Bud Black vs. Alejandro Peña — Career Comparison

Bud Black
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alejandro Peña
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Black built a career as a starting pitcher and Alejandro Peña as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alejandro Peña posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.11 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 4.22 and 1.688 for Bud Black. By the career numbers, Alejandro Peña had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Black and Alejandro Peña

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.81
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
4.28
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.41
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.61
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.48
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.44
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.31
14.31
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.63
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.22
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
3.11
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3173
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1057.2
9
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
10.13
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
959
8.16
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.64
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
2.82
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.53
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.94
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
839
7.14
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.14
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
42.19
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4398
37.42
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.97
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.63
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
3.63
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.54
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
36.56
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3989
33.94
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.42
37.42

Fielding Stats for Bud Black and Alejandro Peña

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.7
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
503
4.28
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.61
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3173
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1057.2
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.74
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.53
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.22
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
0.95
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
1.63
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.96
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
1.48
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.63
90.63
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.31
14.31
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Black and Alejandro Peña

Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
503
1563.73
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
600
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
562.69
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
62.18
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
49.74
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.33
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.11
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.44
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.74
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.49
10.84
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
80.83
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
71.5
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
27.98
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
21.76
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
46.63
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-32.77
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-3.96
-12.31
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.33
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
73
226.94
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Alejandro Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
27.98
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
60
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.33
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Alejandro Peña
Career
Per 600 PA