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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Team Record in Appearances: 9-24 / in Starts: 6-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 3

1943 Pitching Game Log

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1943 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	1	4	Apr 24	PHA		BOS	W,7-6	8-9		99	2.0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	4.50	7.15	8	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	-0.231	6.15	-0.32%	-0.16	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out d1
2	2	5	Apr 25(1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-12	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	6.65	5	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.62	9t 12- 0 out d8	9t end d10
3	3	9	Apr 29	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS-6		3	6.0	2	1	1	5	2	0	0	2.00	5.21	24	8	7	1	3	2	61			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.117	1.90	0.15%	1.46	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
4	4	16	May 7	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS-3	L(0-1)	7	3.0	3	4	4	6	2	1	0	4.50	6.82	18	5	2	0	0	3	33			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.254	2.29	-0.29%	-2.71	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
5	5	25	May 16(2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(0-2)	8	8.0	5	3	3	4	2	1	0	4.05	6.20	32						58						27	0	0			0
6	6	28	May 23(1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-9			6	6.0	5	5	3	7	3	0	0	4.15	5.96	29												22					0
7	7	33	May 30(1)	PHA		SLB	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-2)	6	9.0	1	0	0	7	6	0	0	3.09	5.37	35	10	11	1	0	1	84			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.340	2.41	0.55%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
8	8	39	Jun 3	PHA		CLE	W,10-4	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	9	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.27	4.97	37	11	13	0	0	9	51			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	.54	0.245	1.45	0.40%	-0.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
9	9	42	Jun 6(1)	PHA		CLE	W,12-5	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.13	4.83	7	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.111	1.87	0.19%	0.84	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 7
10	10	46	Jun 12	PHA		NYY	L,5-14	GS-2	L(2-3)	5	1.1	5	7	7	3	0	0	0	4.37	4.96	12	3	1	0	0	5	13			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.62	-0.579	4.31	-0.92%	-5.77	1t start tie	2t -2- 1 out d3
11	11	53	Jun 17(2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS-	W(3-3)	4	8.0	11	7	7	2	1	1	1	4.88	4.99	37						31						34					0
12	12	59	Jun 23	PHA		BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(3-4)	5	9.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	4.34	4.86	31	21	1	0	0	4	76			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	.82	0.258	1.10	0.21%	2.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
13	13	63	Jun 27(1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-9	2-5		3	4.0	5	4	4	5	0	0	0	4.61	4.95	22	8	4	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.041	.51	-0.04%	-2.36	2b --- 0 out d3	5b 3 out d7
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
14	14	66	Jul 1	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG(11)	L(3-5)	3	10.1	6	2	1	6	3	0	0	4.12	4.80	43	17	11	3	1	6	72			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.246	2.23	0.18%	1.34	1b start tie	11b 123 1 out d1
15	15	71	Jul 5(1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	4	1	0	4	3	0	0	3.70	4.65	36	13	12	0	0	4	76			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.91	0.605	1.20	0.23%	2.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
16	16	77	Jul 11(1)	PHA	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	W(5-5)	5	9.0	9	3	3	5	4	0	0	3.63	4.54	41	10	14	3	1	8	56			2	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.56	0.269	.76	0.08%	1.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
17	17	80	Jul 17	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	L(5-6)	5	8.1	11	5	5	5	3	1	1	3.77	4.63	42	14	9	1	1	10	39			0	0	0	33	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.69	-0.682	.71	-0.17%	-1.96	1b start a 2	9b 12- 1 out d1
18	18	85	Jul 23	PHA		CLE	L,0-1	CG	L(5-7)	5	9.0	6	1	1	3	2	1	0	3.55	4.63	34	16	7	0	0	6	70			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.01	0.243	.04	0.01%	2.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
19	19	90	Jul 27	PHA		SLB	L,4-8	GS-8		3	7.2	11	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.62	4.55	36	16	9	1	2	9	39			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.253	.05	-0.01%	-0.91	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out tie
20	20	92	Jul 30	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	9-GF(11)	BW(6-7)	2	2.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.55	4.48	12	7	0	0	0	3		1	1	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.81	0.018	.05	0.00%	0.30	9t 1-- 1 out a1	11t end tie
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
21	21	96	Aug 1(2)	PHA		CHW	L,9-15	GS-		1	3.0	5	4	4	5	0	1	0	3.75	4.66	19						28						14					0
22	22	99	Aug 7	PHA		NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-8)	5	7.0	8	3	1	3	2	0	0	3.62	4.59	28	14	2	0	0	7	52			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	4	0	1	1.04	-0.132	.01	0.00%	-0.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
23	23	101	Aug 8(2)	PHA		NYY	L,4-8	8-8	BS(2)	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.68	4.58	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.67	-0.348	.01	0.00%	-1.50	8t 12- 0 out a2	8t --3 1 out tie
24	24	105	Aug 13	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	L(6-9)	4	8.0	10	6	6	4	0	0	0	3.85	4.56	37						34						31	1	0			0
25	25	111	Aug 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(6-10)	5	8.0	5	3	3	3	1	0	1	3.82	4.53	34	20	4	1	0	5	58			0	0	0	30	0	2	0	1	0	2	.78	-0.080	.00	0.00%	0.52	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
26	26	117	Aug 23(2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG(8)	L(6-11)	3	8.0	8	7	7	4	3	0	0	4.03	4.47	36	10	11	1	0	8	37			1	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	1	.72	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-3.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out d7
27	27	122	Aug 29(1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-		5	10.1	10	4	4	4	3	0	1	3.99	4.41	46						56						38					0
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
28	28	128	Sep 6(2)	PHA		NYY	L,4-11	GS-8	L(6-12)	7	8.0	7	5	5	1	4	1	0	4.07	4.38	34	9	13	0	0	7	51			0	0	1	33	1	1	0	0	0	2	.85	-0.332	.00	0.00%	-1.62	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
29	29	132	Sep 12(2)	PHA		WSH	L,5-9	GS-7	L(6-13)	5	7.0	10	7	7	4	2	0	1	4.26	4.37	33	14	2	0	0	10	27			2	1	0	27	2	2	0	2	0	0	.79	-0.403	.00	0.00%	-4.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
30	30	136	Sep 18	PHA		BOS	W,5-4	GS-7		5	7.0	7	2	1	2	1	0	0	4.15	4.33	28	8	10	1	0	7	56			0	2	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.42	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.95	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
31	31	139	Sep 22(1)	PHA		CHW	L,0-6	GS-	L(6-14)	3	5.0	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.22	4.30	23						37						21					0
32	32	146	Sep 26(2)	PHA		SLB	L,0-1	GS-8	L(6-15)	3	8.0	7	1	1	1	8	0	1	4.10	4.18	32	15	0	0	0	7	71			0	1	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.223	.00	0.00%	2.38	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
33	33	151	Sep 29(2)	PHA		DET	L,1-9	GS-	L(6-16)	2	4.0	6	5	5	4	1	0	0	4.24	4.20	20						27						15					0
							9-24		W-L:6-16,Sv:1,BSv:2	3.9	208.0	193	105	98	110	65	8	6	4.24	4.20	913	1.74		4%	2%	129	50	5	100%	8	8	1	777	16	9	1	17	0	14	1.17	-0.734	.87	0.23%	-4.67

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