Bud Black vs. Pat Perry — Career Comparison

Bud Black
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Pat Perry
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Black built a career as a starting pitcher and Pat Perry as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pat Perry posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 4.22 and 1.688 for Bud Black. By the career numbers, Pat Perry had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Black and Pat Perry

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.81
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
6.23
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.41
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.34
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.22
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.46
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
789
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
263
9
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
10.13
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
7.36
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.36
7.36
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.79
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
3.39
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.75
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
3.94
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
4.48
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.875
0.875
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.51
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
42.19
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1082
37.03
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.16
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.63
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
3.83
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.51
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.72
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
36.56
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
958
32.78
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.03
37.03

Fielding Stats for Bud Black and Pat Perry

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.7
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
6.23
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
789
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
263
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.74
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.96
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.22
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.2
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
2.33
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.96
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
2.16
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.65
92.65
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.21
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Black and Pat Perry

Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
4044.44
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
600
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.74
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.41
31.44
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
155.56
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.407
0.407
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-32.77
Pat Perry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
6.86
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
7
155.56
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
3.86
3.86
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Perry
Career
Per 600 PA