Bud Black vs. Jim Panther — Career Comparison

Bud Black
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Panther
Silent GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Black built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Panther 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 5.26 and 1.746 for Jim Panther. By the career numbers, Bud Black had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Black and Jim Panther

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.81
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
5.88
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.41
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.48
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.84
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.9
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
35
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.22
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
5.26
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.35
5.35
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
9
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
10.13
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
10.8
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.83
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
4.15
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.76
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.94
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
3.88
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.892
0.892
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.35
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
42.19
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
41.12
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.15
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
5.63
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
6.23
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.55
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.35
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.662
1.662
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
36.56
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
515
35.65
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.12
41.12

Fielding Stats for Bud Black and Jim Panther

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.7
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
5.85
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130.2
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.74
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.55
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.22
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
1.31
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
2
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.96
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.86
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.1
93.1
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Black and Jim Panther

Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
3923.08
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
600
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
9
415.38
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.74
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
10.17
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-32.77
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
7.65
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
5
230.77
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
2.6
2.6
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Jim Panther
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Panther
Career
Per 600 PA