William Carroll "Bud" Black (July 9, 1932 – October 2, 2005) was a

professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in baseball league, leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Mod ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

. He played parts of three seasons in

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for the

Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...

. Black was signed by the

St. Louis Browns The St. Louis Browns were a Major League Baseball team that originated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the Milwaukee Brewers. A charter member of the American League (AL), the Brewers moved to St. Louis, Missouri, after the 1901 season, where they ...

as an amateur free agent in 1950, then traded to the Tigers in a multi-player deal on August 14, 1952. In all he appeared in 10 games, five as a starter, won two, lost three, pitched 32 innings, and had an

earned run average In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number ...

of 4.22.

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Major League Baseball pitchers Detroit Tigers players Aberdeen Pheasants players Pine Bluff Judges players San Antonio Missions players Little Rock Travelers players Oakland Oaks (baseball) players Charleston Senators players Augusta Tigers players Birmingham Barons players Shreveport Sports players Baseball players from St. Louis 1932 births 2005 deaths American expatriate baseball players in Panama {{US-baseball-pitcher-1930s-stub