Buddy Black
1981–1995 · bats L / throws L · Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays
306G
.145AVG
.164OBP
.168SLG
More career statistics
26H
0HR
12RBI
0SB
121–116W–L
2,053.1IP
1,039K
3.84ERA
296GS
11SV
9Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 306 | 400 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 306 | 210 | 179 | 6 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .145 | .164 | .168 | .332 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,053.3 | 398 | 296 | 32 | 121 | 116 | 11 | 1,978 | 982 | 876 | 217 | 623 | 1,039 | 0 | 0 | 3.84 | 1.267 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1991-04-10 to 1991-04-20
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | Two Balks | 1982-04-18 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1988-07-08 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1988-09-10 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 201 | 100 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 22 | .155 | .150 | .167 |
| Away | 199 | 110 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 27 | .137 | .136 | .168 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 46 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .214 | .188 | .214 |
| May | 72 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | .263 | .227 | .289 |
| June | 74 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | .103 | .111 | .103 |
| July | 75 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | .114 | .118 | .136 |
| August | 69 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | .115 | .125 | .154 |
| September | 58 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .059 | .100 | .118 |
| October | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| toronto-blue-jays | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| california-angels | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| milwaukee-brewers | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| detroit-tigers | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| new-york-yankees | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| chicago-white-sox | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| texas-rangers | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| minnesota-twins | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 |  Seattle Mariners | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 1982 |  Kansas City Royals | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 88 | 40 |
| 1983 | Kansas City Royals | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 161 | 58 |
| 1984 | Kansas City Royals | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 257 | 140 |
| 1985 | Kansas City Royals | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 205 | 122 |
| 1986 | Kansas City Royals | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 121 | 68 |
| 1987 | Kansas City Royals | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 122 | 61 |
| 1988 | Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 81 | 63 |
| 1989 |  Cleveland Guardians | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 222 | 88 |
| 1990 | Cleveland Guardians, Toronto Blue Jays | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 206 | 106 |
| 1991 |  San Francisco Giants | 35 | 71 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .183 | 214 | 104 |
| 1992 | San Francisco Giants | 28 | 54 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .056 | 177 | 82 |
| 1993 | San Francisco Giants | 16 | 37 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .243 | 93 | 45 |
| 1994 | San Francisco Giants | 10 | 17 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .059 | 54 | 28 |
| 1995 | Cleveland Guardians | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 47 | 34 |