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Buddy Black

Full name Harry Ralston Black
Born June 30, 1957, San Mateo, California
First Game: September 5, 1981; Final Game: July 9, 1995
Managed First Game: April 3, 2007
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 2" Weight: 180
Named Internet Baseball Awards' NL Manager of the Year (2010)
Named NL Manager of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (2010)
Named NL Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (2010)
Ejections as manager: 2007 (3), 2008 (3), 2009 (3), 2010 (2), 2011 (2), 2012 (3), 2013 (2), 2014 (3), 2015 (4), 2017 (2), 2018 (2), 2019 (2), 2021 (1), 2022 (2). Total: 34
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1981 SEA A                    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1981 SEA A
1982 KC  A    Daily          23     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1982 KC  A
1983 KC  A                   24     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1983 KC  A
1984 KC  A                   35     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1984 KC  A
1985 KC  A                   33     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1985 KC  A
1986 KC  A                   56     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1986 KC  A
1987 KC  A                   29     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1987 KC  A
1988 KC  A                   17     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1988 KC  A
1988 CLE A                   16     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1988 CLE A
1988 TOT A                   33     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1988 TOT A
1989 CLE A                   33     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1989 CLE A
1990 CLE A                   29     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1990 CLE A
1990 TOR A                    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1990 TOR A
1990 TOT A                   32     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1990 TOT A
1991 SF  N    Daily Splits   35    71    3   13   3   0   0    6    0   0   20   0   9   0   0   1   0    0   0  .183  .183  .225   0.0 1991 SF  N
1992 SF  N    Daily Splits   28    54    1    3   1   0   0    2    2   0   16   0  10   0   0   0   0    0   0  .056  .089  .074   0.0 1992 SF  N
1993 SF  N    Daily Splits   16    37    2    9   0   0   0    3    2   0    8   0   3   0   0   1   1    0   0  .243  .282  .243   0.0 1993 SF  N
1994 SF  N    Daily Splits   10    17    0    1   0   0   0    1    0   0    5   0   5   0   0   0   0    0   0  .059  .059  .059   0.0 1994 SF  N
1995 CLE A                   11     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1995 CLE A
Total NL ( 4 Years)          89   179    6   26   4   0   0   12    4   0   49   0  27   0   0   2   1    0   0  .145  .164  .168   0.0 Total NL
Total AL (11 Years)         311     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 Total AL
Total    (15 Years) Splits  400   179    6   26   4   0   0   12    4   0   49   0  27   0   0   2   1    0   0  .145  .164  .168   0.0 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1984 KC  A                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1984 KC  A
1985 KC  A                    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1985 KC  A
Total    ( 2 Years)           4     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1985 KC  A    Daily Splits    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1985 KC  A

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1981 SEA A    Daily Splits    2   0   0   0   0   0    1      2     7   0    0    0    3   1    0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00     -   0.0 1981 SEA A
1982 KC  A    Daily Splits   22  14   0   0   2   0   88.1   92   386  10   48   45   34   6   40   4   3   4   3   7  16   3   7   4   4   6   4.58  3.50  -0.4 1982 KC  A
1983 KC  A    Daily Splits   24  24   3   0   0   0  161.1  159   672  19   75   68   43   1   58   4   5   4   2   0  23   3  20  13  10   7   3.79  5.42   0.7 1983 KC  A
1984 KC  A    Daily Splits   35  35   8   1   0   0  257    226  1045  22   99   89   64   2  140   6   1   2   4   2  30   7  13  15  17  12   3.12  3.83   2.9 1984 KC  A
1985 KC  A    Daily Splits   33  33   5   2   0   0  205.2  216   885  17  111   99   59   4  122   8   4   9   8   1  45   4  13  13  10  15   4.33  3.85  -0.4 1985 KC  A
1986 KC  A    Daily Splits   56   4   0   0  26   9  121    100   503  14   49   43   43   5   68   4   4   2   7   2  18   3   9   7   5  10   3.20  3.75   1.7 1986 KC  A
1987 KC  A    Daily Splits   29  18   0   0   4   1  122.1  126   520  16   63   49   35   2   61   1   3   6   5   0  19   6  13   8   8   6   3.60  5.44   1.0 1987 KC  A
1988 KC  A    Daily Splits   17   0   0   0   5   0   22     23    98   2   12   12   11   2   19   1   0   0   0   2   2   0   1   0   2   1   4.91     -  -0.2 1988 KC  A
1988 CLE A    Daily Splits   16   7   0   0   4   1   59     59   260   6   35   33   23   1   44   5   3   5   4   4   8   0   4   4   2   3   5.03  4.14  -0.4 1988 CLE A
1988 TOT A                   33   7   0   0   9   1   81     82   358   8   47   45   34   3   63   6   3   5   4   6  10   0   5   4   4   4   5.00  4.14  -0.6 1988 TOT A
1989 CLE A    Daily Splits   33  32   6   3   0   0  222.1  213   912  14   95   83   52   0   88   9   5  13   1   5  37   7  19  20  12  11   3.36  3.81   1.3 1989 CLE A
1990 CLE A    Daily Splits   29  29   5   2   0   0  191    171   796  17   79   75   58   1  103   4   5   6   4   1  28   2   9  10  11  10   3.53  4.48   1.0 1990 CLE A
1990 TOR A    Daily Splits    3   2   0   0   1   0   15.2   10    61   2    7    7    3   0    3   2   2   0   1   0   2   0   0   1   2   1   4.02  3.00   0.1 1990 TOR A
1990 TOT A                   32  31   5   2   1   0  206.2  181   857  19   86   82   61   1  106   6   7   6   5   1  30   2   9  11  13  11   3.57  4.39   1.1 1990 TOT A
1991 SF  N    Daily Splits   34  34   3   3   0   0  214.1  201   893  25  104   95   71   8  104  11   7   6   4   6  31   5  20  10  12  16   3.99  3.71  -1.0 1991 SF  N
1992 SF  N    Daily Splits   28  28   2   1   0   0  177    178   749  23   88   78   59  11   82   8   4   3   1   7  27   6  17  14  10  12   3.97  3.11  -1.8 1992 SF  N
1993 SF  N    Daily Splits   16  16   0   0   0   0   93.2   89   394  13   44   37   33   2   45   8   4   0   2   4  10   2  10   7   8   2   3.56  6.06   0.5 1993 SF  N
1994 SF  N    Daily Splits   10  10   0   0   0   0   54.1   50   227   9   31   27   16   1   28   2   2   3   3   1  14   1   2   3   4   2   4.47  5.30  -0.4 1994 SF  N
1995 CLE A    Daily Splits   11  10   0   0   0   0   47.1   63   219   8   42   36   16   2   34   1   3   1   0   1  19   0   3   4   4   2   6.85  6.20  -1.2 1995 CLE A
Total NL ( 4 Years)          88  88   5   4   0   0  539.1  518  2263  70  267  237  179  22  259  29  17  12  10  18  82  14  49  34  34  32   3.95  4.12  -2.7 Total NL
Total AL (11 Years)         310 208  27   8  42  11 1514   1460  6364 147  715  639  444  27  780  49  38  53  39  25 248  35 111  99  87  84   3.80  4.34   6.1 Total AL
Total    (15 Years) Splits  398 296  32  12  42  11 2053.1 1978  8627 217  982  876  623  49 1039  78  55  65  49  43 330  49 160 133 121 116   3.84  4.27   3.4 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
  League Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1984 KC  A    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    5      7    23   2    4    4    1   0    3   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   7.20  1.00 1984 KC  A
1985 KC  A    Daily Splits    3   1   0   0   0   0   10.2   11    47   0    3    2    4   0    8   0   0   2   1   0   1   0   1   2   0   0   1.69  5.00 1985 KC  A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits    4   2   0   0   0   0   15.2   18    70   2    7    6    5   0   11   0   1   2   1   0   1   1   1   2   0   1   3.45  3.00 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
                World Series Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1985 KC  A    Daily Splits    2   1   0   0   1   0    5.1    4    23   2    3    3    5   2    4   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   5.06  0.00 1985 KC  A

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1981 SEA A Daily Splits   P    2    0    0     1       0    1    0    0   0    0    0    1    1 1.000
1982 KC  A Daily Splits   P   22   14    0    88.1     6   12    1    1   0    1    7    1    0  .947
1983 KC  A Daily Splits   P   24   24    3   161.1     7   32    1    5   0    0    7    6    4  .975
1984 KC  A Daily Splits   P   35   35    8   257      13   51    2    2   0    0   11   14    7  .970
1985 KC  A Daily Splits   P   33   33    5   205.2     6   30    4    0   0    1   13    6    1  .900
1986 KC  A Daily Splits   P   56    4    0   121       3   21    0    1   0    0    6    6    2 1.000
1987 KC  A Daily Splits   P   29   18    0   122.1     4   19    0    0   0    4   16    4    2 1.000
1988 KC  A Daily Splits   P   17    0    0    22       0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1988 CLE A Daily Splits   P   16    7    0    59       5   11    0    0   0    1    3    2    1 1.000
1988 TOT A                P   33    7    0    81       5   12    0    0   0    1    3    2    1 1.000
1989 CLE A Daily Splits   P   33   32    6   222.1    13   33    2    3   0    1   15    8    5  .958
1990 CLE A Daily Splits   P   29   29    5   191       7   27    1    2   0    1   11    7    3  .971
1990 TOR A Daily Splits   P    3    2    0    15.2     0    6    0    0   0    0    1    1    1 1.000
1990 TOT A                P   32   31    5   206.2     7   33    1    2   0    1   12    8    4  .976
1991 SF  N Daily Splits   P   34   34    3   214.1    14   38    0    4   0    1   14   11    1 1.000
1992 SF  N Daily Splits   P   28   28    2   177       5   37    0    4   0    1    7   14    2 1.000
1993 SF  N Daily Splits   P   16   16    0    93.2     3   22    2    2   0    1    9    8    0  .926
1994 SF  N Daily Splits   P   10   10    0    54.1     3    7    0    1   0    1    4    3    3 1.000
1995 CLE A Daily Splits   P   11   10    0    47.1     0    8    0    0   0    0    5    2    2 1.000
Total (15 Years) Splits   P  398  296   32  2053.1    89  356   13   25   0   13  129   94   35  .972
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1984 KC  A Daily Splits   P    1    1    0     5       1    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1985 KC  A Daily Splits   P    3    1    0    10.2     2    3    0    1   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits   P    4    2    0    15.2     3    4    0    1   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1985 KC  A Daily Splits   P    2    1    0     5.1     1    2    1    1   0    0    0    1    1  .750

                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
2007 SD  N        163   89   74  .546   741   666                  3
2008 SD  N        162   63   99  .389   637   764                  5
2009 SD  N        162   75   87  .463   638   769                  4
2010 SD  N         61   36   25  .590   251   198          6-11    1  2
2010 SD  N        100   53   47  .530   407   382   6-13           1  2
2011 SD  N        162   71   91  .438   593   611                  5
2012 SD  N        162   76   86  .469   651   710                  4
2013 SD  N        162   76   86  .469   618   700                  3
2014 SD  N        162   77   85  .475   535   577                  3
2015 SD  N         65   32   33  .492   278   284          6-14    3  4
2017 COL N        115   65   50  .565   600   555          8-11    2  3
2017 COL N         46   22   24  .478   221   198   8-13           2  3
2018 COL N        163   91   72  .558   780   745                  2
2019 COL N        162   71   91  .438   835   958                  4
2020 COL N         60   26   34  .433   275   353                  4
2021 COL N        161   74   87  .460   739   796                  4
2022 COL N        162   68   94  .420   698   873                  5
Total (15 Years) 2230 1065 1165  .478  9497 10139
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
            Wild-Card Game Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
2017 COL N          1    0    1  .000     8    11
2018 COL N          1    1    0 1.000     2     1
Total ( 2 Years)    2    1    1  .500    10    12
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
           Division Series Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
2018 COL N          3    0    3  .000     2    13

                  Coaching Record
Year Team   Position                   START    END
2000 ANA A  Pitching                    4- 3  10- 1
2001 ANA A  Pitching                    4- 3  10- 7
2002 ANA A  Pitching                    3-31   9-29
2003 ANA A  Pitching                    3-30   9-28
2004 ANA A  Pitching                    4- 6  10- 8
2005 ANA A  Pitching                    4- 5  10-16
2006 ANA A  Pitching                    4- 3  10- 1
Total ( 7 Years) 

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 5-31-2007     BOX  SD  N  Joe West            Reversed home run call
 7-22-2007     BOX  SD  N  Chris Guccione      Called third strike
 9-23-2007     BOX  SD  N  Hunter Wendelstedt  Check swing
 5- 4-2008     BOX  SD  N  Sam Holbrook        Balls and strikes
 6-22-2008     BOX  SD  N  Jim Joyce           Fair/foul call
 8- 7-2008     BOX  SD  N  Todd Tichenor       Argument over substitutes
 5-25-2009     BOX  SD  N  Eric Cooper         Call at HP
 6-25-2009     BOX  SD  N  Marvin Hudson       Balls and strikes
 8- 8-2009     BOX  SD  N  Lance Barksdale     Call at HP
 5- 1-2010     BOX  SD  N  Rob Drake           Called third strike
 8-31-2010     BOX  SD  N  Mike Everitt        Call at 1B
 4-13-2011     BOX  SD  N  Angel Hernandez     Balls and strikes
 6- 3-2011     BOX  SD  N  Greg Gibson         Balls and strikes
 4-15-2012     BOX  SD  N  Dale Scott          Fair/foul call
 4-24-2012     BOX  SD  N  Lance Barrett       Balk call
 7- 5-2012     BOX  SD  N  Brian Knight        Call at 1B
 6- 4-2013     BOX  SD  N  Tim Timmons         Call at 1B
 7-12-2013     BOX  SD  N  Laz Diaz            Obstruction call
 6-23-2014     BOX  SD  N  Brian O'Nora        Replay ruling
 8-14-2014     BOX  SD  N  Bob Davidson        Replay ruling
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 8-30-2014     BOX  SD  N  Clint Fagan         Check swing
 4- 9-2015     BOX  SD  N  Tripp Gibson        Check swing
 4-19-2015     BOX  SD  N  James Hoye          Balls and strikes
 6- 1-2015     BOX  SD  N  Dan Iassogna        Balls and strikes
 6-11-2015     BOX  SD  N  Jordan Baker        Interference non-call
 4-14-2017     BOX  COL N  Mike Everitt        Balk non-call
 7- 8-2017     BOX  COL N  Sam Holbrook        Called third strike
 6-18-2018     BOX  COL N  Bill Welke          Call at 1B
 9- 7-2018     BOX  COL N  Andy Fletcher       Arguing balk call
 7-19-2019     BOX  COL N  Doug Eddings        Check swing
 8-28-2019     BOX  COL N  Jerry Meals         Called third strike
 4-14-2021     BOX  COL N  Phil Cuzzi          Balls and strikes
 7-13-2022     BOX  COL N  Malachi Moore       Running out of baseline
 8- 2-2022(1)  BOX  COL N  John Tumpane        Replay review

Transaction Information

Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft - did not
sign (January 11, 1977).

Selected by New York Mets in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent
draft - did not sign (June 7, 1977).

Selected by Seattle Mariners in the 17th round of the free-agent draft (June 5,
1979).

Traded by Seattle Mariners to Kansas City Royals (March 2, 1982) completing trade in
which Kansas City Royals traded Manny Castillo to Seattle Mariners in exchange for a
player to be named later (October 23, 1981).

Traded by Kansas City Royals to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Pat Tabler (June
3, 1988).

Granted free agency (November 4, 1988).

Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 5, 1988).

Traded by Cleveland Indians to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Mauro Gozzo and 2
players to be named later (September 16, 1990); Cleveland Indians received Steve
Cummings (September 21, 1990) and Alex Sanchez (September 24, 1990).

Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).

Signed by San Francisco Giants (November 9, 1990).

Granted free agency (October 14, 1994).

Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 25, 1995).

Released by Cleveland Indians (July 14, 1995).
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