Jon Adkins vs. Bud Black — Career Comparison

Jon Adkins
Gen XWest VirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Black
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Black built a career as a starting pitcher and Jon Adkins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Black posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.22 and WHIP 1.688 compared to 4.54 and 1.579 for Jon Adkins. By the career numbers, Bud Black had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jon Adkins and Bud Black

Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
7.72
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.81
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.41
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.32
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
4.54
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.22
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138.2
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
10.06
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
10.13
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.06
10.06
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.17
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.5
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.26
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.94
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.974
0.974
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.32
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
39.27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
42.19
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.6
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
4.87
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.63
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.58
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.36
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.507
1.507
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
533
34.59
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
36.56
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.27
39.27
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Jon Adkins and Bud Black

Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
7.72
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.7
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138.2
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.45
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.74
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.49
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.22
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
2.08
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.95
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.96
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Adkins and Bud Black

Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
71400
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
540
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.74
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-32.77
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA