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Historical player · 1943–1957

Joe Black

B/T R/R · HT 74 · WT 220 · Born 2/8/1924 · From Plainfield, NJ USA · Debut 1952-05-01 · Final 1957-09-11

Career · batting

248

234

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.188 · 0.432

Career · pitching

241

806.0

W-L

49-36

454

ERA

3.72

WHIP

1.29

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Baltimore Elite Giants · 1943–1948

Hits

#51 on the Giants

↑ 1 W. Bobo

↓ 1 J. Binder

RBI

#64 on the Giants

↑ 1 J. Gaines

↓ 1 H. Wright

#56 on the Giants

↑ 1 J. Armstead

Runs

#59 on the Giants

↑ 1 C. Rivera

↓ 1 H. Henderson

#50 on the Giants

↑ 2 J. Buford

↓ 1 W. Hubert

Career with the Brooklyn Dodgers · 1952–1955

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Hits

#990 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 N. Ahmed

↓ 1 K. Wong

RBI

#830 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 B. Abbey

↓ 1 A. Wood

Runs

#1,120 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 D. Alexander

↓ 1 A. Yale

Career with the Cincinnati Redlegs · 1955–1956

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Hits

#1,276 on the Redlegs

↑ 1 R. Bell

↓ 1 D. Zanni

RBI

#1,129 on the Redlegs

↑ 1 J. Abreu

↓ 1 D. Young

Runs

#1,092 on the Redlegs

↑ 1 J. Abreu

↓ 1 J. Acevedo

#1,197 on the Redlegs

↑ 1 A. Abad

Career with the Washington Senators · 1957–1957

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

Hits

#8,285 all-time MLB

↑ 1 C. Aberson

↓ 1 J. Zuleta

RBI

#8,264 all-time MLB

↑ 1 H. Adams

↓ 1 J. Zuber

#7,932 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 D. Aase

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1943	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	0.000
1944	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.200	—	0.200
1945	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	0.000
1946	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	25	40	5	8	1	2	0	3	0	0.200	—	0.225
1947	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	23	47	3	13	0	1	0	2	0	0.277	—	0.277
1948	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	19	43	3	9	2	5	1	4	0	0.209	—	0.256
1952	Dodgers	NL	57	36	1	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.139	—	0.139
1953	Dodgers	NL	34	17	1	4	0	1	0	0	5	0.235	—	0.235
1954	Dodgers	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1955	Dodgers	NL	6	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.333	0.333	0.333
1955	Redlegs	NL	32	30	3	3	0	2	0	1	10	0.100	0.129	0.100
1956	Redlegs	NL	34	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.000	0.000	0.000
1957	Senators	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			248	234	16	44	3	17	1	10	38	0.188	0.231	0.201

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1943	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	0	0	2	1	0	3.0	8	2	2	5	6.00	3.33
1944	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	0	1	3	1	0	12.7	22	11	2	3	7.82	1.89
1945	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	0	1	1	1	0	7.0	5	4	4	5	5.14	1.29
1946	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	6	9	24	15	1	126.0	114	53	50	69	3.79	1.30
1947	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	5	10	22	13	3	130.0	138	58	58	65	4.02	1.51
1948	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	8	3	17	12	1	113.3	82	25	36	85	1.99	1.04
1952	Dodgers	NL	15	4	56	2	15	142.3	102	34	41	85	2.15	1.00
1953	Dodgers	NL	6	3	34	3	5	72.7	74	43	27	42	5.33	1.39
1954	Dodgers	NL	0	0	5	0	0	7.0	11	9	5	3	11.57	2.29
1955	Dodgers	NL	1	0	6	0	0	15.3	15	5	5	9	2.93	1.30
1955	Redlegs	NL	5	2	32	11	3	102.3	106	48	25	54	4.22	1.28
1956	Redlegs	NL	3	2	32	0	2	61.7	61	31	25	27	4.52	1.39
1957	Senators	AL	0	1	7	0	0	12.7	22	10	1	2	7.11	1.82
Career			49	36	241	59	30	806.0	760	333	281	454	3.72	1.29

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	241	55	591.0	38	157	19	10
1B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
OF	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0