Don Black

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Full Name: Donald Paul Black	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185	First Game: April 24, 1943
Birthdate: July 20, 1916	Final Game: September 13, 1948
Birthplace: Salix, Iowa	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: April 21, 1959
Deathplace: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on July 20, 1916 in Salix, Iowa, Don Black (Donald Paul Black) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 6 year career. Black broke into the bigs on April 24, 1943 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.20 ERA in 208 innings pitched in 1943, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Don Black's best season was 1944, when he posted a 4.06 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 78 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1943	PHI	A	33	26	6	16	4.20	65	105	97	12	1	1	208	193	8	110	0	4	6
1944	PHI	A	29	27	10	12	4.06	78	94	80	8	0	0	177.1	177	6	75	0	2	4
1945	PHI	A	26	18	5	11	5.17	47	77	72	8	0	0	125.1	154	5	69	0	3	0
1946	CLE	A	18	4	1	2	4.53	15	26	22	0	0	0	43.2	45	5	21	0	2	1
1947	CLE	A	30	28	10	12	3.92	72	90	83	8	3	0	190.2	177	17	85	0	2	1
1948	CLE	A	18	10	2	2	5.37	16	33	31	1	0	0	52	57	5	40	0	0	1
Total			154	113	34	55	4.35	293	425	385	37	4	1	797	803	46	400	0	13	13

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1943	PHI	A	P	33	0	0	15	41	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1944	PHI	A	P	29	0	0	7	32	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1945	PHI	A	P	26	0	0	8	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1946	CLE	A	P	18	0	0	4	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1947	CLE	A	P	30	0	0	15	31	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1948	CLE	A	P	18	0	0	3	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	154	0	0	52	143	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	.980

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1943	PHI	A	33	69	5	13	0	2	.188	.211	.188	0	0	2	16	0	2	1	0	1
1944	PHI	A	29	59	2	11	0	4	.186	.213	.203	1	0	2	13	0	3	0	0	2
1945	PHI	A	26	37	0	6	0	4	.162	.184	.162	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
1946	CLE	A	18	10	1	2	0	1	.200	.200	.300	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
1947	CLE	A	30	66	2	12	0	8	.182	.194	.212	2	0	1	14	0	3	0	0	4
1948	CLE	A	18	15	1	3	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
Total			154	256	11	47	0	19	.184	.202	.199	4	0	6	52	0	11	1	0	7

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to Cleveland Indians (October 2, 1945).

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