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Joe Black
Joseph Black

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 220 lb.
School Morgan State University

Debut May 1, 1952
Final Game September 11, 1957
Born February 8, 1924 in Plainfield, NJ
Died May 17, 2002 in Scottsdale, AZ

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1952 28 BRO NL  15   4  56   2   1   0  41 15  142.3  102   40   34   9   41   85   1   0   560       0  2.15  3.62  168 1.005 MVP-3,RoY-1
 1953 29 BRO NL   6   3  34   3   0   0  17  5   72.7   74   46   43  12   27   42   1   0   315       1  5.33  4.28   80 1.390
 1954 30 BRO NL   0   0   5   0   0   0   4  0    7.0   11    9    9   3    5    3   0   0    37       0 11.57  4.11   36 2.286
 1955 31 TOT NL   6   2  38  11   1   0  15  3  117.7  121   63   53  14   30   63   0   0   501   4   2  4.05  4.15  102 1.283
         BRO NL   1   0   6   0   0   0   2  0   15.3   15    5    5   1    5    9   0   0    62   1   1  2.93  4.08  139 1.304
         CIN NL   5   2  32  11   1   0  13  3  102.3  106   58   48  13   25   54   0   0   439   3   1  4.22  4.16   99 1.280
 1956 32 CIN NL   3   2  32   0   0   0  11  2   61.7   61   31   31  11   25   27   0   0   264   3   0  4.52  3.92   87 1.395
 1957 33 WSH AL   0   1   7   0   0   0   5  0   12.7   22   11   10   4    1    2   0   0    60   0   0  7.11  3.86   54 1.816
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .714  30  12 172  16   2   0  93 25  414.0  391  200  180  53  129  222   2   0  1737   7   3  3.91  3.95  101 1.256
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10   4  62   5   0   0  33  9  149.7  141   72   65  19   46   80   0   0   628   2   1  3.91  3.95  101 1.256
 Career High     15   4  56  11   1   0  41 15  142.3  121   63   53  14   41   85   1   0   560   4   2  2.15  4.28  168 1.005

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 28 BRO NL  57   36    1    5   0  0   0    5   0  0   0  15  .139  .139  .139  -23    5   6           0   1 MVP-3,RoY-1
 1953 29 BRO NL  34   17    1    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .235  .235  .235   22    4   0           0   0
 1955 31 TOT NL  38   33    3    4   0  0   0    3   0  0   1  11  .121  .147  .121  -29    4   3   0   0   0   0
         BRO NL   6    3    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   76    1   0   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL  32   30    3    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  10  .100  .129  .100  -39    3   3   0   0   0   0
 1956 32 CIN NL  34   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      175   96    5   13   0  0   0    9   0  0   1  38  .135  .144  .135  -25   13   9   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         89    5   12   0  0   0    8   0  0   1  35  .135  .144  .135  -25   12   8   0   0   0   2
 Career High     57   36    3    5   0  0   0    5   0  0   1  15                           5   6   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 28 BRO NL   42   38    1   0.7    98| .139  .263| .139  .336| .139  .391| .278  .727| -23  .037  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1953 29 BRO NL   17   13    1   2.0   112| .235  .277| .235  .348| .235  .431| .470  .779|  22  .170  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1955 31 TOT NL   37   32    1   0.8   109| .121  .270| .147  .342| .121  .427| .268  .769| -29  .041  -6.3  -0.6   0%
         BRO NL    3    2    0   0.0   108| .333  .269| .333  .340| .333  .426| .666  .766|  76  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
         CIN NL   34   30    1   0.9   109| .100  .270| .129  .342| .100  .428| .229  .769| -39  .046  -6.2  -0.6   0%
 1956 32 CIN NL   10   11    0   0.0   107| .000  .270| .000  .337| .000  .426| .000  .763|-100  .000  -2.9  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       106   94    3   0.8   105| .135  .268| .144  .340| .135  .414| .279  .754| -25  .046 -17.3  -1.7   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 28 BRO NL P 56 7 18 4 2 .862 .954 0.45 0.98 1.58 2.18 2 142.3 1953 29 BRO NL P 34 3 11 1 0 .933 .959 0.41 0.87 1.73 2.06 3 72.7 1954 30 BRO NL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 0.88 1.29 2.06 0 7.0 1955 31 TOT NL P 38 3 18 2 1 .913 .946 0.55 0.83 1.61 2.04 11 117.6 BRO NL P 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.17 0.83 0.59 2.06 0 15.3 CIN NL P 32 3 17 2 1 .909 .948 0.62 0.83 1.76 2.04 11 102.3 1956 32 CIN NL P 32 5 7 1 2 .923 .968 0.38 0.83 1.75 2.06 0 61.7 1957 33 WSH AL P 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.57 0.86 2.83 1.98 0 12.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1952 28 BRO NL P 56 7 18 4 2 .862 .954 0.45 0.98 1.58 2.18 2 142.3 1953 29 BRO NL P 34 3 11 1 0 .933 .959 0.41 0.87 1.73 2.06 3 72.7 1954 30 BRO NL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 0.88 1.29 2.06 0 7.0 1955 31 TOT NL P 38 3 18 2 1 .913 .946 0.55 0.83 1.61 2.04 11 117.6 BRO NL P 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.17 0.83 0.59 2.06 0 15.3 CIN NL P 32 3 17 2 1 .909 .948 0.62 0.83 1.76 2.04 11 102.3 1956 32 CIN NL P 32 5 7 1 2 .923 .968 0.38 0.83 1.75 2.06 0 61.7 1957 33 WSH AL P 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.57 0.86 2.83 1.98 0 12.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 172 19 58 8 5 .906 .955 0.45 0.89 1.67 2.09 16 414.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 172 19 58 8 5 .906 .955 0.45 0.89 1.67 2.09 16 414
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1952   WS    BRO NYY     L   3   3   2.53  1  2  0  1  21.1  15   6   8   9 
 1953   WS    BRO NYY     L   1   0   9.00  0  0  0  0   1     1   1   0   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   4   3   2.82  1  2  0  1  22.1  16   7   8  11 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1952   WS    BRO NYY     L   3   6   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   6  .000  .143  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1953   WS    BRO NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   4   6   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   6  .000  .143  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1952-NL-ROY

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1952-NL-3-0.62
Car-361-0.62 shares

Wins
1952 NL-15-6

Won-Loss %
1952 NL-.789-5

Games
1952 NL-56-2

Saves
1952 NL-15-2
1953 NL-5-9

Games Finished
1952 NL-41-1

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 14 (1250) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 15.0 (727) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1951 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

June 9, 1955: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Cincinnati Redlegs for a player to be named later and cash. The Cincinnati Redlegs sent Bob Borkowski (June 14, 1955) to the Brooklyn Dodgers to complete the trade.

May 25, 1957: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cincinnati Redlegs.

July 5, 1957: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

August 6, 1957: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.

November 25, 1957: Released by the Washington Senators.


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