Bud Black vs. Jim Coates — Career Comparison

Bud Black
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Coates
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bud Black built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Coates as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Coates posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.406 compared to 4.22 and 1.688 for Bud Black. By the career numbers, Jim Coates had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Black and Jim Coates

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.81
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.41
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.61
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.57
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.29
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.15
66.15
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.62
18.62
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.17
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.2
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.22
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
4
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2050
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683.1
9
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
10.13
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
650
8.56
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.86
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
3.77
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.33
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.94
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.22
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.998
0.998
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.25
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.33
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
42.19
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2947
38.81
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.17
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.63
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
4.43
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
36.56
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2636
34.72
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Bud Black and Jim Coates

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.7
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
3.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.61
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2050
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683.1
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.74
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.58
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.22
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.2
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.94
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.96
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
1.78
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.84
91.84
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.62
18.62
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Black and Jim Coates

Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
247
796.77
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
186
600
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160
516.13
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.74
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
51.61
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.74
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
14.67
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
90.32
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
45.16
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.74
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-32.77
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.97
3.12
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
93
300
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
61.29
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA