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: 9-19 / in Starts: 5-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 9

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	212	3	Apr 20	BOS		NYY	L,7-10	2-7		99	5.0	5	3	3	4	2	1	0	5.40	6.66	24	6	7	1	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.047	2.43	0.07%	-0.31	2t -2- 2 out d3	7t --- 2 out a1
2	213	7	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	4-6		3	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.38	5.21	9	4	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.213	2.12	0.33%	2.35	4b 12- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
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
3	214	13	May 1	BOS	@	KCA	L,5-7	3-5		6	3.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.27	4.55	12	5	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	0.012	3.65	0.03%	0.42	3b --- 0 out d1	5b 3 out d2
4	215	16	May 4	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	4.37	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.006	.21	0.01%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
5	216	27	May 16	BOS		DET	L,1-2	GS-8	L(0-1)	11	8.0	7	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.70	4.31	31	14	8	0	2	7	60			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.160	2.37	0.26%	1.96	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
6	217	31	May 21	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	8-8		4	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.43	4.22	7	2	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.012	.14	-0.02%	-1.51	8t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d7
7	218	34	May 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,0-12	GS-1	L(0-2)	3	0.1	5	5	3	1	0	1	0	4.64	4.94	8	2	0	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	.95	-0.370	1.89	-0.44%	-5.06	1b start tie	1b 123 1 out d4
8	219	37	May 27	BOS		NYY	L,8-17	7-7	BS(1)	1	0.0	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.91	5.22	3	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	-0.376	6.96	-0.60%	-2.85	7t 12- 0 out a1	7t 123 0 out d1
9	220	40	May 30(1)	BOS		BAL	W,7-6	5-GF(10)	W(1-2)	2	6.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.94	4.80	26	6	9	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.89	0.100	2.96	0.09%	1.97	5t --- 0 out d4	10t end tie
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
10	221	48	Jun 7	BOS	@	KCA	L,3-6	2-6		7	4.2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.22	4.46	17	6	6	1	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	.31	0.045	.43	0.04%	2.05	2b 1-3 1 out d3	6b 3 out d4
11	222	50	Jun 9(2)	BOS	@	KCA	W,9-5	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.05	4.50	5	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.89	0.136	3.90	0.11%	0.89	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 4
12	223	53	Jun 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-4	L(1-3)	2	4.0	6	6	2	3	0	0	0	4.10	4.52	21	9	3	0	1	6	31			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	.71	-0.333	1.42	-0.40%	-4.13	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
13	224	66	Jun 26	BOS		CHW	L,5-7	7-8		13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.89	4.49	8	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.035	.79	0.04%	0.99	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
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
14	225	76	Jul 4(2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	5-6		7	2.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.92	4.54	10	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.038	.98	-0.05%	-0.07	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
15	226	81	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		7	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.74	4.44	7	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.32	0.035	.31	0.02%	0.96	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
16	227	89	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	2-5		7	3.2	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.64	4.48	13	4	5	0	1	2		2	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.010	.48	0.01%	0.57	2b 1-3 1 out d1	5b 3 out d3
17	228	93	Jul 25	BOS		KCA	W,5-3	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	6	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.54	4.30	34	10	13	4	2	6	66			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.279	.45	0.10%	1.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
18	229	98	Jul 30	BOS		DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.05	3.95	30	11	14	1	1	2	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.490	.79	0.27%	4.46	1t start tie	9t 3 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
19	230	103	Aug 4	BOS		CHW	L,6-11	GS-3	L(3-4)	4	2.2	7	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.59	3.93	16	5	3	2	0	7	23			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.12	-0.308	.72	-0.12%	-4.01	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out d5
20	231	109	Aug 11(1)	BOS		WSH	W,8-5	GS-7		6	6.2	9	5	4	0	2	1	0	3.75	3.92	28	12	6	1	3	8	40			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.31	-0.146	.29	-0.02%	-0.85	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out tie
21	232	113	Aug 15	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	9-9		3	0.1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.98	4.00	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.024	.23	0.00%	-0.41	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 12- 1 out d1
22	233	115	Aug 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-16	1-4		1	3.0	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	4.29	4.08	16	5	4	0	1	6		2	2	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	1	.30	-0.080	.03	-0.01%	-2.62	1b 1-3 1 out d3	4b 1-3 1 out d7
23	234	121	Aug 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-7	4-7		6	3.2	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.20	3.99	13	4	5	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.013	.00	0.00%	1.30	4b 12- 1 out d5	7b 3 out d6
24	235	127	Aug 30	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-1	CG	W(4-4)	5	9.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.89	3.80	33	13	12	0	0	6	73			0	1	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	1	.49	0.311	.00	0.00%	2.92	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
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
25	236	131	Sep 2(2)	BOS		WSH	W,8-7	9-9	H(1)	2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.87	3.82	3	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	-0.119	.02	0.00%	-0.41	9t --- 0 out a1	9t 12- 1 out a1
26	237	134	Sep 6	BOS		BAL	W,4-3	GS-8		3	7.0	7	3	2	2	3	0	0	3.78	3.73	30	14	5	1	1	6	54			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.139	.01	0.00%	0.85	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out tie
27	238	140	Sep 13	BOS		CLE	L,3-16	5-7	BS(2)	6	2.2	8	5	5	1	1	1	1	4.13	3.86	18	2	5	0	1	8		2	2	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.346	.00	0.00%	-4.60	5t 1-3 0 out a1	7t 12- 2 out d6
28	239	153	Sep 28	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	8-GF		14	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.05	3.83	7	5	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.99	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
							9-19		W-L:4-4,Sv:1,BSv:2,Hld:1	4.0	102.1	107	54	46	30	28	8	1	4.05	3.83	435	1.25		5%	5%	102	50	17	47%	0	1	0	393	18	0	2	11	2	8	.88	-0.354	1.05	-0.29%	-2.22

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