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: 14-20 / in Starts: 0-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 12

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	125	1	Apr 14	BRO		PIT	W,8-5	4-GF	W(1-0)	99	6.0	2	1	1	3	4	0	0	1.50	2.76	23	6	10	3	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.221	1.68	0.33%	2.73	4t 1-- 0 out d4	9t end a 3
2	126	7	Apr 22	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		7	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	2.72	8	3	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.081	2.12	0.16%	1.08	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
3	127	10	Apr 25	BRO		NYG	L,5-7	7-GF	L(1-1)	2	2.2	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.53	2.78	11	5	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.247	4.50	-0.41%	-0.59	7t --- 1 out tie	9t end d 2
4	128	13	Apr 29	BRO		CIN	W,6-5	9-GF	W(2-1)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	2.77	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.61	0.228	13.43	0.40%	0.97	9t 12- 1 out tie	9t end tie
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
5	129	15	May 1	BRO		CHC	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	2.76	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	0.175	8.01	0.38%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
6	130	20	May 9(2)	BRO		PHI	L,4-8	GS-5	L(2-2)	7	4.2	6	5	2	3	2	1	1	2.65	3.95	26	8	11	2	2	1	37			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.02	-0.259	4.46	-0.68%	-2.69	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d4
7	131	22	May 12	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-6	7-8	BS(1)	2	1.0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.50	4.37	8	2	3	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	-0.340	9.94	-0.78%	-1.45	7b 123 2 out a1	8b 123 2 out tie
8	132	23	May 14	BRO	@	STL	L,3-8	1-5		1	4.1	5	4	4	2	2	2	0	3.63	5.28	18	4	10	4	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	2	0	0	.56	-0.076	2.15	-0.18%	-1.26	1b -23 0 out d2	5b -23 1 out d3
9	133	25	May 17(1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,5-13	4-4		2	1.0	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.63	5.76	6	2	2	1	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.288	3.95	-0.52%	-3.07	4b 1-- 0 out tie	4b 3 out d4
10	134	30	May 21	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-7	GS-1		3	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.32	5.72	3	0	2	1	0	1	39			0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.134	3.43	-0.29%	-1.43	1b start a 2	1b --3 1 out a1
11	135	34	May 25	BRO	@	PHI	W,11-9	9-GF	S(2)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.18	5.63	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.71	0.114	11.09	0.28%	0.56	9b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
12	136	35	May 27	BRO		NYG	W,5-3	9-GF	W(3-2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.97	5.75	6	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.044	4.23	0.10%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
13	137	36	May 28	BRO		NYG	W,7-6	8-GF(10)	W(4-2)	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.45	5.42	10	5	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	0.410	8.31	0.97%	1.67	8t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
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
14	138	43	Jun 3	BRO		MLN	L,9-14	5-5		5	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.08	5.88	2	0	1	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.195	6.44	-0.70%	-2.00	5t 1-- 1 out a3	5t 1-- 1 out a1
15	139	45	Jun 5	BRO		STL	W,5-4	5-GF	W(5-2)	1	5.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.59	5.23	19	7	7	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.373	7.23	1.14%	1.78	5t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
16	140	50	Jun 10	BRO		CIN	W,13-3	7-GF	S(3)	4	3.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.21	4.85	12	2	6	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.100	2.59	0.28%	1.67	7t --- 0 out a3	9t end a10
17	141	51	Jun 11	BRO		CIN	W,9-6	9-GF	S(4)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	4.79	4	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.81	0.038	3.69	0.10%	0.56	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
18	142	53	Jun 14(1)	BRO		CHC	W,6-3	7-GF	S(5)	2	3.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.79	4.40	14	1	6	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.138	3.94	0.38%	1.67	7t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
19	143	56	Jun 17	BRO	@	STL	L,3-9	6-7		2	2.0	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.68	4.34	12	3	6	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	.49	-0.080	2.41	-0.24%	-3.92	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d7
20	144	58	Jun 19(1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,8-11	5-6		1	1.2	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	5.11	4.52	8	3	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.105	1.89	-0.26%	-2.16	5b --- 1 out d2	6b 3 out d5
21	145	62	Jun 22	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-9	4-5		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.96	4.47	4	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.011	.47	0.03%	1.01	4b 12- 2 out d6	5b 3 out d6
22	146	69	Jun 30	BRO		PHI	L,9-10	10-10	L(5-3)	7	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.36	4.53	2	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	-0.198	18.62	-0.76%	-1.02	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 12- 0 out tie
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
23	147	72	Jul 4(1)	BRO		PIT	W,6-5	3-3		3	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.32	4.52	2	0	2	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	-0.137	12.16	-0.44%	-1.19	3t 123 2 out tie	3t 3 out d2
24	148	74	Jul 5	BRO	@	NYG	L,6-20	3-4		0	2.0	5	5	5	2	1	2	0	6.04	5.07	12	4	4	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.15	-0.085	.88	-0.29%	-3.89	3b --- 0 out d4	4b 3 out d9
25	149	81	Jul 11	BRO		NYG	L,0-6	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.92	4.94	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.08	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
26	150	88	Jul 19(2)	BRO		CIN	W,7-5	2-5		7	3.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.54	4.75	12	2	9	5	0	0		1	1	0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.010	1.73	0.04%	1.06	2t --3 2 out d4	5t 3 out d5
27	151	93	Jul 24	BRO		MLN	L,6-11	6-7		4	1.2	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.87	4.74	11	5	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.007	.26	-0.03%	-2.42	6t --- 0 out d8	7t 1-3 2 out d10
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
28	152	120	Aug 21	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-7	7-GF(8)		27	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.66	4.59	7	4	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.02	0.00%	1.07	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
29	153	126	Aug 26	BRO		CHC	L,4-13	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.56	4.52	5	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d9	9t end d 9
30	154	129	Aug 29	BRO		CIN	W,10-3	4-GF	W(6-3)	2	6.0	2	1	1	1	4	1	0	5.17	4.46	21	5	11	4	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.258	.28	0.08%	2.84	4t -23 0 out a4	9t end a 7
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
31	155	133	Sep 2	BRO		MLN	L,8-9	4-5	BS(2)	3	1.1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	5.34	4.64	6	1	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.121	.35	-0.02%	-0.98	4t 12- 2 out a2	5t 3 out tie
32	156	135	Sep 4	BRO	@	NYG	W,8-6	6-6	BS(3)	1	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	5.57	4.87	5	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.263	.54	-0.07%	-1.70	6b --- 0 out a2	6b 1-- 2 out tie
33	157	144	Sep 13	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-6		8	6.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	5.22	4.84	20	9	8	2	0	0	65			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.267	.00	0.00%	2.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
34	158	147	Sep 16	BRO	@	STL	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	3	2	2	1	3	0	0	5.33	4.74	10	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.92	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
							14-20		W-L:6-3,Sv:5,BSv:3	3.0	72.2	74	46	43	27	42	12	1	5.33	4.74	315	0.71		23%	1%	6	47	21	48%	2	1	0	286	10	3	1	6	0	4	.86	-0.118	2.94	-1.01%	-7.49

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