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: 22-12 / in Starts: 21-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 1

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	91	1	Apr 16	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.1	11	6	5	4	2	0	0	7.11	3.86	31	8	6	1	0	11	27			0	1	0	26	1	1	0	2	0	0	.60	-0.341	1.53	-0.52%	-3.50	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d4
2	92	5	Apr 20(2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-11	GS-7	L(0-2)	3	6.0	9	9	9	3	2	1	0	10.22	4.70	31	14	6	1	2	6	17			0	0	0	27	5	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.259	1.42	-0.33%	-5.81	1b start tie	7b --3 0 out d6
3	93	9	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(0-3)	3	8.0	9	4	4	6	2	2	0	7.97	5.84	36	12	7	1	0	9	44			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.031	1.66	-0.03%	-0.17	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
4	94	13	Apr 29	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-3)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	3	0	0	5.52	4.95	32	11	10	2	0	5	77			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.29	0.633	1.64	0.48%	4.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
May				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	95	19	May 5	WSH	@	DET	W,14-4	CG	W(2-3)	5	9.0	16	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.17	4.42	42	11	13	0	0	16	39			0	0	1	40	1	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.074	.75	0.05%	0.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
6	96	23	May 10(1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-0	SHO	W(3-3)	4	9.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.18	4.01	27	12	10	1	0	1	87			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.25	0.169	.41	0.16%	4.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
7	97	28	May 16	WSH		SLB	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-3)	5	9.0	8	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.51	3.87	36	8	16	0	3	7	70			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.41	0.149	.87	0.19%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
8	98	33	May 22	WSH		NYY	W,12-4	CG	W(5-3)	5	9.0	8	4	4	5	1	1	0	3.58	4.09	37	14	9	3	0	8	51			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	.54	-0.036	1.42	-0.06%	0.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
9	99	38	May 28	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-6	L(5-4)	5	5.2	9	7	5	4	3	0	0	3.93	4.06	31	7	8	0	1	9	26			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.277	3.11	-0.41%	-4.61	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 2 out d6
10	100	42	May 31(1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	7-GF	BW(6-4)	2	3.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.01	3.98	13	3	5	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	-0.207	4.82	-0.25%	-0.44	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
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
11	101	44	Jun 2	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(6-5)	1	8.0	7	5	5	3	4	1	0	4.17	4.02	35	17	5	0	1	6	49			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.210	1.95	-0.26%	-0.93	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
12	102	48	Jun 7(1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,16-2	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	10	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.96	3.91	38	13	9	2	3	10	59			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.56	0.110	1.18	0.14%	2.62	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a14
13	103	54	Jun 13	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-3	L(7-6)	5	3.0	5	6	5	2	3	1	0	4.31	4.01	16	5	1	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.13	-0.455	1.00	-0.24%	-4.53	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
14	104	58	Jun 18	WSH		CHW	L,4-8	9-GF		4	0.2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.47	4.06	6	1	1	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.126	.63	-0.05%	-2.33	9t -2- 1 out d1	9t end d 4
15	105	60	Jun 20	WSH		CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(8-6)	1	9.0	9	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.34	4.09	37	18	9	1	0	9	56			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.197	.21	0.05%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	106	65	Jun 24	WSH		SLB	L,6-7	CG	L(8-7)	3	9.0	11	7	7	2	2	2	0	4.55	4.22	39	16	8	1	0	11	37			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.597	.28	-0.08%	-2.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
17	107	71	Jun 30	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-7)	5	9.0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.22	4.11	33	11	13	1	0	7	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.49	0.675	.34	0.09%	4.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
18	108	76	Jul 5(1)	WSH		NYY	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-7)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.93	4.02	34	11	12	0	4	5	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.282	.27	0.09%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	109	82	Jul 10	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-3	L(10-8)	4	2.2	4	6	6	5	0	3	0	4.25	4.40	17	3	5	0	3	4	21			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.396	.46	-0.12%	-4.79	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 2 out d5
20	110	86	Jul 16(2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(10-9)	5	8.0	9	5	5	2	4	2	0	4.33	4.47	34	4	16	1	6	8	46			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.375	.11	-0.02%	-0.89	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
21	111	91	Jul 21	WSH	@	DET	L,7-8	GS-5		4	5.0	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	4.24	4.35	18	1	10	0	0	3	61			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.176	.01	0.00%	1.44	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a1
22	112	96	Jul 26(1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(11-9)	4	9.0	9	3	3	1	4	0	0	4.17	4.22	36	10	12	1	2	9	60			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.056	.00	0.00%	1.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
23	113	101	Jul 31	WSH		CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-9)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.94	4.14	30	15	8	0	3	3	81			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	0.537	.00	0.00%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
24	114	106	Aug 5	WSH		CLE	W,11-0	SHO	W(13-9)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.74	4.05	32	10	15	5	2	6	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.285	.00	0.00%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
25	115	111	Aug 10	WSH		BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(14-9)	4	9.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.55	3.96	28	14	9	0	1	1	87			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.648	.00	0.00%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
26	116	116	Aug 15(2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(15-9)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.48	3.90	34	7	15	1	1	5	68			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.358	.00	0.00%	2.67	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
27	117	121	Aug 20	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS-4	L(15-10)	4	3.2	9	7	7	2	1	1	0	3.74	3.96	21	4	5	0	0	9	14			1	0	0	18	4	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.274	.00	0.00%	-5.44	1b start tie	4b --3 2 out d7
28	118	126	Aug 25	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	W(16-10)	4	9.0	10	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.75	3.92	36	13	10	0	0	10	50			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	.80	0.103	.00	0.00%	0.36	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a4
29	119	130	Aug 29	WSH	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	W(17-10)	3	9.0	7	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.68	3.90	34	13	11	2	0	7	68			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	1	.38	0.212	.00	0.00%	2.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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
30	120	135	Sep 3	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-1	GS-6	W(18-10)	4	6.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.58	3.85	19	9	6	1	1	3	67			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.362	.00	0.00%	3.08	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
31	121	137	Sep 7(2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	W(19-10)	3	9.0	10	3	3	4	3	2	0	3.55	3.94	37	11	9	2	1	10	54			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	4	0	0	1.18	0.228	.00	0.00%	1.62	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
32	122	141	Sep 12	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(20-10)	4	9.0	13	3	3	1	5	0	1	3.53	3.88	40	13	11	1	1	9	53			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.48	0.394	.00	0.00%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
33	123	146	Sep 17	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(21-10)	4	9.0	9	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.48	3.87	33	14	8	1	2	9	63			0	1	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.397	.00	0.00%	2.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	124	150	Sep 25	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(22-10)	7	9.0	6	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.35	3.83	33	14	11	2	3	4	75			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.25	0.676	.00	0.00%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
							22-12		W-L:22-10,BSv:1	3.9	255.0	243	99	95	73	77	19	1	3.35	3.83	1036	1.12		5%	6%	229	55	1	100%	3	6	1	947	37	4	1	31	0	3	.96	3.137	.64	-1.12%	25.32

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