Dave Black (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1892–1936)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dave Black

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1892|4|19|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1959|6|17|1892|4|19}}

|death_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 2

|debutyear=1914

|debutteam=Chicago Federals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 10

|finalyear=1923

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=8–10

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=72

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.18

|teams=

• Chicago Federals/Whales ({{by|1914}}–{{by|1915}})
• Baltimore Terrapins ({{by|1915}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{by|1923}})

}}

David Black (19 April 1892 – 27 October 1936) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in the Federal League from {{by|1914}} through {{by|1915}} for the Chicago Whales (1914–1915) and Baltimore Terrapins (1915) and with the Boston Red Sox of the American League in {{by|1923}}. Black batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.

In a three-season career, Black posted an 8–10 record with 72 strikeouts and a 3.18 earned run average in 181⅓ innings pitched.

In the field, he handled 69 total chances without an error for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage