How Buddy Black's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players
Buddy Black posted a career Range Factor of 1.12, well below the league average of 3.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1984, posting 1.83, well below the league average of 3.08 that year. The lowest point came in 1986 at .429, well below the league average of 3.07 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.5 in 1992 to 1.56 in 1993 and .727 in 1995. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from .429 to 1.83 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Buddy Black Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Buddy Black
| Buddy Black
Range Factor |
|---|
| Career | 1.118 |
| Season Avg. | 1.118 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.118 |
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Buddy Black Range Factor Per Season
Buddy Black's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Buddy Black Range Factor by Team
Buddy Black's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Buddy Black Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Buddy Black's career Range Factor shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Buddy Black Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Buddy Black's seasonal Range Factor alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Buddy Black Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Buddy Black's MLB career with Range Factor alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
