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Don Black
Donald Paul Black

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 24, 1943
Final Game September 13, 1948
Born July 20, 1916 in Salix, IA
Died April 21, 1959 in Cuyahoga Falls, OH

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1943 26 PHA AL   6  16  33  26  12   1   4  1  208.0  193  105   97   8  110   65   6   4   917       0  4.20  3.39   81 1.457
 1944 27 PHA AL  10  12  29  27   8   0   1  0  177.3  177   94   80   6   75   78   4   2   773       0  4.06  3.46   85 1.421
 1945 28 PHA AL   5  11  26  18   8   0   7  0  125.3  154   77   72   5   69   47   0   3   583       0  5.17  3.43   66 1.779
 1946 29 CLE AL   1   2  18   4   0   0   5  0   43.7   45   26   22   5   21   15   1   2   191       0  4.53  3.33   73 1.511
 1947 30 CLE AL  10  12  30  28   8   3   1  0  190.7  177   90   83  17   85   72   1   2   806       0  3.92  3.48   89 1.374
 1948 31 CLE AL   2   2  18  10   1   0   3  0   52.0   57   33   31   5   40   16   1   0   249       0  5.37  4.07   76 1.865
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .382  34  55 154 113  37   4  21  1  797.0  803  425  385  46  400  293  13  13  3519       0  4.35  3.48   80 1.509
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  14  39  28   9   1   5  0  202.7  204  108   98  11  101   74   3   3   896   0   0  4.35  3.48   80 1.509
 Career High     10  16  33  28  12   3   7  1  208.0  193  105   97  17  110   78   6   4   917   0   0  3.92  4.07   89 1.374

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 26 PHA AL  33   69    5   13   0  0   0    2   1  0   2  16  .188  .211  .188   18   13   2           0   1
 1944 27 PHA AL  29   59    2   11   1  0   0    4   0  0   2  13  .186  .213  .203   20   12   3           0   2
 1945 28 PHA AL  26   37    0    6   0  0   0    4   0  1   1   3  .162  .184  .162    1    6   1           0   0
 1946 29 CLE AL  18   10    1    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .200  .200  .300   42    3   1           0   0
 1947 30 CLE AL  30   66    2   12   2  0   0    8   0  0   1  14  .182  .194  .212   14   14   3           0   4
 1948 31 CLE AL  18   15    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .200  .200  .200    7    3   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      154  256   11   47   4  0   0   19   1  1   6  52  .184  .202  .199   15   51  11   0   0   0   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        269   12   49   4  0   0   20   1  1   6  55  .184  .202  .199   15   54  12   0   0   0   7
 Career High     33   69    5   13   2  0   0    8   1  1   2  16                          14   3   0   0   0   4
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 26 PHA AL   73   59    3   1.4    86| .188  .255| .211  .329| .188  .352| .399  .681|  18  .137  -7.4  -0.8 100%
 1944 27 PHA AL   64   53    3   1.5    91| .186  .267| .213  .334| .203  .364| .416  .698|  20  .145  -6.3  -0.7   0%
 1945 28 PHA AL   39   33    1   0.8    89| .162  .262| .184  .334| .162  .356| .346  .689|   1  .054  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1946 29 CLE AL   11    9    1   3.0    91| .200  .256| .200  .330| .300  .369| .500  .699|  42  .351  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1947 30 CLE AL   70   61    3   1.3    94| .182  .259| .194  .338| .212  .372| .406  .711|  14  .107  -7.8  -0.8   0%
 1948 31 CLE AL   16   13    1   2.0   104| .200  .270| .200  .355| .200  .391| .400  .746|   7  .185  -2.0  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       273  228   12   1.4    91| .184  .261| .202  .335| .199  .364| .401  .698|  15  .130 -29.1  -3.1  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1943 26 PHA AL P 33 15 41 0 3 1.000 .962 1.70 1.27 2.42 2.27 26 208.0 1944 27 PHA AL P 29 7 32 1 3 .975 .961 1.34 1.14 1.98 2.09 27 177.3 1945 28 PHA AL P 26 8 18 1 0 .963 .956 1.00 1.28 1.87 2.24 18 125.3 1946 29 CLE AL P 18 4 10 1 1 .933 .952 0.78 1.01 2.88 2.02 4 43.7 1947 30 CLE AL P 30 15 31 1 2 .979 .954 1.53 0.95 2.17 1.92 28 190.7 1948 31 CLE AL P 18 3 11 0 1 1.000 .966 0.78 0.91 2.42 2.02 10 52.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1943 26 PHA AL P 33 15 41 0 3 1.000 .962 1.70 1.27 2.42 2.27 26 208.0 1944 27 PHA AL P 29 7 32 1 3 .975 .961 1.34 1.14 1.98 2.09 27 177.3 1945 28 PHA AL P 26 8 18 1 0 .963 .956 1.00 1.28 1.87 2.24 18 125.3 1946 29 CLE AL P 18 4 10 1 1 .933 .952 0.78 1.01 2.88 2.02 4 43.7 1947 30 CLE AL P 30 15 31 1 2 .979 .954 1.53 0.95 2.17 1.92 28 190.7 1948 31 CLE AL P 18 3 11 0 1 1.000 .966 0.78 0.91 2.42 2.02 10 52.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 154 52 143 4 10 .980 .959 1.27 1.11 2.20 2.11 113 797.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 154 52 143 4 10 .980 .959 1.27 1.11 2.20 2.11 113 797
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Strikeouts/9IP
1944 AL-3.96-10

Games Started
1947 AL-28-10

Shutouts
1947 AL-3-5

Home Runs Allow.
1947 AL-17-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1943 AL-110-2

Losses
1943 AL-16-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1943 AL-97-2
1944 AL-80-10

Wild Pitches
1943 AL-4-9

Hit Batsmen
1943 AL-6-2
1944 AL-4-6

Batters Faced
1943 AL-917-10

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2411) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

October 2, 1945: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Philadelphia Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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