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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 (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
Teams (by GP): Royals/Indians/Giants/BlueJays/Mariners 1981-1995
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: July 9, 1995
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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 11:59PM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #444. Ray Fisher… #445. Darryl Kile… #446. Whit Wyatt… #447. BUDDY BLACK… #448. Brickyard Kennedy… #449. Bob Tewksbury… #450. Mike Moore…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #444. Ray Fisher… #445. Darryl Kile… #446. Whit Wyatt… #447. BUDDY BLACK… #448. Brickyard Kennedy… #449. Bob Tewksbury… #450. Mike Moore…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1979	22	SEA-min	A,A-	0	1	.000	2.53	19	2					32.0	20	11	9	1	21								1.281	5.6	0.3	5.9			SJO,BLH · CALL,NORW
1980	23	SEA-min	A	5	3	.625	3.45	32	5		4	0	0	86.0	67	34	33	4	49	2	73	2	2	5			1.349	7.0	0.4	5.1	7.6	1.49	SJO · CALL
1981	24	SEA-min	AA,AAA	3	6	.333	3.13	26	11	6	2	1	2	95.0	90	42	33	13	25	3	90	1	3	5			1.211	8.5	1.2	2.4	8.5	3.60	LYN,SPO · EL,PCL
1981	24	SEA	AL	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	7		5.000	18.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
1982	25	KCR-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.48	4	4	0	3	1	0	29.0	23	9	8	2	10	0	20	0	0	0			1.138	7.1	0.6	3.1	6.2	2.00	OMA · AA
1982	25	KCR	AL	4	6	.400	4.58	22	14	2	0	0	0	88.1	92	48	45	10	34	6	40	3	7	4	386	89	1.426	9.4	1.0	3.5	4.1	1.18
1983	26	KCR-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.34	5	5	0	3	0	0	35.0	31	13	13	1	13	0	32	0	1	0			1.257	8.0	0.3	3.3	8.2	2.46	OMA · AA
1983	26	KCR	AL	10	7	.588	3.79	24	24	0	3	0	0	161.1	159	75	68	19	43	1	58	2	0	4	672	108	1.252	8.9	1.1	2.4	3.2	1.35
1984	27	KCR	AL	17	12	.586	3.12	35	35	0	8	1	0	257.0	226	99	89	22	64	2	140	4	2	2	1045	130	1.128	7.9	0.8	2.2	4.9	2.19
1985	28	KCR	AL	10	15	.400	4.33	33	33	0	5	2	0	205.2	216	111	99	17	59	4	122	8	1	9	885	96	1.337	9.5	0.7	2.6	5.3	2.07
1986	29	KCR	AL	5	10	.333	3.20	56	4	26	0	0	9	121.0	100	49	43	14	43	5	68	7	2	2	503	133	1.182	7.4	1.0	3.2	5.1	1.58
1987	30	KCR	AL	8	6	.571	3.60	29	18	4	0	0	1	122.1	126	63	49	16	35	2	61	5	0	6	520	127	1.316	9.3	1.2	2.6	4.5	1.74
1988	31	CLE-min	AA	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		WPT · EL
1988	31	TOT	AL	4	4	.500	5.00	33	7	9	0	0	1	81.0	82	47	45	8	34	3	63	4	6	5	358	82	1.432	9.1	0.9	3.8	7.0	1.85
1988	31	KCR	AL	2	1	.667	4.91	17	0	5	0	0	0	22.0	23	12	12	2	11	2	19	0	2	0	98	83	1.545	9.4	0.8	4.5	7.8	1.73
1988	31	CLE	AL	2	3	.400	5.03	16	7	4	0	0	1	59.0	59	35	33	6	23	1	44	4	4	5	260	82	1.390	9.0	0.9	3.5	6.7	1.91
1989	32	CLE	AL	12	11	.522	3.36	33	32	0	6	3	0	222.1	213	95	83	14	52	0	88	1	5	13	912	118	1.192	8.6	0.6	2.1	3.6	1.69
1990	33	TOT	AL	13	11	.542	3.57	32	31	1	5	2	0	206.2	181	86	82	19	61	1	106	5	1	6	857	111	1.171	7.9	0.8	2.7	4.6	1.74
1990	33	CLE	AL	11	10	.524	3.53	29	29	0	5	2	0	191.0	171	79	75	17	58	1	103	4	1	6	796	111	1.199	8.1	0.8	2.7	4.9	1.78
1990	33	TOR	AL	2	1	.667	4.02	3	2	1	0	0	0	15.2	10	7	7	2	3	0	3	1	0	0	61	105	0.830	5.7	1.1	1.7	1.7	1.00
1991	34	SFG	NL	12	16	.429	3.99	34	34	0	3	3	0	214.1	201	104	95	25	71	8	104	4	6	6	893	90	1.269	8.4	1.0	3.0	4.4	1.46
1992	35	SFG-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	0.86	3	3	0	1	1	0	21.0	21	3	2	0	5	0	7	0	0	1	81		1.238	9.0	0.0	2.1	3.0	1.40	PHX · PCL
1992	35	SFG	NL	10	12	.455	3.97	28	28	0	2	1	0	177.0	178	88	78	23	59	11	82	1	7	3	749	83	1.339	9.1	1.2	3.0	4.2	1.39
1993	36	SFG-min	A+	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4		2.000	18.0	9.0	0.0	18.0		SJO · CALL
1993	36	SFG	NL	8	2	.800	3.56	16	16	0	0	0	0	93.2	89	44	37	13	33	2	45	2	4	0	394	110	1.302	8.6	1.2	3.2	4.3	1.36
1994	37	SFG-min	AAA,A+	2	0	1.000	0.81	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.1	20	4	2	2	9	0	13	0	0	0	93		1.299	8.1	0.8	3.6	5.2	1.44	PHX,SJO · PCL,CALL
1994	37	SFG	NL	4	2	.667	4.47	10	10	0	0	0	0	54.1	50	31	27	9	16	1	28	3	1	3	227	89	1.215	8.3	1.5	2.7	4.6	1.75
1995	38	CLE	AL	4	2	.667	6.85	11	10	0	0	0	0	47.1	63	42	36	8	16	2	34	0	1	1	219	69	1.669	12.0	1.5	3.0	6.5	2.13
15 Seasons				121	116	.511	3.84	398	296	42	32	12	11	2053.1	1978	982	876	217	623	49	1039	49	43	65	8627	104	1.267	8.7	1.0	2.7	4.6	1.67
162 Game Avg.				12	11	.511	3.84	39	29	4	3	1	1	201	194	96	86	21	61	5	102	5	4	6	845	104	1.267	8.7	1.0	2.7	4.6	1.67
			Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
KCR (7 yrs)				56	57	.496	3.73	216	128	37	16	3	10	977.2	942	457	405	100	289	22	508	29	14	27	4109	112	1.259	8.7	0.9	2.7	4.7	1.76
SFG (4 yrs)				34	32	.515	3.95	88	88	0	5	4	0	539.1	518	267	237	70	179	22	259	10	18	12	2263	91	1.292	8.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	1.45
CLE (4 yrs)				29	26	.527	3.93	89	78	4	11	5	1	519.2	506	251	227	45	149	4	269	9	11	25	2187	103	1.260	8.8	0.8	2.6	4.7	1.81
SEA (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	7		5.000	18.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
TOR (1 yr)				2	1	.667	4.02	3	2	1	0	0	0	15.2	10	7	7	2	3	0	3	1	0	0	61	105	0.830	5.7	1.1	1.7	1.7	1.00

AL (11 yrs)			AL	87	84	.509	3.80	310	208	42	27	8	11	1514.0	1460	715	639	147	444	27	780	39	25	53	6364	109	1.258	8.7	0.9	2.6	4.6	1.76
NL (4 yrs)			NL	34	32	.515	3.95	88	88	0	5	4	0	539.1	518	267	237	70	179	22	259	10	18	12	2263	91	1.292	8.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	1.45

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1981	24	SEA	AL	1.0	0	0	1	0	.3	1	0.0	$
1982	25	KCR	AL	88.1	14	48	49	2	.8	1	0.1	$
1983	26	KCR	AL	161.1	24	75	97	-3	1.0	22	2.2	$
1984	27	KCR	AL	257.0	35	99	141	11	1.0	42	4.5	$
1985	28	KCR	AL	205.2	33	111	126	-1	1.1	15	1.6	$465,000
1986	29	KCR	AL	121.0	4	49	75	1	1.1	26	2.0	$645,000
1987	30	KCR	AL	122.1	18	63	84	-1	1.0	21	1.9	$600,000
1988	31	KCR	AL	22.0	0	12	13	0	1.1	1	0.0	$635,000
1988	31	CLE	AL	59.0	7	35	38	-2	1.1	3	0.2	$
1989	32	CLE	AL	222.1	32	95	130	0	1.0	35	3.8	$600,000
1990	33	CLE	AL	191.0	29	79	108	2	1.0	29	3.0	$775,000
1990	33	TOR	AL	15.2	2	7	9	0	1.4	2	0.2	$
1991	34	SFG	NL	214.1	34	104	112	2	1.0	8	0.9	$1,750,000
1992	35	SFG	NL	177.0	28	88	85	1	.9	-3	-0.3	$2,750,000
1993	36	SFG	NL	93.2	16	44	49	2	.9	5	0.6	$2,250,000
1994	37	SFG	NL	54.1	10	31	30	2	.9	-1	-0.1	$3,250,000
1995	38	CLE	AL	47.1	10	42	32	0	.9	-10	-1.0	$350,000
15 Seasons				2053.1	296	982	1179	16	1.0	197	19.6	$14,070,000
			Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
KCR (7 yrs)				977.2	128	457	585	9	1.0	128	12.3	$2,345,000
SFG (4 yrs)				539.1	88	267	276	7	.9	9	1.1	$10,000,000
CLE (4 yrs)				519.2	78	251	308	0	1.0	57	6.0	$1,725,000
SEA (1 yr)				1.0	0	0	1	0	.3	1	0.0	$
TOR (1 yr)				15.2	2	7	9	0	1.4	2	0.2	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1984	27	KCR	AL	ALCS	L	DET	1	.000	7.20	1	1	0	5.0	7	4	4	2	1	0	3	0	0	23	1.600	12.6	3.6	1.8	5.4	3.00
1985	28	KCR	AL	ALCS	W	TOR	0		1.69	3	1	0	10.2	11	3	2	0	4	0	8	1	2	47	1.406	9.3	0.0	3.4	6.8	2.00
1985	28	KCR	AL	WS	W	STL	1	.000	5.06	2	1	1	5.1	4	3	3	2	5	2	4	0	0	23	1.688	6.8	3.4	8.4	6.8	0.80
2 Seasons (3 Series)							2	.000	3.86	6	3	1	21.0	22	10	9	4	10	2	15	1	2	93	1.524	9.4	1.7	4.3	6.4	1.50
2 ALCS							1	.000	3.45	4	2	0	15.2	18	7	6	2	5	0	11	1	2	70	1.468	10.3	1.1	2.9	6.3	2.20
1 WS							1	.000	5.06	2	1	1	5.1	4	3	3	2	5	2	4	0	0	23	1.688	6.8	3.4	8.4	6.8	0.80

Standard Batting

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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
1979	22	SEA-min	A-,A	19																								BLH,SJO · NORW,CALL
1980	23	SEA-min	A	33	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500		1		0	0	0		SJO · CALL
1981	24	SEA-min	AAA,AA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	SPO,LYN · PCL,EL
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-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	OMA · AA
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-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	OMA · AA
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	CLE-min	AA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	WPT · EL
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-min	AAA	3	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222		1		0	0	0	0	PHX · PCL
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-min	A+	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SJO · CALL
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-min	AAA,A+	4	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100		2	0	0	0	0	0	PHX,SJO · PCL,CALL
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rroe	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1991	34	SFG	NL	80	-8	0	7	2	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$1,750,000	1
1992	35	SFG	NL	66	-10	-1	5	2	-4	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$2,750,000	1
1993	36	SFG	NL	42	-3	0	4	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$2,250,000	1
1994	37	SFG	NL	22	-4	0	2	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$3,250,000	1
4 Seasons				210	-25	-1	18	5	-3	-0.6	-3	-0.3	-0.3	$10,000,000

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
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
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

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1981	SEA	AL	24	P	2			1.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00	0.50	.960	1.80	2.00
1982	KCR	AL	25	P	22			88.1	19	6	12	1	1	.947	1.83	0.82	.958	1.80	1.80
1983	KCR	AL	26	P	24			161.1	40	7	32	1	5	.975	2.18	1.63	.958	1.80	1.78
1984	KCR	AL	27	P	35			257.0	66	13	51	2	2	.970	2.24	1.83	.958	1.79	1.78
1985	KCR	AL	28	P	33			205.2	40	6	30	4	0	.900	1.58	1.09	.953	1.86	1.84
1986	KCR	AL	29	P	56			121.0	24	3	21	0	1	1.000	1.79	0.43	.957	1.83	1.81
1987	KCR	AL	30	P	29			122.1	23	4	19	0	0	1.000	1.69	0.79	.955	1.84	1.82
1988	TOT	AL	31	P	33	7	0	81.0	17	5	12	0	0	1.000	1.89	0.52	.961	1.79	1.77	3	2	40%	1
1988	KCR	AL	31	P	17	0	0	22.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.41	0.06	.960	1.80	1.77	0	0		0
1988	CLE	AL	31	P	16	7	0	59.0	16	5	11	0	0	1.000	2.44	1.00	.961	1.78	1.77	3	2	40%	1
1989	CLE	AL	32	P	33			222.1	48	13	33	2	3	.958	1.86	1.39	.960	1.87	1.85
1990	TOT	AL	33	P	32	31	5	206.2	41	7	33	1	2	.976	1.74	1.25	.953	1.78	1.76	12	8	40%	4
1990	CLE	AL	33	P	29	29	5	191.0	35	7	27	1	2	.971	1.60	1.17	.953	1.78	1.76	11	7	39%	3
1990	TOR	AL	33	P	3	2	0	15.2	6	0	6	0	0	1.000	3.45	2.00	.953	1.78	1.77	1	1	50%	1
1991	SFG	NL	34	P	34			214.1	52	14	38	0	4	1.000	2.18	1.53	.955	1.86	1.85
1992	SFG	NL	35	P	28			177.0	42	5	37	0	4	1.000	2.14	1.50	.954	1.94	1.94
1993	SFG	NL	36	P	16			93.2	27	3	22	2	2	.926	2.40	1.56	.953	1.84	1.83
1994	SFG	NL	37	P	10			54.1	10	3	7	0	1	1.000	1.66	1.00	.958	1.86	1.85
1995	CLE	AL	38	P	11			47.1	8	0	8	0	0	1.000	1.52	0.73	.960	1.79	1.77
	15 Seasons			P	398	38	5	2053.1	458	89	356	13	25	.972	1.95	1.12	.956	1.84	1.82	15	10	40%	5
	15 Seasons			TOT	398	38	5	2053.1	458	89	356	13	25	.972	1.95	1.12	.956	1.84	1.82	15	10	40%	5
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award) 2010 NL Mgr of the year	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1984 AL 4.5 (7th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1984 AL 3.12 (6th)	Wins s c a p y 1984 AL 17 (6th)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1984 AL 1.128 (1st) 1989 AL 1.192 (10th) 1990 AL 1.171 (7th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1984 AL 7.914 (9th) 1990 AL 7.882 (9th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1989 AL 2.105 (6th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1984 AL 257.0 (6th)
Games Started s c a p y 1984 AL 35 (4th) 1991 NL 34 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1985 AL 2 (9th) 1989 AL 3 (4th) 1990 AL 2 (6th) 1991 NL 3 (3rd)	Home Runs s c a p y 1991 NL 25 (2nd) 1992 NL 23 (1st) Career 217 (166th)	Losses s c a p y 1985 AL 15 (7th) 1991 NL 16 (1st)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1991 NL 95 (6th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1989 AL 13 (3rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1985 AL 8 (6th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1984 AL 1,045 (8th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1984 AL 130 (6th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1984 AL 26 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1984 AL 2.8 (7th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1984 AL 30.10 (7th)
Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1984 AL 3.5 (4th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1984 AL 3.8 (4th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1984 AL 3.2 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1992 NL 10 (10th)
Assists as P s c a p y 1984 AL 51 (1st)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1985 AL 4 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 1984 AL 1.83 (4th)	Oldest s c a p y 1994 NL born 1957-06-30 (9th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 23 (975), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 11 (737), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

January 11, 1977: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
June 7, 1977: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.
June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 17th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
March 2, 1982: the Seattle Mariners sent Buddy Black to the Kansas City Royals to complete an earlier deal made on October 23, 1981. October 23, 1981: The Seattle Mariners sent a player to be named later to the Kansas City Royals for Manny Castillo.
June 3, 1988: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Cleveland Indians for Pat Tabler.
November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.
December 5, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
September 16, 1990: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for players to be named later and Mauro Gozzo. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Steve Cummings (September 21, 1990) and Alex Sanchez (September 24, 1990) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.
November 9, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
October 14, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
April 25, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
July 14, 1995: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1985	28	Kansas City Royals	$465,000	1985 USA Today survey
1986	29	Kansas City Royals	$645,000	1986 USA Today survey
1987	30	Kansas City Royals	$600,000	1987 USA Today survey
1988	31	Kansas City Royals	$635,000	USA Today, 4/1/88
1989	32	Cleveland Indians	$600,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	33	Cleveland Indians	$775,000	USA Today
1991	34	San Francisco Giants	$1,750,000	USA Today survey
1992	35	San Francisco Giants	$2,750,000	4/2/92 USA Today
1993	36	San Francisco Giants	$2,250,000	USA Today
1994	37	San Francisco Giants	$3,250,000	4/5/94 USA Today
1995	38	Cleveland Indians	$350,000	7/7/95 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$14,070,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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