Joe Black

Joseph Black
(Chico)

Born: February 8, 1924 in Plainfield, NJ
Died: May 17, 2002 in Scottsdale, AZ
(78 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'2"

Wt: 220

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Notes:

• College: Morgan State University (Baltimore, MD)
• Buried: Hillside Cemetery (Scotch Plains, NJ)
• Played in the Major Leagues
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1943	BEG	NN2	19	SP	0	0		2	1		0	0	0	3.0	5	2	8	0	2	5	0		0	20	6.00	84
1944	BEG	NN2	20	SP	0	1	.000	3	1		0	0	0	12.2	12	11	22	1	2	3	0	0	1	60	7.82	57
1945	BEG	NN2	21	SP	0	1	.000	1	1		1	0	0	7.0	4	4	5	0	4	5	0	0	0	29	5.14	82
1946	BEG	NN2	22	SP	6	9	.400	23	15		8	0	1	126.0	75	54	115	4	52	70	0	0	4	554	3.86	117
1947	EAS/BEG	EWA/NN2	23	SP	5	10	.333	23	13		10	0	3	133.0	75	59	143	4	59	67	3	0	1	598	3.99	97
1948	BEG/EAS	MULT	24	SP	8	4	.667	19	13		9	2	2	125.1	37	28	92	3	40	89	1	0	1	491	2.01	158
6	2			SP	19	25	.432	71	44		28	2	6	407.0	208	158	385	12	159	239	4	0	7	1752	3.49	114
162 Game Average					11	15	.432	42	26		17	1	4	240.2	123	93	228	7	94	141	2	0	4	1036	3.49	114

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
6	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	19	25	.432	69	44		28	2	5	401.0	206	156	378	12	158	237	4	0	7	1727	3.50	113
2	East All Stars			RP	0	0		2	0		0	0	1	6.0	2	2	7	0	1	2	0	0	0	25	3.00	151

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1943	BEG	NN2	19	SP	3.0	3.33	1.54	25.0%	11.2%	10.0%	9.1%	2.50	1.23	0.0%	0.7%
1944	BEG	NN2	20	SP	12.2	1.89	1.45	5.0%	11.0%	3.3%	7.7%	1.50	1.42	1.7%	0.8%
1945	BEG	NN2	21	SP	7.0	1.29	1.44	17.2%	12.9%	13.8%	8.2%	1.25	1.57	0.0%	0.8%
1946	BEG	NN2	22	SP	126.0	1.33	1.46	12.6%	11.9%	9.4%	9.2%	1.35	1.29	0.7%	1.0%
1947	EAS/BEG	EWA/NN2	23	SP	133.0	1.52	1.38	11.2%	13.2%	9.9%	10.0%	1.14	1.56	0.7%	0.5%
1948	BEG/EAS	MULT	24	SP	125.1	1.05	1.30	18.1%	14.9%	8.1%	9.4%	2.23	1.64	0.6%	0.7%
6	2			SP	407.0	1.34	1.38	13.6%	13.1%	9.1%	8.9%	1.50	1.49	0.7%	0.9%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
6	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	401.0	1.34	1.39	13.7%	13.1%	9.1%	8.8%	1.50	1.50	0.7%	0.9%
2	East All Stars			RP	6.0	1.33	1.20	8.0%	13.2%	4.0%	10.0%	2.00	1.41	0.0%	0.3%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1943	BEG	NN2	19	SP	2	20	18	5	8	0	0	0	1		2	5		0	0			.444	.500	.444	.944
1944	BEG	NN2	20	SP	3	60	54	12	22	5	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	1	3		1	.407	.439	.556	.994
1945	BEG	NN2	21	SP	1	29	25	4	5	1	0	0	0		4	5		0	0		0	.200	.310	.240	.550
1946	BEG	NN2	22	SP	23	554	489	75	115	11	6	4	6		52	70	0	4	9		13	.235	.314	.307	.621
1947	EAS/BEG	EWA/NN2	23	SP	23	598	529	75	143	25	6	4	13		59	67		1	9	0	12	.270	.345	.363	.708
1948	BEG/EAS	MULT	24	SP	19	491	440	37	92	15	1	3	4	0	40	89	0	1	10	0	10	.209	.277	.268	.545
6	2			SP	71	1752	1555	208	385	57	13	12	24	0	159	239	0	7	31	0	36	.248	.320	.324	.644

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
6	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	69	1727	1531	206	378	57	13	12	23	0	158	237	0	7	31		35	.247	.320	.325	.645
2	East All Stars			RP	2	25	24	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	.292	.320	.292	.612

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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