Don Black

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: July 20, 1916 in Salix, IA us

Died: April 21, 1959 in Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Buried: Good Shepherd Church Cemetery, McKenney, VA

Debut: April 24, 1943 (Age 26-278d, 9,426th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 13, 1948 (Age 32-055d)
vs. SLB 2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Donald Paul Black

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.9

ERA

4.35

154

113

797.0

293

WHIP

1.509

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-19 / in Starts: 4-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 1

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	63	4	Apr 20	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	3	3	4	4	0	0	3.00	3.14	38						57						34	1	1			0
2	64	9	Apr 28	PHA		BOS	L,4-8	GS-6	L(1-1)	7	5.1	10	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.77	3.96	25	10	6	1	1	7	36			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.20	-0.196	3.77	-0.37%	-0.90	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	65	17	May 9	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(1-2)	10	8.0	10	6	2	5	5	0	0	3.22	3.73	38	11	7	1	2	10	46			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	1	.63	-0.317	1.36	-0.41%	-2.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
4	66	19	May 12	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-8			2	2.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.33	3.81	11												8					0
5	67	23	May 19(2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	L(1-3)	6	8.0	4	2	1	2	2	1	0	2.78	4.00	33						68						28	0	0			0
6	68	30	May 26	PHA		DET	L,4-5	GS-2		6	1.2	6	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.71	4.20	13	2	2	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.332	1.49	-0.25%	-3.87	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d4
7	69	31	May 27	PHA		CLE	L,3-8	5-GF		0	5.0	6	5	4	3	5	1	0	4.15	4.32	24	7	3	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	.37	-0.271	.39	-0.17%	-2.87	5t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 5
8	70	35	May 31	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	GS-		3	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.28	4.23	5						46						5					0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	71	36	Jun 1	PHA		SLB	L,0-4			0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.17	4.19	4												4					0
10	72	37	Jun 2	PHA		SLB	L,0-9	4-7		0	3.1	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.47	4.17	17	6	2	1	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	0.001	.05	0.00%	-1.52	4t 1-- 2 out d6	7t 3 out d9
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	73	71	Jul 8(1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		35	2.0	2	2	2	5	0	0	0	4.66	4.43	13	6	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-1.16	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
12	74	79	Jul 18	PHA		CLE	T,2-2	GS-9		9	8.0	6	2	2	6	1	0	0	4.31	4.47	36	11	12	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.52	0.005	.01	0.00%	1.45	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a1
13	75	84	Jul 22(2)	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG(6)	W(2-3)	3	6.0	5	1	1	4	3	0	0	4.03	4.39	27	9	6	0	2	5	57			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.57	0.234	.01	0.00%	1.56	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
14	76	89	Jul 29(2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-11	GS-	L(2-4)	6	5.0	10	6	5	3	3	0	0	4.41	4.31	28						25						25					0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	77	95	Aug 4	PHA		NYY	L,1-5	CG	L(2-5)	5	9.0	8	5	5	3	5	0	0	4.48	4.10	36	7	13	1	0	8	53			1	0	0	32	1	2	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-1.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
16	78	98	Aug 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-4	7-GF(10)	W(3-5)	3	4.0	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	4.25	4.13	18	6	4	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	0.503	.00	0.00%	1.85	7b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
17	79	103	Aug 12(2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS-4	L(3-6)	3	4.0	5	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.48	4.21	20	5	7	0	3	4	32			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.290	.00	0.00%	-2.31	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
18	80	109	Aug 19(1)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-6	CG(8)	L(3-7)	6	8.0	12	6	6	2	2	2	0	4.68	4.38	39	11	12	1	1	12	34			2	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	1	.60	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-2.28	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
19	81	116	Aug 23	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	L(3-8)	3	8.0	10	4	4	4	1	0	0	4.67	4.35	34						43						29	2	1			0
20	82	119	Aug 28	PHA		WSH	L,5-6	GS-3		4	3.0	4	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.88	4.34	15	3	5	1	0	4	34			1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.267	.00	0.00%	-2.72	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	83	128	Sep 3(2)	PHA		NYY	L,6-7	GS-2		5	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.10	4.35	7	3	0	0	0	3	34			0	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.284	.00	0.00%	-2.94	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d3
22	84	129	Sep 5(1)	PHA		CHW	L,6-15	GS-2	L(3-9)	1	2.0	7	7	7	2	2	0	0	5.61	4.34	15	2	2	0	0	7	14			3	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.519	.00	0.00%	-6.15	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
23	85	141	Sep 12(2)	PHA		DET	W,3-2	13-GF(16)	W(4-9)	6	4.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	5.40	4.23	16	3	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.46	0.488	.00	0.00%	1.71	13t --- 0 out tie	16t end tie
24	86	144	Sep 15	PHA		CLE	W,6-2	CG	W(5-9)	2	9.0	9	2	2	4	4	0	0	5.14	4.15	38	7	14	1	0	9	61			0	0	0	34	1	2	0	0	0	0	.73	0.219	.00	0.00%	1.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
25	87	149	Sep 20	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS-7	L(5-10)	4	7.0	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.92	4.09	28	11	9	0	1	7	56			0	0	0	27	1	2	0	0	0	1	1.18	0.042	.00	0.00%	1.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
26	88	152	Sep 23(2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	8-GF(8)	L(5-11)	2	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.95	4.10	6	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.227	.00	0.00%	-0.57	8t --- 0 out tie	8t end d 1
							6-19		W-L:5-11	3.7	125.1	154	77	69	69	48	5	0	4.95	4.10	584	1.10		3%	4%	110	43	1	0%	8	1	0	502	17	11	1	6	0	7	1.01	-1.510	.40	-1.20%	-21.56

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