‹earlier

Sep 9, 2026Wednesday

MIN2

DET7

TOR0

ATH2

STL6

SF7

WSH2

SD9

TEX2

SEA3

CLE5

BAL9

HOU7

PHI11

NYM15

MIA14

LAA6

BOS4

COL1

NYY6

TB7

ATL2

ARI2

KC5

PIT4

CWS2

CHC6

MIL8

CIN1

LAD14

Sep 10, 2026Thursday

TB1

ATL3

HOU2

PHI1

TEX3

SEA4

COL3

NYY10

PIT2

CWS0

Sep 11, 2026Friday

PIT2

CHC12

COL2

DET6

LAA3

WSH4

NYM4

NYY6

BAL7

TOR4

KC3

BOS2

HOU1

TB3

LAD6

MIA2

PHI5

ATL6

CIN0

MIL20

CLE5

MIN2

CWS3

STL7

SEA5

ATH6

TEX1

ARI9

SD7

SF5

Sep 12, 2026Saturday

COL7

DET11

NYM12

NYY2

PIT3

CHC4

BAL3

TOR7

LAA5

WSH6

SD7

SF6

KC1

BOS5

CLE3

MIN4

LAD3

MIA4

HOU2

TB3

CIN9

MIL13

PHI2

ATL12

CWS6

STL5

TEX6

ARI2

SEA19

ATH1

Sep 13, 2026Sunday

COL1

DET8

KC1

BOS4

LAA5

WSH6

PHI9

ATL4

NYM0

NYY2

BAL1

TOR8

HOU4

TB14

LAD4

MIA6

CLE9

MIN2

CIN4

MIL3

CWS1

STL3

PIT4

CHC3

SEA7

ATH8

TEX7

ARI6

SD6

SF4

later›

Sep 13, 2026Sunday

📅upcoming ⇥

This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

Buddy BlackWWikipedia↗

Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1957-06-30 · Played 1981–1995 · College: Lower Columbia College (1976–1977), San Diego State University (1978–1979) · Career WAR 21.0 (bWAR) ·

IDs

BBREF=blackbu02, LAHMAN=blackbu02, MLBAM=111034, RETROSHEET=blacb001

Photo: CamCemron, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

REGULAR POSTSEASON

📋 Game logs →

Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1981	SEA	AL	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	KCA	AL	23		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0
1983	KCA	AL	24		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	KCA	AL	35		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	KCA	AL	33		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	KCA	AL	56		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	KCA	AL	29		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	KCA	AL	17		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	CLE	AL	16		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	CLE	AL	33		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	CLE	AL	29		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	TOR	AL	3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	SFN	NL	35		71	3	13	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	20	.183	.183	.225	.408	0.2
1992	SFN	NL	28		54	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	16	.056	.089	.074	.163	-0.4
1993	SFN	NL	16		37	2	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	8	.243	.282	.243	.525	0.2
1994	SFN	NL	10		17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.059	.059	.059	.118	-0.2
1995	CLE	AL	11		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			400		179	6	26	4	0	0	12	0	0	4	49	.145	.164	.168	.332	-0.2

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1981	SEA	AL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	3	0	0.00	5.000	0.1
1982	KCA	AL	4	6	22	14	0	0	0	88.1	92	45	10	34	40	4.58	1.426	0.2
1983	KCA	AL	10	7	24	24	3	0	0	161.1	159	68	19	43	58	3.79	1.252	2.4
1984	KCA	AL	17	12	35	35	8	1	0	257.0	226	89	22	64	140	3.12	1.128	4.5
1985	KCA	AL	10	15	33	33	5	2	0	205.2	216	99	17	59	122	4.33	1.337	1.5
1986	KCA	AL	5	10	56	4	0	0	9	121.0	100	43	14	43	68	3.20	1.182	2.2
1987	KCA	AL	8	6	29	18	0	0	1	122.1	126	49	16	35	61	3.60	1.316	2.1
1988	KCA	AL	2	1	17	0	0	0	0	22.0	23	12	2	11	19	4.91	1.545	0.2
1988	CLE	AL	2	3	16	7	0	0	1	59.0	59	33	6	23	44	5.03	1.390
1989	CLE	AL	12	11	33	32	6	3	0	222.1	213	83	14	52	88	3.36	1.192	4.0
1990	CLE	AL	11	10	29	29	5	2	0	191.0	171	75	17	58	103	3.53	1.199	3.5
1990	TOR	AL	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	15.2	10	7	2	3	3	4.02	.830
1991	SFN	NL	12	16	34	34	3	3	0	214.1	201	95	25	71	104	3.99	1.269	1.1
1992	SFN	NL	10	12	28	28	2	1	0	177.0	178	78	23	59	82	3.97	1.339	-0.3
1993	SFN	NL	8	2	16	16	0	0	0	93.2	89	37	13	33	45	3.56	1.302	0.6
1994	SFN	NL	4	2	10	10	0	0	0	54.1	50	27	9	16	28	4.47	1.215	-0.1
1995	CLE	AL	4	2	11	10	0	0	0	47.1	63	36	8	16	34	6.85	1.669	-0.8
Total			121	116	398	296	32	12	11	2053.1	1978	876	217	623	1039	3.84	1.267	21.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1981	SEA	AL	P	2	0	1.0	0	1	0	0
1982	KCA	AL	P	22	14	88.1	6	12	1	1
1983	KCA	AL	P	24	24	161.1	7	32	1	5
1984	KCA	AL	P	35	35	257.0	13	51	2	2
1985	KCA	AL	P	33	33	205.2	6	30	4	0
1986	KCA	AL	P	56	4	121.0	3	21	0	1
1987	KCA	AL	P	29	18	122.1	4	19	0	0
1988	KCA	AL	P	17	0	22.0	0	1	0	0
1988	CLE	AL	P	16	7	59.0	5	11	0	0
1989	CLE	AL	P	33	32	222.1	13	33	2	3
1990	CLE	AL	P	29	29	191.0	7	27	1	2
1990	TOR	AL	P	3	2	15.2	0	6	0	0
1991	SFN	NL	P	34	34	214.1	14	38	0	4
1992	SFN	NL	P	28	28	177.0	5	37	0	4
1993	SFN	NL	P	16	16	93.2	3	22	2	2
1994	SFN	NL	P	10	10	54.1	3	7	0	1
1995	CLE	AL	P	11	10	47.1	0	8	0	0
Total				398	296	2053.1	89	356	13	25

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1984	Player of the Week	AL

Ejections (38)

Date	As	Reason
2007-05-31	Manager	Reversed home run call
2007-07-22	Manager	Called third strike
2007-09-23	Manager	Checked swing
2008-05-04	Manager	Balls and strikes
2008-06-22	Manager	Fair/foul call
2008-08-07	Manager	Argument over substitutes
2009-05-25	Manager	Call at HP
2009-06-25	Manager	Balls and strikes on Hairston
2009-08-08	Manager	Call at HP
2010-05-01	Manager	Called third strike
2010-08-31	Manager	Call at 1B
2011-04-13	Manager	Balls and strikes
2011-06-03	Manager	Balls and strikes
2012-04-15	Manager	Fair/foul call
2012-04-24	Manager	Balk
2012-07-05	Manager	Call at 1B
2013-06-04	Manager	Call at 1B
2013-07-12	Manager	Obstruction call
2014-06-23	Manager	Replay ruling
2014-08-14	Manager	Replay ruling
2014-08-30	Manager	Checked swing
2015-04-09	Manager	Checked swing
2015-04-19	Manager	Balls and strikes
2015-06-01	Manager	Balls and strikes
2015-06-11	Manager	Interference non-call
2017-04-14	Manager	Balk non-call
2017-07-08	Manager	Arguing called third strike
2018-06-18	Manager	Arguing call at first
2018-09-07	Manager	Arguing balk call
2019-07-19	Manager	Check swing
2019-08-28	Manager	Called third strike
2021-04-14	Manager	Balls and strikes
2022-07-13	Manager	Running out of baseline
2022-08-02	Manager	Replay review
2023-04-21	Manager	Hit by pitch call
2024-05-11	Manager	Denial of replay review
2024-06-18	Manager	Check swing
2024-09-12	Manager	Balls and strikes