Bud Black
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Black with the San Diego Padres
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| Colorado Rockies – No. 10 | |||
| Pitcher / Manager | |||
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Born: June 30, 1957 San Mateo, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 5, 1981, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 9, 1995, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 121–116 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.84 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,039 | ||
| Managerial record | 649–713 | ||
| Winning % | .477 | ||
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Harry Ralston "Bud" Black (born June 30, 1957) is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and current manager of the Colorado Rockies. He played in Major League Baseball as a pitcher from 1981 through 1995. He coached the Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from 2000 through 2006, and managed the San Diego Padres from 2007 through 2015. He was named the National League Manager of the Year in 2010.
Black is a graduate of Mark Morris High School in Longview, Washington.
Black played two years at Lower Columbia College in Longview. For his junior and senior years, he played at San Diego State.
Black pitched fifteen seasons in the majors, most notably for the Kansas City Royals, winning 121 games in his career and was part of the starting rotation for the Royals team that won the 1985 World Series. He also played professionally for the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays and San Francisco Giants.
Black was the starting pitcher for the Royals during the famous George Brett pine tar incident, and was the pitcher who gave up Reggie Jackson's 500th career home run and Mike Piazza's first career home run.
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