Danny Black

Daniel R. Black

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 185 lbs.
• School Feather River College, University of Oklahoma
• High School Woodcreek High School

• Born August 19, 1988 in San Jose, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Infielder Danny Black played in the Florida/Miami Marlins' chain from 2010 to 2015, reaching as high as the Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs in both 2014 and 2015. He totaled 203 games at the Double-A level with the Jacksonville Suns and helped the Suns win the 2014 Southern League title. Black was named a Florida State League All-Star in 2012 with the High-A Jupiter Hammerheads.

According to one source, Black began his coaching career as a player/coach with the Hammerheads in 2016. The next season he was originally assigned to coach the Greensboro Grasshoppers,[1] but moved back to Jupiter as an assistant coach at some point. Black was an assistant coach for Jupiter in 2018 and a bench coach in 2019. He was scheduled to serve as a defensive coach for the Wichita Wind Surge in 2020 before COVID-19 caused the cancellation of the minor league season. Black was a defensive coach for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in 2021, and the FCL Marlins in 2022.

Black moved to the Cincinnati Reds' chain as a coach for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos in 2023-2024. After the 2023 season he also coached the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League. He moved once again to the St. Louis Cardinals' orgainzation as bench coach of the Springfield Cardinals in 2025.