Joe Black stats
Bio
- Age
- 102 yearsFeb 8, 1924
- NL Rookie of the Year
- 1952
Joe Black played 6 MLB seasons, 1952 to 1957.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 172
- W
- 30
- L
- 12
- ERA
- 3.91
- IP
- 414.0
- K
- 222
- BB
- 129
- WHIP
- 1.26
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | LAD | 56 | 15 | 4 | 2.15 | 142.1 | 85 | 41 | 1.00 |
| 1953 | LAD | 34 | 6 | 3 | 5.33 | 72.2 | 42 | 27 | 1.39 |
| 1954 | LAD | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 7.0 | 3 | 5 | 2.29 |
| 1955 |  LAD/CIN | 38 | 6 | 2 | 4.05 | 117.2 | 63 | 30 | 1.28 |
| 1956 | CIN | 32 | 3 | 2 | 4.52 | 61.2 | 27 | 25 | 1.39 |
| 1957 | MIN | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7.11 | 12.2 | 2 | 1 | 1.82 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- W
- 1
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 2.86
- IP
- 22.0
- K
- 11
- BB
- 8
- WHIP
- 1.09
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 2
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 4.8
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | LAD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | LAD/CIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bio
- Age
- 102 yearsFeb 8, 1924
- Debut
- 1952
- NL Rookie of the Year
- 1952
What were Joe Black's career stats?
Joe Black played 6 seasons for the Dodgers, the Reds and the Twins. He had 30 wins and 222 strikeouts with a 3.91 ERA over 414.0 innings. His best season was 1952: 15 wins, a 2.15 ERA and 85 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
6 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1952 to 1957
Championships
- 1955 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers
Awards
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