Bud Black vs. Dad Clarke — Career Comparison

Bud Black
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dad Clarke
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Black built a career as a starting pitcher and Dad Clarke as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dad Clarke posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.16 and WHIP 1.475 compared to 4.22 and 1.688 for Bud Black. By the career numbers, Dad Clarke had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Black and Dad Clarke

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.81
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
1.28
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.41
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.97
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.47
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.54
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.32
46.32
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.03
76.03
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.81
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.22
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
4.16
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2551
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
850.1
9
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
10.13
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1063
11.25
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
2.02
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.94
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
1.85
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.36
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
42.19
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3744
39.63
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.3
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
5.63
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
6.44
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.475
1.475
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
36.56
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3519
37.25
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.63
39.63

Fielding Stats for Bud Black and Dad Clarke

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.7
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
1.29
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2559
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.74
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.44
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.22
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
1.74
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.23
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
2.42
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.96
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
2.18
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.39
90.39
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.697
1.697
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Black and Dad Clarke

Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
188.75
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
391
600
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
552.43
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
119.69
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
104.35
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.67
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.14
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.35
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.74
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.81
42.67
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
144.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
165.73
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.443
0.443
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
62.92
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
42.97
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
104.35
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-32.77
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.67
48.6
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.07
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
42.97
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
50
76.73
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
7.82
7.82
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
0.56
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.53
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Dad Clarke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100