Bud Black vs. Henry Porter — Career Comparison

Bud Black
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Henry Porter
Pre-GenerationalVermontThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn BridegroomsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bud Black built a career as a starting pitcher and Henry Porter as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Henry Porter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.7 and WHIP 1.315 compared to 4.22 and 1.688 for Bud Black. By the career numbers, Henry Porter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Black and Henry Porter

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.81
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.04
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.41
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.03
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
0.48
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.54
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.29
47.29
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.52
99.52
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.01
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.22
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
737
3.7
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5380
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1793.1
9
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
10.13
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1893
9.5
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.5
9.5
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.22
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
2.34
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.94
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
3.31
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.627
0.627
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.44
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.26
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
42.19
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7822
39.26
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
5.63
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1209
6.07
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
36.56
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7304
36.66
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.26
39.26

Fielding Stats for Bud Black and Henry Porter

Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.7
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
1.06
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.11
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
27
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5451
27
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.1
9
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
9
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.74
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.29
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.22
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
375
1.86
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.37
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.26
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.33
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
2.41
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.96
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
2.15
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.3
89.3
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.019
2.019
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Porter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Black and Henry Porter

Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
159.4
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
798
600
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
9
540
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
770
578.95
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
106.77
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
90.23
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
9.77
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.02
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
16.54
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.74
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39.28
29.54
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
174
130.83
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
127.82
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.439
0.439
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.338
0.338
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
59.4
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
39.1
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
97.74
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.55
-32.77
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.95
28.53
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
21.05
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
60
Henry Porter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
47.37
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.67
12.67
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Bud Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Henry Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.52
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.52
Bud Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Henry Porter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100