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Henry Porter
Walter Henry Porter

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 142 lb.

Debut September 27, 1884
Final Game May 25, 1889
Born June, 1858 in Vergennes, VT
Died December 30, 1906 in Brockton, MA

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1884 26 MIL UA   3   3   6   6   6   1   0  0   51.0   32   25   17   1    9   71       0             0  3.00  1.83   61 0.804
 1885 27 BRO AA  33  21  54  54  53   2   0  0  481.7  427  261  149  11  107  197  16  26  2035       0  2.78  3.31  119 1.109
 1886 28 BRO AA  27  19  48  48  48   1   0  0  424.0  439  277  161   8  120  163   5  20  1864       0  3.42  3.44  101 1.318
 1887 29 BRO AA  15  24  40  40  38   1   0  0  339.7  416  264  159   7   96   74   7   0  1504       0  4.21  4.29  102 1.507
 1888 30 KCC AA  18  37  55  54  53   4   1  0  474.0  527  336  219  16  120  145   0   0     0       0  4.16  3.43   82 1.365
 1889 31 KCC AA   0   3   4   4   3   0   0  0   23.0   52   46   32   0   14    9   0   0     0       0 12.52  4.15   33 2.870
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .473  96 107 207 206 201   9   1  0 1793.3 1893 1209  737  43  466  659  28  46  5403       0  3.70  3.53   95 1.315
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  17  34  33  33   1   0  0  295.0  311  199  121   7   76  108   4   7   889   0   0  3.70  3.53   95 1.315
 Career High     33  37  55  54  53   4   1  0  481.7  527  336  219  16  120  197  16  26  2035   0   0  2.78  4.29  119 0.804

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

Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1884 26 MIL UA  11   40    3   11   3  0   0        0      0      .275  .275  .350  161   14                    
 1885 27 BRO AA  54  195   28   40   1  4   0   16   0      5      .205  .225  .251   50   49               0    
 1886 28 BRO AA  48  184   20   33   4  0   0   13   3      4      .179  .197  .201   25   37               0    
 1887 29 BRO AA  40  146   16   29   2  4   1   12   6     10      .199  .250  .288   48   42               0    
 1888 30 KCC AA  55  195   12   28   3  0   0   10   1      8      .144  .177  .159    5   31               0    
 1889 31 KCC AA   4   10    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      1   3  .100  .182  .100  -21    1               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      212  770   79  142  13  8   1   52  10  0  28   3  .184  .213  .226   36  174   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        588   60  109  10  6   1   40   8  0  21   2  .184  .213  .226   36  133   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     55  195   28   40   4  4   1   16   6  0  10   3  .205  .225  .251   50   49   0   0   0   0   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1884 26 MIL UA   40   29    4   3.6    30| .275  .198| .275  .221| .350  .256| .625  .477| 161  .541   3.1   0.4     
 1885 27 BRO AA  200  155   11   1.9    73| .205  .251| .225  .297| .251  .337| .476  .634|  50  .251 -11.6  -1.3     
 1886 28 BRO AA  188  151    7   1.2    74| .179  .246| .197  .309| .201  .327| .398  .636|  25  .127 -16.1  -1.8     
 1887 29 BRO AA  156  117   11   2.4    98| .199  .281| .250  .345| .288  .379| .538  .724|  48  .251 -11.2  -1.1     
 1888 30 KCC AA  203  167    5   0.8    75| .144  .251| .177  .309| .159  .331| .336  .641|   5  .072 -21.2  -2.5     
 1889 31 KCC AA   11    9    0   0.0    96| .100  .273| .182  .346| .100  .371| .282  .718| -21  .000  -1.6  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       798  628   38   1.6    77| .184  .253| .213  .309| .226  .338| .439  .647|  36  .184 -58.6  -6.5     

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

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1884 26 MIL UA   P    6      1   10    0    0 1.000  .846  1.83  2.25  1.94  2.58    6   51.0
                 OF    4      1    0    0    0 1.000  .833  0.25  1.48                            0    4    0
                 1B    1      8    0    0    2 1.000  .952  8.00 10.10                        
 1885 27 BRO AA   P   54     13   93    7    0  .938  .878  1.96  1.79  1.98  1.90   54  481.7
 1886 28 BRO AA   P   48     17   70   15    0  .853  .885  1.81  1.87  1.85  2.00   48  424.0
 1887 29 BRO AA   P   40      8   63   12    1  .855  .883  1.77  2.09  1.88  2.27   40  339.7
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.00                            0    0    1
 1888 30 KCC AA   P   55     11  133   16    3  .900  .891  2.62  2.32  2.73  2.45   54  474.0
                 OF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.80                            1    0    1
 1889 31 KCC AA   P    4      0    6    2    0  .750  .909  1.50  1.85  2.35  2.11    4   23.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1884 26 MIL UA  1B    1      8    0    0    2 1.000  .952  8.00 10.10                        

 1884 26 MIL UA  OF    4      1    0    0    0 1.000  .833  0.25  1.48                            0    4    0
 1887 29 BRO AA  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.00                            0    0    1
 1888 30 KCC AA  OF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.80                            1    0    1

 1884 26 MIL UA   P    6      1   10    0    0 1.000  .846  1.83  2.25  1.94  2.58    6   51.0
 1885 27 BRO AA   P   54     13   93    7    0  .938  .878  1.96  1.79  1.98  1.90   54  481.7
 1886 28 BRO AA   P   48     17   70   15    0  .853  .885  1.81  1.87  1.85  2.00   48  424.0
 1887 29 BRO AA   P   40      8   63   12    1  .855  .883  1.77  2.09  1.88  2.27   40  339.7
 1888 30 KCC AA   P   55     11  133   16    3  .900  .891  2.62  2.32  2.73  2.45   54  474.0
 1889 31 KCC AA   P    4      0    6    2    0  .750  .909  1.50  1.85  2.35  2.11    4   23.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 207     50  375   52    4  .891  .884  2.05  2.02              206 1793.3
                 OF    7      1    0    0    0 1.000  .833  0.14  1.64                            1    4    2
                 1B    1      8    0    0    2 1.000  .952  8.00 10.10                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       215     59  375   52    6  .893  .885  2.02  2.05

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.

ERA
1885 AA-2.78-7

Wins
1885 AA-33-3
1886 AA-27-8

Won-Loss %
1885 AA-.611-7
1886 AA-.587-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1885 AA-1.109-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1885 AA-7.98-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1886 AA-2.55-10
1887 AA-2.54-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1885 AA-3.68-9

Games
1885 AA-54-3
1886 AA-48-9
1888 AA-55-4

Innings
1885 AA-481.7-4
1886 AA-424.0-8
1888 AA-474.0-4

Strikeouts
1885 AA-197-5
1886 AA-163-9

Games Started
1885 AA-54-3
1886 AA-48-8
1888 AA-54-4

Comp. Games
1885 AA-53-3
1886 AA-48-8
1888 AA-53-4

Shutouts
1885 AA-2-4
1887 AA-1-10
1888 AA-4-5

Home Runs Allow.
1885 AA-11-2
1886 AA-8-5
1888 AA-16-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1885 AA-107-2
1886 AA-120-7
1888 AA-120-5

Hits Allowed
1885 AA-427-5
1886 AA-439-7
1887 AA-416-8
1888 AA-527-1

Losses
1885 AA-21-4
1887 AA-24-8
1888 AA-37-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1885 AA-149-4
1886 AA-161-5
1887 AA-159-10
1888 AA-219-1

Wild Pitches
1885 AA-26-5

Hit Batsmen
1885 AA-16-7

Batters Faced
1885 AA-2035-3
1886 AA-1864-7

Adjusted ERA+
1885 AA-119-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 56 (444) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (975) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 32.0 (400) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
January 15, 1888: Purchased by the Kansas City Cowboys from the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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ERA 1885 AA-2.78-7	Wins 1885 AA-33-3 1886 AA-27-8	Won-Loss % 1885 AA-.611-7 1886 AA-.587-7	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1885 AA-1.109-7	Hits Allowed/9IP 1885 AA-7.98-5	Bases on Balls/9IP 1886 AA-2.55-10 1887 AA-2.54-8
Strikeouts/9IP 1885 AA-3.68-9	Games 1885 AA-54-3 1886 AA-48-9 1888 AA-55-4	Innings 1885 AA-481.7-4 1886 AA-424.0-8 1888 AA-474.0-4	Strikeouts 1885 AA-197-5 1886 AA-163-9	Games Started 1885 AA-54-3 1886 AA-48-8 1888 AA-54-4	Comp. Games 1885 AA-53-3 1886 AA-48-8 1888 AA-53-4
Shutouts 1885 AA-2-4 1887 AA-1-10 1888 AA-4-5	Home Runs Allow. 1885 AA-11-2 1886 AA-8-5 1888 AA-16-1	Bases On Balls Allow. 1885 AA-107-2 1886 AA-120-7 1888 AA-120-5	Hits Allowed 1885 AA-427-5 1886 AA-439-7 1887 AA-416-8 1888 AA-527-1	Losses 1885 AA-21-4 1887 AA-24-8 1888 AA-37-1	Earned Runs Allow. 1885 AA-149-4 1886 AA-161-5 1887 AA-159-10 1888 AA-219-1
Wild Pitches 1885 AA-26-5	Hit Batsmen 1885 AA-16-7	Batters Faced 1885 AA-2035-3 1886 AA-1864-7	Adjusted ERA+ 1885 AA-119-6