Buddy Black

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Full Name: Harry Ralston Black	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180	First Game: September 5, 1981
Birthdate: June 30, 1957	Final Game: July 9, 1995
Birthplace: San Mateo, California	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on June 30, 1957 in San Mateo, California, Buddy Black (Harry Ralston Black) played for the Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 15 year career. Black broke into the bigs on September 5, 1981 with the Seattle Mariners, and put up a 4.58 ERA in 88.1 innings pitched in 1982, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Buddy Black's best season was 1984, when he posted a 3.12 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 140 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1981	SEA	A	2	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	1	0
1982	KC	A	22	14	4	6	4.58	40	48	45	0	0	0	88.1	92	10	34	6	4	3
1983	KC	A	24	24	10	7	3.79	58	75	68	3	0	0	161.1	159	19	43	1	4	2
1984	KC	A	35	35	17	12	3.12	140	99	89	8	1	0	257	226	22	64	2	2	4
1985	KC	A	33	33	10	15	4.33	122	111	99	5	2	0	205.2	216	17	59	4	9	8
1986	KC	A	56	4	5	10	3.20	68	49	43	0	0	9	121	100	14	43	5	2	7
1987	KC	A	29	18	8	6	3.60	61	63	49	0	0	1	122.1	126	16	35	2	6	5
1988	KC	A	17	0	2	1	4.91	19	12	12	0	0	0	22	23	2	11	2	0	0
1988	CLE	A	16	7	2	3	5.03	44	35	33	0	0	1	59	59	6	23	1	5	4
1988	TOT	A	33	7	4	4	5.00	63	47	45	0	0	1	81	82	8	34	3	5	4
1989	CLE	A	33	32	12	11	3.36	88	95	83	6	3	0	222.1	213	14	52	0	13	1
1990	TOR	A	3	2	2	1	4.02	3	7	7	0	0	0	15.2	10	2	3	0	0	1
1990	CLE	A	29	29	11	10	3.53	103	79	75	5	2	0	191	171	17	58	1	6	4
1990	TOT	A	32	31	13	11	3.57	106	86	82	5	2	0	206.2	181	19	61	1	6	5
1991	SF	N	34	34	12	16	3.99	104	104	95	3	3	0	214.1	201	25	71	8	6	4
1992	SF	N	28	28	10	12	3.97	82	88	78	2	1	0	177	178	23	59	11	3	1
1993	SF	N	16	16	8	2	3.56	45	44	37	0	0	0	93.2	89	13	33	2	0	2
1994	SF	N	10	10	4	2	4.47	28	31	27	0	0	0	54.1	50	9	16	1	3	3
1995	CLE	A	11	10	4	2	6.85	34	42	36	0	0	0	47.1	63	8	16	2	1	0
Total	NL		88	88	34	32	3.95	259	267	237	5	4	0	539.1	518	70	179	22	12	10
Total	AL		310	208	87	84	3.80	780	715	639	27	8	11	1514	1460	147	444	27	53	39
Total			398	296	121	116	3.84	1039	982	876	32	12	11	2053.1	1978	217	623	49	65	49

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1981	SEA	A	P	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.000
1982	KC	A	P	22	14	88.1	6	12	1	1	0	1	7	1	0	.947
1983	KC	A	P	24	24	161.1	7	32	1	5	0	0	7	6	4	.975
1984	KC	A	P	35	35	257	13	51	2	2	0	0	11	14	7	.970
1985	KC	A	P	33	33	205.2	6	30	4	0	0	1	13	6	1	.900
1986	KC	A	P	56	4	121	3	21	0	1	0	0	6	6	1	1.000
1987	KC	A	P	29	18	122.1	4	19	0	0	0	4	16	4	2	1.000
1988	KC	A	P	17	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1988	CLE	A	P	16	7	59	5	11	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	1.000
1988	TOT	A	P	33	7	81	5	12	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	1.000
1989	CLE	A	P	33	32	222.1	13	33	2	3	0	1	15	8	5	.958
1990	TOR	A	P	3	2	15.2	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.000
1990	CLE	A	P	29	29	191	7	27	1	2	0	1	11	7	3	.971
1990	TOT	A	P	32	31	206.2	7	33	1	2	0	1	12	8	4	.976
1991	SF	N	P	34	34	214.1	14	38	0	4	0	1	14	11	1	1.000
1992	SF	N	P	28	28	177	5	37	0	4	0	1	7	14	2	1.000
1993	SF	N	P	16	16	93.2	3	22	2	2	0	1	9	8	0	.926
1994	SF	N	P	10	10	54.1	3	7	0	1	0	1	4	3	3	1.000
1995	CLE	A	P	11	10	47.1	0	8	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	1.000
Total			P	398	296	2053.1	89	356	13	25	0	13	129	94	34	.972

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1981	SEA	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	KC	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	KC	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	KC	A	35	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	KC	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	KC	A	56	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	KC	A	29	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	KC	A	17	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	CLE	A	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	TOT	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	CLE	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	TOR	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	CLE	A	29	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	TOT	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	SF	N	35	71	3	13	0	6	.183	.183	.225	3	0	0	20	0	9	0	0	0
1992	SF	N	28	54	1	3	0	2	.056	.089	.074	1	0	2	16	0	10	0	0	0
1993	SF	N	16	37	2	9	0	3	.243	.282	.243	0	0	2	8	0	3	0	0	1
1994	SF	N	10	17	0	1	0	1	.059	.059	.059	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0
1995	CLE	A	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		89	179	6	26	0	12	.145	.164	.168	4	0	4	49	0	27	0	0	1
Total	AL		311	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			400	179	6	26	0	12	.145	.164	.168	4	0	4	49	0	27	0	0	1

[edit] Transactions

Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (January 11, 1977).
Selected by New York Mets in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1977).
Selected by Seattle Mariners in the 17th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1979).
Traded by Seattle Mariners to Kansas City Royals (March 2, 1982) completing trade in which Kansas City Royals traded Manny Castillo to Seattle Mariners in exchange for a player to be named later (October 23, 1981).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Pat Tabler (June 3, 1988).
Granted free agency (November 4, 1988).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 5, 1988).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Mauro Gozzo and 2 players to be named later (September 16, 1990); Cleveland Indians received Steve Cummings (September 21, 1990) and Alex Sanchez (September 24, 1990).
Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (November 9, 1990).
Granted free agency (October 14, 1994).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 25, 1995).
Released by Cleveland Indians (July 14, 1995).

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