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: 15-16 / in Starts: 14-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	125	3	Apr 15	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.0	9	5	5	2	1	1	0	11.25	6.65	22	4	6	1	0	9	23			0	1	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.251	2.50	-0.38%	-2.31	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d3
2	126	7	Apr 21	WSH	@	PHA	W,13-1	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	3	1	1	4	3	0	0	4.15	4.17	34	15	9	0	3	3	76			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.215	1.56	0.34%	3.26	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a12
3	127	12	Apr 30	WSH		DET	L,1-2	CG(12)	L(1-2)	8	12.0	10	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.88	3.24	46	14	16	4	1	10	76			0	0	0	44	0	0	1	3	0	1	1.73	0.253	4.84	0.43%	3.34	1t start tie	12t 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
4	128	17	May 5	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-2)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.12	3.16	33	17	7	1	1	4	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.49	0.671	2.40	0.65%	4.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	129	20	May 11	WSH	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	4	3	3	3	4	1	0	2.30	3.33	33	11	11	2	2	4	68			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.257	1.63	0.22%	1.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
6	130	26	May 16(2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	1	0	1	2.08	3.36	35	15	10	3	3	5	71			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	0.484	.95	0.22%	3.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
7	131	29	May 21	WSH		PHA	W,7-3	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	9	3	3	2	2	0	1	2.21	3.30	37	18	7	0	1	7	57			0	0	0	34	2	0	1	2	0	0	.91	0.065	.60	0.03%	1.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	132	33	May 26	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.06	3.17	37	13	9	1	0	7	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.521	.89	0.17%	3.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
9	133	38	May 30(2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	L(6-3)	3	8.1	9	6	6	3	3	1	0	2.53	3.29	36	10	11	1	2	9	41			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.78	-0.739	1.17	-0.29%	-3.12	1b start tie	9b -23 1 out d1
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	134	44	Jun 4	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	L(6-4)	4	9.0	7	3	2	1	1	1	0	2.47	3.36	34	17	8	0	2	7	63			0	2	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.071	.75	-0.03%	1.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
11	135	49	Jun 9	WSH		CLE	L,0-1	CG	L(6-5)	4	9.0	4	1	0	2	3	0	0	2.24	3.27	34	14	11	2	2	4	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.255	.28	0.04%	3.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
12	136	54	Jun 13(2)	WSH		BAL	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-5)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.05	3.20	31	11	12	1	2	6	75			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	2	0	1	.78	0.394	.09	0.03%	4.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	137	58	Jun 18	WSH	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG(13)	W(8-5)	4	13.0	16	5	3	4	10	0	0	2.05	3.05	57	12	15	2	2	16	65			0	0	0	50	1	1	0	1	1	1	1.60	0.054	.05	0.00%	0.60	1b start tie	13b 3 out a2
14	138	63	Jun 23	WSH	@	CHW	L,6-8	GS-1		4	0.1	2	5	5	5	0	0	0	2.43	3.17	8	0	1	0	1	2	22			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.358	.10	-0.02%	-5.07	1b start tie	1b 123 1 out d4
15	139	67	Jun 27	WSH	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	W(9-5)	3	9.0	8	2	2	3	2	1	0	2.40	3.26	37	14	10	0	0	8	62			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.246	.01	0.00%	2.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
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
16	140	72	Jul 3	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(9-6)	5	8.0	8	3	2	0	2	1	0	2.39	3.28	32	11	11	2	2	8	58			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	-0.044	.02	0.00%	0.63	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
17	141	78	Jul 10	WSH		NYY	L,1-9	GS-2	L(9-7)	6	2.0	6	4	4	0	1	2	0	2.62	3.44	12	1	5	0	1	5	29			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.298	.00	0.00%	-3.11	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
18	142	82	Jul 17	WSH		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(10-7)	6	9.0	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.52	3.39	35	11	14	2	4	6	67			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.28	0.438	.00	0.00%	3.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	143	88	Jul 22	WSH		BAL	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	9	2	1	2	1	0	0	2.44	3.36	34	17	5	1	2	9	57			0	0	0	29	1	0	2	1	1	1	1.49	0.027	.00	0.00%	1.56	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
20	144	93	Jul 28	WSH	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(10-8)	5	8.0	5	2	1	0	5	0	0	2.38	3.25	29	10	10	0	1	4	71			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.038	.00	0.00%	1.45	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
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
21	145	98	Aug 1(2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-7	L(10-9)	3	6.2	13	5	4	4	3	1	0	2.50	3.33	37	9	10	0	3	11	29			0	0	0	33	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.16	-0.465	.00	0.00%	-2.08	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d1
22	146	102	Aug 5	WSH	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	W(11-9)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.42	3.24	34	7	15	2	3	6	75			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	.82	0.412	.00	0.00%	3.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
23	147	107	Aug 10	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS-7	L(11-10)	4	7.0	8	4	4	5	3	0	0	2.53	3.26	33	8	10	0	0	7	43			0	0	0	27	4	0	1	1	1	0	.84	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-0.36	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
24	148	113	Aug 14	WSH		PHA	L,4-6	CG(11)	L(11-11)	3	11.0	11	6	5	2	4	1	0	2.61	3.27	45	17	11	0	3	11	55			0	0	0	42	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	-0.215	.00	0.00%	-1.10	1t start tie	11t 3 out d2
25	149	119	Aug 22(2)	WSH	@	PHA	T,4-4	GS-6		7	6.0	7	4	4	0	1	2	0	2.71	3.36	24	8	10	0	4	5	43			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-1.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
26	150	127	Aug 29(1)	WSH		BAL	L,4-8	GS-7	L(11-12)	6	6.1	9	7	5	1	3	0	0	2.85	3.32	29	9	8	0	0	8	33			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	2	0	1.54	-0.538	.00	0.00%	-2.74	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
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
27	151	132	Sep 2	WSH		DET	W,16-6	CG	W(12-12)	3	9.0	13	6	6	2	4	0	0	2.98	3.27	41	8	14	0	4	13	39			0	0	0	38	2	1	0	1	1	0	.39	0.012	.00	0.00%	-1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
28	152	135	Sep 5	WSH		NYY	W,5-4	7-GF	BW(13-12)	2	3.0	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.06	3.33	14	1	6	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	-0.376	.00	0.00%	-1.67	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end tie
29	153	139	Sep 8	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(13-13)	2	8.0	13	2	2	1	2	0	1	3.03	3.30	37	10	11	1	3	12	49			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	0.130	.00	0.00%	1.90	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
30	154	144	Sep 12(2)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-8	CG(8)	L(13-14)	3	8.0	12	8	5	4	2	1	0	3.12	3.36	41	10	13	1	3	12	30			0	0	0	36	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.15	-0.299	.00	0.00%	-4.29	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d6
31	155	148	Sep 19	WSH		BOS	L,2-6	GS-4	L(13-15)	6	3.0	7	5	5	2	0	0	0	3.27	3.37	16	4	3	0	0	7	23			0	1	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.294	.00	0.00%	-4.03	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d5
32	156	153	Sep 24(2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-4	GS-5		4	4.1	7	3	3	7	1	0	0	3.32	3.43	26	4	8	2	2	6	31			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.277	.00	0.00%	-2.00	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out a3
							15-16		W-L:13-15,BSv:1	4.2	244.0	248	104	90	76	83	14	3	3.32	3.43	1033	1.07		5%	9%	234	53	0	---%	0	6	0	935	38	5	8	26	6	11	1.16	-0.079	.61	1.41%	6.69

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