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: 9-12 / in Starts: 9-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 0

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 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	39	3	Apr 20(1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5	6-7		99	2.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.50	4.48	8	1	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.012	1.22	-0.02%	0.01	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
2	40	9	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-13	7-8		5	1.0	4	5	4	1	1	0	0	15.00	4.15	8	1	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.085	1.96	-0.17%	-3.78	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 1-3 0 out d4
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
				Player went from New York Yankees to Washington Nationals
3	41	58	Jun 23	WSH		DET	W,6-3	GS-5	W(1-0)	57	5.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	6.75	4.60	18	4	8	1	0	3	58			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.142	.09	0.01%	1.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
4	42	63	Jun 29(1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS-1	L(1-1)	5	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	8.31	6.29	5	2	0	0	0	2	39			0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.164	.03	0.00%	-1.72	1b start tie	1b 1-- 2 out d2
Jul				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
5	43	71	Jul 5	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG(8)	L(1-2)	5	8.0	7	8	8	7	1	2	0	8.64	7.16	37	13	9	0	0	7	30			2	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	.72	-0.193	.02	0.00%	-4.04	1b start tie	8b 3 out d6
6	44	77	Jul 13	WSH	@	DET	W,3-1	GS-7	W(2-2)	7	7.0	7	1	1	2	1	0	0	6.46	5.94	28	7	11	1	0	7	58			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.302	.01	0.00%	2.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
7	45	84	Jul 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	4.96	5.08	34						71						31			0		0
8	46	90	Jul 24	WSH		DET	L,1-2	GS-7	L(3-3)	5	7.0	5	2	2	1	5	0	0	4.54	4.45	26	6	9	1	0	5	63			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.088	.02	0.00%	1.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
9	47	95	Jul 29(2)	WSH		SLB	L,6-8	GS-5		4	5.0	8	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.84	4.29	22	7	6	0	0	8	34			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	1	.88	-0.164	.01	0.00%	-1.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
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
10	48	99	Aug 2	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	GS-6	L(3-4)	3	6.0	7	5	5	2	7	1	0	5.15	4.18	26	6	5	1	0	6	43			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.267	.00	0.00%	-1.96	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
11	49	104	Aug 8	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(4-4)	5	9.0	9	1	1	3	3	0	0	4.53	3.97	37	9	13	1	0	9	65			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.35	0.480	.00	0.00%	3.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
12	50	110	Aug 14	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	GS-8		5	8.0	7	3	3	2	2	2	0	4.39	4.21	31	8	12	0	0	7	56			0	1	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.001	.00	0.00%	1.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
13	51	115	Aug 19	WSH		BOS	L,3-8	GS-1	L(4-5)	4	0.0	2	4	3	2	0	0	0	4.79	4.30	4	0	0	0	0	2	30			0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.255	.00	0.00%	-3.00	1t start tie	1t 12- 0 out d2
14	52	119	Aug 23	WSH	@	DET	W,10-0	SHO	W(5-5)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	4.23	4.03	34						82						32			0		0
15	53	124	Aug 28	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(5-6)	4	9.2	9	4	4	4	3	0	0	4.17	3.93	41	9	16	0	0	9	54			0	1	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.074	.00	0.00%	0.46	1b start tie	10b -23 2 out d1
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
16	54	128	Sep 3(2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-6	L(5-7)	5	6.0	8	6	5	5	4	0	0	4.39	3.91	32	7	8	1	0	8	33			0	0	0	26	4	0	1	0	0	1	.88	-0.200	.00	0.00%	-2.59	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d5
17	55	132	Sep 8	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(5-8)	4	8.0	3	4	4	7	2	1	0	4.40	4.09	34	10	12	2	0	3	55			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.04	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
18	56	137	Sep 13	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-8)	4	9.0	3	0	0	4	6	0	0	4.03	3.96	33	11	10	1	0	2	83			0	1	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.58	0.748	.00	0.00%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	57	144	Sep 19	WSH		SLB	W,4-3	CG	W(7-8)	5	9.0	9	3	2	1	4	0	0	3.88	3.81	38	13	12	0	0	8	62			0	0	0	37	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.35	0.183	.00	0.00%	1.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	58	149	Sep 25	WSH		BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-8)	5	9.0	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.60	3.76	31	10	12	1	0	2	82			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	.84	0.459	.00	0.00%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
21	59	153	Sep 30(1)	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	CG	W(9-8)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.50	3.69	36	11	13	1	0	8	63			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.317	.00	0.00%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
							9-12		W-L:9-8	4.5	136.1	114	57	53	57	55	8	0	3.50	3.69	563	0.84		4%	0%	101	56	0	---%	4	4	1	499	13	6	1	11	0	5	1.08	1.301	.06	-0.19%	5.35

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