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Bud Black
Harry Ralston Black

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.
School San Diego State University

Debut September 5, 1981
  vs. BOS 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game July 9, 1995
Born June 30, 1957 in San Mateo, CA

Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 17th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1981 24 SEA AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    2    0    0   0    3    0   0   1     7   1   0  0.00  3.88  inf 5.000
 1982 25 KCR AL   4   6  22  14   0   0   2  0   88.3   92   48   45  10   34   40   3   4   386   6   7  4.58  4.08   89 1.426
 1983 26 KCR AL  10   7  24  24   3   0   0  0  161.3  159   75   68  19   43   58   2   4   672   1   0  3.79  4.08  107 1.252
 1984 27 KCR AL  17  12  35  35   8   1   0  0  257.0  226   99   89  22   64  140   4   2  1045   2   2  3.12  4.04  130 1.128
 1985 28 KCR AL  10  15  33  33   5   2   0  0  205.7  216  111   99  17   59  122   8   9   885   4   1  4.33  4.15   96 1.337
 1986 29 KCR AL   5  10  56   4   0   0  26  9  121.0  100   49   43  14   43   68   7   2   503   5   2  3.20  4.23  132 1.182
 1987 30 KCR AL   8   6  29  18   0   0   4  1  122.3  126   63   49  16   35   61   5   6   520   2   0  3.60  4.56  127 1.316
 1988 31 TOT AL   4   4  33   7   0   0   9  1   81.0   82   47   45   8   34   63   4   5   358   3   6  5.00  4.07   81 1.432
         KCR AL   2   1  17   0   0   0   5  0   22.0   23   12   12   2   11   19   0   0    98   2   2  4.91  4.02   82 1.545
         CLE AL   2   3  16   7   0   0   4  1   59.0   59   35   33   6   23   44   4   5   260   1   4  5.03  4.09   81 1.390
 1989 32 CLE AL  12  11  33  32   6   3   0  0  222.3  213   95   83  14   52   88   1  13   912   0   5  3.36  3.97  118 1.192
 1990 33 TOT AL  13  11  32  31   5   2   1  0  206.7  181   86   82  19   61  106   5   6   857   1   1  3.57  3.93  110 1.171
         CLE AL  11  10  29  29   5   2   0  0  191.0  171   79   75  17   58  103   4   6   796   1   1  3.53  3.92  111 1.199
         TOR AL   2   1   3   2   0   0   1  0   15.7   10    7    7   2    3    3   1   0    61   0   0  4.02  4.11  102 0.830
 1991 34 SFG NL  12  16  34  34   3   3   0  0  214.3  201  104   95  25   71  104   4   6   893   8   6  3.99  3.58   90 1.269
 1992 35 SFG NL  10  12  28  28   2   1   0  0  177.0  178   88   78  23   59   82   1   3   749  11   7  3.97  3.30   83 1.339
 1993 36 SFG NL   8   2  16  16   0   0   0  0   93.7   89   44   37  13   33   45   2   0   394   2   4  3.56  3.88  109 1.302
 1994 37 SFG NL   4   2  10  10   0   0   0  0   54.3   50   31   27   9   16   28   3   3   227   1   1  4.47  3.97   89 1.215
 1995 38 CLE AL   4   2  11  10   0   0   0  0   47.3   63   42   36   8   16   34   0   1   219   2   1  6.85  4.67   68 1.669
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 15 Yr WL% .511 121 116 398 296  32  12  42 11 2053.3 1978  982  876 217  623 1039  49  65  8627  49  43  3.84  3.97  103 1.267
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  11  38  29   3   1   4  1  201.0  193   96   85  21   61  101   4   6   845   4   4  3.84  3.97  103 1.267
 Career High     17  16  56  35   8   3  26  9  257.0  226  111   99  25   71  140   8  13  1045  11   7  3.12  4.67  132 1.128
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1991 34 SFG NL  35   71    3   13   3  0   0    6   0  0   0  20  .183  .183  .225   17   16   9   0   0   0   0
 1992 35 SFG NL  28   54    1    3   1  0   0    2   0  0   2  16  .056  .089  .074  -52    4  10   0   0   0   0
 1993 36 SFG NL  16   37    2    9   0  0   0    3   0  0   2   8  .243  .282  .243   45    9   3   0   0   0   1
 1994 37 SFG NL  10   17    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .059  .059  .059  -68    1   5   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons      90  179    6   26   4  0   0   12   0  0   4  49  .145  .164  .168   -6   30  27   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        322   11   47   7  0   0   22   0  0   7  88  .145  .164  .168   -6   54  49   0   0   0   2
 Career High     35   71    3   13   3  0   0    6   0  0   2  20                          16  10   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1991 34 SFG NL   80   67    3   1.2    90| .183  .253| .183  .320| .225  .379| .408  .699|  17  .092  -7.8  -0.8   0%
 1992 35 SFG NL   66   61    1   0.4    87| .056  .252| .089  .317| .074  .371| .163  .688| -52  .016 -10.6  -1.1   0%
 1993 36 SFG NL   42   32    3   2.5   101| .243  .267| .282  .332| .243  .407| .525  .740|  45  .245  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1994 37 SFG NL   22   21    0   0.0   104| .059  .267| .059  .333| .059  .418| .118  .751| -68  .000  -4.1  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons      210  181    7   1.0    93| .145  .257| .164  .323| .168  .386| .332  .709|  -6  .068 -25.4  -2.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1981 24 SEA AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1982 25 KCR AL P 22 6 12 1 1 .947 .957 0.82 0.73 1.83 1.80 14 88.3 1983 26 KCR AL P 24 7 32 1 5 .975 .958 1.62 0.73 2.18 1.80 24 161.3 1984 27 KCR AL P 35 13 51 2 2 .970 .958 1.83 0.70 2.24 1.79 35 257.0 1985 28 KCR AL P 33 6 30 4 0 .900 .952 1.09 0.70 1.58 1.86 33 205.7 1986 29 KCR AL P 56 3 21 0 1 1.000 .956 0.43 0.68 1.79 1.83 4 121.0 1987 30 KCR AL P 29 4 19 0 0 1.000 .954 0.79 0.67 1.69 1.84 18 122.3 1988 31 TOT AL P 33 5 12 0 0 1.000 .966 0.52 0.67 1.89 1.79 7 81.0 KCR AL P 17 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.06 0.67 0.41 1.80 0 22.0 CLE AL P 16 5 11 0 0 1.000 .964 1.00 0.67 2.44 1.78 7 59.0 1989 32 CLE AL P 33 13 33 2 3 .958 .960 1.39 0.66 1.86 1.87 32 222.3 1990 33 TOT AL P 32 7 33 1 2 .976 .952 1.25 0.59 1.74 1.78 31 206.7 CLE AL P 29 7 27 1 2 .971 .952 1.17 0.59 1.60 1.78 29 191.0 TOR AL P 3 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 0.60 3.44 1.78 2 15.7 1991 34 SFG NL P 34 14 38 0 4 1.000 .954 1.53 0.59 2.18 1.86 34 214.3 1992 35 SFG NL P 28 5 37 0 4 1.000 .955 1.50 0.60 2.14 1.94 28 177.0 1993 36 SFG NL P 16 3 22 2 2 .926 .954 1.56 0.54 2.40 1.84 16 93.7 1994 37 SFG NL P 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 .962 1.00 0.54 1.66 1.86 10 54.3 1995 38 CLE AL P 11 0 8 0 0 1.000 .964 0.73 0.53 1.52 1.79 10 47.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1981 24 SEA AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.80 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1982 25 KCR AL P 22 6 12 1 1 .947 .957 0.82 0.73 1.83 1.80 14 88.3 1983 26 KCR AL P 24 7 32 1 5 .975 .958 1.62 0.73 2.18 1.80 24 161.3 1984 27 KCR AL P 35 13 51 2 2 .970 .958 1.83 0.70 2.24 1.79 35 257.0 1985 28 KCR AL P 33 6 30 4 0 .900 .952 1.09 0.70 1.58 1.86 33 205.7 1986 29 KCR AL P 56 3 21 0 1 1.000 .956 0.43 0.68 1.79 1.83 4 121.0 1987 30 KCR AL P 29 4 19 0 0 1.000 .954 0.79 0.67 1.69 1.84 18 122.3 1988 31 TOT AL P 33 5 12 0 0 1.000 .966 0.52 0.67 1.89 1.79 7 81.0 KCR AL P 17 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.06 0.67 0.41 1.80 0 22.0 CLE AL P 16 5 11 0 0 1.000 .964 1.00 0.67 2.44 1.78 7 59.0 1989 32 CLE AL P 33 13 33 2 3 .958 .960 1.39 0.66 1.86 1.87 32 222.3 1990 33 TOT AL P 32 7 33 1 2 .976 .952 1.25 0.59 1.74 1.78 31 206.7 CLE AL P 29 7 27 1 2 .971 .952 1.17 0.59 1.60 1.78 29 191.0 TOR AL P 3 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 0.60 3.44 1.78 2 15.7 1991 34 SFG NL P 34 14 38 0 4 1.000 .954 1.53 0.59 2.18 1.86 34 214.3 1992 35 SFG NL P 28 5 37 0 4 1.000 .955 1.50 0.60 2.14 1.94 28 177.0 1993 36 SFG NL P 16 3 22 2 2 .926 .954 1.56 0.54 2.40 1.84 16 93.7 1994 37 SFG NL P 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 .962 1.00 0.54 1.66 1.86 10 54.3 1995 38 CLE AL P 11 0 8 0 0 1.000 .964 0.73 0.53 1.52 1.79 10 47.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 398 89 356 13 25 .972 .957 1.12 0.65 1.95 1.84 296 2053.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 398 89 356 13 25 .972 .957 1.12 0.65 1.95 1.84 296 2053
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1984   ALCS  KCR DET     L   1   1   7.20  0  1  0  0   5     7   4   1   3 
 1985   ALCS  KCR TOR     W   3   1   1.69  0  0  0  0  10.2  11   2   4   8 
        WS    KCR STL     W   2   1   5.06  0  1  0  0   5.1   4   3   5   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   4   2   3.45  0  1  0  0  15.2  18   6   5  11 
  3 Postseason Ser      2-1   6   3   3.86  0  2  0  0  21    22   9  10  15 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1984   ALCS  KCR DET     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1985   ALCS  KCR TOR     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    KCR STL     W   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   2-1   6   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1992 NL-10-10

ERA
1984 AL-3.12-5

Wins
1984 AL-17-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1984 AL-1.128-1
1989 AL-1.192-10
1990 AL-1.171-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1984 AL-7.91-9
1990 AL-7.88-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1989 AL-2.10-6

Innings
1984 AL-257.0-6

Games Started
1984 AL-35-4
1991 NL-34-9

Shutouts
1985 AL-2-9
1989 AL-3-4
1990 AL-2-6
1991 NL-3-3

Home Runs Allow.
1991 NL-25-2
1992 NL-23-1

Losses
1985 AL-15-7
1991 NL-16-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1991 NL-95-6

Wild Pitches
1989 AL-13-3

Hit Batsmen
1985 AL-8-6

Batters Faced
1984 AL-1045-8

Adjusted ERA+
1984 AL-130-6

Oldest Player
1994 NL-37-9

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 23 (952) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 11.0 (708) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1232) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

January 11, 1977: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 17th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

March 2, 1982: Sent by the Seattle Mariners to the Kansas City Royals to complete an earlier deal made on October 23, 1981. The Seattle Mariners sent a player to be named later to the Kansas City Royals for Manny Castillo. The Seattle Mariners sent Bud Black (March 2, 1982) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

June 3, 1988: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Cleveland Indians for Pat Tabler.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 5, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

September 16, 1990: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for players to be named later and Mauro Gozzo. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Steve Cummings (September 21, 1990) and Alex Sanchez (September 24, 1990) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

November 9, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

October 14, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 25, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

July 14, 1995: Released by the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Kansas City Royals$465,000
1986Kansas City Royals$645,000
1987Kansas City Royals$600,000
1988Kansas City Royals$635,000
1989Cleveland Indians$600,000
1990Cleveland Indians$775,000
1991San Francisco Giants$1,750,000
1992San Francisco Giants$2,750,000
1993San Francisco Giants$2,250,000
1994San Francisco Giants$3,250,000
1995Cleveland Indians$350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$14,070,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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