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Joe
Black		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 235
 
Born: February 8, 1924 in Usa, NJ, PLAINFIELD
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 28 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1953 29 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1954 30 CLE AL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1955 31 CLE AL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4
1956 32 CLE AL $ 350,000 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4
1957 33 CLE AL $ 350,000 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4
1958 34 CLE AL $ 350,000 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1959 35 CLE AL $ 1,000,000 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,000,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 31 CLE AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 32 CLE AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 33 CLE AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 34 CLE AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 35 CLE AL $ 1,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1952 28 CLE AL 11 11 .500 36 36 2 0 0 236.3 244 121 37 89 108 4.61 .266 .329 .443 .773 14.9
    AAA   0 1 .000 13 0 0 0 1 11.0 13 5 2 3 8 4.09 .310 .356 .500 .856  
1953 29 CLE AL 2 6 .250 36 16 0 0 2 109.0 108 57 10 45 60 4.71 .258 .328 .391 .720 5.0
1954 30 CLE AL 4 2 .667 21 5 0 0 0 43.7 34 21 4 17 26 4.33 .206 .281 .321 .602 2.7
1955 31 CLE AL 0 2 .000 34 0 0 0 1 45.3 62 25 10 14 20 4.96 .332 .373 .556 .929 1.3
1956 32 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 20 0 0 0 0 30.7 31 10 4 8 16 2.94 .265 .312 .419 .731 3.3
1957 33 CLE AL 0 0 .000 20 0 0 0 0 23.3 28 11 2 10 14 4.24 .292 .358 .406 .765 0.4
1958 34 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 20 0 0 0 1 26.7 21 8 3 6 13 2.70 .221 .265 .400 .665 3.5
1959 35 AAA   9 1 .900 32 0 0 0 1 43.7 34 17 5 16 33 3.50 .218 .291 .346 .637  
7 Years Sim 19 21 .475 187 57 2 0 4 515.0 528 253 70 189 257 4.42 .264 .327 .428 .754 31.0
2 Years AAA 9 2 .818 45 0 0 0 2 54.7 47 22 7 19 41 3.62 .237 .304 .379 .683  
Season Average 2 3 .400 26 8 0 0 0 73.6 75 36 10 27 36 4.42 .264 .327 .428 .754  
Career Highs 11 11 1.000 36 36 2 0 2 236.3 244 121 37 89 108 4.96 .332 .373 .556 .929  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   296 128 35 77 140   .268 .316 .420 .735
vs LH   232 125 35 112 117   .260 .343 .437 .780
Home 9 11 .450 103 30 0 0 2 266.7 294 145 36 90 138 4.89 .284 .341 .446 .786
Away 10 10 .500 84 27 2 0 2 248.3 234 108 34 99 119 3.91 .244 .314 .408 .723
Mar/Apr 1 1 .500 31 4 0 0 0 52.6 42 23 6 22 34 3.93 .216 .296 .351 .647
May 4 6 .400 32 18 0 0 0 138.0 133 62 20 59 76 4.04 .248 .323 .416 .739
June 4 5 .444 32 13 1 0 1 105.0 114 61 19 43 46 5.23 .279 .347 .479 .827
July 2 2 .500 35 7 0 0 0 70.3 73 29 6 20 32 3.71 .267 .317 .385 .702
August 4 1 .800 26 7 1 0 0 72.3 69 24 7 16 41 2.99 .253 .294 .396 .690
Sep/Oct 4 6 .400 31 8 0 0 3 76.7 97 54 12 29 28 6.34 .311 .370 .494 .863
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 28 CLE AL 36 75 5 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 30 .120 .132 .147 .278 -1.0 0.0
1953 29 CLE AL 36 25 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 10 .120 .154 .280 .434 1.1 0.0
1954 30 CLE AL 21 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1955 31 CLE AL 34 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1956 32 CLE AL 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1957 33 CLE AL 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
6 Years Sim 167 116 8 13 3 0 1 6 0 0 2 46 .112 .127 .164 .291 -0.8 0.0
162 Game Average 112 7 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 44 .112 .127 .164 .291 -0.8  
Career Highs 36 75 5 9 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 30 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   72 6 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 26 .125 .137 .194 .331 0.2
vs LH   44 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 20 .091 .111 .114 .225 -1.3
Home 91 53 2 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 .132 .132 .170 .302 -0.5
Away 76 63 6 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 26 .095 .123 .159 .282 -0.6
RISP   26 0 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 9 .115 .115 .154 .269 -0.5
Close/Late   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
Mar/Apr 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
May 27 36 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 11 .083 .083 .111 .194 -1.4
June 18 30 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 10 .133 .161 .233 .395 0.8
July 7 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.5
August 7 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .118 .118 .118 .235 -0.4
Sep/Oct 10 15 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .200 .250 .333 .583 1.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1952 28 CLE AL P 36 36 236.3 21 41 1 3 .984 2.36    
1953 29 CLE AL P 36 16 109.0 7 22 1 2 .967 2.39    
1954 30 CLE AL P 21 5 43.7 3 7 1 0 .909 2.06    
1955 31 CLE AL P 34 0 45.3 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.39    
1956 32 CLE AL P 20 0 30.7 4 5 0 3 1.000 2.64    
1957 33 CLE AL P 20 0 23.3 2 3 1 1 .833 1.93    
1958 34 CLE AL P 20 0 26.7 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.70    
Career Totals   187 57 515.0 41 89 4 9 .970 2.27    
Career Highs   36 36 236.3 21 41 1 3 1.000 2.70    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns Allowed
1952-3-37
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  6. Don Hankins (970)
  7. Burt Hooton (969)
  8. Red Lynn (968)
  9. Cris Carpenter (967)
  10. Marty Bystrom (967)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 37th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1952
Injured on 5/21/1952 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Earned first career win on 5/21/1952
Had first career hit on 5/29/1952, off Saul Rogovin (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 6/22/1953, off Bubba Church (BRK)
Injured on 5/27/1954 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/2/1959 to a 3-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
 
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