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: 9-31

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 25

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	279	1	Apr 9	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.54	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.22	0.01%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
2	280	2	Apr 10	PIT		MLN	L,0-8	8-GF		0	2.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.00	3.54	11	0	6	1	1	4		2	2	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.008	.06	-0.01%	-1.05	8t 12- 0 out d5	9t end d 8
3	281	9	Apr 23	PIT		CIN	L,2-5	9-GF		12	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	3.29	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.08	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
4	282	10	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-5	6-6		0	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.25	4.04	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.77	-0.086	4.92	-0.09%	-0.54	6b 1-- 2 out a1	6b 123 2 out a1
5	283	13	Apr 26(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-10	7-7		1	0.1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.08	6.93	2	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.046	.28	-0.06%	-1.77	7b 1-- 2 out d3	7b 3 out d5
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
6	284	16	May 1	PIT		STL	L,6-7	8-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.69	5.73	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.25	0.014	.49	0.02%	0.48	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago Cubs
7	285	34	May 17(1)	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	6-6		15	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.84	7.28	4	0	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.060	1.14	-0.10%	-0.52	6t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d3
8	286	37	May 20	CHC		PHI	W,7-5	7-9	H(1)	2	2.1	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.15	6.00	12	5	3	1	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.198	5.21	0.33%	-0.75	7t 1-- 1 out a1	9t 1-- 2 out a2
9	287	40	May 23	CHC		STL	L,1-5	6-6		2	0.1	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	7.00	6.54	5	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.125	2.07	-0.19%	-2.07	6t --- 0 out d2	6t 123 1 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
10	288	54	Jun 8	CHC	@	MLN	L,5-9	5-7		15	3.0	6	3	2	1	0	0	0	6.75	5.79	15	7	4	1	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.08	-0.028	.30	-0.07%	-2.31	5b 1-3 0 out d4	7b 3 out d9
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Pittsburgh Pirates
11	289	62	Jun 14(1)	PIT		LAD	W,6-3	3-5		5	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.65	4.98	8	3	3	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.108	2.20	0.17%	1.40	3t 12- 2 out d2	5t 3 out d2
12	290	68	Jun 20	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	5-5		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.28	4.83	3	0	2	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.021	1.06	0.05%	1.53	5b 12- 0 out d5	5b 3 out d5
13	291	69	Jun 21(1)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	5-6		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.19	4.45	8	3	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.015	.63	-0.03%	0.05	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d5
14	292	70	Jun 21(2)	PIT	@	STL	W,10-8	1-3		-1	2.1	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	6.41	4.27	14	4	1	1	0	7		1	1	0	0	0	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.284	4.16	-0.60%	-2.58	1b -2- 1 out a2	3b -2- 2 out d2
15	293	71	Jun 22	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-4	7-7		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.20	4.22	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.041	1.44	-0.11%	-0.49	7b 1-- 1 out d2	7b 3 out d3
16	294	73	Jun 24	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	9-GF		1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.00	4.30	3	1	1	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.39	-0.188	18.75	-0.48%	-0.13	9b 12- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
17	295	75	Jun 26	PIT	@	LAD	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.73	4.41	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.033	3.13	0.08%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
18	296	77	Jun 28	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	2	2	0	2	1	0	6.26	4.72	5	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.010	.07	-0.02%	-1.47	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 6
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
19	297	81	Jul 3	PIT		MLN	L,0-6	9-GF		4	1.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	6.00	4.54	6	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.03	-0.003	.11	-0.01%	-0.52	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
20	298	86	Jul 10	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	9-9		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.76	4.46	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.35	0.134	7.65	0.26%	0.48	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
21	299	87	Jul 11	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	5-5		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.54	4.39	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.19	0.018	.64	0.04%	0.86	5t 1-- 0 out d5	5t 3 out d5
22	300	89	Jul 12 susp	PIT		STL	L,6-8	10-10	L(0-1)	0	0.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.23	4.39	4	0	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	-0.455	6.61	-0.90%	-2.99	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 12- 0 out d2
23	301	95	Jul 21	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	9-GF		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	4.32	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.016	.65	0.03%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
24	302	96	Jul 22	PIT		PHI	L,4-11	8-GF		0	2.0	7	4	4	1	0	0	0	6.83	4.30	12	5	2	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.014	.13	-0.02%	-3.03	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 9
25	303	98	Jul 25	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.60	4.18	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.005	.19	0.01%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
26	304	99	Jul 26(1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.39	4.12	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.002	.09	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
27	305	102	Jul 28	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-9	6-GF(8)		1	2.2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.15	4.00	11	4	6	2	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	.35	-0.099	.42	-0.07%	-1.00	6b 12- 1 out d2	8b end d 5
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
28	306	106	Aug 1	PIT	@	SFG	L,5-9	3-3		3	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.97	4.04	6	1	2	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.022	.41	-0.01%	-0.14	3b 1-- 0 out d3	3b 3 out d4
29	307	107	Aug 2	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-5	6-7	L(0-2)	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	6.06	3.97	5	0	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	-0.100	.96	-0.03%	-0.29	6b 12- 1 out tie	7b -2- 1 out d1
30	308	112	Aug 8	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	8-10	BS(1)	5	2.1	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.92	3.94	11	0	5	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.41	-0.001	.47	0.00%	0.56	8b -23 2 out a1	10b 3 out tie
31	309	118	Aug 16(1)	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	9-GF	S(1)	7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.87	3.93	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.44	0.139	2.01	0.03%	0.43	9t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
32	310	119	Aug 16(2)	PIT		MLN	L,2-5	6-7		-1	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.90	3.90	6	2	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.75	-0.026	.42	-0.01%	-0.09	6t 12- 2 out d2	7t 3 out d3
33	311	128	Aug 25	PIT		SFG	L,5-12	7-8		8	1.2	1	2	2	2	0	1	0	6.10	4.31	8	3	2	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.024	.29	-0.02%	-0.96	7t 123 1 out d3	8t 3 out d6
34	312	133	Aug 30(2)	PIT		PHI	W,7-6	1-2		4	1.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.91	4.35	6	2	1	0	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	.71	-0.077	1.00	-0.06%	-0.93	1t -23 2 out d3	2t 3 out d5
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
35	313	136	Sep 4	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.82	4.32	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.28	0.017	.30	0.01%	1.57	8b 123 1 out d3	8b end d 3
36	314	137	Sep 5	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-6	8-8	W(1-2)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.73	4.25	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	0.251	3.61	0.14%	1.19	8b 1-3 1 out tie	8b 3 out tie
37	315	139	Sep 7(1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-5	3-4		1	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.48	4.13	9	3	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.058	.53	0.03%	1.27	3b 1-- 0 out d3	4b 3 out d3
38	316	141	Sep 9	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-7	7-7		1	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.48	4.26	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.008	.05	0.00%	-2.00	7b 123 0 out d4	7b 123 0 out d6
39	317	144	Sep 11(2)	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-4	6-7		1	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.32	4.28	5	1	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.019	.00	0.00%	1.15	6b -23 2 out d4	7b 3 out d4
40	318	151	Sep 21	PIT		MLN	L,6-8	5-5		9	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.25	4.21	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.51	5t 1-- 1 out d3	5t 3 out d3
							9-31		W-L:1-2,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.3	48.0	65	31	28	22	19	4	0	5.25	4.21	222	1.08		10%	3%	48		44	36%	1	1	0	195	14	0	5	7	0	3	.85	-0.650	1.62	-1.67%	-11.23

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