Bud Black vs. Leon Pettit — Career Comparison

Bud Black
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Leon Pettit
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Black built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Pettit 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 5.18 and 1.743 for Leon Pettit. 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 Leon Pettit

Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.81
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.5
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.41
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.64
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.22
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
5.18
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.35
5.35
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
9
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
10.13
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
10.75
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.56
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.94
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.94
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
3.58
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.947
0.947
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
42.19
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
522
41.58
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.91
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.63
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5.58
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.688
1.688
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.743
1.743
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
36.56
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
36.32
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.58
41.58

Fielding Stats for Bud Black and Leon Pettit

Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.7
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
27
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24.1
9
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.74
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.22
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.96
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Black and Leon Pettit

Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
733.33
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
600
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
416.67
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.74
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
22.12
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
200
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
116.67
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-32.77
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
34.87
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
166.67
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
8
133.33
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
4.5
4.5
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA