1957
Born June 30, 1957
San Mateo, CA, USA
Buddy Black Marquee
b. June 30, 1957 · Seattle Mariners 1981, Kansas City Royals 1982–1988, Cleveland Indians 1988–1990, 1995, Toronto Blue Jays 1990, San Francisco Giants 1991–1994
He was 17-12 with a 3.12 earned run average for the Kansas City club that won the 1985 World Series and started a game of that Series. Fifteen seasons gave him 121 wins against 116, a 3.84 earned run average, 2,053 innings and 12 shutouts.
He has managed longer than he pitched: San Diego from 2007 to 2015 and Colorado from 2017, more than 2,900 games in all. He was National League Manager of the Year in 2010, when a Padres club nobody rated led the division into the last weekend.
He was a fifteenth-round pick out of San Diego State and pitched for five clubs. He was never an All-Star. He is not on a Hall of Fame ballot.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Week | 1 | 1984 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | SEA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1982 | KCR | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1983 | KCR | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1984 | KCR | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1985 | KCR | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1986 | KCR | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1987 | KCR | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1988 | CLE/KCR | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1989 | CLE | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990 | CLE/TOR | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1991 | SFG | 35 | 71 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | .183 |
| 1992 | SFG | 28 | 54 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .056 |
| 1993 | SFG | 16 | 37 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .243 |
| 1994 | SFG | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .059 |
| 1995 | CLE | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | — | 400 | 179 | 6 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 49 | 0 | .145 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 1982 | KCR | 4 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 88.1 | 92 | 45 | 34 | 40 | 4.58 |
| 1983 | KCR | 10 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 161.1 | 159 | 68 | 43 | 58 | 3.79 |
| 1984 | KCR | 17 | 12 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 257.0 | 226 | 89 | 64 | 140 | 3.12 |
| 1985 | KCR | 10 | 15 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 205.2 | 216 | 99 | 59 | 122 | 4.33 |
| 1986 | KCR | 5 | 10 | 56 | 4 | 9 | 121.0 | 100 | 43 | 43 | 68 | 3.20 |
| 1987 | KCR | 8 | 6 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 122.1 | 126 | 49 | 35 | 61 | 3.60 |
| 1988 | CLE/KCR | 4 | 4 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 81.0 | 82 | 45 | 34 | 63 | 5.00 |
| 1989 | CLE | 12 | 11 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 222.1 | 213 | 83 | 52 | 88 | 3.36 |
| 1990 | CLE/TOR | 13 | 11 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 206.2 | 181 | 82 | 61 | 106 | 3.57 |
| 1991 | SFG | 12 | 16 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 214.1 | 201 | 95 | 71 | 104 | 3.99 |
| 1992 | SFG | 10 | 12 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 177.0 | 178 | 78 | 59 | 82 | 3.97 |
| 1993 | SFG | 8 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 93.2 | 89 | 37 | 33 | 45 | 3.56 |
| 1994 | SFG | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 54.1 | 50 | 27 | 16 | 28 | 4.47 |
| 1995 | CLE | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 47.1 | 63 | 36 | 16 | 34 | 6.85 |
| Career | — | 121 | 116 | 398 | 296 | 11 | 2053.1 | 1978 | 876 | 623 | 1039 | 3.84 |
On this day & linked events
1981
Major-league debut: Buddy Black
Buddy Black made a major-league debut on September 5, 1981.
1990
Dave Stieb's No-Hitter
Dave Stieb threw a no-hitter for the Toronto Blue Jays against the Cleveland Indians on September 2, 1990, winning 3–0.
1995
Final major-league game: Buddy Black
Buddy Black played a final major-league game on July 9, 1995.