Joe Black

Joseph Black

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: February 8, 1924 in Plainfield, NJ
School: Morgan State University (Baltimore, MD)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1952
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Redlegs/Senators 1952-1957

Final Game: September 11, 1957
Died: May 17, 2002 in Scottsdale, AZ
Cremated
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Standard Batting

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
1950	26	BEG	NgM																										BEG · NAL
1951	27	LAD-min	AAA	37	66	59	6	13	1	0	1	8	0		6	21	.220	.303	.288	.591		17	0	1	0				MTL,STP · IL,AA
1952	28	BRO	NL	57	42	36	1	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	15	.139	.139	.139	.278	-23	5	1	0	6			1	MVP-3,RoY-1
1953	29	BRO	NL	34	17	17	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.235	.235	.235	.471	22	4	0	0	0			1
1954	30	LAD-min	AAA	31	68	60	2	11	3	0	2	9	0		2	17	.183	.206	.333	.540		20		0	5	1			MTL · IL
1954	30	BRO	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0		/1
1955	31	TOT	NL	38	37	33	3	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	.121	.147	.121	.268	-29	4	0	0	3	0	0	1
1955	31	BRO	NL	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	75	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1955	31	CIN	NL	32	34	30	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.100	.129	.100	.229	-39	3	0	0	3	0	0	1
1956	32	CIN	NL	34	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1957	33	CIN-PHI-min	Opn,AA	14	15	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.133	.133	.133	.267		2	0	0	0	0			SLE,TUL · PCL,TL
1957	33	WSH	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
6 Yrs				175	106	96	5	13	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	38	.135	.144	.135	.280	-25	13	2	0	9	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	98	89	5	12	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	35	.135	.144	.135	.280	-25	12	2	0	8

BRO (4 yrs)				102	62	56	2	10	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	21	.179	.179	.179	.357	-4	10	1	0	6	0	0
CIN (2 yrs)				66	44	40	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	17	.075	.098	.075	.173	-54	3	1	0	3	0	0
WSH (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				168	106	96	5	13	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	38	.135	.144	.135	.280	-25	13	2	0	9	0	0
AL (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1952	28	BRO	NL	57	42	-7	0	-0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.496	.498	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1	MVP-3,RoY-1
1953	29	BRO	NL	34	17	-2	-0	0	0	2	-0	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	0	$12,000	1
1954	30	BRO	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1955	31	BRO	NL	6	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/1
1955	31	CIN	NL	32	34	-5	0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-0	$	1
1956	32	CIN	NL	34	10	-3	0	-0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	1
1957	33	WSH	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
6 Seasons				175	106	-17	0	-0	0	11	-6	-0.7	4	-2	-0.7	.496	.499	-0.7	-0.1	-2	$12,000

BRO (4 yrs)				102	62	-9	0	-0	0	7	-3	-0.3	2	-0	-0.3	.497	.500	-0.3	-0.0	-0	$12,000
CIN (2 yrs)				66	44	-8	0	-0	0	5	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.4	.495	.499	-0.4	-0.1	-2	$
WSH (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1952	28	BRO	NL	42	38	1	0.7	99	.238	.139	.264	.139	.337	.139	.393	.278	.730	-23	.037	-6.2	-0.6	.156	.000	.000
1953	29	BRO	NL	17	13	1	2.0	113	.333	.235	.278	.235	.350	.235	.433	.471	.783	22	.171	-2.0	-0.2	.308	.000	.000

1955	31	TOT	NL	37	32	1	0.8	110	.182	.121	.271	.147	.343	.121	.430	.268	.773	-29	.041	-6.4	-0.6	.172	.030	.000
1955	31	BRO	NL	3	2	0	0.0	109	.500	.333	.270	.333	.342	.333	.428	.667	.770	75	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1955	31	CIN	NL	34	30	1	0.9	110	.150	.100	.271	.129	.343	.100	.430	.229	.773	-39	.046	-6.2	-0.6	.148	.033	.000
1956	32	CIN	NL	10	11	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.270	.000	.338	.000	.426	.000	.764	-100	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				106	94	3	0.8	106	.224	.135	.269	.144	.341	.135	.416	.280	.757	-25	.046	-17.5	-1.8	.165	.010	.000
162 Game Avg.				98	87	3	0.8	106	.224	.135	.269	.144	.341	.135	.416	.280	.757	-25	.046	-17.5	-1.8	.165	.010	.000

BRO (4 yrs)				62	53	2	1.0	104	.286	.179	.268	.179	.341	.179	.407	.357	.748	-4	.064	-8.3	-0.8	.213	.000	.000
CIN (2 yrs)				44	41	1	0.7	109	.130	.075	.271	.098	.342	.075	.429	.173	.771	-54	.027	-9.1	-0.9	.105	.025	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1952	28	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	3	7	6	1	6	.000	.143	.000	.143	0
1953	29	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							4	7	6	1	6	.000	.143	.000	.143	0
2 WS							4	7	6	1	6	.000	.143	.000	.143	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	28	BRO	NL	42	0.0%	35.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.4		7.2	3.80	50%
1953	29	BRO	NL	17	0.0%	29.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.4		17.0	1.67	71%

1955	31	TOT	NL	37	0.0%	29.7%	2.7%	0.0%	0%	11.00	3.0		11.0	2.17	59%
1955	31	BRO	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0		3.0		67%
1955	31	CIN	NL	34	0.0%	29.4%	2.9%	0.0%	0%	10.00	3.0		15.0	2.00	59%
1956	32	CIN	NL	10	0.0%	70.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.4			1.50	30%
6 Yrs				106	0.0%	35.9%	0.9%	0.0%	0%	38.00	2.5		10.7	2.50	55%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.4%	9.2%	6.5%	28%	1.23	7.8	40.7	8.2	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1952	28	BRO	NL	-6.2	-0.6	42	-0.7	0.2	-0.9	.92	-0.5	-0.2	-4.3	-0.4	0.92	-7.0	0
1953	29	BRO	NL	-2.0	-0.2	17	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	.65	-0.2	-0.2	-1.5	-0.1	0.79	-1.9	0
1954	30	BRO	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1955	31	TOT	NL	-6.4	-0.6	37	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.76	-0.3	0.0	-3.5	-0.3	0.94	-4.9	0
1955	31	BRO	NL	-0.1	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.29	-0.0	-0.1	0.3	0.0	1.23	-0.1	0
1955	31	CIN	NL	-6.2	-0.6	34	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.80	-0.3	0.1	-3.8	-0.4	0.92	-4.8	0
1956	32	CIN	NL	-2.9	-0.3	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.66	-0.3	0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.87	-3.3	0
1957	33	WSH	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
6 Yrs				-17.5	-1.8	106	-1.4	0.5	-1.9	.79	-1.3	-0.4	-12.4	-1.2	0.90	-17.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	28	BRO	NL	0	0	20%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1953	29	BRO	NL	0	0	25%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0

1955	31	TOT	NL	2	0	60%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1955	31	BRO	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	31	CIN	NL	2	0	75%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1956	32	CIN	NL	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				2	0	36%	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44%	4	3	1	2	1	1	3	1	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1952	28	BRO	NL	42	14%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	8	1	13%	11	4	36%	26	5	19%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1953	29	BRO	NL	17	12%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	1	14%	0	0		0	0		0

1955	31	TOT	NL	37	14%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	3	0	0%	6	1	17%	26	3	12%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1955	31	BRO	NL	3	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	3	1	33%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	31	CIN	NL	34	15%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	3	0	0%	5	1	20%	23	2	9%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1956	32	CIN	NL	10	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				106	12%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	9	82%	14	2	14%	20	5	25%	63	9	14%	3	1	33%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			83%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	28	57	42	36	1	5	5	0	15	.139	.139	.139	.278	-23	5	1	6
1953	29	91	59	53	2	9	6	0	20	.170	.170	.170	.340	-8	9	1	6
1954	30	96	59	53	2	9	6	0	20	.170	.170	.170	.340	-8	9	1	6	0
1955	31	134	96	86	5	13	9	1	31	.151	.161	.151	.312	-16	13	1	9	0	0
1956	32	168	106	96	5	13	9	1	38	.135	.144	.135	.280	-25	13	2	9	0	0
1957	33	175	106	96	5	13	9	1	38	.135	.144	.135	.280	-25	13	2	9	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1952	28	60	44	38	2	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	16	.158	.158	.158	.316	1	57
1953	29	35	18	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.222	.222	.222	.444	1	34

1955	31	40	42	37	4	6	0	0	0	4	0	2	12	.162	.205	.162	.367	1	38
1956	32	36	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	34
4 Yrs		171	114	103	7	16	0	0	0	13	0	2	40	.155	.171	.155	.327	3	163
162 Game Avg.		162	108	98	7	15	0	0	0	12	0	2	38	.155	.171	.155	.327	3	163

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award) 1952 NL Rookie of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1952 NL (3, 62%) 0.62 Career Shares (377th)

Awards (yr lg award)
1952 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 NL (3, 62%)
0.62 Career Shares (377th)

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