Joe Black

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder

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)

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

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1943	19	-10.9	BEG	NN2	Maj	BEG	0	0		6.00	15.00	2	1		0	0	0	3.0	8	5	2	0	2		5	0		0	20	3.333	24.0	0.0	6.0	15.0	2.50
1944	20	-10.2	BEG	NN2	Maj	BEG	0	1	.000	7.82	8.53	3	1	2	0	0	0	12.2	22	12	11	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	60	1.895	15.6	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.50
1945	21	-9.2	BEG	NN2	Maj	BEG	0	1	.000	5.14	5.14	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	5	4	4	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	29	1.286	6.4	0.0	5.1	6.4	1.25
1946	22	-7.6	BEG	NN2	Maj	BEG	6	9	.400	3.86	5.36	23	15	7	8	0	1	126.0	115	75	54	4	52	0	70	4	0	0	554	1.325	8.2	0.3	3.7	5.0	1.35
1947	23	-6.6	BEG	NN2	Maj	BEG	5	10	.333	3.95	5.05	22	13	8	10	0	3	130.0	138	73	57	4	58	0	65	1	0	3	583	1.508	9.6	0.3	4.0	4.5	1.12
1948	24	-5.7	BEG	NN2	Maj	BEG	8	3	.727	1.91	2.54	17	12	4	8	2	1	113.1	82	32	24	3	36		85	1		1	446	1.041	6.5	0.2	2.9	6.8	2.36

1951	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	BRO	11	12	.478	3.28	3.81	35	20		9	2		170.0	150	72	62		61		84	2	3	3		1.241	7.9		3.2	4.4	1.38
1951	27	0.2	Montreal	IL	AAA	BRO	7	9	.438	3.85	4.34	26	13		3	1		110.0	106	53	47		37		49	2	3	1		1.300	8.7		3.0	4.0	1.32
1951	27	0.4	St. Paul	AA	AAA	BRO	4	3	.571	2.25	2.85	9	7		6	1		60.0	44	19	15		24		35	0	0	2		1.133	6.6		3.6	5.3	1.46
1952	28	-0.4	BRO	NL	Maj	BRO	15	4	.789	2.15	2.53	56	2	41	1	0	15	142.1	102	40	34	9	41	7	85	1	0	0	560	1.005	6.4	0.6	2.6	5.4	2.07
1953	29	0.5	BRO	NL	Maj	BRO	6	3	.667	5.33	5.70	34	3	17	0	0	5	72.2	74	46	43	12	27	1	42	1	1	0	315	1.390	9.2	1.5	3.3	5.2	1.56
1954	30	2.5	Montreal	IL	AAA	BRO	12	10	.545	3.60	3.99	31	24		13	4		185.0	182	82	74	14	61		94	2	0	9		1.314	8.9	0.7	3.0	4.6	1.54
1954	30	1.5	BRO	NL	Maj	BRO	0	0		11.57	11.57	5	0	4	0	0	0	7.0	11	9	9	3	5	1	3	0	0	0	37	2.286	14.1	3.9	6.4	3.9	0.60
1955	31		2 Teams	NL	Maj	CIN-BRO	6	2	.750	4.05	4.82	38	11	15	1	0	3	117.2	121	63	53	14	30	4	63	0	2	0	501	1.283	9.3	1.1	2.3	4.8	2.10
1955	31	3.0	BRO	NL	Maj	BRO	1	0	1.000	2.93	2.93	6	0	2	0	0	0	15.1	15	5	5	1	5	1	9	0	1	0	62	1.304	8.8	0.6	2.9	5.3	1.80
1955	31	3.0	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	5	2	.714	4.22	5.10	32	11	13	1	0	3	102.1	106	58	48	13	25	3	54	0	1	0	439	1.280	9.3	1.1	2.2	4.7	2.16
1956	32	3.4	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	3	2	.600	4.52	4.52	32	0	11	0	0	2	61.2	61	31	31	11	25	3	27	0	0	0	264	1.395	8.9	1.6	3.6	3.9	1.08
1957	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Opn-AA	PHI	1	1	.500			14															0
1957	33	5.0	Seattle	PCL	Opn	CIN	1	1	.500			10															0
1957	33	7.3	Tulsa	TL	AA	PHI	0	0				4
1957	33	4.5	WSH	AL	Maj	WSH	0	1	.000	7.11	7.82	7	0	5	0	0	0	12.2	22	11	10	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	60	1.816	15.6	2.8	0.7	1.4	2.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		49	36	.576	3.71	4.48	240	59	114	29	2	30	806.0	761	401	332	65	283	16	455	9	3	4	3429	1.295	8.5	0.7	3.2	5.1	1.61
Minors (3 seasons)					Minors		24	23	.511			80	44		22	6		355.0	332	154	136	14	122		178	4	3	12
All Levels (13 Seasons)							73	59	.553			320	103	114	51	8	30	1161.0	1093	555	468	79	405	16	633	13	6	16	3429

Opn (1 season)					Minors		1	1	.500			10															0
AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		23	22	.511	3.45	3.90	66	44		22	6		355.0	332	154	136	14	122		178	4	3	12		1.279	8.4		3.1	4.5	1.46
AA (1 season)					Minors		0	0				4