baseball july april american right handed pitcher major_league_baseball played seasons american_league cleveland_indians career games black pitched innings posted win loss record complete games earned run average era born iowa played minor league baseball nebraska virginia signing played seasons released black signed cleveland_indians end season joined completing program played seasons cleveland pitching hitter july september black suffered cerebral field marked end professional career comeback attempt black went sports announcer salesman died early life minor leagues black born iowa taste professional baseball signed nebraska state league rookie level minor league team farm system played alongside later major leagues black pitched games posting record innings pitched era spent years professional baseball signed contract rebels black spent seasons rebels pitched games starting won games lost era threw hitter career season following season black pitched games rebels tying team lead pitched innings winning games losing finishing era black selected virginia league star game attend instead hospital wife gave birth second child daughter threw second hitter career led called athletics black worked earn spot roster spring training performances included victory baseball team struck inning awarded spot athletics roster season pitching rotation featured rookie pitchers including black major league debut april athletics starting rotation season early success career pitching hitter victory black finished season record era innings pitched pitched bases balls hit batters pitches numbers second highest american_league black remained starting rotation beginning season despite possibility drafted united_states_army world war rejected military service physical examination june remained team season win total improved season went span month june late july victory finished season record era games started second highest team end season rumors manager planning trade black cleveland stated substance rumors following season black optimistic athletics team coach felt black best quartet starting pitchers league started season considered ace staff rotation battling injury season majors ended little success early season black missed playing time result badly bruised finger later suspended month violation team rules return noted black chance avoid trouble finished season record era black final season athletics conclusion season sold cleveland_indians undisclosed later stated fired alcohol use leading pitcher cleveland indians black began cleveland indians season member roster looking playing time established starting rotation season began hit chin ball causing miss week spring training season marked time black finish major league roster pitching games indians sent brewers black failed win games point suspended disappeared road trip conclusion season indians owner talk black admitted problem agreed spend winter help time cleveland indians season began black sober year career year sober black optimism indians talent manager saying black leading candidate starting jobs pitching appearance season detroit_tigers tough victory press box said wonder replied wanted situation fresh stick doesn followed shutout win chicago_white_sox game team highlight career july black hit athletics cleveland stadium allowing walks strikeouts hit pitcher september season eddie came close getting hit black hitting ball eighth inning barely went foul hit performance black singles squeeze day modest performance saying control pretty bad got lot hitters didn hit black finished season wins losses era complete games end season planning play cuban fellow indians season black returned hometown given key city honorary mayor day cleveland indians season began black maintaining spot starting rotation spent season selling tickets indians arkansas signing new contract black earned victory new_york_yankees winning second game early season indians pitching depth black lost starting jobs moved bullpen plans use black occasionally starter missed playing time june result bone chip left big toe suffered batting practice pitched indians rest season making starts total appearances finishing season wins losses era innings pitched month end season black pitched final professional baseball game height pennant race september cleveland black suffered cerebral batting second inning home game pitch upper deck stadium collapsed holding neck able walk power lost consciousness time ambulance arrived black taken conscious time coma doctor noted likely recovery baseball year possibly good days critical condition begun recover condition reported improved greatly response black injury indians hosted don black night september game boston_red_sox help raise money medical bills game watched fans indians raised black won game indians went defeat game playoff american_league pennant games world series black recovered hospital indians won world series said indians won title honor later life stay weeks black released hospital late october continued suffer surgery december remove weak spot near head released hospital shortly afterward start time indians stated accept responsibility allowing black pitch said black determined try won stand way statement black away signed contract late january indians previous season pitching indians florida spring training returned cleveland decided retire temporarily citing felt weak effective final pitching appearance retiring exhibition game pittsburgh pirates july pitching innings indians loss retirement baseball black went automobile salesman insurance salesman lived wife daughters ohio december black injured car accident virginia leaving critical condition recovered spent following summer teaching city recreation department following year april black died watching indians game home
Don Black (baseball)