Don Black

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: July 20, 1916 in Salix, IA us

Died: April 21, 1959 in Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Buried: Good Shepherd Church Cemetery, McKenney, VA

Debut: April 24, 1943 (Age 26-278d, 9,426th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 13, 1948 (Age 32-055d)
vs. SLB 2.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Donald Paul Black

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.9

ERA

4.35

154

113

797.0

293

WHIP

1.509

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-18 / in Starts: 12-16
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 70 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	47 (23-16-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 70 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	45 (23-14-7)

Most Driven In
J Hegan	3
J Gordon	2
E Robinson	2
L Boudreau	1

Most Driven In By
G Metkovich	1
J Gordon	1

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	107	3 (2)	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.52	-0.053	1.06	-0.07%	-0.85	P
2	108	6 (2)	Apr 24	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.76	-0.090	2.07	-0.15%	-0.90	P
3	109	10 (3)	Apr 29	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.08	-0.076	2.73	-0.12%	-0.75	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	110	13 (2)	May 4	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.31	-0.015	.87	-0.03%	-0.24	P
5	111	15 (1)	May 10	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
6	112	19 (3)	May 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.08	-0.053	3.02	-0.09%	-0.36	P
7	113	23 (3)	May 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.09	0.071	3.17	0.12%	0.16	P
8	114	25 (1)	May 26	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	1.16	-0.063	4.04	-0.13%	-0.47	P
9	115	28 (2)	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.095	.095	.095	.190	9	.97	-0.024	2.73	-0.04%	-0.21	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	116	34 (5)	Jun 5	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.087	.087	.087	.174	9	.92	-0.048	2.50	-0.08%	-0.35	P
11	117	38 (3)	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.087	.087	.087	.174	9						P
12	118	45 (6)	Jun 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-3	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	1.21	0.123	2.90	0.18%	0.93	P
13	119	51 (5)	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.54	-0.026	1.62	-0.05%	-0.24	P
14	120	55 (3)	Jun 28	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.129	.129	.129	.258	9	.45	-0.038	.99	-0.05%	-0.91	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	121	60 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,13-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.114	.114	.114	.229	9	.29	-0.044	.48	-0.04%	-1.36	P
16	122	65 (4)	Jul 10 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.162	.162	.162	.324	9	.65	0.037	.71	0.02%	0.53	P
17	123	72 (6)	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	1.69	-0.100	1.14	-0.04%	-0.64	P
18	124	78 (5)	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.163	.163	.186	.349	9	.93	0.231	.03	0.01%	1.27	P
19	125	82 (3)	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.156	.156	.178	.333	9	1.13	-0.052	.06	0.00%	-0.45	P
20	126	88 (5)	Jul 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-7	GS-7	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.184	.188	.371	9	.07	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.38	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	127	93 (4)	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.184	.188	.371	9						P
22	128	101 (7)	Aug 10 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.180	.196	.200	.396	9	.61	-0.010	.02	0.00%	-0.09	P
23	129	107 (5)	Aug 16	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	.170	.185	.189	.374	9	.61	-0.047	.01	0.00%	-1.20	P
24	130	114 (6)	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.196	.200	.396	9	.84	0.006	.03	0.00%	0.03	P
25	131	121 (6)	Aug 26	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.190	.193	.383	9	.60	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
26	132	124 (2)	Aug 31 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.186	.190	.376	9	.76	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.14	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	133	129 (4)	Sep 3 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.180	.183	.364	9	1.03	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
28	134	137 (7)	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-8	GS-5	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.203	.222	.425	9	1.38	0.121	.00	0.00%	0.61	P
29	135	145 (7)	Sep 16 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.194	.212	.406	9	.30	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.42	P
30	136	155 (9)	Sep 26	CLE		DET	L,2-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.194	.212	.406	9						P
							12-18		70	66	2	12	2	0	0	8	1	0	14	0	3		0	4	0	0	.182	.194	.212	.406		.78	-0.275	1.11	-0.55%	-7.05

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