Cody Allen vs. Bud Black — Career Comparison

Cody Allen
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Black
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Black built a career as a starting pitcher and Cody Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cody Allen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.253 compared to 4.22 and 1.688 for Bud Black. By the career numbers, Cody Allen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cody Allen and Bud Black

Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
9.34
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.81
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.41
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.6
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.64
43.64
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.97
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.14
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.22
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.219
0.219
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463.2
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
7.28
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
10.13
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.28
7.28
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.07
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.75
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
11.51
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.94
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.51
11.51
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.695
1.695
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.78
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1943
37.71
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
42.19
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
5.65
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
3.47
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.63
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.23
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.56
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1715
33.29
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
36.56
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19

Fielding Stats for Cody Allen and Bud Black

Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
9.34
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.7
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463.2
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.74
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.62
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.22
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.95
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.89
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.96
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.88
93.88
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.096
0.096
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cody Allen and Bud Black

Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
481
288600
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
540
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.74
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.55
-32.77
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cody Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA