Don Black
1943–1948 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics
154G
.184AVG
.202OBP
.199SLG
More career statistics
47H
0HR
19RBI
1SB
34–55W–L
797.0IP
293K
4.36ERA
113GS
1SV
5Rare 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 · At bats | 256 | 257 |
| Batting · Walks | 6 | 5 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,519 | 3,515 |
| Pitching · p er | 386 | 385 |
| Pitching · p h | 803 | 802 |
| Pitching · p k | 293 | 295 |
| Pitching · p r | 426 | 427 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154 | 273 | 256 | 11 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | .184 | .202 | .199 | .401 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 797.0 | 154 | 113 | 37 | 34 | 55 | 1 | 803 | 426 | 386 | 46 | 400 | 293 | 0 | 0 | 4.36 | 1.509 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1943-05-30 to 1943-06-06
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | No-Hitter With Five Walks | 1947-07-10 | 1 in 5,452 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1947-07-10 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1943-05-30 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 76 | 119 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 18 | .195 | .202 | .212 |
| Away | 78 | 154 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 34 | .174 | .182 | .188 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 13 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
| May | 30 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .222 | .229 | .244 |
| June | 30 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | .213 | .208 | .213 |
| July | 29 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | .155 | .175 | .190 |
| August | 28 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | .167 | .157 | .167 |
| September | 23 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | .152 | .189 | .182 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 25 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .118 | .108 | .118 |
| new-york-yankees | 23 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .184 | .167 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 21 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .226 | .226 | .258 |
| detroit-tigers | 21 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .103 | .143 | .128 |
| boston-red-sox | 20 | 38 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .343 | .368 | .400 |
| chicago-white-sox | 19 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .154 | .143 | .154 |
| cleveland-guardians | 15 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | .179 | .171 | .179 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .176 | .167 | .176 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 33 | 69 | 13 | – | 2 | 1 | .188 | 208 | 65 |
| 1944 | Philadelphia Athletics | 29 | 59 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .186 | 177 | 78 |
| 1945 | Philadelphia Athletics | 26 | 37 | 6 | – | 4 | – | .162 | 125 | 48 |
| 1946 |  Cleveland Guardians | 18 | 11 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .182 | 43 | 16 |
| 1947 | Cleveland Guardians | 30 | 66 | 12 | – | 8 | – | .182 | 190 | 72 |
| 1948 | Cleveland Guardians | 18 | 15 | 3 | – | – | – | .200 | 52 | 16 |