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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Team Record in Appearances: 9-7 / in Starts: 7-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 1

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	101	Aug 8(2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.2	4	2	2	3	3	1	0	2.70	5.16	27	11	6	1	0	4	58			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	0.008	8.05	0.04%	1.17	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d1
2	2	104	Aug 13	NYY		PHA	W,8-5	GS-8		4	7.1	9	5	3	5	5	0	0	3.21	4.26	36	9	8	0	0	9	44			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	-0.005	4.70	-0.01%	-1.00	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d4
3	3	108	Aug 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	2	1	0	2.35	4.32	37	14	13	1	0	6	71			0	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	3	.31	0.200	.70	0.28%	3.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
4	4	112	Aug 21	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-1)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.69	3.82	31	11	15	2	1	4	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.98	0.443	4.19	1.13%	4.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
5	5	116	Aug 25	NYY		CHW	W,8-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	3	7.0	6	0	0	4	5	0	0	1.38	3.68	31	6	10	0	0	6	66			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.277	4.91	0.88%	3.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
6	6	121	Aug 29(1)	NYY		DET	L,6-9	GS-8		3	7.1	11	5	4	2	3	0	0	1.94	3.53	33	7	10	1	2	11	39			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.013	6.93	0.05%	-0.33	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	7	125	Sep 1	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	10-GF(12)	W(4-1)	2	2.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.84	3.51	10	2	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.12	0.508	22.31	2.18%	1.99	10t 12- 1 out tie	12t end tie
8	8	128	Sep 4	NYY		WSH	W,9-7	GS-3		2	3.0	5	5	5	4	0	1	0	2.60	3.95	18	5	4	1	0	5	25			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.290	7.20	-1.41%	-3.42	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
9	9	133	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-9	GS-3	L(4-2)	4	2.1	4	6	6	4	0	0	0	3.48	4.12	14	2	4	0	2	4	21			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	-0.383	16.16	-2.69%	-3.79	1b start a 1	3b -23 1 out d1
10	10	136	Sep 12	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-5	GS-1		2	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.90	4.15	7	2	1	0	0	3	34			1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.229	5.66	-0.80%	-2.48	1b start tie	1b 3 out d3
11	11	137	Sep 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	7-9	H(1)	1	2.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.90	4.06	9	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.81	0.067	18.81	0.42%	0.62	7b --- 0 out a2	9b 12- 1 out a2
12	12	142	Sep 19(1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-8	GS-4		4	3.2	9	6	6	0	3	1	0	4.55	4.09	20	1	7	0	0	9	22			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.451	9.84	-2.66%	-4.17	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d3
13	13	146	Sep 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	5-GF(8)		3	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.27	4.03	13	7	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.41	0.090	5.00	0.66%	2.05	5b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 2
14	14	148	Sep 25	NYY		BOS	L,2-7	6-7		1	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.28	4.20	9	4	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.13	-0.008	2.76	-0.11%	0.05	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
15	15	151	Sep 29	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-2	GS-9	W(5-2)	3	8.1	10	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.04	4.08	38	7	15	0	0	10	55			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.44	0.158	8.38	0.55%	1.40	1b start tie	9b -23 1 out a2
16	16	154	Oct 3	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-10	GS-3	L(5-3)	3	2.1	6	5	5	3	1	0	0	4.50	4.13	16	2	6	2	1	4	23			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.355	.00	0.00%	-3.57	1b start a 1	3b 1-3 1 out d2
							9-7		W-L:5-3,Hld:1	2.7	78.0	85	42	39	34	30	5	0	4.50	4.13	349	0.87		4%	3%	83	45	2	0%	2	1	0	311	10	1	2	8	0	6	1.04	0.043	6.61	-1.50%	0.71

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