Joseph Black was an American right-handed pitcher in Negro league and Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Redlegs, and Washington Senators who became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game, in 1952.
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Joe Black served in the US Army during World War II, and attended Morgan State University on a baseball scholarship and graduated in 1950.
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Joe Black was a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
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Joe Black appears prominently in Roger Kahn's classic book, The Boys of Summer.
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Joe Black helped the Baltimore Elite Giants of the Negro leagues win two championships in seven years.
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Joe Black then played for a year in the Brooklyn Dodgers' minor league system.
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Joe Black was chosen Rookie of the Year after winning 15 games and saving 15 others for the National League champions.
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Spring after the 1952 World Series, Dressen urged Joe Black to add some pitches to his strong slowball, which was his favorite pitch.
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Joe Black taught health and physical education at Hubbard Junior High School in Plainfield, New Jersey, and later became an executive with Greyhound in Phoenix.
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Joe Black was a regular in the Diamondbacks' dugout during batting practice and in the press box.
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Joe Black wrote a syndicated column, "By The Way", for Ebony magazine and an autobiography, Ain't Nobody Better Than You.
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Joe Black was interred in the Hillside Cemetery in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.
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