How many strikeouts (pitching) did Don Black have in 1947?
721947 Regular Season
Don Black recorded 72 strikeouts (pitching) in the 1947 regular season, 45th in the MLB.
- 2nd-best of Don Black's 6 seasons on file; the high is 78 in 1944.
- Up 57 from 15 in 1946.
- 12% of the Cleveland Guardians' strikeouts (pitching) that regular season.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  ATH | 33 | 6 | 16 | 4.20 | 208.0 | 65 | 110 | 1.46 | 1 |
| 1944 | ATH | 29 | 10 | 12 | 4.06 | 177.1 | 78 | 75 | 1.42 | 0 |
| 1945 | ATH | 26 | 5 | 11 | 5.17 | 125.1 | 47 | 69 | 1.78 | 0 |
| 1946 |  CLE | 18 | 1 | 2 | 4.53 | 43.2 | 15 | 21 | 1.51 | 0 |
| 1947 | CLE | 30 | 10 | 12 | 3.92 | 190.2 | 72 | 85 | 1.37 | 0 |
| 1948 | CLE | 18 | 2 | 2 | 5.37 | 52.0 | 16 | 40 | 1.87 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV