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Bob Black

HandednessThrows Right

Listed at5 ft 5 in · 155 lb

BornDecember 10, 1862 · Cincinnati, OH, USA

MLB debutAugust 19, 1884

Final gameOctober 19, 1884

Seasons1 (1884–1884)

Kansas City Cowboys 1884

Percentile snapshot

1884 season — qualified pitchers

18.5

76.5

19.8

SHO

127

76.5

77.8

35.8

81.5

123.0

18.5

ERA

3.22

45.7

WHIP

1.171

44.4

K/9

6.80

86.4

FIP

2.68

81.5

FIP-

88.0

77.8

ERA+

94.4

43.2

sWAR

1.9

46.9

of 82 qualified 1884 pitchers (min 82 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

1.9

69.7

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1884	38	156	146	25	36	14	2	1	0	10	0	0	0	.247	.295	.390	.685	119.2	129.8	.316	1.9

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1884	16	15	4	9	0	13	0	127	44	17	93	1	123.0	3.22	1.171	6.80	2.68	88.0	94.4	1.9

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

156

146

RBI

.2466

OBP

.2949

SLG

.3904

OPS

.6853

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

123

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

3.220

WHIP

1.1707

K/9

6.80

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.