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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
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1952 28 BRO NL 15 4 .789 2.15 56 2 41 1 0 15 142.1 102 40 34 9 41 85 1 0 0 560 171 1.005 6.4 0.6 2.6 5.4 2.07 MVP-3,RoY-1
1953 29 BRO NL 6 3 .667 5.33 34 3 17 0 0 5 72.2 74 46 43 12 27 42 1 1 0 315 81 1.390 9.2 1.5 3.3 5.2 1.56
1954 30 BRO NL 0 0 11.57 5 0 4 0 0 0 7.0 11 9 9 3 5 3 0 0 0 37 37 2.286 14.1 3.9 6.4 3.9 0.60
1955 31 TOT NL 6 2 .750 4.05 38 11 15 1 0 3 117.2 121 63 53 14 30 4 63 0 2 0 501 104 1.283 9.3 1.1 2.3 4.8 2.10
1955 31 BRO NL 1 0 1.000 2.93 6 0 2 0 0 0 15.1 15 5 5 1 5 1 9 0 1 0 62 142 1.304 8.8 0.6 2.9 5.3 1.80
1955 31 CIN NL 5 2 .714 4.22 32 11 13 1 0 3 102.1 106 58 48 13 25 3 54 0 1 0 439 100 1.280 9.3 1.1 2.2 4.7 2.16
1956 32 CIN NL 3 2 .600 4.52 32 0 11 0 0 2 61.2 61 31 31 11 25 3 27 0 0 0 264 87 1.395 8.9 1.6 3.6 3.9 1.08
1957 33 WSH AL 0 1 .000 7.11 7 0 5 0 0 0 12.2 22 11 10 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 60 56 1.816 15.6 2.8 0.7 1.4 2.00
6 Yrs 30 12 .714 3.91 172 16 93 2 0 25 414.0 391 200 180 53 129 7 222 2 3 0 1737 102 1.256 8.5 1.2 2.8 4.8 1.72
162 Game Avg. 11 4 .714 3.91 62 6 34 1 0 9 150 141 72 65 19 47 80 1 1 0 628 102 1.256 8.5 1.2 2.8 4.8 1.72
BRO (4 yrs) 22 7 .759 3.45 101 5 64 1 0 20 237.1 202 100 91 25 78 1 139 2 2 0 974 113 1.180 7.7 0.9 3.0 5.3 1.78
CIN (2 yrs) 8 4 .667 4.34 64 11 24 1 0 5 164.0 167 89 79 24 50 6 81 0 1 0 703 95 1.323 9.2 1.3 2.7 4.4 1.62
WSH (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.11 7 0 5 0 0 0 12.2 22 11 10 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 60 56 1.816 15.6 2.8 0.7 1.4 2.00
NL (5 yrs) 30 11 .732 3.81 165 16 88 2 0 25 401.1 369 189 170 49 128 7 220 2 3 0 1677 105 1.238 8.3 1.1 2.9 4.9 1.72
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.11 7 0 5 0 0 0 12.2 22 11 10 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 60 56 1.816 15.6 2.8 0.7 1.4 2.00

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 Awards
1952 28 BRO NL 142.1 56 2 40 2.53 4.10 0.10 0.00 98.2 3.92 22 2.5 1.6 0.4 4.3 37 .545 .516 $ MVP-3,RoY-1
1953 29 BRO NL 72.2 34 3 46 5.70 4.64 0.33 0.00 101.0 4.35 -10 -1.0 1.4 -0.3 -0.6 -2 .471 .494 $12,000
1954 30 BRO NL 7.0 5 0 9 11.57 4.56 0.18 0.00 102.2 4.47 -6 -0.5 .2 0.2 -0.3 -5 .397 .497 $
1955 31 BRO NL 15.1 6 0 5 2.93 4.37 0.41 0.00 101.4 4.01 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.4 4 .538 .501 $
1955 31 CIN NL 102.1 32 11 58 5.10 4.66 0.26 0.00 102.9 4.53 -5 -0.5 1.6 -0.1 0.4 5 .486 .497 $
1956 32 CIN NL 61.2 32 0 31 4.52 4.40 0.10 0.00 102.3 4.40 0 0.0 .9 -0.1 0.5 6 .502 .500 $
1957 33 WSH AL 12.2 7 0 11 7.82 4.31 -0.78 0.00 103.8 5.28 -4 -0.4 .4 0.1 -0.2 -2 .448 .498 $
6 Seasons 414.0 172 16 200 4.35 4.40 0.17 0.00 100.8 4.27 1 0.4 1.3 0.2 4.5 41 .503 .500 $12,000
BRO (4 yrs) 237.1 101 5 100 3.79 4.30 0.20 0.00 99.4 4.08 9 1.2 1.4 0.3 3.8 33 .512 .502 $12,000
CIN (2 yrs) 164.0 64 11 89 4.88 4.56 0.20 0.00 102.7 4.48 -4 -0.4 1.2 -0.2 0.9 11 .494 .499 $
WSH (1 yr) 12.2 7 0 11 7.82 4.31 -0.78 0.00 103.8 5.28 -4 -0.4 .4 0.1 -0.2 -2 .448 .498 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1952 28 BRO NL WS L NYY 1 2 .333 2.53 3 3 0 1 0 0 21.1 15 6 6 4 8 1 9 0 0 0 84 1.078 6.3 1.7 3.4 3.8 1.13
1953 29 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 18.0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 1 2 .333 2.82 4 3 1 1 0 0 22.1 16 7 7 5 8 1 11 0 0 0 88 1.075 6.4 2.0 3.2 4.4 1.38
2 WS 1 2 .333 2.82 4 3 1 1 0 0 22.1 16 7 7 5 8 1 11 0 0 0 88 1.075 6.4 2.0 3.2 4.4 1.38

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 IBB ROE
1952 28 BRO NL 56 560 507 40 102 17 1 9 2 6 41 85 .201 .262 .292 .554 .225 148 9 1 11 0 9
1953 29 BRO NL 34 315 286 46 74 10 3 12 2 1 27 42 .259 .325 .441 .765 .267 126 6 1 1 0 4
1954 30 BRO NL 5 37 31 9 11 3 0 3 0 0 5 3 .355 .432 .742 1.174 .308 23 0 0 0 1 0
1955 31 BRO NL 6 62 55 5 15 4 0 1 0 0 5 9 .273 .328 .400 .728 .304 22 4 0 1 1 1 0
1955 31 CIN NL 32 436 404 58 106 16 2 13 5 2 25 54 .262 .303 .408 .711 .273 165 7 0 5 4 3 9
1955 31 TOT NL 38 498 459 63 121 20 2 14 5 2 30 63 .264 .306 .407 .713 .276 187 11 0 6 5 4 9
1956 32 CIN NL 32 264 238 31 61 9 3 11 4 1 25 27 .256 .326 .458 .784 .249 109 6 0 0 1 3 2
1957 33 WSH AL 7 60 56 11 22 2 1 4 0 0 1 2 .393 .397 .679 1.075 .353 38 2 0 2 1 0 1
6 Yrs 172 1734 1577 200 391 61 10 53 13 10 129 222 .248 .304 .400 .704 .258 631 34 2 20 8 7 25
162 Game Avg. 62 627 570 72 141 22 4 19 5 4 47 80 .248 .304 .400 .704 .258 228 12 1 7 3 9
MLB Averages .259 .331 .386 .717 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1952 28 BRO NL 23.7 2.5 572 4.0 14.2 -10.3 1.37 2.8 0.1 29.7 3.2 1.37 32.2 24 16 14
1953 29 BRO NL -7.0 -0.7 323 -0.1 5.0 -5.1 .86 -0.2 0.0 -7.5 -0.7 0.86 -4.8 10 11 9
1954 30 BRO NL -5.1 -0.5 37 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .24 -0.4 -0.1 -5.7 -0.5 0.24 -5.5 0 0 5
1955 31 TOT NL 0.7 0.1 509 -0.1 8.0 -8.1 .92 0.6 -0.7 -1.6 -0.1 0.92 7.8 10 6 11
1955 31 BRO NL 2.4 0.2 63 0.4 0.9 -0.5 .69 -0.0 0.6 1.9 0.2 0.69 1.5 1 2 3
1955 31 CIN NL -1.6 -0.2 446 -0.5 7.1 -7.6 .96 0.6 -1.1 -3.5 -0.3 0.95 6.3 9 4 8
1956 32 CIN NL -1.7 -0.2 270 -0.7 3.2 -3.9 .77 -0.7 -0.2 -3.3 -0.3 0.77 -6.6 5 10 16
1957 33 WSH AL -4.2 -0.4 60 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .34 -0.3 -1.4 -5.6 -0.5 0.34 -6.5 1 0 6
6 Yrs 6.4 0.8 1771 2.4 30.7 -28.3 1.00 1.8 0.6 5.9 0.9 1.00 16.8 50 43 61

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1952 28 BRO NL 56 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 57.0 78 36 12 4 1 1 5.5 6.9 7.0
1953 29 BRO NL 34 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .000 1 0 0 0 1 33% 47.0 65 37 14 6 1 2 2.6 4.1 3.7
1955 31 TOT NL 38 11 3 2 6 1 0 8 3 .727 2 3 1 0 4 36% 75 32 12 4 7 1 6.1 6.1 5.6
1955 31 CIN NL 32 11 3 2 6 1 0 8 3 .727 2 3 1 0 4 36% 47.1 75 32 10 4 7 1 6.1 6.1 5.6
3 Yrs 122 16 4 4 8 1 0 9 7 .563 3 3 2 0 6 38% 48 78 32 36 14 9 4 5.4 6.0 5.4
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -6 4.4 4.4 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1952 28 BRO NL 56 54 41 14 3 15 15 0 100% 16 1 46 13 28% 8 1.371 24 16 14 23 12 19 25 29 37 11 38 12 7.1
1953 29 BRO NL 34 31 17 6 2 8 5 3 63% 8 0 21 10 48% 7 .863 10 11 9 11 6 14 12 19 18 6 19 3 6.0
1954 30 BRO NL 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .241 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 5 1 0 2 0 4.2
1955 31 TOT NL 38 27 15 3 0 3 3 0 100% 3 0 26 10 38% .922 10 6 11 5 5 17 12 15 15 5 16 8 6.2
1955 31 BRO NL 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 3 .685 1 2 3 0 2 4 3 3 4 1 5 0 7.7
1955 31 CIN NL 32 21 13 2 0 3 3 0 100% 3 0 18 6 33% 8 .956 9 4 8 5 3 13 9 12 11 4 11 8 5.8
1956 32 CIN NL 32 32 11 3 2 3 2 1 67% 3 0 28 10 36% 5 .775 5 10 16 8 2 22 16 16 20 6 21 6 5.8
1957 33 WSH AL 7 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 .336 1 0 6 0 1 6 1 6 4 1 4 0 5.4
6 Yrs 172 156 93 26 8 29 25 4 86% 30 1 122 44 36% .999 50 43 61 47 26 83 66 90 95 29 100 29 6.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1952 28 BRO NL 560 53% 1.6% 15.2% 7.3% 4.8% 27% 0.80 74% 96 9 9%
1953 29 BRO NL 315 59% 3.8% 13.3% 8.6% 7.9% 34% 0.97 74% 61 6 10%
1954 30 BRO NL 37 54% 8.1% 8.1% 13.5% 16.2% 55% 1.25 70% 8 0 0%
1955 31 TOT NL 500 65% 2.8% 12.7% 6.0% 7.2% 30% 0.86 78% 94 11 12%
1955 31 BRO NL 62 74% 1.6% 14.5% 8.1% 8.1% 33% 1.06 74% 12 4 33%
1955 31 CIN NL 438 64% 3.0% 12.4% 5.7% 7.1% 29% 0.84 78% 82 7 9%
1956 32 CIN NL 264 61% 4.2% 10.2% 9.5% 8.7% 38% 0.72 76% 50 6 12%
1957 33 WSH AL 60 70% 6.7% 3.3% 1.7% 11.7% 32% 1.25 85% 10 2 20%
6 Yrs 1736 59% 3.1% 12.8% 7.4% 7.2% 32% 0.85 76% 319 34 11%
MLB Averages 51% 2.3% 12.2% 9.9% 6.7% 27% 0.96 81% 11%

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
1952 28 BRO NL 560 102 9 0 19 2 7 7 2 26 9 6 35% 9 0 0 191 2 6 25% 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1953 29 BRO NL 315 74 12 0 6 5 7 4 8 15 10 3 67% 4 0 0 116 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1954 30 BRO NL 37 11 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1955 31 TOT NL 498 121 14 1 15 8 6 9 5 21 12 2 57% 9 0 0 194 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
1955 31 BRO NL 62 15 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 7 3 1 43% 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1955 31 CIN NL 436 106 13 1 11 8 5 8 5 14 9 1 64% 9 0 0 170 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
1956 32 CIN NL 264 61 11 0 14 6 5 6 5 19 10 1 53% 2 0 0 99 4 1 80% 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
1957 33 WSH AL 60 22 4 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Yrs 1734 391 53 1 54 25 28 32 21 84 44 12 52% 25 0 0 643 13 10 57% 12 8 1 1 0 1 2 0 12 2
MLB Averages 51% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1952 28 15 4 .789 2.15 56 2 41 1 0 15 142.1 102 40 34 9 41 85 1 0 0 560 171 1.005 6.4 0.6 2.6 5.4 2.07 171
1953 29 21 7 .750 3.22 90 5 58 1 0 20 215.0 176 86 77 21 68 127 2 1 0 875 120 1.135 7.4 0.9 2.8 5.3 1.87 120
1954 30 21 7 .750 3.49 95 5 62 1 0 20 222.0 187 95 86 24 73 130 2 1 0 912 112 1.171 7.6 1.0 3.0 5.3 1.78 112
1955 31 27 9 .750 3.68 133 16 77 2 0 23 339.2 308 158 139 38 103 4 193 2 3 0 1413 109 1.210 8.2 1.0 2.7 5.1 1.87 109
1956 32 30 11 .732 3.81 165 16 88 2 0 25 401.1 369 189 170 49 128 7 220 2 3 0 1677 105 1.238 8.3 1.1 2.9 4.9 1.72 105
1957 33 30 12 .714 3.91 172 16 93 2 0 25 414.0 391 200 180 53 129 7 222 2 3 0 1737 102 1.256 8.5 1.2 2.8 4.8 1.72 102

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1952 28 11 4 .733 2.39 143.0 110 42 38 10 44 86 1 1.077 6.9 2.8 5.4 1.95 0.6 56
1953 29 3 5 .375 5.04 75.0 74 47 42 12 27 43 1 1.347 8.9 3.2 5.2 1.59 1.4 34
1954 30 0 0 10.13 8.0 11 10 9 3 5 3 0 2.000 12.4 5.6 3.4 0.60 3.4 5
1955 31 7 6 .538 3.85 124.0 124 59 53 14 31 66 0 1.250 9.0 2.3 4.8 2.13 1.0 38
1956 32 2 4 .333 4.79 62.0 64 37 33 12 26 27 0 1.452 9.3 3.8 3.9 1.04 1.7 32
1957 33 0 1 .000 7.62 13.0 23 12 11 4 1 2 0 1.846 15.9 0.7 1.4 2.00 2.8 7
6 Yrs 23 20 .535 3.94 425.0 406 207 186 55 134 227 2 1.271 8.6 4.8 1.69 1.2 172

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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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1952 NL  4.3 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1952 NL  15 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1952 NL  .789 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1952 NL  56 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1952 NL  15 (2nd)
1953 NL  5 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1952 NL  41 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1952 NL  24 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1952 NL  2.5 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1952 NL  29.66 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1952 NL  4.0 (2nd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1952 NL  2.8 (4th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1952 NL  3.2 (3rd)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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

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Gray InkPitching - 14 (1286), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (753), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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