1919
| CHI
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 251
| 163
| 76
| 75
| 2.43
| 539
| 509
| 367
| 75
| 17
| 3
| 1359.2
| 1225
| 16
| 334
| 0
| 29
| 24
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1911
| CHI
| A
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 22
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .821
|
| 1912
| CHI
| A
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 77
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .897
|
| 1913
| CHI
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 66
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1914
| CHI
| A
| P
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 112
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .921
|
| 1915
| CHI
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 86
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1916
| CHI
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 46
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1917
| CHI
| A
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 32
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1918
| CHI
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 62
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1919
| CHI
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 251
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 504
| 45
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1911
| CHI
| A
| 12
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .059
| .059
| .059
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| CHI
| A
| 42
| 76
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 4
| .132
| .143
| .158
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| CHI
| A
| 33
| 50
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .180
| .180
| .220
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| CHI
| A
| 48
| 92
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 1
| .130
| .140
| .163
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 29
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| CHI
| A
| 39
| 79
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 1
| .127
| .148
| .152
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 25
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| CHI
| A
| 28
| 46
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .065
| .104
| .087
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| CHI
| A
| 19
| 30
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| CHI
| A
| 29
| 51
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 5
| .216
| .216
| .235
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1919
| CHI
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 251
| 441
| 29
| 61
| 0
| 17
| .138
| .150
| .166
| 8
| 2
| 5
| 112
| 1
| 27
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
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