Buddy Black vs. Willie Mills — Career Comparison

Buddy Black
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Willie Mills
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Buddy Black built a career as a starting pitcher and Willie Mills as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Buddy Black posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.291 compared to 8.44 and 1.563 for Willie Mills. By the career numbers, Buddy Black had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buddy Black and Willie Mills

Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
1.74
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.3
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.53
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.51
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.05
51.05
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.37
74.37
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.14
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
876
3.84
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
8.44
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6160
27
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2053.1
9
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1978
8.67
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
11.81
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
0.95
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
623
2.73
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.21
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1039
4.55
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.809
0.809
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.28
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.21
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.19
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8627
37.81
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
40.5
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.18
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
982
4.3
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
8.44
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.34
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.24
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.7
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.563
1.563
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7822
34.28
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
37.69
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.81
37.81
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Buddy Black and Willie Mills

Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
1.74
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
1.3
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6160
27
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2053.1
9
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
0.39
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.56
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
2.01
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
1.95
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.118
1.118
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.37
74.37
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buddy Black and Willie Mills

Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
400
1142.86
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
210
600
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
179
511.43
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
74.29
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
62.86
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.43
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.43
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.68
13.38
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
85.71
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
85.71
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.14
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
34.29
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
51.43
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.85
5.28
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
18.11
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.43
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
140
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.29
4.29
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
77.14
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.86
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buddy Black
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA