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: 10-22

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 16

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	202	2	Apr 19	CIN		STL	W,10-9	6-6		99	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	9.00	15.37	4	0	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.083	1.53	-0.12%	-0.50	6t --- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d2
2	203	5	Apr 22(1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-5	5-6	L(0-1)	2	2.0	2	4	4	2	2	2	0	15.00	16.04	11	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.467	2.85	-0.61%	-3.06	5b --- 0 out a1	6b 3 out d2
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
3	204	13	May 2	CIN		BRO	W,10-6	2-8	W(1-1)	9	5.2	4	3	3	2	3	2	0	8.31	10.10	21	9	6	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	.37	0.087	1.05	0.15%	0.02	2t 1-- 1 out a4	8t --- 0 out a4
4	205	20	May 9	CIN		NYG	W,6-5	4-4		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.45	9.09	5	1	2	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2.61	-0.105	8.78	-0.21%	-0.66	4t 123 0 out a1	4t 3 out d2
5	206	22	May 12	CIN		MLN	W,10-6	7-GF	S(1)	2	2.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.84	7.48	10	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.080	3.47	0.17%	1.26	7t --- 1 out a3	9t end a 4
6	207	27	May 19	CIN	@	BRO	W,10-5	6-6		6	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.68	7.82	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.054	3.91	-0.10%	-1.07	6b 12- 0 out a6	6b 123 1 out a5
7	208	29	May 20(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-6	5-6		0	2.0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	4.91	7.55	10	1	4	0	3	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.034	1.38	0.06%	0.93	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
8	209	31	May 25	CIN	@	MLN	W,6-5	7-8	W(2-1)	4	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.32	6.81	7	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.065	2.18	0.15%	0.90	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d1
9	210	32	May 26	CIN	@	MLN	L,1-2	9-GF(11)	L(2-2)	0	2.1	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.26	6.48	12	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.86	-0.120	11.92	-0.30%	-1.16	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
10	211	37	May 30(2)	CIN	@	STL	W,6-5	6-GF(7)	S(2)	3	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.92	6.14	5	1	4	0	2	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	0.192	7.08	0.45%	0.84	6b -23 1 out a2	7b end a 1
11	212	38	May 31	CIN	@	STL	L,3-9	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.15	6.11	6	1	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.53	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 9
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
12	213	42	Jun 3(2)	CIN		NYG	L,3-4	8-8		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.03	6.00	2	0	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.047	3.61	0.10%	0.91	8t 12- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d2
13	214	48	Jun 9	CIN		BRO	L,5-8	10-GF(10)		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.97	5.94	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.007	1.26	0.02%	0.44	10t 12- 2 out d3	10t end d 3
14	215	49	Jun 10	CIN		BRO	L,6-8	1-4		0	3.0	5	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.91	6.07	15	3	7	2	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.256	4.77	-0.75%	-1.92	1t 1-- 1 out d2	4t --3 1 out tie
15	216	53	Jun 17(1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,6-7	7-GF(8)		6	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.61	6.07	9	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.051	2.42	0.11%	0.72	7b --- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
16	217	57	Jun 20	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.30	5.75	7	1	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.068	1.85	0.16%	0.93	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
17	218	60	Jun 24(1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,10-6	4-GF	W(3-2)	3	5.2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.60	5.34	20	5	10	2	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.139	5.42	0.39%	2.20	4b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 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
18	219	67	Jul 1(1)	CIN	@	STL	W,19-15	5-6		6	1.0	3	2	2	2	0	1	0	4.00	5.79	8	1	2	0	0	3		2	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.225	7.77	-0.70%	-1.80	5b 1-3 2 out tie	6b 123 2 out d2
19	220	79	Jul 15(1)	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	6-6	BS(1)	13	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.14	6.05	4	0	3	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.088	4.98	-0.25%	-0.50	6t --- 0 out a1	6t 3 out tie
20	221	83	Jul 18	CIN		BRO	L,3-6	1-5		2	4.1	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.14	5.59	19	6	9	5	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.011	3.37	0.04%	0.23	1t 1-- 2 out d4	5t 3 out d5
21	222	87	Jul 22(1)	CIN		PIT	L,6-8	2-5		3	3.1	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.03	5.59	14	2	7	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.025	3.75	-0.08%	-0.06	2t 12- 2 out d3	5t 3 out d2
22	223	90	Jul 24	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-10	7-7		1	0.2	2	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.76	5.63	6	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.045	1.82	-0.16%	-2.10	7b --- 0 out d3	7b -23 2 out d5
23	224	92	Jul 26	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.66	5.52	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.21	0.01%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
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
24	225	102	Aug 3	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-6	3-4		7	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.53	5.43	6	3	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.016	1.26	0.05%	0.81	3b --3 2 out d5	4b 3 out d5
25	226	103	Aug 4	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-10	6-6		0	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.88	5.68	3	0	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.125	1.80	-0.42%	-2.69	6b -2- 2 out d2	6b 3 out d5
26	227	109	Aug 11	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-6	5-6		6	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.86	5.73	7	1	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.026	1.70	-0.15%	-0.11	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d4
27	228	110	Aug 12	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-8	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.67	5.56	7	2	3	0	3	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.10	0.01%	0.90	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
28	229	123	Aug 24	CIN		BRO	L,4-6	6-7		11	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.50	5.37	7	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.049	1.55	0.15%	1.00	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d2
29	230	126	Aug 26(2)	CIN		PHI	L,4-11	9-GF		1	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.77	5.33	5	0	2	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.012	.19	-0.03%	-2.32	9t -2- 1 out d4	9t end d 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
30	231	137	Sep 8	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	5-6		12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.63	5.25	5	3	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.043	2.84	0.21%	1.13	5b -2- 1 out d3	6b 3 out d3
31	232	143	Sep 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-3	5-7		7	2.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.45	5.13	7	4	2	1	0	1		3	0	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	.38	0.061	3.64	0.35%	1.83	5b 123 2 out d3	7b 3 out d3
32	233	146	Sep 18(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-7	5-7		1	3.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.52	5.03	15	3	3	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	1	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.036	.24	-0.02%	-0.60	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d5
							10-22		W-L:3-2,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.0	61.2	61	31	31	25	27	11	0	4.52	5.03	264	0.70		10%	8%	44		28	36%	4	1	1	238	9	3	3	6	1	2	.78	-0.713	3.30	-1.31%	-3.50

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