Bud Black
Harry Ralston Black
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 30, 1957 in San Mateo, CA
High School: Mark Morris (Longview, WA)
School: San Diego State University
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 17th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1981
Final Game: July 9, 1995
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 SEA AL 24 P 2 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0.50 1.000 1.80 0.80
1982 KCR AL 25 P 22 14 88.1 19 6 12 1 1 .947 1.83 0.82 .958 1.80 0.73
1983 KCR AL 26 P 24 24 161.1 40 7 32 1 5 .975 2.18 1.63 .957 1.80 0.73
1984 KCR AL 27 P 35 35 257.0 66 13 51 2 2 .970 2.24 1.83 .958 1.79 0.70
1985 KCR AL 28 P 33 33 205.2 40 6 30 4 0 .900 1.58 1.09 .955 1.86 0.70
1986 KCR AL 29 P 56 4 121.0 24 3 21 0 1 1.000 1.79 0.43 .954 1.83 0.68
1987 KCR AL 30 P 29 18 122.1 23 4 19 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.79 .952 1.84 0.67
1988 TOT AL 31 P 33 7 81.0 17 5 12 0 0 1.000 1.89 0.52 .965 1.79 0.67
1988 KCR AL 31 P 17 0 22.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.41 0.06 1.000 1.80 0.67
1988 CLE AL 31 P 16 7 59.0 16 5 11 0 0 1.000 2.44 1.00 .962 1.78 0.67
1989 CLE AL 32 P 33 32 222.1 48 13 33 2 3 .958 1.86 1.39 .960 1.87 0.66
1990 TOT AL 33 P 32 31 206.2 41 7 33 1 2 .976 1.74 1.25 .951 1.78 0.59
1990 CLE AL 33 P 29 29 191.0 35 7 27 1 2 .971 1.60 1.17 .951 1.78 0.59
1990 TOR AL 33 P 3 2 15.2 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.45 2.00 .950 1.78 0.60
1991 SFG NL 34 P 34 34 214.1 52 14 38 0 4 1.000 2.18 1.53 .952 1.86 0.59
1992 SFG NL 35 P 28 28 177.0 42 5 37 0 4 1.000 2.14 1.50 .952 1.94 0.60
1993 SFG NL 36 P 16 16 93.2 27 3 22 2 2 .926 2.40 1.56 .956 1.84 0.54
1994 SFG NL 37 P 10 10 54.1 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.66 1.00 .960 1.86 0.54
1995 CLE AL 38 P 11 10 47.1 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 1.52 0.73 .962 1.79 0.53
15 Seasons P 398 296 2053.1 458 89 356 13 25 .972 1.95 1.12 .956 1.84 0.65
15 Seasons TOT 398 296 2053.1 458 89 356 13 25 .972 1.95 1.12 .928 1.84 0.65
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 SEA AL 24 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 KCR AL 25 23 0 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 KCR AL 26 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 KCR AL 27 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 KCR AL 28 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 KCR AL 29 56 0 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 KCR AL 30 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 KCR AL 31 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 CLE AL 31 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CLE AL 32 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CLE AL 33 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TOR AL 33 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 SFG NL 34 35 34 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1992 SFG NL 35 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 SFG NL 36 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 SFG NL 37 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CLE AL 38 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 400 88 90 398 398 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1981 SEA AL 24 9 67% 11% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 KCR AL 25 405 81% 25% 15 93% 0 5 0 4 14 10 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1983 KCR AL 26 688 85% 28% 31 97% 2 7 2 3 32 18 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 3 1 3 100%
1984 KCR AL 27 1077 81% 29% 44 95% 0 13 1 9 49 35 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 3 67%
1985 KCR AL 28 911 79% 25% 29 97% 2 7 0 5 30 23 2 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 7 86%
1986 KCR AL 29 521 77% 28% 19 100% 1 3 0 2 21 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 100%
1987 KCR AL 30 547 81% 31% 17 94% 0 4 1 3 18 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1988 KCR AL 31 100 70% 28% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1988 CLE AL 31 276 74% 32% 10 100% 0 5 0 4 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1989 CLE AL 32 954 85% 36% 32 97% 0 12 4 8 34 23 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 3 0 3 100%
1990 CLE AL 33 817 80% 35% 28 93% 0 7 3 3 28 20 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 100%
1990 TOR AL 33 63 89% 33% 6 83% 1 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1991 SFG NL 34 930 81% 31% 37 100% 0 14 5 7 38 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 6 100%
1992 SFG NL 35 783 82% 30% 28 100% 0 5 0 5 37 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 7 100%
1993 SFG NL 36 411 81% 28% 19 95% 1 3 1 2 22 13 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 8 100%
1994 SFG NL 37 241 81% 26% 7 86% 0 3 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1995 CLE AL 38 229 78% 33% 8 75% 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
15 Seasons 8962 81% 30% 332 96% 7 88 17 56 358 236 37 13 1 4 8 5 25 18 22 3 58 93%
MLB Averages 77% 29% 91% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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