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: 12-17 / in Starts: 12-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 1

1944 Pitching Game Log

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1944 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	34	4	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	5	4	3	3	3	1	0	3.86	4.97	31	9	12	2	3	4	53			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	2	.46	-0.212	1.18	-0.32%	-0.74	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
2	35	8	Apr 30(1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	L(1-1)	4	8.0	7	3	2	4	5	1	0	3.00	4.75	34						59						29	1	0			0
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	36	13	May 6	PHA		WSH	L,0-5	GS-6	L(1-2)	5	6.0	9	5	5	3	3	1	0	4.29	4.92	30	6	9	1	0	9	34			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.207	1.68	-0.25%	-2.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
4	37	19	May 13	PHA		SLB	W,8-3	CG	W(2-2)	6	9.0	5	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.90	4.28	34	12	10	0	0	5	66			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	4	0	3	.81	0.096	1.72	0.12%	0.96	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
5	38	25	May 18	PHA		DET	L,0-1	CG	L(2-3)	4	9.0	3	1	1	5	4	0	1	3.23	4.17	32						76						25	0	0			0
6	39	30	May 24	PHA	@	DET	W,8-4	GS-	W(3-3)	5	8.1	7	4	4	4	3	0	0	3.42	4.03	35						52						31					0
7	40	35	May 28(2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(3-4)	3	8.0	10	5	5	3	0	0	0	3.74	4.00	34	13	8	0	0	10	39			0	1	0	30	2	1	0	2	0	1	.83	-0.162	2.28	-0.27%	-1.52	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
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	41	39	Jun 2	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-3	GS-	L(3-5)	4	4.0	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	3.64	3.88	17						47						17					0
9	42	43	Jun 8	PHA		WSH	L,5-7	GS-		5	4.1	5	5	5	6	1	0	0	4.10	4.05	23						28						16					0
10	43	53	Jun 17(2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-6	W(4-5)	8	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.13	3.96	26	6	9	0	0	7	46			0	1	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.144	.48	-0.08%	-0.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
11	44	59	Jun 22(1)	PHA		BOS	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	1	4.11	3.87	30	10	9	3	0	7	52			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.080	3.34	0.11%	1.11	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
12	45	63	Jun 25(2)	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	8-GF		2	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.12	4.00	9	4	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.019	.18	-0.02%	-0.12	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
13	46	64	Jun 28	PHA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(5-5)	2	9.0	8	3	3	3	11	0	0	4.00	3.72	37	7	8	0	0	8	67			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.35	0.092	1.45	0.06%	0.96	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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	47	72	Jul 5	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	GS-3		6	2.2	4	2	0	1	2	0	0	3.89	3.68	14	4	4	0	0	3	47			0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.131	.69	-0.07%	-1.08	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d2
15	48	83	Jul 18	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-	L(5-6)	12	7.0	9	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.98	3.68	32						41						29					0
16	49	88	Jul 23(1)	PHA	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	W(6-6)	4	9.0	6	3	1	5	5	0	0	3.72	3.64	39	16	7	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	34	4	0	0	2	0	3	.08	0.049	.01	0.00%	1.28	1b start a 6	9b 3 out a10
17	50	94	Jul 28	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-8	GS-	L(6-7)	4	7.0	13	8	4	1	2	1	0	3.81	3.69	34						28						33					0
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
18	51	101	Aug 2(2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS-	L(6-8)	4	1.0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.01	3.73	9						33						6					0
19	52	105	Aug 6(1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-6	4-7		3	3.2	4	2	1	3	1	0	0	3.97	3.76	18	4	6	1	0	4		2	0	1	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.57	-0.031	.04	0.00%	0.16	4t 12- 1 out d2	7t 3 out d4
20	53	111	Aug 13(1)	PHA		DET	W,6-1	CG	W(7-8)	6	9.0	3	1	1	4	2	0	1	3.76	3.77	34	13	11	1	0	3	75			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.402	.00	0.00%	2.96	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	54	117	Aug 18	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	5	4	3	4	3	0	0	3.82	3.77	25	7	6	0	0	5	42			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.80	-0.206	.00	0.00%	-1.80	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
22	55	121	Aug 21	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(8-8)	2	10.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.68	3.65	39	7	19	3	0	5	76			1	0	0	37	0	1	0	1	0	2	1.83	0.402	.00	0.00%	2.40	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
23	56	126	Aug 27(1)	PHA		BOS	L,5-8	GS-4	L(8-9)	5	3.1	10	7	7	1	0	0	0	4.03	3.65	19	6	2	1	0	10	11			1	0	1	18	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.370	.01	0.00%	-4.09	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d4
Sep/Oct				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	57	131	Sep 1	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-7	L(8-10)	4	7.0	8	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.02	3.67	29	9	10	0	0	8	51			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.199	.00	0.00%	0.14	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
25	58	139	Sep 10(2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-8	GS-3	L(8-11)	8	3.0	7	6	6	3	0	0	0	4.29	3.70	17	4	3	2	0	7	18			1	0	0	14	0	0	1	1	0	0	.69	-0.341	.00	0.00%	-4.71	1b start tie	3b 3 out d6
26	59	142	Sep 17(2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS-7	W(9-11)	6	6.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	1	4.18	3.67	24	3	9	0	1	5	60			0	2	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.82	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a1
27	60	146	Sep 23	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-3	GS-	L(9-12)	5	6.0	4	3	2	3	3	0	0	4.14	3.66	25						54						22					0
28	61	151	Sep 29(1)	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS-	W(10-12)	5	7.0	8	2	2	4	6	1	0	4.08	3.69	31						55						27					0
29	62	155	Oct 1(2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-0	GS-		1	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.01	3.65	12						57						11					0
							12-17		W-L:10-12	4.4	177.1	177	94	79	75	78	7	4	4.01	3.65	773	0.97		5%	1%	109	49	2	0%	6	8	1	684	16	6	1	13	0	17	.91	-0.887	.82	-0.70%	-5.84

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