Joe Black

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 220lb (188cm, 99kg)

Born: February 8, 1924 in Plainfield, NJ us

Died: May 17, 2002 in Scottsdale, AZ

Buried: Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains, NJ

School: Morgan State University (Baltimore, MD)

Debut: 1943 (9,311th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: May 1, 1952 (Age 28-083d)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 11, 1957 (Age 33-215d)
vs. DET 0.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1952 season)

Full Name: Joseph Black

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Rookie of the Year
2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.8

ERA

3.71

240

806.0

455

WHIP

1.295

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Team Record in Appearances: 36-20 / in Starts: 1-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 40, Entered with runners on base: 25

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	69	11	May 1	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-7	7-7		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-1.61	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.03	0.00%	0.47	7b --- 0 out d7	7b 3 out d7
2	70	18	May 10(1)	BRO		PHI	L,0-4	7-GF		8	3.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1.64	11	4	4	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.18	0.021	.75	0.05%	1.43	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
3	71	24	May 16	BRO		PIT	W,6-4	2-2		5	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.75	3	0	3	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.042	2.63	-0.09%	-0.50	2t 1-- 1 out d3	2t 3 out d4
4	72	29	May 22	BRO		CIN	W,8-7	8-GF	W(1-0)	5	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	1.04	7	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.170	6.74	0.50%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end a 1
5	73	32	May 26	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.12	6	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.034	1.58	0.14%	0.94	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
6	74	35	May 29	BRO		BSN	W,7-3	6-GF	S(1)	2	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.36	13	6	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.184	2.96	0.45%	1.91	6t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 4
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
7	75	38	Jun 1	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-2	8-GF	S(2)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	1.03	6	2	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.60	0.301	29.80	0.96%	0.82	8b --3 2 out a1	9b end a 1
8	76	40	Jun 3	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-4	9-9		1	0.2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.96	5	1	3	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.103	4.21	-0.28%	-1.73	9b 1-- 0 out a4	9b -23 2 out a2
9	77	43	Jun 6	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-4	9-GF	S(3)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.02	2	0	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.045	4.56	0.14%	-0.09	9b --3 1 out a3	9b end a 2
10	78	45	Jun 8(1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,11-7	4-5		1	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.13	1.08	4	0	4	3	0	0		1	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.272	6.22	-0.81%	-1.88	4b 1-- 1 out a1	5b 1-- 0 out a3
11	79	47	Jun 9	BRO	@	STL	W,6-2	7-GF	W(2-0)	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.95	1.29	11	1	10	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.126	3.15	0.36%	1.40	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 4
12	80	50	Jun 12	BRO	@	STL	L,10-15	1-2		2	1.1	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	1.33	1.70	8	1	3	3	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.56	-0.095	7.77	-0.28%	-0.91	1b -23 1 out a2	2b 123 2 out tie
13	81	52	Jun 14(2)	BRO		CIN	W,4-3	6-GF	S(4)	1	3.2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.13	1.81	13	5	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	0.511	13.39	1.50%	2.32	6t 12- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
14	82	55	Jun 18	BRO		CHC	W,6-5	4-9		3	5.1	4	3	3	1	4	1	0	1.84	2.19	21	8	6	3	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.430	7.53	-1.65%	-0.64	4t --- 0 out d1	9t 1-- 1 out d1
15	83	58	Jun 21	BRO		PIT	W,14-4	8-8	H(1)	2	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	2.19	3	0	3	2	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.82	0.068	21.49	0.18%	-0.46	8t 123 1 out a3	8t 3 out a1
16	84	62	Jun 26	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.74	2.13	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.62	0.03%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
17	85	64	Jun 28	BRO		BSN	W,4-2	8-GF	W(3-0)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	2.15	7	2	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.236	8.44	0.64%	0.95	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
18	86	66	Jun 30	BRO		PHI	L,0-4	9-GF		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.85	2.48	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.014	.26	-0.04%	-0.52	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
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
19	87	68	Jul 2(1)	BRO		PHI	L,3-4	7-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	2.48	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.045	8.14	0.12%	0.75	7t 123 2 out d2	7t 3 out d2
20	88	70	Jul 3	BRO		NYG	L,3-4	8-GF		0	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.73	2.45	7	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.062	5.39	0.32%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 1
21	89	73	Jul 6	BRO	@	BSN	W,8-2	7-GF	S(5)	2	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.63	2.34	8	1	5	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.102	2.38	0.28%	1.64	7b 123 2 out a3	9b end a 6
22	90	74	Jul 10	BRO	@	CHC	L,6-7	1-5	L(3-1)	3	5.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.06	2.44	20	9	6	3	1	2		2	1	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.085	5.22	-0.26%	-0.30	1b 1-3 0 out tie	5b 3 out d1
23	91	78	Jul 16	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-3	9-GF	S(6)	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.05	2.39	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	0.085	14.54	0.22%	0.42	9b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
24	92	79	Jul 17	BRO	@	CIN	W,2-1	9-GF(11)	W(4-1)	0	2.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.93	2.46	9	2	6	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	0.519	11.43	1.29%	1.80	9b 12- 1 out tie	11b end a 1
25	93	80	Jul 18	BRO	@	PIT	W,6-2	9-GF	S(7)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.90	2.41	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	0.102	8.62	0.23%	1.54	9b 123 1 out a4	9b end a 4
26	94	82	Jul 20	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-5	7-GF	S(8)	1	2.1	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.17	2.37	10	5	3	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.063	1.75	0.12%	-0.83	7b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 3
27	95	83	Jul 22	BRO		CIN	W,7-6	9-10		1	1.1	4	4	4	2	2	0	0	2.82	2.41	10	2	3	3	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.84	-0.163	11.96	-0.30%	-2.19	9t --3 1 out tie	10t -23 2 out d3
28	96	85	Jul 24(1)	BRO		CIN	L,2-3	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.72	2.37	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.062	1.62	0.12%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 1
29	97	88	Jul 26	BRO		STL	L,3-5	7-8	L(4-2)	1	2.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.95	2.39	9	1	6	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.293	6.77	-0.75%	-1.05	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d2
30	98	90	Jul 28	BRO		STL	L,2-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.89	2.41	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.007	.48	0.02%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
31	99	92	Jul 30	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	W(5-2)	1	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.79	2.39	7	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.22	0.168	11.19	0.51%	0.95	9t --- 0 out d1	10t end tie
32	100	93	Jul 31(1)	BRO		PIT	W,7-6	10-GF(11)	W(6-2)	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.70	2.44	8	2	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.80	0.265	13.56	0.77%	0.95	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
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
33	101	98	Aug 5	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-7	7-15		4	8.0	4	2	1	2	6	1	0	2.51	2.54	30	10	11	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	1	2.38	0.418	16.38	1.73%	2.37	7b --- 1 out tie	15b -2- 1 out a1
34	102	100	Aug 7(2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-5	5-GF	W(7-2)	1	4.2	5	1	1	2	2	1	0	2.48	2.74	21	3	11	6	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.133	13.84	0.72%	-0.23	5b 12- 1 out a4	9b end a 2
35	103	105	Aug 11(2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-5	5-GF	W(8-2)	3	4.1	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.45	2.68	19	5	10	6	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.091	1.88	0.17%	1.16	5b -2- 2 out d1	9b end a 4
36	104	106	Aug 13(1)	BRO		NYG	W,5-4	8-GF	W(9-2)	1	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.41	2.71	7	3	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.13	0.233	15.33	0.52%	0.79	8t -2- 2 out tie	9t end a 1
37	105	107	Aug 13(2)	BRO		NYG	L,4-8	8-8		-1	0.2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	2.71	6	2	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.178	2.79	-0.30%	-1.95	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 12- 2 out d3
38	106	111	Aug 17	BRO		PHI	L,1-2	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	2.70	6	5	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	.65	0.084	1.82	0.14%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
39	107	113	Aug 19(2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.32	2.70	2	0	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.13	-0.328	5.97	-0.55%	-1.53	8b 1-3 2 out tie	8b end d 2
40	108	115	Aug 22(1)	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-2	6-GF	W(10-2)	2	3.2	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.22	2.63	12	3	4	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.243	2.79	0.54%	2.97	6b 123 1 out tie	9b end a 7
41	109	117	Aug 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-2	8-GF	S(9)	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.17	2.66	8	4	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.40	0.330	11.69	0.68%	0.95	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
42	110	118	Aug 24	BRO	@	STL	W,10-4	8-GF	S(10)	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.13	2.63	5	0	4	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.016	.62	0.04%	1.34	8b 12- 1 out a6	9b end a 6
43	111	120	Aug 25(2)	BRO	@	STL	W,9-5	9-GF	S(11)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	2.63	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.016	.43	0.02%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
44	112	123	Aug 28	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-6	5-GF	W(11-2)	2	5.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.19	2.53	22	6	11	4	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.054	1.07	0.03%	0.36	5b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 3
45	113	125	Aug 30	BRO		NYG	L,3-4	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.14	2.48	6	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.084	1.27	0.11%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
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
46	114	129	Sep 3	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-5	4-GF	W(12-2)	3	6.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.02	2.48	22	4	13	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	19	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.74	0.594	4.23	0.55%	2.72	4b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
47	115	130	Sep 4	BRO	@	BSN	L,5-6	7-GF(11)	L(12-3)	0	4.2	6	1	1	1	5	0	1	2.01	2.44	21	4	9	5	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.42	0.068	3.61	0.06%	0.80	7b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
48	116	135	Sep 8(1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,10-2	2-GF	W(13-3)	3	7.2	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.88	2.38	30	8	14	6	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.345	3.75	1.27%	4.84	2b 123 1 out a3	9b end a 8
49	117	138	Sep 10(1)	BRO		CHC	W,4-1	8-GF	S(12)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.85	2.35	6	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.071	2.36	0.21%	0.95	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
50	118	141	Sep 12	BRO		STL	W,8-5	4-GF	W(14-3)	1	6.0	5	3	3	4	3	2	0	1.98	2.61	27	7	11	4	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	.56	0.197	3.24	0.69%	0.48	4t -2- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
51	119	144	Sep 15	BRO		CIN	W,11-5	8-GF	S(13)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.94	2.59	6	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.013	.58	0.05%	0.95	8t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 6
52	120	145	Sep 16	BRO		PIT	W,4-2	9-GF	S(14)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.94	2.57	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	0.071	18.25	0.28%	0.42	9t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
53	121	146	Sep 17	BRO		PIT	L,1-4	8-GF		0	2.0	4	2	2	2	0	1	0	2.05	2.72	12	5	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	.49	-0.123	1.56	-0.23%	-1.05	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
54	122	147	Sep 19	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	8-GF(8)	S(15)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	2.72	3	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.080	6.26	0.28%	0.45	8b --- 0 out a2	8b end a 2
55	123	149	Sep 21	BRO	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	W(15-3)	1	9.0	3	2	0	3	4	0	0	1.90	2.70	31	9	15	2	0	0	78			0	2	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.126	.34	0.03%	2.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
56	124	154	Sep 27	BRO		BSN	L,3-11	GS-5	L(15-4)	5	5.0	5	5	5	2	1	2	0	2.15	2.90	20	6	9	3	0	2	36			0	1	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.331	.00	0.00%	-2.62	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
							36-20		W-L:15-4,Sv:15,Hld:1	1.7	142.1	102	40	34	41	85	9	1	2.15	2.90	560	0.67		23%	0%	21	57	46	28%	2	6	1	507	17	1	7	9	0	9	1.37	3.993	5.65	11.53%	29.66

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