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

Born: June 30, 1957 in San Mateo, CA
Schools: 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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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
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 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 AL 10 7 .588 3.79 24 24 0 3 0 0 161.1 159 75 68 19 43 1 58 2 0 4 672 107 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 2 503 132 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 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 81 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 82 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 81 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 6 857 110 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 61 102 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 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 NL 8 2 .800 3.56 16 16 0 0 0 0 93.2 89 44 37 13 33 2 45 2 4 0 394 109 1.302 8.6 1.2 3.2 4.3 1.36
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 68 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 103 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 6 845 103 1.267 8.7 1.0 2.7 4.6 1.67
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 90 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 102 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 61 102 0.830 5.7 1.1 1.7 1.7 1.00
AL (11 yrs) 87 84 .509 3.80 310 208 42 27 8 11 1514.0 1460 715 639 147 444 27 780 39 25 53 6364 108 1.258 8.7 0.9 2.6 4.6 1.76
NL (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 90 1.292 8.6 1.2 3.0 4.3 1.45

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1984 27 KCR AL ALCS L DET 0 1 .000 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 4 4 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.600 12.6 3.6 1.8 5.4 3.00
1985 28 KCR AL ALCS W TOR 0 0 1.69 3 1 0 0 0 0 10.2 11 3 2 0 4 0 8 1 0 2 47 1.406 9.3 0.0 3.4 6.8 2.00
1985 28 KCR AL WS W STL 0 1 .000 5.06 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 4 3 3 2 5 2 4 0 0 0 23 1.688 6.8 3.4 8.4 6.8 0.80
2 Seasons (3 Series) 0 2 .000 3.86 6 3 1 0 0 0 21.0 22 10 9 4 10 2 15 1 0 2 93 1.524 9.4 1.7 4.3 6.4 1.50
2 ALCS 0 1 .000 3.45 4 2 0 0 0 0 15.2 18 7 6 2 5 0 11 1 0 2 70 1.468 10.3 1.1 2.9 6.3 2.20
1 WS 0 1 .000 5.06 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 4 3 3 2 5 2 4 0 0 0 23 1.688 6.8 3.4 8.4 6.8 0.80
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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
1982 25 KCR AL 1 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
15 Seasons 90 210 179 6 26 4 0 0 12 0 0 4 49 .145 .164 .168 .332 -6 30 1 0 27 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 378 322 11 47 7 0 0 22 0 0 7 88 .145 .164 .168 .332 -6 54 2 0 49 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
KCR (7 yrs) 1 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
AL (11 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
2 Seasons (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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 SEA AL 24 P 2 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.83 0.82 .958 1.80 0.73
1983 KCR AL 26 P 24 24 161.1 40 7 32 1 5 .975 0.0 0.0 2.18 1.63 .957 1.80 0.73
1984 KCR AL 27 P 35 35 257.0 66 13 51 2 2 .970 0.0 0.0 2.24 1.83 .958 1.79 0.70
1985 KCR AL 28 P 33 33 205.2 40 6 30 4 0 .900 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.44 1.00 .962 1.78 0.67
1989 CLE AL 32 P 33 32 222.1 48 13 33 2 3 .958 0.0 0.0 1.86 1.39 .960 1.87 0.66
1990 TOT AL 33 P 32 31 206.2 41 7 33 1 2 .976 0.0 0.0 1.74 1.25 .951 1.78 0.59
1990 CLE AL 33 P 29 29 191.0 35 7 27 1 2 .971 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.14 1.50 .952 1.94 0.60
1993 SFG NL 36 P 16 16 93.2 27 3 22 2 2 .926 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.52 0.73 .962 1.79 0.53
15 Seasons P 398 296 2053.1 458 89 356 13 25 .972 0.0 0.0 1.95 1.12 .956 1.84 0.65
15 Seasons TOT 398 296 2053.1 458 89 356 13 25 .972 0.0 0.0 1.95 1.12 .928 1.84 0.65
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1984 AL--3.117--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--152nd

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--1045--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1984 AL--130--6th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1992 NL--10--10th

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 23 (969), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1232), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (708), 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, but did not sign.

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 17th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

March 2, 1982: Sent by the Seattle Mariners to the Kansas City Royals to complete an earlier deal made on October 23, 1981. The Seattle Mariners sent a player to be named later to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later and Manny Castillo. The Seattle Mariners sent Bud Black (March 2, 1982) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

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 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 and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Kansas City Royals$465,000
1986Kansas City Royals$645,000
1987Kansas City Royals$600,000
1988Kansas City Royals$635,000
1989Cleveland Indians$600,000
1990Cleveland Indians$775,000
1991San Francisco Giants$1,750,000
1992San Francisco Giants$2,750,000
1993San Francisco Giants$2,250,000
1994San Francisco Giants$3,250,000
1995Cleveland Indians$350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$14,070,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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