Joe Black
Joseph Black
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: February 8, 1924 in Plainfield, NJ
School: Morgan State University
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1952
Final Game: September 11, 1957
Died: May 17, 2002 in Scottsdale, AZ
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 0 560 170 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 80 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 36 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 0 501 103 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 62 139 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 99 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 54 1.816 15.6 2.8 0.7 1.4 2.00
6 Seasons 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 54 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 104 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 54 1.816 15.6 2.8 0.7 1.4 2.00

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
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 Seasons (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*

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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
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
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
1955 31 CIN NL 32 438 404 58 106 16 2 13 5 2 25 54 .262 .303 .408 .711 .273 165 7 0 5 4 3
1955 31 TOT NL 38 500 459 63 121 20 2 14 5 2 30 63 .264 .306 .407 .713 .276 187 11 0 6 5 4
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
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
4 Seasons 82 861 784 114 215 34 6 32 9 3 61 95 .274 .324 .455 .779 .275 357 19 0 8 8 7
162 Game Avg. 60 630 573 83 157 25 4 23 7 2 45 69 .274 .324 .455 .779 .275 261 14 0 6 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
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 75 32 10 4 7 1 6.1 6.1 5.6
1 Season 32 11 3 2 6 1 0 8 3 .727 2 3 1 0 4 36% 47 75 32 10 4 7 1 6.1 6.1 5.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1954 30 BRO NL 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.255 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% 0.928 10 6 10 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 0.676 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 0.964 9 4 7 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 0.804 5 12 14 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 0.363 1 0 6 0 1 6 1 6 4 1 4 0 5.4
4 Seasons 82 71 35 6 3 6 5 1 83% 6 0 55 21 38% 0.822 16 18 35 13 8 50 29 42 40 12 43 14 5.8

Ratio Pitching*

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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
1953 29 BRO NL
1954 30 BRO NL 37 46% 8.1% 8.1% 13.5% 16.2% 55% 1.25 70% 8 0 0%
1955 31 TOT NL 500 35% 2.8% 12.6% 6.0% 7.2% 30% 0.86 77% 94 11 12%
1955 31 BRO NL 62 26% 1.6% 14.5% 8.1% 8.1% 33% 1.06 74% 12 4 33%
1955 31 CIN NL 438 36% 3.0% 12.3% 5.7% 7.1% 29% 0.84 78% 82 7 9%
1956 32 CIN NL 264 39% 4.2% 10.2% 9.5% 8.7% 38% 0.72 76% 50 6 12%
1957 33 WSH AL 60 30% 6.7% 3.3% 1.7% 11.7% 32% 1.25 85% 10 2 20%
6 Seasons 861 36% 6.2% 25.8% 15.0% 8.4% 18% 0.85 77% 162 19 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 102 9 0
1953 29 BRO NL 74 12 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 Seasons 859 391 53 1 29 18 14 21 11 43 25 3 58% 12 0 0 336 9 3 75% 8 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 0 560 170 1.005 6.4 0.6 2.6 5.4 2.07 170
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 0 912 111 1.171 7.6 1.0 3.0 5.3 1.78 111
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 108 1.210 8.2 1.0 2.7 5.1 1.87 108
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 104 1.238 8.3 1.1 2.9 4.9 1.72 104
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

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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 2.39 143.0 111 42 38 10 45 85 1 1.091 7.0 2.8 5.3 1.89 0.6 56
1953 29 3 5 .375 5.11 74.0 76 47 42 12 28 43 1 1.405 9.2 3.4 5.2 1.54 1.5 34
1954 30 0 0 11.57 7.0 12 10 9 3 5 3 0 2.429 15.4 6.4 3.9 0.60 3.9 5
1955 31 7 6 .538 3.88 123.0 126 59 53 15 31 66 0 1.276 9.2 2.3 4.8 2.13 1.1 38
1956 32 3 3 .500 4.65 62.0 64 36 32 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 24 12 11 4 1 2 0 1.923 16.6 0.7 1.4 2.00 2.8 7
6 Seasons 24 19 .558 3.95 422.0 413 206 185 56 136 226 2 1.301 8.8 4.8 1.66 1.2 172

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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 (361st)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 14 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (732), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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