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: 12-18 / in Starts: 12-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 1

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	107	3	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.00	4.23	36	14	6	0	0	9	58			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	0.218	2.58	0.27%	1.36	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
2	108	6	Apr 24	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.50	3.51	31	15	10	0	0	4	79			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.03	0.787	5.56	1.29%	3.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
3	109	10	Apr 29	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	L(2-1)	4	9.0	7	4	4	7	5	1	0	2.33	4.12	40	14	7	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	32	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.78	-0.304	4.50	-0.46%	0.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
4	110	13	May 4	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	GS-5		4	4.1	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.59	4.11	18	7	6	0	0	3	47			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.009	3.13	-0.01%	-0.09	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out a2
5	111	15	May 10	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	7-7	L(2-2)	5	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.87	4.11	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.75	-0.242	9.87	-0.38%	-1.36	7b 12- 0 out a2	7b 1-3 0 out a1
6	112	19	May 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS-7	L(2-3)	5	7.0	5	2	2	4	1	0	0	2.82	4.11	29	11	8	0	0	5	56			1	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.063	2.46	0.11%	1.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
7	113	23	May 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-8	W(3-3)	3	7.1	7	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.76	4.12	30	7	10	1	0	7	58			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	-0.043	4.32	-0.07%	0.82	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a2
8	114	25	May 26	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	GS-7	L(3-4)	5	7.0	6	1	1	1	0	1	0	2.56	4.23	25	10	8	0	0	6	60			0	2	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.192	3.14	0.40%	2.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
9	115	28	May 30(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS-4		3	4.0	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	3.02	4.09	20	4	6	0	0	9	29			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.256	2.77	-0.43%	-2.23	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
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
10	116	34	Jun 5	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	GS-8	L(3-5)	5	8.0	7	3	3	2	2	2	0	3.06	4.35	32	12	9	0	0	7	56			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.034	1.74	-0.05%	0.61	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
11	117	38	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	GS-3		3	2.1	5	5	5	3	0	2	0	3.63	4.81	15	2	5	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.323	2.88	-0.54%	-3.89	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d5
12	118	45	Jun 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-3	GS-7	W(4-5)	8	6.2	8	3	2	2	5	0	0	3.54	4.56	30	7	8	0	0	8	51			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.30	0.090	3.11	0.13%	-0.31	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a2
13	119	51	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS-6		4	5.1	6	4	4	3	4	1	0	3.76	4.61	25	7	5	0	0	6	41			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.152	3.41	-0.28%	-1.10	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a1
14	120	55	Jun 28	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	GS-9	W(5-5)	4	8.0	7	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.62	4.61	31	10	10	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.235	2.23	0.31%	1.61	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out a1
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
15	121	60	Jul 4(1)	CLE		DET	W,13-6	CG	W(6-5)	5	9.0	8	6	6	6	6	2	0	3.84	4.76	39	8	11	0	0	8	47			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.62	0.058	1.01	0.06%	-1.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
16	122	65	Jul 10(1)	CLE		PHA	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-5)	5	9.0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	3.51	4.66	32	11	10	1	0	0	86			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.371	.92	0.24%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	123	72	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(7-6)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	5	1	0	3.32	4.58	35	8	13	1	0	7	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.208	.85	0.08%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
18	124	78	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	SHO	W(8-6)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.07	4.40	32	11	11	1	0	5	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.252	.02	0.01%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
19	125	82	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-6	GS-6	L(8-7)	4	6.0	9	6	5	5	1	1	0	3.28	4.52	30	9	6	0	0	9	28			0	0	0	24	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.31	-0.474	.07	-0.01%	-3.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
20	126	88	Jul 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-7	GS-6	W(9-7)	6	6.0	6	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.33	4.49	26	9	7	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.28	0.103	.01	0.00%	-0.01	1b start a 6	6b 3 out a10
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
21	127	93	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-1		3	0.1	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.59	4.53	7	0	1	0	0	4	25			0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.42	-0.343	.06	-0.01%	-4.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d4
22	128	101	Aug 10(2)	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	GS-7	L(9-8)	6	7.0	9	4	3	5	2	1	0	3.60	4.61	33	8	9	2	0	9	42			0	2	0	28	2	0	1	1	0	1	.75	-0.159	.02	0.00%	-0.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
23	129	107	Aug 16	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	W(10-8)	5	9.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.51	4.43	34	10	10	1	0	7	70			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.175	.00	0.00%	2.27	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
24	130	114	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	GS-6	L(10-9)	4	5.2	7	6	6	3	2	1	1	3.73	4.50	27	9	5	0	0	7	30			0	1	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.215	.02	0.00%	-2.71	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d5
25	131	121	Aug 26	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	GS-9		4	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.58	4.39	34	12	12	1	0	6	73			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.05	0.281	.00	0.00%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
26	132	124	Aug 31(1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	GS-5	L(10-10)	4	5.0	3	4	3	5	1	0	0	3.63	4.41	24	9	6	0	0	3	43			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.214	.00	0.00%	-1.75	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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
27	133	129	Sep 3(1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	GS-7	L(10-11)	2	6.1	8	7	7	5	1	0	0	3.86	4.42	31	11	6	0	0	8	25			0	0	1	26	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.03	-0.301	.00	0.00%	-2.36	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d2
28	134	137	Sep 11(1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-8	GS-5		7	4.2	6	5	3	2	1	1	0	3.91	4.47	22	8	5	0	0	6	35			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.211	.00	0.00%	-1.28	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out a3
29	135	145	Sep 16(2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	GS-7	L(10-12)	4	6.2	5	4	4	6	5	0	0	3.96	4.45	28	6	6	0	0	5	47			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.35	0.139	.00	0.00%	1.54	1b start a 3	7b 123 2 out a2
30	136	155	Sep 26	CLE		DET	L,2-5	8-GF		9	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.97	4.43	9	4	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.10	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
							12-18		W-L:10-12	4.5	190.2	177	90	84	85	72	17	1	3.97	4.43	806	1.16		2%	0%	177	51	2	50%	3	9	1	710	30	4	6	17	0	5	1.01	-0.151	1.61	0.64%	2.44

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