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Keller Stargell League
7-20-2025
Nick Black Second Base
Retired (1984, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .268 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .695 Status Retired (1984) Option Years 0  
H 444 Age 76 (OS 76) Date of Birth 02-23-1949
HR 21 Drafted Round 1, Pick 24
(1972)		 Majors Svc Time 7 years
(118 games)
RBI 144
SB 48
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R D+ Power vs. L B- Velocity D+   Mentor vR C 
Speed B- Bunt A+ Control D-   Mentor vL C 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (98.6%) Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health B  LCS Appearances 0
3B C  (39.0%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1972 TEX-ARI
15
51
8
10
1
0
1
2
5
 13 0 0
2
 0 0
.542
.268
.275
.078
.196
1973 ARI
50
137
17
34
7
2
1
15
7
 29 0 1
2
 1 3
.633
.283
.350
.102
.248
1974 ARI
74
255
20
64
8
0
2
24
29
 57 1 0
5
 4 11
.636
.330
.306
.055
.251
1975 ARI
96
312
19
98
15
2
5
27
30
 52 1 0
13
 15 5
.799
.376
.423
.109
.314
1976 ARI
2
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
 1 0 0
0
 0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
1977 NYN-STL
12
33
2
13
1
0
0
4
2
 6 0 0
0
 0 0
.853
.429
.424
.030
.394
1979 SD-ARI
7
25
5
5
1
0
0
1
3
 6 0 0
0
 0 0
.526
.286
.240
.040
.200
1980 ARI-CHA
67
184
21
47
8
1
1
12
16
 40 0 0
6
 3 11
.641
.315
.326
.071
.255
1981 CHA
110
312
32
82
17
3
6
27
31
 52 2 1
8
 5 7
.727
.332
.394
.131
.263
1982 CHA
68
130
12
33
5
0
1
11
17
 32 0 0
5
 3 4
.656
.340
.315
.062
.254
1983 CHA
73
210
28
58
7
0
4
21
27
 46 0 0
7
 10 2
.725
.359
.367
.090
.276
Total
574
1654
165
444
70
8
21
144
167
 334 4 2
48
 41 43
.695
.337
.359
.090
.268
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1984-11-01Nick Black has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1984-04-08The Chicago Zephyrs have waived Nick Black.
1984-04-01The Chicago Zephyrs have promoted Doug Cook to the major league team. The Chicago Zephyrs have promoted Walter Wright to the major league team. The Chicago Zephyrs have promoted Jim Fischer to the major league team. The Chicago Zephyrs have designated Gus Clifton for assignment. The Chicago Zephyrs have designated Nick Black for assignment. The Chicago Zephyrs have designated Glenn Noren for assignment.
1980-07-06The Chicago Zephyrs have acquired Nick Black from the waiver wire.
1980-07-02The Arizona Ghost Riders have designated Nick Black for assignment.
1980-06-27The Arizona Ghost Riders have promoted Ed Ojeda to the major league team. The Arizona Ghost Riders have promoted Nick Black to the major league team. The Arizona Ghost Riders have promoted Ricky Villegas to the major league team. The Arizona Ghost Riders have designated Harry McCabe for assignment. The Arizona Ghost Riders have designated Jack Johnson for assignment. The Arizona Ghost Riders have sent Lance Buford to the minors.
1980-05-24The Arizona Ghost Riders have promoted Bob Piatt to the major league team. The Arizona Ghost Riders have designated Nick Black for assignment.
1980-05-10The Arizona Ghost Riders have promoted Nick Black to the major league team. The Arizona Ghost Riders have promoted Rich Marriott to the major league team. The Arizona Ghost Riders have promoted Jay Mavis to the major league team. The Arizona Ghost Riders have designated Barry LaCorte for assignment. The Arizona Ghost Riders have sent Ed Ojeda to the minors. The Arizona Ghost Riders have sent Lance Buford to the minors.
1980-04-01The Arizona Ghost Riders have promoted Yuki Sekine to the major league team. The Arizona Ghost Riders have designated Nick Black for assignment.
1979-11-01The Arizona Howling Ghosts have acquired Nick Black from the waiver wire.
1979-09-28The San Diego Beachcombers have designated Nick Black for assignment.
1979-03-05The San Diego Beachcombers have promoted Nick Black to the major league team. The San Diego Beachcombers have sent Eddie Miranda to the minors.
1978-04-22The San Diego Beachcombers have acquired Nick Black from the waiver wire.
1978-04-18The Los Angeles NightWalker have waived Nick Black.
1978-04-01Trade #1401586 has been completed between the Los Angeles NightWalker and the St. Louis Browns. The St. Louis Browns receive Draft Pick 1979 Round 2 LAA (Emil Jackson) from the Los Angeles NightWalker in exchange for Maximo Canales, Nick Black, Mike Fuhrman.
1977-10-02The St. Louis Browns have designated Neal Creeden for assignment. The St. Louis Browns have designated Ron Belliard for assignment. The St. Louis Browns have sent Nick Black to the minors. The St. Louis Browns have designated Grover Pawelek for assignment. The St. Louis Browns have designated Jay Stiles for assignment.
1977-09-16The St. Louis Browns have promoted Nick Black to the major league team.
1977-07-31The St. Louis Browns have acquired Nick Black from the waiver wire.
1977-07-27The New York Dark Knights have waived Nick Black.
1977-04-27The New York Dark Knights have sent Nick Black to the minors.
1977-03-07The New York Dark Knights have promoted Nick Black to the major league team. The New York Dark Knights have promoted Jimmy Chapman to the major league team.
1976-04-05The Arizona Cybertrons have demoted Nick Black to the minor leagues.
1974-09-05The Arizona D Backs have promoted Nick Black to the major league team. The Arizona D Backs have designated Vic Hook for assignment.
1974-09-05The Arizona D Backs have sent Nick Black to the minors.
1974-08-03The Arizona D Backs have promoted Nick Black to the major league team.
1974-06-19The Arizona D Backs have sent Shane Brannan to the minors. The Arizona D Backs have sent Nick Black to the minors.
1974-04-26The Arizona D Backs have promoted Nick Black to the major league team.
1974-04-04The Arizona D Backs have promoted Andy Fabrique to the major league team. The Arizona D Backs have promoted Red Pickering to the major league team. The Arizona D Backs have sent Nick Black to the minors. The Arizona D Backs have designated Denny Shore for assignment.
1972-08-19Trade #1334868 has been completed between the Arizona D Backs and the Texas Bombers. The Texas Bombers receive Phil Hughes, Papa Loretta from the Arizona D Backs in exchange for Nick Black, Draft Pick 1973 Round 1 STL (Takayuki Murayama).
1972-04-08The Texas Bombers have promoted Todd McCreery to the major league team. The Texas Bombers have sent Nick Black to the minors.
1972-04-02The Texas Bombers have auto-promoted Nick Black to the major leagues.