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Buddy Black
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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