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Dick Porter
Richard Twilley Porter (Wiggles or Twitches)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 16, 1929
Final Game September 30, 1934
Born December 30, 1901 in Princess Anne, MD
Died September 24, 1974 in Philadelphia, PA

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1929 27 CLE AL  71  192   26   63  16  5   1   24   3  5  17  14  .328  .386  .479  118   92   4           1    
 1930 28 CLE AL 119  480  100  168  43  8   4   57   3  3  55  31  .350  .420  .498  128  239  14           3    
 1931 29 CLE AL 114  414   82  129  24  3   1   38   6  9  56  36  .312  .395  .391  102  162   7           1    
 1932 30 CLE AL 146  621  106  191  42  8   4   60   2  4  64  43  .308  .373  .420   99  261  14           1    
 1933 31 CLE AL 132  499   73  133  19  6   0   41   4  4  51  42  .267  .335  .329   73  164  13           0    
 1934 32 TOT AL  93  309   39   90  15  7   1   62   5  2  25  20  .291  .346  .395   88  122   2           1    
         CLE AL  13   44    9   10   2  1   1    6   0  0   4   5  .227  .292  .386   74   17   1           0    
         BOS AL  80  265   30   80  13  6   0   56   5  2  21  15  .302  .355  .396   90  105   1           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      675 2515  426  774 159 37  11  282  23 27 268 186  .308  .376  .414  100 1040  54   0   0   7   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        604  102  186  38  9   3   68   6  6  64  45  .308  .376  .414  100  250  13   0   0   2   0
 Career High    146  621  106  191  43  8   4   62   6  9  64  43  .350  .420  .498  128  261  14   0   0   3   0

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1929 27 CLE AL  214  138   34   6.6   116| .328  .297| .386  .364| .479  .429| .865  .793| 118  .626   5.2   0.5  37%
 1930 28 CLE AL  552  329   99   8.0   119| .350  .300| .420  .365| .498  .441| .918  .806| 128  .683  23.3   2.1  50%
 1931 29 CLE AL  478  301   62   5.5   113| .312  .294| .395  .362| .391  .420| .786  .782| 102  .552   3.8   0.4  40%
 1932 30 CLE AL  700  448   96   5.8   118| .308  .295| .373  .367| .420  .433| .793  .800|  99  .562  -0.5   0.0  33%
 1933 31 CLE AL  563  383   54   3.8   110| .267  .287| .335  .359| .329  .413| .664  .772|  73  .397 -20.0  -2.0  50%
 1934 32 TOT AL  337  223   42   5.0   115| .291  .293| .346  .368| .395  .423| .741  .791|  88  .500  -6.8  -0.7  71%
         CLE AL   49   35    5   3.8   112| .227  .288| .292  .362| .386  .415| .678  .777|  74  .376  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         BOS AL  288  188   37   5.2   116| .302  .294| .355  .369| .396  .424| .751  .793|  90  .520  -4.8  -0.5  71%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2844 1822  387   5.7   115| .308  .294| .376  .364| .414  .427| .790  .791| 100  .559   5.0   0.3  46%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1929 27 CLE AL  OF   28     44    4    3    1  .941  .966  1.71  2.28                4    0   24
                 2B   20     54   60    5    9  .958  .968  5.70  5.48            
 1930 28 CLE AL  OF  118    189   12    8    4  .962  .965  1.70  2.16                0    0  118
 1931 29 CLE AL  OF  109    184    7    6    0  .970  .969  1.75  2.25                0    0  109
                 2B    1      3    5    0    0 1.000  .964  8.00  5.50            
 1932 30 CLE AL  OF  145    269    2    5    0  .982  .967  1.87  2.28                0    0  145
 1933 31 CLE AL  OF  124    236    9    1    3  .996  .970  1.98  2.21                7    0  119
 1934 32 TOT AL  OF   75    123    1    7    1  .947  .968  1.65  2.16                1    0   74
         CLE AL  OF   10     14    0    0    0 1.000  .966  1.40  2.16                0    0   10
         BOS AL  OF   65    109    1    7    1  .940  .968  1.69  2.16                1    0   64
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1929 27 CLE AL  2B   20     54   60    5    9  .958  .968  5.70  5.48            
 1931 29 CLE AL  2B    1      3    5    0    0 1.000  .964  8.00  5.50            

 1929 27 CLE AL  OF   28     44    4    3    1  .941  .966  1.71  2.28                4    0   24
 1930 28 CLE AL  OF  118    189   12    8    4  .962  .965  1.70  2.16                0    0  118
 1931 29 CLE AL  OF  109    184    7    6    0  .970  .969  1.75  2.25                0    0  109
 1932 30 CLE AL  OF  145    269    2    5    0  .982  .967  1.87  2.28                0    0  145
 1933 31 CLE AL  OF  124    236    9    1    3  .996  .970  1.98  2.21                7    0  119
 1934 32 TOT AL  OF   75    123    1    7    1  .947  .968  1.65  2.16                1    0   74
         CLE AL  OF   10     14    0    0    0 1.000  .966  1.40  2.16                0    0   10
         BOS AL  OF   65    109    1    7    1  .940  .968  1.69  2.16                1    0   64
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF  599   1045   35   30    9  .973  .968  1.80  2.22               12    0  589
                 2B   21     57   65    5    9  .961  .967  5.81  5.48            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       620   1102  100   35   18  .972  .968  1.94  2.33

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1930 AL-.350-8

On-base %
1930 AL-.420-9

At Bats
1932 AL-621-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1932 AL-700-5

Hits
1932 AL-191-7

Doubles
1930 AL-43-5
1932 AL-42-4

Singles
1932 AL-137-4

Times on Base
1932 AL-256-9

Sac. Hits
1932 AL-14-5
1933 AL-13-8

Outs
1932 AL-448-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 12 (1259) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.0 (669) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 26.0 (648) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
November 7, 1928: Traded by the Baltimore (International) to the Cleveland Indians for $30,000.
May 25, 1934: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Wes Ferrell to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Weiland, Bob Seeds, and $25,000.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Dick Porter's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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Name and misspellings: Richard richards Dick Twilley Wiggles,Twitches Porter

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Batting Average 1930 AL-.350-8	On-base % 1930 AL-.420-9	At Bats 1932 AL-621-4	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1932 AL-700-5	Hits 1932 AL-191-7	Doubles 1930 AL-43-5 1932 AL-42-4
Singles 1932 AL-137-4	Times on Base 1932 AL-256-9	Sac. Hits 1932 AL-14-5 1933 AL-13-8	Outs 1932 AL-448-5