Bob Porterfield

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: August 10, 1923 in Newport, VA us

Died: April 28, 1980 in Charlotte, NC

Buried: Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, NC

High School: Newport HS (Newport, VA)

Debut: August 8, 1948 (Age 24-364d, 10,538th in major league history)
vs. CLE 6.2 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 21, 1959 (Age 36-042d)
vs. MLN 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Erwin Cooledge Porterfield

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.7

ERA

3.79

318

193

1567.2

572

WHIP

1.354

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-16 / in Starts: 14-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 99 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	72 (39-24-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 99 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (33-20-10)

Most Driven In
P Runnels	1
J Busby	1
R Sievers	1
J Snyder	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
Self	1
J Busby	1
E Yost	1
T Umphlett	0

1954 Batting Game Log

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1954 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	129	3 (2)	Apr 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.90	-0.046	2.27	-0.07%	-0.41	P
2	130	7 (3)	Apr 21	WSH	@	PHA	W,13-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.143	.167	.310	9	.13	-0.009	.34	-0.01%	-1.41	P
3	131	12 (4)	Apr 30	WSH		DET	L,1-2	CG(12)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.100	.111	.211	9	2.12	-0.201	5.93	-0.34%	-1.12	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	132	17 (4)	May 5	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.077	.083	.160	9	1.84	-0.130	2.97	-0.13%	-0.88	P
5	133	20 (2)	May 11	WSH	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.118	.313	.430	9	.94	0.009	1.33	0.01%	0.48	P
6	134	26 (5)	May 16 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.095	.250	.345	9	.97	-0.098	.75	-0.05%	-1.17	P
7	135	29 (2)	May 21	WSH		PHA	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.120	.217	.337	9	.42	-0.046	.28	-0.02%	-0.86	P
8	136	33 (3)	May 26	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.111	.200	.311	9	1.61	-0.093	.89	-0.03%	-0.60	P
9	137	38 (4)	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.129	.179	.308	9	1.31	-0.055	.86	-0.02%	-0.58	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	138	44 (5)	Jun 4	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.065	.118	.161	.279	9	1.35	-0.100	.88	-0.04%	-0.51	P
11	139	49 (4)	Jun 9	WSH		CLE	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.061	.111	.152	.263	9	1.76	-0.096	.46	-0.02%	-0.53	P
12	140	54 (4)	Jun 13 (2)	WSH		BAL	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.103	.139	.241	9	.47	-0.044	.05	0.00%	-0.91	P
13	141	58 (3)	Jun 18	WSH	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG(13)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.048	.089	.119	.208	9	1.59	-0.231	.05	0.00%	-1.36	P
14	142	63 (4)	Jun 23	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.048	.089	.119	.208	9						P
15	143	67 (3)	Jun 27	WSH	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.043	.100	.109	.209	9	.78	-0.022	.02	0.00%	-0.57	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	144	72 (4)	Jul 3	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.042	.113	.104	.217	9	1.47	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.11	P
17	145	78 (5)	Jul 10	WSH		NYY	L,1-9	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.042	.113	.104	.217	9						P
18	146	82 (3)	Jul 17	WSH		CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.058	.123	.115	.238	9	.45	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.59	P
19	147	88 (5)	Jul 22	WSH		BAL	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.073	.133	.127	.261	9	1.74	0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.17	P
20	148	93 (4)	Jul 28	WSH	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.086	.143	.138	.281	9	.92	-0.012	.00	0.00%	0.14	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	149	98 (4)	Aug 1 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.152	.148	.299	9	2.05	0.104	.00	0.00%	0.46	P
22	150	102 (3)	Aug 5	WSH	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.092	.143	.138	.281	9	1.14	-0.122	.00	0.00%	-1.57	P
23	151	107 (4)	Aug 10	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.090	.139	.134	.273	9	.67	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.35	P
24	152	113 (5)	Aug 14	WSH		PHA	L,4-6	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.085	.132	.127	.258	9	1.39	-0.137	.00	0.00%	-0.86	P
25	153	119 (5)	Aug 22 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	T,4-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.141	.125	.266	9	1.11	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.23	P
26	154	127 (7)	Aug 29 (1)	WSH		BAL	L,4-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.136	.120	.256	9	1.70	-0.142	.00	0.00%	-1.47	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	155	132 (4)	Sep 2	WSH		DET	W,16-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.076	.129	.114	.243	9	.12	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-1.44	P
28	156	135 (2)	Sep 5	WSH		NYY	W,5-4	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.075	.128	.113	.240	9	1.50	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.21	P
29	157	139 (3)	Sep 8	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.073	.125	.110	.235	9	.89	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
30	158	144 (4)	Sep 12 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-8	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.143	.129	.272	9	1.56	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.72	P
31	159	148 (3)	Sep 19	WSH		BOS	L,2-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.093	.141	.128	.269	9	1.83	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
32	160	153 (4)	Sep 24 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-4	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.102	.149	.136	.285	9	1.13	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.66	P
							15-16		99	88	3	9	0	0	1	5	4	0	24	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	.102	.149	.136	.285		1.13	-1.524	.59	-0.72%	-15.44

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