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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:28AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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
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 86 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 66 1.779 11.1 0.4 5.0 3.4 0.68
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 Seasons 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: 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
1943 26 PHA AL 208.0 26 105 98 -4 1.0 -7 0.0 $
1944 27 PHA AL 177.1 27 94 88 0 1.0 -6 -0.5 $
1945 28 PHA AL 125.1 18 77 60 0 1.0 -17 -1.8 $
1946 29 CLE AL 43.2 4 26 23 0 1.0 -3 -0.5 $
1947 30 CLE AL 190.2 28 90 104 6 1.0 14 0.2 $
1948 31 CLE AL 52.0 10 33 32 2 1.0 -1 -0.5 $
6 Seasons 797.0 113 425 405 4 1.0 -20 -3.1 $
PHA (3 yrs) 510.2 71 276 246 -4 1.0 -30 -2.3 $
CLE (3 yrs) 286.1 42 149 159 8 1.0 10 -0.8 $

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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
1943 26 PHA AL 33 73 69 5 13 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 16 .188 .211 .188 .400 18 13 1 0 2 1
1944 27 PHA AL 29 64 59 2 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 13 .186 .213 .203 .417 21 12 2 0 3 1
1945 28 PHA AL 26 39 37 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 3 .162 .184 .162 .346 2 6 0 0 1 1
1946 29 CLE AL 18 11 10 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .300 .500 43 3 0 0 1 1
1947 30 CLE AL 30 70 66 2 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 14 .182 .194 .212 .406 14 14 4 0 3 1
1948 31 CLE AL 18 16 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 8 3 0 0 1 1
6 Seasons 154 273 256 11 47 4 0 0 19 1 1 6 52 .184 .202 .199 .402 16 51 7 0 11
162 Game Avg. 162 287 269 12 49 4 0 0 20 1 1 6 55 .184 .202 .199 .402 16 54 7 0 12
PHA (3 yrs) 88 176 165 7 30 1 0 0 10 1 1 5 32 .182 .206 .188 .394 15 31 3 0 6
CLE (3 yrs) 66 97 91 4 17 3 0 0 9 0 0 1 20 .187 .196 .220 .415 16 20 4 0 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1943 26 PHA AL 73 -7 0 0 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ 1
1944 27 PHA AL 64 -6 0 0 0 0 4 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1945 28 PHA AL 39 -4 -1 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1946 29 CLE AL 11 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1947 30 CLE AL 70 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1948 31 CLE AL 16 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
6 Seasons 273 -28 -1 0 0 0 17 6 -6 -1.0 -6 -0.6 -0.4 $
PHA (3 yrs) 176 -17 -1 0 0 0 10 4 -4 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $
CLE (3 yrs) 97 -11 0 0 0 0 7 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $

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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 Awards
1943 PHA AL 26 P 33 26 12 208.0 56 15 41 0 3 1.000 2.42 1.70 .963 2.27 2.30
1944 PHA AL 27 P 29 27 8 177.1 40 7 32 1 3 .975 1.98 1.34 .960 2.09 2.10
1945 PHA AL 28 P 26 18 8 125.1 27 8 18 1 0 .963 1.87 1.00 .955 2.24 2.23
1946 CLE AL 29 P 18 4 0 43.2 15 4 10 1 1 .933 2.89 0.78 .951 2.02 1.99
1947 CLE AL 30 P 30 28 8 190.2 47 15 31 1 2 .979 2.17 1.53 .955 1.92 1.90
1948 CLE AL 31 P 18 10 1 52.0 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 2.42 0.78 .963 2.02 1.99
6 Seasons P 154 113 37 797.0 199 52 143 4 10 .980 2.20 1.27 .958 2.11 2.10
6 Seasons TOT 154 113 37 797.0 199 52 143 4 10 .980 2.20 1.27 .958 2.11 2.10
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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.
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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)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1947 AL  15 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1943 AL  1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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