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Don Black

Donald Paul Black

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 20, 1916 in Salix, IA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1943
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians 1943-1948

Final Game: September 13, 1948
Died: April 21, 1959 in Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Buried: Good Shepherd Church Cemetery, McKenney, VA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1937	20	BAL-min	D	5	11	.313	4.85	26						154.0	166	109	83		92							1.675	9.7		5.4			FBY · NESL
1941	24	PBG	C	11	5	.688	2.35	19	16					142.0	97	42	37		53							1.056	6.1		3.4			PBG · VIRL
1942	25	PBG	C	18	11	.621	2.49	34						235.0	170	93	65		117							1.221	6.5		4.5			PBG · VIRL
1943	26	PHA	AL	6	16	.273	4.20	33	26	4	12	1	1	208.0	193	105	97	8	110	65	6	0	4	917	81	1.457	8.4	0.3	4.8	2.8	0.59
1944	27	PHA	AL	10	12	.455	4.06	29	27	1	8	0	0	177.1	177	94	80	6	75	78	4	0	2	773	85	1.421	9.0	0.3	3.8	4.0	1.04
1945	28	PHA	AL	5	11	.313	5.17	26	18	7	8	0	0	125.1	154	77	72	5	69	47	0	0	3	583	65	1.779	11.1	0.4	5.0	3.4	0.68
1946	29	CHW-min	AAA	0	5	.000	5.18	7	7	0	1	0		40.0	38	25	23		20	16	1	0	0			1.450	8.6		4.5	3.6	0.80	MLW · AA
1946	29	CLE	AL	1	2	.333	4.53	18	4	5	0	0	0	43.2	45	26	22	5	21	15	1	0	2	191	73	1.511	9.3	1.0	4.3	3.1	0.71
1947	30	CLE	AL	10	12	.455	3.92	30	28	1	8	3	0	190.2	177	90	83	17	85	72	1	0	2	806	89	1.374	8.4	0.8	4.0	3.4	0.85
1948	31	CLE	AL	2	2	.500	5.37	18	10	3	1	0	0	52.0	57	33	31	4	40	16	1	0	0	249	76	1.865	9.9	0.7	6.9	2.8	0.40
6 Yrs				34	55	.382	4.35	154	113	21	37	4	1	797.0	803	425	385	45	400	293	13	0	13	3519	80	1.509	9.1	0.5	4.5	3.3	0.73
162 Game Avg.				9	14	.382	4.35	39	29	5	9	1	0	203	205	108	98	11	102	75	3	0	3	896	80	1.509	9.1	0.5	4.5	3.3	0.73

PHA (3 yrs)				21	39	.350	4.39	88	71	12	28	1	1	510.2	524	276	249	19	254	190	10	0	9	2273	78	1.523	9.2	0.3	4.5	3.3	0.75
CLE (3 yrs)				13	16	.448	4.27	66	42	9	9	3	0	286.1	279	149	136	26	146	103	3	0	4	1246	84	1.484	8.8	0.8	4.6	3.2	0.71

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1943	26	PHA	AL	208.0	33	26	105	4.54	3.97	-0.27	0.00	101.7	4.32	-6	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	0.3	7	.479	.496	$
1944	27	PHA	AL	177.1	29	27	94	4.77	4.21	0.02	0.00	100.8	4.23	-11	-1.2	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	1	.460	.493	$
1945	28	PHA	AL	125.1	26	18	77	5.53	3.99	0.03	0.00	101.4	4.02	-21	-2.2	1.0	-0.1	-1.5	-13	.416	.486	$
1946	29	CLE	AL	43.2	18	4	26	5.36	4.17	-0.01	0.00	96.5	4.04	-6	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.461	.496	$
1947	30	CLE	AL	190.2	30	28	90	4.25	4.06	0.42	0.00	94.2	3.43	-17	-1.7	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	-2	.442	.489	$
1948	31	CLE	AL	52.0	18	10	33	5.71	4.80	0.56	0.00	96.2	4.07	-10	-0.9	.6	0.0	-0.5	-5	.449	.494	$
6 Seasons				797.0	154	113	425	4.80	4.12	0.07	0.00	99.0	4.01	-70	-7.4	.9	-0.5	-2.9	-16	.452	.492	$

PHA (3 yrs)				510.2	88	71	276	4.86	4.06	-0.10	0.00	101.3	4.21	-37	-4.1	1.0	-0.3	-1.5	-6	.454	.492	$
CLE (3 yrs)				286.1	66	42	149	4.68	4.21	0.38	0.00	94.9	3.64	-33	-3.3	.9	-0.1	-1.4	-10	.449	.493	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1948	31	CLE	AL	18	248	202	33	57	8	0	4	3	0	40	16	.282	.403	.381	.784	.291	77	8	1	6	0	3
1 Yr				18	248	202	33	57	8	0	4	3	0	40	16	.282	.403	.381	.784	.291	77	8	1	6	0	3
162 Game Avg.				44	602	491	80	138	19	0	10	7	0	97	39	.282	.403	.381	.784	.291	187	19	2	15	0	7
MLB Averages																.259	.330	.325	.655	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	31	CLE	AL	-6.9	-0.7	254	-0.4	4.5	-4.9	1.19	-0.3	0.0	-7.4	-0.7	1.18	-4.3	2	1	5
6 Yrs				-67.8	-6.9	254	-0.4	4.5	-4.9	1.19	-0.3	0.0	-7.4	-0.7	1.18	-4.3	2	1	5

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1943	26	PHA	AL	33	26	5	16	5	2	7	6	20	.231	0	0	12	1	12	46%	49.8	84	13			10	14	3.0		7.3
1944	27	PHA	AL	29	27	10	12	5	1	4	12	15	.444	0	0	8	0	14	52%	49.4	76	11			4	14	4.1		6.4
1945	28	PHA	AL	26	18	3	10	5	0	2	4	13	.235	0	0	8	0	6	33%	42.8	68	14			6	10	3.3		5.7
1946	29	CLE	AL	18	4	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	.500	0	0	0	0	1	25%	38.2	66	21			3	1	4.9		4.4
1947	30	CLE	AL	30	28	10	11	7	1	5	12	16	.429	0	0	8	3	15	54%	50.8	86	24			7	11	4.3		6.7
1948	31	CLE	AL	18	10	2	2	6	0	1	5	5	.500	1	2	1	0	3	30%	44.5	65	21	20	8	1	6	4.5	3.0	4.0
6 Yrs				154	113	31	52	30	4	19	41	71	.366	1	2	37	4	51	45%	48	86	11	20	8	31	56	3.8	3.0	6.3
MLB Averages													.500						55%	51	115	-11					4.2	4.8	6.9

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SV	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1943	26	PHA	AL	33	7	4	1	0	1														5	1		2	7.7
1944	27	PHA	AL	29	2	1	0	0	0														2	0		0	8.5
1945	28	PHA	AL	26	8	7	2	1	0														6	0		3	8.4
1946	29	CLE	AL	18	14	5	0	1	0														9	2		1	5.6
1947	30	CLE	AL	30	2	1	0	1	0														1	1		0	3.0
1948	31	CLE	AL	18	8	3	0	0	0	8	2	25%	7	1.186	2	1	5	3	0	5	4	4	5	1	6	2	4.4
6 Yrs				154	41	21	3	3	1	8	2	25%		1.186	2	1	5	3	0	5	4	4	28	5	6	8	6.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1943	26	PHA	AL	917		0.9%	7.1%	12.0%	2.2%	10%		77%
1944	27	PHA	AL	773		0.8%	10.1%	9.7%	2.2%	10%		78%
1945	28	PHA	AL	583		0.9%	8.1%	11.8%	3.4%	13%		77%
1946	29	CLE	AL	191		2.6%	7.9%	11.0%				76%
1947	30	CLE	AL	806		2.1%	8.9%	10.6%	3.5%	16%		77%
1948	31	CLE	AL	249	49%	1.6%	6.5%	16.1%	4.8%	21%	1.19	73%	59	8	14%
6 Yrs				3519	49%	1.3%	8.3%	11.4%	2.8%	12%	1.19	77%	59	8	14%
MLB Averages					49%	1.4%	9.9%	9.8%	3.3%	13%	0.95	84%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1943	26	PHA	AL		193			8												4
1944	27	PHA	AL		177			6												2
1945	28	PHA	AL		154			5												3
1946	29	CLE	AL		45			5												2
1947	30	CLE	AL		177			17												2
1948	31	CLE	AL	248	57			4	1	16	2	2	1	3	14	6	0	43%	3	0	1	98	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
6 Yrs				248	803			45	1	16	2	2	1	3	14	6	0	43%	3	13	1	98	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1943	26	6	16	.273	4.20	33	26	4	12	1	1	208.0	193	105	97	8	110	65	6	4	917	81	1.457	8.4	0.3	4.8	2.8	0.59	81
1944	27	16	28	.364	4.13	62	53	5	20	1	1	385.1	370	199	177	14	185	143	10	6	1690	83	1.440	8.6	0.3	4.3	3.3	0.77	83
1945	28	21	39	.350	4.39	88	71	12	28	1	1	510.2	524	276	249	19	254	190	10	9	2273	78	1.523	9.2	0.3	4.5	3.3	0.75	78
1946	29	22	41	.349	4.40	106	75	17	28	1	1	554.1	569	302	271	24	275	205	11	11	2464	77	1.523	9.2	0.4	4.5	3.3	0.75	77
1947	30	32	53	.376	4.28	136	103	18	36	4	1	745.0	746	392	354	41	360	277	12	13	3270	80	1.485	9.0	0.5	4.3	3.3	0.77	80
1948	31	34	55	.382	4.35	154	113	21	37	4	1	797.0	803	425	385	45	400	293	13	13	3519	80	1.509	9.1	0.5	4.5	3.3	0.73	80

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1943	26	9	14	.391	4.89	208.0	213	126	113	9	121	65	7	1.606	9.2	5.2	2.8	0.54	0.4	33
1944	27	8	11	.421	4.58	177.0	192	100	90	7	81	78	4	1.542	9.8	4.1	4.0	0.96	0.4	29
1945	28	4	9	.308	6.42	122.0	174	97	87	6	78	46	0	2.066	12.8	5.8	3.4	0.59	0.4	26
1946	29	1	3	.250	5.93	41.0	51	30	27	6	24	14	1	1.829	11.2	5.3	3.1	0.58	1.3	18
1947	30	8	12	.400	4.80	182.0	195	108	97	19	94	69	1	1.588	9.6	4.6	3.4	0.73	0.9	30
1948	31	2	3	.400	5.43	53.0	59	36	32	4	41	16	1	1.887	10.0	7.0	2.7	0.39	0.7	18
6 Yrs		32	52	.381	5.13	783.0	884	497	446	51	439	288	14	1.690	10.2		3.3	0.66	0.6	154

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1944 AL 3.959 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1947 AL 28 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1947 AL 3 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1947 AL 17 (2nd)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1943 AL 110 (2nd)	Losses s c a p y 1943 AL 16 (3rd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1943 AL 97 (2nd) 1944 AL 80 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1943 AL 4 (9th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1943 AL 6 (2nd) 1944 AL 4 (6th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1943 AL 917 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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