Bud Black vs. Troy Patton — Career Comparison

Bud Black
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Troy Patton
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Black built a career as a starting pitcher and Troy Patton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Troy Patton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.25 and WHIP 1.195 compared to 4.22 and 1.688 for Bud Black. By the career numbers, Troy Patton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Black and Troy Patton

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.81
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
8.04
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.41
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.21
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.22
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
3.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
507
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
9
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
10.13
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
8.2
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.07
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.29
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.94
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
7.19
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.19
7.19
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.053
1.053
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
42.19
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
37.22
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.7
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.63
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.41
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.75
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.166
1.166
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
36.56
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
34.08
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.22
37.22

Fielding Stats for Bud Black and Troy Patton

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.7
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
8.04
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
507
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.74
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.43
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.22
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.69
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.17
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.96
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.12
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.139
0.139
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Black and Troy Patton

Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
22650
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
540
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.74
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-32.77
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
43.44
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Troy Patton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Troy Patton
Career
Per 600 PA