Buddy Black
Buddy Black
Full name: Harry Ralston Black
Born: June 30, 1957, San Mateo, California
First Game: September 5, 1981 ; Final Game: July 9, 1995
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 2" Weight: 180
Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Buddy Black
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1981 SEA A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1981 SEA A
1982 KC A 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1982 KC A
1983 KC A 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1983 KC A
1984 KC A 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1984 KC A
1985 KC A 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1985 KC A
1986 KC A 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1986 KC A
1987 KC A 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1987 KC A
1988 KC A 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1988 KC A
1988 CLE A 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1988 CLE A
1988 TOT A 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1988 TOT A
1989 CLE A 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1989 CLE A
1990 CLE A 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1990 CLE A
1990 TOR A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1990 TOR A
1990 TOT A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1990 TOT A
1991 SF N Daily Splits 35 71 3 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 20 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 .183 .183 .225 0.0 1991 SF N
1992 SF N Daily Splits 28 54 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 16 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056 .089 .074 0.0 1992 SF N
1993 SF N Daily Splits 16 37 2 9 0 0 0 3 2 0 8 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .243 .282 .243 0.0 1993 SF N
1994 SF N Daily Splits 10 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 .059 .059 0.0 1994 SF N
1995 CLE A 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1995 CLE A
Total NL 89 179 6 26 4 0 0 12 4 0 49 0 27 0 0 2 1 0 0 .145 .164 .168 0.0 Total NL
Total AL 310 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Total AL
Total Splits 399 179 6 26 4 0 0 12 4 0 49 0 27 0 0 2 1 0 0 .145 .164 .168 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1984 KC A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1984 KC A
1985 KC A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1985 KC A
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1985 KC A Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 KC A
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1981 SEA A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 1981 SEA A
1982 KC A Daily Splits 22 14 0 0 2 0 88.1 92 386 10 48 45 34 6 40 4 3 4 3 7 16 3 7 4 4 6 4.58 -0.4 1982 KC A
1983 KC A Daily Splits 24 24 3 0 0 0 161.1 159 672 19 75 68 43 1 58 4 5 4 2 0 23 3 20 13 10 7 3.79 0.7 1983 KC A
1984 KC A Daily Splits 35 35 8 1 0 0 257 226 1045 22 99 89 64 2 140 6 1 2 4 2 30 7 13 15 17 12 3.12 2.9 1984 KC A
1985 KC A Daily Splits 33 33 5 2 0 0 205.2 216 885 17 111 99 59 4 122 8 4 9 8 1 45 4 13 12 10 15 4.33 -0.4 1985 KC A
1986 KC A Daily Splits 56 4 0 0 26 9 121 100 503 14 49 43 43 5 68 4 4 2 7 2 18 3 9 7 5 10 3.20 1.7 1986 KC A
1987 KC A Daily Splits 29 18 0 0 4 1 122.1 126 520 16 63 49 35 2 61 1 3 6 5 0 19 6 13 7 8 6 3.60 1.0 1987 KC A
1988 KC A Daily Splits 17 0 0 0 5 0 22 23 98 2 12 12 11 2 19 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 4.91 -0.2 1988 KC A
1988 CLE A Daily Splits 16 7 0 0 4 1 59 59 260 6 35 33 23 1 44 5 3 5 4 4 8 0 4 4 2 3 5.03 -0.4 1988 CLE A
1988 TOT A 33 7 0 0 9 1 81 82 358 8 47 45 34 3 63 6 3 5 4 6 10 0 5 4 4 4 5.00 -0.6 1988 TOT A
1989 CLE A Daily Splits 33 32 6 3 0 0 222.1 213 912 14 95 83 52 0 88 9 5 13 1 5 37 7 19 19 12 11 3.36 1.3 1989 CLE A
1990 CLE A Daily Splits 29 29 5 2 0 0 191 171 796 17 79 75 58 1 103 4 5 6 4 1 28 2 9 10 11 10 3.53 1.0 1990 CLE A
1990 TOR A Daily Splits 3 2 0 0 1 0 15.2 10 61 2 7 7 3 0 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 4.02 0.0 1990 TOR A
1990 TOT A 32 31 5 2 1 0 206.2 181 857 19 86 82 61 1 106 6 7 6 5 1 30 2 9 11 13 11 3.57 1.0 1990 TOT A
1991 SF N Daily Splits 34 34 3 3 0 0 214.1 201 893 25 104 95 71 8 104 11 7 6 4 6 31 5 20 10 12 16 3.99 -1.0 1991 SF N
1992 SF N Daily Splits 28 28 2 1 0 0 177 178 749 23 88 78 59 11 82 8 4 3 1 7 27 6 17 14 10 12 3.97 -1.9 1992 SF N
1993 SF N Daily Splits 16 16 0 0 0 0 93.2 89 394 13 44 37 33 2 45 8 4 0 2 4 10 2 10 7 8 2 3.56 0.5 1993 SF N
1994 SF N Daily Splits 10 10 0 0 0 0 54.1 50 227 9 31 27 16 1 28 2 2 3 3 1 14 1 2 3 4 2 4.47 -0.5 1994 SF N
1995 CLE A Daily Splits 11 10 0 0 0 0 47.1 63 219 8 42 36 16 2 34 1 3 1 0 1 19 0 3 4 4 2 6.85 -1.3 1995 CLE A
Total NL 88 88 5 4 0 0 539.1 518 2263 70 267 237 179 22 259 29 17 12 10 18 82 14 49 34 34 32 3.95 -2.9 Total NL
Total AL 310 208 27 8 42 11 1514 1460 6364 147 715 639 444 27 780 49 38 53 39 25 248 35 111 96 87 84 3.80 5.9 Total AL
Total Splits 398 296 32 12 42 11 2053.1 1978 8627 217 982 876 623 49 1039 78 55 65 49 43 330 49 160 130 121 116 3.84 3.0 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
League Championship Series Pitching Record League Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1984 KC A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 7 23 2 4 4 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7.20 1984 KC A
1985 KC A Daily Splits 3 1 0 0 0 0 10.2 11 47 0 3 2 4 0 8 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1.69 1985 KC A
Total Splits 4 2 0 0 0 0 15.2 18 70 2 7 6 5 0 11 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 3.45 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1985 KC A Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 1 0 5.1 4 23 2 3 3 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5.06 1985 KC A
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1981 SEA A Daily P 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.000
1982 KC A Daily P 22 14 0 88.1 6 12 1 1 0 1 1 7 0 .947
1983 KC A Daily P 24 24 3 161.1 7 32 1 5 0 0 6 7 4 .975
1984 KC A Daily P 35 35 8 257 13 51 2 2 0 0 14 11 7 .970
1985 KC A Daily P 33 33 5 205.2 6 30 4 0 0 1 6 13 1 .900
1986 KC A Daily P 56 4 0 121 3 21 0 1 0 0 6 6 1 1.000
1987 KC A Daily P 29 18 0 122.1 4 19 0 0 0 4 4 16 2 1.000
1988 KC A Daily P 17 0 0 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1988 CLE A Daily P 16 7 0 59 5 11 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 1.000
1988 TOT A P 33 7 0 81 5 12 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 1.000
1989 CLE A Daily P 33 32 6 222.1 13 33 2 3 0 1 8 15 5 .958
1990 CLE A Daily P 29 29 5 191 7 27 1 2 0 1 7 11 3 .971
1990 TOR A Daily P 3 2 0 15.2 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1.000
1990 TOT A P 32 31 5 206.2 7 33 1 2 0 1 8 12 4 .976
1991 SF N Daily P 34 34 3 214.1 14 38 0 4 0 1 11 14 1 1.000
1992 SF N Daily P 28 28 2 177 5 37 0 4 0 1 14 7 2 1.000
1993 SF N Daily P 16 16 0 93.2 3 22 2 2 0 1 8 9 0 .926
1994 SF N Daily P 10 10 0 54.1 3 7 0 1 0 1 3 4 3 1.000
1995 CLE A Daily P 11 10 0 47.1 0 8 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 1.000
Total P 398 296 32 2053.1 89 356 13 25 0 13 94 129 34 .972
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1984 KC A Daily P 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1985 KC A Daily P 3 1 0 10.2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 4 2 0 15.2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1985 KC A Daily P 2 1 0 5.1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .750
Transactions Transactions
Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft - did not
sign (January 11, 1977 ).
Selected by New York Mets in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent
draft - did not sign (June 7, 1977 ).
Selected by Seattle Mariners in the 17th round of the free-agent draft (June 5,
1979 ).
Traded by Seattle Mariners to Kansas City Royals (March 2, 1982 ) completing trade in
which Kansas City Royals traded Manny Castillo to Seattle Mariners in exchange for a
player to be named later (October 23, 1981 ).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Pat Tabler (June
3, 1988 ).
Granted free agency (November 4, 1988 ).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 5, 1988 ).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Mauro Gozzo and 2
players to be named later (September 16, 1990 ); Cleveland Indians received Steve
Cummings (September 21, 1990 ) and Alex Sanchez (September 24, 1990 ).
Granted free agency (November 5, 1990 ).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (November 9, 1990 ).
Granted free agency (October 14, 1994 ).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 25, 1995 ).
Released by Cleveland Indians (July 14, 1995 ).
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