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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.7

ERA

3.79

318

193

1567.2

572

WHIP

1.354

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-14 / in Starts: 21-11
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	1 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 108 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	80 (38-30-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 108 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	69 (36-21-10)

Most Driven In
J Busby	5
P Runnels	4
Self	3
W Terwilliger	1
J Jensen	1
C Vollmer	1
L Peden	1
G Verble	0

Most Driven In By
Self	3
E Yost	2
M Vernon	2
P Davalillo	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	92	1	Apr 16	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.75	-0.037	1.91	-0.06%	-0.38	P
2	93	5 (3)	Apr 20 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-11	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9	.70	-0.012	1.49	-0.02%	-0.08	P
3	94	9 (3)	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	1.02	-0.020	1.86	-0.02%	-0.13	P
4	95	13 (3)	Apr 29	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	9	.92	0.059	1.17	0.05%	0.44	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	96	19 (5)	May 5	WSH	@	DET	W,14-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.467	.779	9	.97	0.320	1.09	0.22%	3.03	P
6	97	23 (3)	May 10 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.316	.350	.684	1.034	9	.61	0.218	.99	0.21%	1.65	P
7	98	28 (4)	May 16	WSH		SLB	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.348	.375	.652	1.027	9	.19	0.010	.41	0.01%	0.46	P
8	99	33 (4)	May 22	WSH		NYY	W,12-4	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.379	.643	1.022	9	.34	-0.016	.90	-0.03%	0.07	P
9	100	38 (4)	May 28	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.333	.355	.600	.955	9	1.03	0.045	2.55	0.07%	0.23	P
10	101	42 (3)	May 31 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.323	.344	.581	.924	9	1.28	-0.037	2.61	-0.05%	-0.37	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	102	44 (1)	Jun 2	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.343	.545	.888	9	1.27	-0.019	2.64	-0.02%	-0.10	P
12	103	48 (3)	Jun 7 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,16-2	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	.324	.359	.541	.900	9	.51	0.000	1.08	0.00%	0.38	P
13	104	54 (5)	Jun 13	WSH	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.350	.526	.876	9	.32	-0.008	.28	0.00%	-0.10	P
14	105	58 (3)	Jun 18	WSH		CHW	L,4-8	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.350	.526	.876	9						P
15	106	60 (1)	Jun 20	WSH		CLE	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.364	.512	.876	9	.18	-0.003	.08	0.00%	-0.27	P
16	107	65 (4)	Jun 24	WSH		SLB	L,6-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.375	.533	.908	9	1.18	0.247	.27	0.03%	2.32	P
17	108	71 (5)	Jun 30	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.347	.385	.612	.997	9	.92	0.085	.21	0.01%	1.27	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	109	76 (4)	Jul 5 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.346	.382	.596	.978	9	.37	0.018	.19	0.01%	0.12	P
19	110	82 (5)	Jul 10	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.340	.375	.585	.960	9	.97	-0.024	.48	-0.01%	-0.23	P
20	111	86 (3)	Jul 16 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.321	.356	.554	.910	9	.90	-0.071	.07	0.00%	-0.85	P
21	112	91 (4)	Jul 21	WSH	@	DET	L,7-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.344	.534	.879	9	.58	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
22	113	96 (4)	Jul 26 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.344	.541	.885	9	.96	-0.013	.00	0.00%	0.11	P
23	114	101 (4)	Jul 31	WSH		CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.343	.531	.875	9	.59	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	115	106 (4)	Aug 5	WSH		CLE	W,11-0	CG	5	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.347	.551	.898	9	.37	0.131	.00	0.00%	0.04	P
25	116	111 (4)	Aug 10	WSH		BOS	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.333	.528	.861	9	.79	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.78	P
26	117	113 (1)	Aug 12	WSH		NYY	L,1-22	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.342	.528	.870	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.38	PH
27	118	114	Aug 13	WSH		NYY	L,1-6	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.351	.534	.885	9	.31	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.38	PH
28	119	116 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.341	.513	.854	9	2.19	0.042	.00	0.00%	-1.15	P
29	120	119 (2)	Aug 18	WSH	@	NYY	W,10-8	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.337	.506	.844	9	.74	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.57	PH
30	121	121 (1)	Aug 20	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.500	.833	9	.99	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
31	122	126 (4)	Aug 25	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.476	.794	9	.55	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-1.30	P
32	123	130 (3)	Aug 29	WSH	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.455	.759	9	.36	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-1.05	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	124	135 (4)	Sep 3	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-1	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.270	.301	.449	.751	9	1.38	0.061	.00	0.00%	0.60	P
34	125	137 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.272	.302	.446	.748	9	.69	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.69	P
35	126	141 (3)	Sep 12	WSH		CLE	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.293	.432	.725	9	.71	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-1.01	P
36	127	146 (4)	Sep 17	WSH		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.304	.427	.731	9	1.06	0.089	.00	0.00%	0.76	P
37	128	150 (3)	Sep 25	WSH		PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.255	.298	.418	.716	9	2.09	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-1.06	P
							23-14		108	98	8	25	7	0	3	16	6	0	20	0	4		1	1	1	0	.255	.298	.418	.716		.80	0.609	.53	0.40%	1.13

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