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: 4-7 / in Starts: 4-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 9, Entered with runners on base: 3

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 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	17	18	May 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	10	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.00	2.96	38						62						36	1	0	0		0
2	18	22	May 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(1-1)	3	8.0	9	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.12	2.92	35	14	6	0	0	9	52			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.43	0.030	7.30	0.09%	1.14	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d1
3	19	23	May 14	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-8	7-8	L(1-2)	2	1.0	1	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.50	3.96	6	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	-0.296	13.86	-0.89%	-2.27	7b -2- 2 out tie	8b --- 2 out d3
4	20	25	May 15(2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	6-6	L(1-3)	0	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.12	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	-0.335	15.45	-0.98%	-2.49	6b 12- 1 out a3	6b -23 1 out a1
5	21	28	May 19	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(1-4)	3	9.0	7	3	3	6	3	1	0	4.00	4.51	39	5	18	2	0	7	58			2	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.038	5.09	0.11%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
6	22	35	May 29	NYY		PHA	L,1-3	GS-7	L(1-5)	9	7.0	6	3	3	4	3	1	0	3.97	4.66	29	6	10	2	4	6	52			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.037	5.10	-0.13%	0.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
Jun				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	23	40	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-7	GS-2		4	1.1	2	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.84	4.83	10	2	3	0	0	2	31			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.147	6.93	-0.47%	-1.57	1b start tie	2b 123 1 out a4
Aug				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
8	24	103	Aug 7(2)	NYY		SLB	T,2-2	GS-8		64	8.0	7	2	2	2	9	0	1	4.36	4.20	33	8	6	0	0	7	67			0	2	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.309	6.72	1.07%	2.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
9	25	109	Aug 14(1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-2	GS-8	W(2-5)	6	7.1	5	2	2	5	2	0	0	4.09	4.17	30	7	12	3	0	4	57			0	0	0	24	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.19	0.228	6.91	0.79%	2.17	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
10	26	114	Aug 19	NYY		PHA	W,7-4	GS-2		4	1.1	2	3	3	0	2	0	0	4.50	4.05	7	1	2	0	2	2	40			0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.141	6.06	-0.54%	-1.38	1t start tie	2t -23 1 out tie
Sept				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
11	27	149	Sep 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		36	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.42	4.02	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.15	0.008	3.46	0.12%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
12	28	153	Sep 30	NYY		PHA	L,1-4	3-7		4	4.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.06	3.88	15	3	8	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.47	0.141	9.58	1.74%	2.66	3t 1-- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d3
							4-7		W-L:2-5	3.9	57.2	53	26	26	29	25	3	1	4.06	3.88	248	0.76		7%	5%	42	52	4	50%	2	3	0	211	6	1	2	4	0	2	1.15	-0.202	6.71	0.92%	3.51

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