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Buddy Black

Harry Ralston Black

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 30, 1957 in San Mateo, CA
High School: Mark Morris HS (Longview, WA)
School: San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 17th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1981
Teams (by GP): Royals/Indians/Giants/BlueJays/Mariners 1981-1995
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: July 9, 1995
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1981 24 SEA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1982 25 KCR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 26 KCR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 27 KCR AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 28 KCR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 29 KCR AL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 30 KCR AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 31 TOT AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 31 KCR AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 31 CLE AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 32 CLE AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 33 TOT AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 33 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 33 TOR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1991 34 SFG NL 35 80 71 3 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 20 .183 .183 .225 .408 17 16 0 0 9 0 0 1
1992 35 SFG NL 28 66 54 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 16 .056 .089 .074 .163 -52 4 0 0 10 0 0 1
1993 36 SFG NL 16 42 37 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 .243 .282 .243 .525 45 9 1 0 3 0 0 1
1994 37 SFG NL 10 22 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .059 .059 .059 .118 -68 1 0 0 5 0 0 1
1995 38 CLE AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Yrs 400 210 179 6 26 4 0 0 12 0 0 4 49 .145 .164 .168 .332 -6 30 1 0 27 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 85 72 2 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 20 .145 .164 .168 .332 -6 12 0 0 11 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
KCR (7 yrs) 217 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SFG (4 yrs) 89 210 179 6 26 4 0 0 12 0 0 4 49 .145 .164 .168 .332 -6 30 1 0 27 0 0
CLE (4 yrs) 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 311 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 89 210 179 6 26 4 0 0 12 0 0 4 49 .145 .164 .168 .332 -6 30 1 0 27 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1981 24 SEA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1982 25 KCR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1983 26 KCR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1984 27 KCR AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1985 28 KCR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $465,000 1
1986 29 KCR AL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $645,000 1
1987 30 KCR AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $600,000 1
1988 31 KCR AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $635,000 1
1988 31 CLE AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1989 32 CLE AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $600,000 1
1990 33 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $775,000 1
1990 33 TOR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1991 34 SFG NL 35 80 -8 0 0 0 10 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $1,750,000 1
1992 35 SFG NL 28 66 -12 0 0 0 8 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .484 .497 -0.4 0.0 -2 $2,750,000 1
1993 36 SFG NL 16 42 -3 -0 -0 0 6 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .513 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $2,250,000 1
1994 37 SFG NL 10 22 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .478 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $3,250,000 1
1995 38 CLE AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $350,000 1
15 Seasons 400 210 -28 0 0 0 26 -1 -0.2 6 4 -0.2 .500 .500 -0.2 0.3 4 $14,070,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
KCR (7 yrs) 217 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 0 $2,345,000
SFG (4 yrs) 89 210 -28 -0 0 0 26 -2 -0.2 6 4 -0.2 .497 .500 -0.2 0.0 4 $10,000,000
CLE (4 yrs) 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,725,000
SEA (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
TOR (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1991 34 SFG NL 80 67 3 1.2 90 .255 .183 .253 .183 .320 .225 .379 .408 .699 17 .092 -7.8 -0.8 .276 .042 .042
1992 35 SFG NL 66 61 1 0.4 88 .079 .056 .253 .089 .318 .074 .373 .163 .691 -52 .016 -10.6 -1.1 .118 .056 .019
1993 36 SFG NL 42 32 3 2.5 100 .310 .243 .266 .282 .331 .243 .406 .525 .736 45 .245 -2.9 -0.3 .379 .054 .000
1994 37 SFG NL 22 21 0 0.0 104 .083 .059 .267 .059 .333 .059 .418 .118 .751 -68 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .063 .000 .000
15 Yrs 210 181 7 1.0 93 .200 .145 .257 .164 .323 .168 .386 .332 .709 -6 .068 -25.5 -2.6 .221 .045 .022
162 Game Avg. 85 73 3 1.0 93 .200 .145 .257 .164 .323 .168 .386 .332 .709 -6 .068 -25.5 -2.6 .221 .045 .022

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 27 KCR AL ALCS DET L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 28 KCR AL ALCS TOR W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 28 KCR AL WS STL W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1991 34 SFG NL 80 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 3.8% 23% 3.6 11.8 1.68 3.18 64% 20% 0.0% 11%
1992 35 SFG NL 66 0.0% 24.2% 3.0% 1.5% 33% 8.00 3.4 27.0 4.29 4.33 58% 6% 0.0% 14%
1993 36 SFG NL 42 0.0% 19.1% 4.8% 0.0% 0% 4.00 4.6 12.3 1.33 1.88 69% 16% 0.0% 8%
1994 37 SFG NL 22 0.0% 22.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.4 17.0 2.00 4.33 55% 18% 0.0% 0%
15 Yrs 210 0.0% 23.3% 1.9% 1.9% 15% 12.25 3.7 14.9 2.05 3.29 62% 15% 0.0% 10%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.7% 8.6% 6.8% 30% 1.71 6.1 40.7 8.3 0.81 1.07 73% 21% 6.7% 20%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1981 24 SEA AL 0.0 0.0
1982 25 KCR AL 0.0 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.26 0.0 -0.0 0.1 0.0 0.89 0.2
1983 26 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1984 27 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1985 28 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1986 29 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1987 30 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1988 31 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1988 31 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1988 31 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1989 32 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1990 33 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1990 33 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1990 33 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1991 34 SFG NL -7.8 -0.8 80 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 .96 -0.8 0.3 -5.2 -0.6 0.99 -8.0 0.92 1
1992 35 SFG NL -10.6 -1.1 66 -1.2 0.3 -1.5 1.03 -1.1 -0.0 -12.6 -1.4 1.02 -11.4 0
1993 36 SFG NL -3.0 -0.3 42 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 .83 -0.3 0.2 -3.4 -0.3 1.00 -2.8 0
1994 37 SFG NL -4.1 -0.4 22 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .75 -0.4 0.1 -3.2 -0.3 0.93 -4.4 0
1995 38 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
15 Yrs -25.5 -2.6 212 -2.0 1.7 -3.7 .94 -2.6 0.4 -24.3 -2.6 0.99 -26.4 0.92 1
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1991 34 SFG NL 1 0 23% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1992 35 SFG NL 0 0 20% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
1993 36 SFG NL 0 0 18% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1994 37 SFG NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 1 0 20% 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13% 3 3 0 3 2 1 2 2 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1991 34 SFG NL 80 61% 13 4 0 1 0 0 0 0.92 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 100% 13 0 0% 13 6 46% 55 7 13% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
1992 35 SFG NL 66 52% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 71% 13 0 0% 19 6 32% 49 2 4% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 0
1993 36 SFG NL 42 69% 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 7 1 14% 7 1 14% 28 3 11% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1994 37 SFG NL 22 91% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 7 0 0% 9 3 33% 13 1 8% 1 1 100% 2 2 100% 0
15 Yrs 210 63% 26 7 0 1 0 0 0 0.92 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 32 27 84% 40 1 3% 48 16 33% 145 13 9% 7 4 57% 6 4 67% 0
MLB Averages 59% 76% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1991 34 SFG NL 80 261 3.26 182 70% 34% 13% 20% 33% 66% 0% 46% 80% 26% 0% 0 0 6% 5 1 0% 0 0 40% 0 0 0
1992 35 SFG NL 66 232 3.52 164 71% 35% 13% 23% 29% 65% 0% 46% 80% 26% 6% 4 0 9% 6 1 6% 4 0 44% 0 0 0
1993 36 SFG NL 41 146 3.56 96 66% 36% 6% 25% 32% 64% 0% 42% 90% 24% 2% 1 0 12% 5 0 7% 3 1 75% 1 0 0
1994 37 SFG NL 22 96 4.36 66 69% 23% 14% 36% 26% 76% 0% 52% 80% 23% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 20% 0 0 1
4 Yrs 209 735 3.52 508 69% 33% 12% 24% 31% 66% 0% 46% 82% 25% 2% 5 0 8% 16 2 3% 7 1 45% 1 0 1
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1991 34 335 80 71 3 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 20 .183 .183 .225 .408 17 16 0 0 9 0 0
1992 35 363 146 125 4 16 4 0 0 8 0 0 2 36 .128 .142 .160 .302 -13 20 0 0 19 0 0
1993 36 379 188 162 6 25 4 0 0 11 0 0 4 44 .154 .175 .179 .354 1 29 1 0 22 0 0
1994 37 389 210 179 6 26 4 0 0 12 0 0 4 49 .145 .164 .168 .332 -6 30 1 0 27 0 0
1995 38 400 210 179 6 26 4 0 0 12 0 0 4 49 .145 .164 .168 .332 -6 30 1 0 27 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1991 34 35 80 71 3 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 20 .183 .183 .225 .408 3 35
1992 35 28 66 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .000 .036 .000 .036 0 28
1993 36 16 43 38 2 10 0 0 0 4 0 2 8 .263 .300 .263 .563 3 16
1994 37 14 31 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
4 Yrs 93 220 187 5 23 3 0 0 10 0 4 51 .123 .141 .139 .280 6 89
162 Game Avg. 162 383 326 9 40 5 0 0 17 0 7 89 .123 .141 .139 .280 10 89

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
2010 NL Mgr of the year

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1992 NL  10 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1994 NL  born 1957-06-30 (9th)

             

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