Buddy Black

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 180 lb

BornJune 30, 1957 · San Mateo, CA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 5, 1981

Final gameJuly 9, 1995

Seasons15 (1981–1995)

Seattle Mariners 1981; Kansas City Royals 1982–1987; Cleveland Indians 1988; Kansas City Royals 1988; Cleveland Indians 1989–1990; Toronto Blue Jays 1990; San Francisco Giants 1991–1994; Cleveland Indians 1995

Percentile snapshot

1992 season — qualified pitchers

1.3

6.3

18.8

26.3

SHO

178

81.3

66.3

6.3

177.0

ERA

3.97

23.8

WHIP

1.339

23.8

K/9

4.17

FIP

4.55

7.5

FIP-

135.7

ERA+

84.7

sWAR

0.1

3.8

of 81 qualified 1992 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

103.4

51.1

sWAR

23.1

94.7

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1981	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1
1982	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4
1983	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1
1984	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.2
1985	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
1986	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.6
1987	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.4
1988	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.1
1989	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.7
1990	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.9
1991	35	80	71	3	13	3	6	0	20	.183	.183	.225	.408	5.9	16.1	.186	1.2
1992	28	66	54	1	3	1	2	2	16	.056	.089	.074	.163	-70.4	-52.0	.084	0.1
1993	16	42	37	2	9	0	3	2	8	.243	.282	.243	.525	46.1	45.4	.249	1.5
1994	10	22	17	0	1	0	1	0	5	.059	.059	.059	.118	-85.6	-68.4	.053	0.1
1995	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.6

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1981	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1.0	0.00	5.000	0.00	11.54	302.9	—	0.1
1982	22	14	4	6	0	0	0	92	45	34	40	10	88.3	4.58	1.426	4.08	4.51	110.2	89.3	0.4
1983	24	24	10	7	0	3	0	159	68	43	58	19	161.3	3.79	1.252	3.24	4.47	109.8	107.4	2.1
1984	35	35	17	12	0	8	1	226	89	64	140	22	257.0	3.12	1.128	4.90	3.56	89.0	128.4	5.2
1985	33	33	10	15	0	5	2	216	99	59	122	17	205.7	4.33	1.337	5.34	3.61	87.4	95.3	1.6
1986	56	4	5	10	9	0	0	100	43	43	68	14	121.0	3.20	1.182	5.06	4.41	104.7	131.7	2.6
1987	29	18	8	6	1	0	0	126	49	35	61	16	122.3	3.60	1.316	4.49	4.56	100.8	125.5	2.4
1988	33	7	4	4	1	0	0	82	45	34	63	8	81.0	5.00	1.432	7.00	3.96	97.6	81.1	-0.1
1989	33	32	12	11	0	6	3	213	83	52	88	14	222.3	3.36	1.192	3.56	3.59	91.1	117.4	3.7
1990	32	31	13	11	0	5	2	181	82	61	106	19	206.7	3.57	1.171	4.62	3.93	100.6	109.5	2.9
1991	34	34	12	16	0	3	3	201	95	71	104	25	214.3	3.99	1.269	4.37	4.39	122.0	90.2	1.2
1992	28	28	10	12	0	2	1	178	78	59	82	23	177.0	3.97	1.339	4.17	4.55	135.7	84.7	0.1
1993	16	16	8	2	0	0	0	89	37	33	45	13	93.7	3.56	1.302	4.32	4.94	126.5	109.9	1.5
1994	10	10	4	2	0	0	0	50	27	16	28	9	54.3	4.47	1.215	4.64	5.24	129.8	90.2	0.1
1995	11	10	4	2	0	0	0	63	36	16	34	8	47.3	6.85	1.669	6.46	4.92	104.5	68.7	-0.6

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

400

210

179

RBI

.1453

OBP

.1639

SLG

.1676

OPS

.3315

Pitching

G (P)

398

296

371st-most career GS

121

440th-most career W

116

380th-most career L

SHO

2,053

425th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,039

BB allowed

623

ERA

3.840

WHIP

1.2667

410th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

4.55

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.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	TB
1991-05-26	SF @ ATL Gameday	3	1	2	1	2	3
1991-05-10	NYM @ SF Gameday	3	0	2	0	1	2
1993-05-07	LAD @ SF Gameday	3	0	2	0	1	2
1993-05-27	SF @ CHC Gameday	2	0	2	0	1	2
1991-07-23	NYM @ SF Gameday	3	0	1	1	0	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1985-06-16	KC @ SEA Gameday	8.0	7	1	1	2	10	0
1991-04-10	SF @ SD Gameday	7.0	4	4	4	1	10	2
1984-05-23	CWS @ KC Gameday	9.0	6	0	0	0	9	0
1985-08-20	KC @ CWS Gameday	7.1	6	1	1	2	9	0
1984-07-08	KC @ BAL Gameday	9.0	3	1	1	1	8	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.