Bullet Joe Bush Baseball player

Leslie Ambrose "Bullet Joe" Bush (November 27, 1892 – November 1, 1974) was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants. He is credited with having developed the forkball pitch.

Personal facts

Bullet Joe Bush
Alias (AKA)Bush Leslie Ambrose
Birth dateNovember 27, 1892
Birth place
Brainerd Minnesota
Date of deathNovember 01, 1974
Place of death
Fort Lauderdale Florida

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 30, 1912
Career endAugust 22, 1928
batting sideRight
former teams
History of the Philadelphia Athletics
position
Pitcher
teams
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Minnesota Twins
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Francisco Giants
History of the Philadelphia Athletics
New York Yankees
throwing sideRight

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Bullet Joe Bush on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Bush_Joe.stm
  2. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pbushj102.htm
  3. http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_B/Bush.Joe.Obit.html