James
Black
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 220
 
Born: October 25, 1961 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1982 20 PHX JL     6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 5 6
1983 21 PHX JL     6 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 6 6 6 8 7 7
1984 22 PHX JL     8 8 8 12 12 12 10 10 10 6 6 6 10 9 9
1985 23 PHX JL $ 300,000   8 8 8 14 14 14 11 11 11 6 6 6 10 9 9
1986 24 PHX JL     8 8 8 14 14 14 12 12 12 6 6 6 10 9 9
1987 25 PHX JL     8 8 9 14 14 14 12 12 12 6 6 6 10 9 9
1988 26 PHX JL $ 300,000   10 10 10 14 14 14 12 12 12 6 6 6 10 9 9
1989 27 PHX JL $ 300,000   10 10 11 14 14 14 12 12 12 6 6 6 10 9 9
1990 28 PHX JL $ 300,000   10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 6 6 6 10 9 9
1991 29 PHX JL     10 10 11 13 13 13 12 12 12 6 6 6 10 9 9
1992 30 CAL JL     10 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 6 6 6 10 9 9
1993 31 CAL JL     10 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 6 6 6 10 9 9
1994 32 CAL JL     10 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 6 6 6 9 7 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5 7 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   10 10 11 14 14 14 12 12 12 6 6 6 10 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1982 20 A   118 373 38 97 14 0 6 36 1 1 34 77 .260 .322 .346 .668 42.1  
1983 21 A   132 437 72 130 22 0 24 65 0 1 67 77 .297 .391 .513 .903 85.4  
1984 22 A   131 435 82 142 25 0 27 73 1 1 68 77 .326 .417 .570 .988 96.7  
1985 23 PHX JL 12 32 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .188 .212 .250 .462 1.1 0.0
    AA   126 489 85 155 29 0 40 107 1 1 57 74 .317 .388 .622 1.010 108.7  
1986 24 AA   138 551 118 165 32 0 57 102 4 0 76 106 .299 .384 .668 1.052 132.6  
1987 25 AAA   27 96 16 24 7 0 6 24 0 0 8 23 .250 .308 .510 .818 15.0  
    AA   107 420 96 135 32 0 47 107 1 1 48 62 .321 .391 .733 1.124 107.5  
1988 26 PHX JL 79 128 13 29 6 0 7 21 0 0 8 38 .227 .281 .438 .718 16.3 1.8
1989 27 PHX JL 70 146 24 36 8 0 10 29 0 0 8 40 .247 .285 .507 .792 21.7 2.6
1990 28 PHX JL 72 153 15 32 8 0 2 10 1 0 4 45 .209 .247 .301 .548 10.9 0.0
1991 29 PHX JL 23 41 1 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 11 .122 .143 .220 .362 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   92 375 63 125 24 1 26 84 1 1 18 70 .333 .364 .611 .975 74.7  
1992 30 AAA   80 198 27 56 11 0 8 30 0 0 21 43 .283 .352 .460 .811 31.4  
1993 31 AAA   76 164 24 39 4 1 10 27 0 0 9 34 .238 .277 .457 .735 21.4  
1994 32 AAA   85 224 42 58 12 0 17 60 0 0 16 52 .259 .308 .540 .849 37.1  
5 Years Sim 256 500 56 108 25 0 20 64 1 0 22 143 .216 .257 .386 .643 49.9 4.4
5 Years AAA 360 1057 172 302 58 2 67 225 1 1 72 222 .286 .341 .535 .875 179.7  
3 Years AA 371 1460 299 455 93 0 144 316 6 2 181 242 .312 .400 .671 1.071 348.8  
3 Years A 381 1245 192 369 61 0 57 174 2 3 169 231 .296 .389 .483 .872 224.3  
11 Years Minors 1112 3762 663 1126 212 2 268 715 9 6 422 695 .299 .380 .570 .951 752.8  
162 Game Average 316 35 68 15 0 12 40 0 0 13 90 .216 .257 .386 .643 31.6  
Career Highs 79 153 24 36 8 0 10 29 1 0 8 45 .247 .285 .507 .792 21.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   284 28 61 15 0 10 32 1 0 13 87 .215 .257 .373 .631 26.4
vs LH   216 28 47 10 0 10 32 0 0 9 56 .218 .255 .403 .658 21.9
Home 139 292 28 61 15 0 11 39 0 0 12 93 .209 .242 .373 .615 26.0
Away 117 208 28 47 10 0 9 25 1 0 10 50 .226 .277 .404 .681 22.3
RISP   115 0 23 5 0 3 39 0 0 6 29 .200 .242 .322 .564 8.6
Pinch Hitting   134 16 28 10 0 3 20 1 0 7 35 .209 .259 .351 .609 11.4
Close/Late   89 9 18 5 0 3 11 0 0 1 24 .202 .209 .360 .568 6.4
Mar/Apr 31 49 5 6 2 0 2 7 0 0 1 17 .122 .137 .286 .423 1.5
May 42 81 9 19 5 0 3 9 1 0 3 19 .235 .276 .407 .683 8.7
June 27 67 6 16 2 0 2 7 0 0 2 21 .239 .278 .358 .636 6.1
July 41 84 13 22 5 0 5 14 0 0 5 22 .262 .297 .500 .797 12.5
August 67 123 9 26 8 0 4 15 0 0 5 31 .211 .254 .374 .628 10.9
Sep/Oct 48 96 14 19 3 0 4 12 0 0 6 33 .198 .252 .354 .607 8.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1985 23 PHX JL C 8 8 66.0 46 5 3 0 .944 6.95 11 3 .273 0 0.1
1988 26 PHX JL C 27 23 204.3 152 12 3 0 .982 7.22 38 8 .211 0 0.9
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 27 PHX JL C 20 20 171.0 137 10 4 0 .974 7.74 33 8 .242 0 0.7
    1B 6 6 48.0 52 6 0 5 1.000 10.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 12 1 30.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 3 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 28 PHX JL C 28 27 240.0 186 22 3 0 .986 7.80 48 16 .333 2 1.6
    3B 7 0 23.3 0 3 1 0 .750 1.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1991 29 PHX JL C 10 7 61.0 46 1 2 0 .959 6.93 7 1 .143 0 0.1
    3B 3 0 10.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 93 85 742.3 567 50 15 0 .976 7.48 137 36 .263 2 3.5
  3B 23 1 66.3 4 11 1 0 .938 2.04 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 6 6 48.0 52 6 0 5 1.000 10.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 5 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 3 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   131 92 870.3 624 67 16 5 .977 7.15 137 36 .263 2 3.7
Career Highs   43 27 266.3 192 25 4 5 .982 7.41 48 16 .333 2  
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