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: 11-19 / in Starts: 11-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 2

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	157	1	Apr 11	WSH		BAL	W,12-5	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	5	2	1	3	0	0	2.00	2.03	34	14	11	1	1	5	63			0	0	1	32	2	1	0	1	0	2	.75	-0.028	1.91	-0.04%	-0.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
2	158	3	Apr 16	WSH		NYY	L,2-5	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	8.0	9	3	3	3	0	0	0	2.65	2.72	35	11	12	1	1	9	49			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.038	2.87	0.06%	0.82	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
3	159	6	Apr 21	WSH		BOS	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	1.73	2.41	33	7	13	0	3	3	85			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.671	3.38	0.94%	4.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
4	160	9	Apr 24(1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,1-2	9-10	L(2-2)	2	0.2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.03	2.63	4	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	4.58	0.148	11.39	0.22%	0.30	9b --3 1 out tie	10b -2- 0 out tie
5	161	12	Apr 27	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-5		2	4.0	6	5	5	4	6	1	0	3.23	3.02	21	3	2	0	0	6	32			0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.336	2.23	-0.47%	-3.28	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out d1
6	162	15	Apr 30	WSH	@	DET	L,7-11	GS-3	L(2-3)	2	2.1	6	5	5	0	1	0	0	4.36	2.91	13	3	3	0	0	6	26			0	0	0	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.335	1.94	-0.36%	-3.21	1b start a 2	3b -2- 1 out d2
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
7	163	19	May 4	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-9	W(3-3)	3	8.1	7	4	4	5	4	1	0	4.35	3.29	35	9	10	1	0	7	52			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	0.093	2.02	0.08%	-0.35	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a1
8	164	22	May 8(1)	WSH		BAL	L,3-4	9-GF	BS(1)	3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.32	3.35	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.10	-0.609	4.48	-0.53%	-1.41	9t -23 2 out a1	9t end d 1
9	165	24	May 10	WSH		DET	W,7-4	GS-8	W(4-3)	1	7.0	7	4	4	3	3	0	0	4.44	3.27	30	9	8	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.054	1.26	0.04%	-1.27	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a3
10	166	28	May 15(2)	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	8-GF	L(4-4)	4	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.44	3.24	9	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	-0.204	2.44	-0.16%	-0.05	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
11	167	31	May 20	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	GS-5	W(5-4)	4	5.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	1	4.20	3.19	19	5	8	0	0	2	60			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.06	0.158	.97	0.09%	1.39	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
12	168	37	May 27	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-16	GS-2	L(5-5)	6	1.2	5	8	4	2	0	1	0	4.71	3.50	13	2	4	0	0	5	19			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	3	1	.84	-0.325	.61	-0.14%	-4.72	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d5
13	169	40	May 30(1)	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(6-5)	2	10.0	5	2	2	1	6	2	0	4.28	3.58	36	17	7	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.020	.79	0.01%	2.78	1t start tie	10t 3 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
14	170	45	Jun 4	WSH	@	CLE	W,14-5	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	13	5	5	1	3	3	0	4.36	3.91	37	12	8	3	0	13	43			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.153	.16	0.03%	-0.34	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a9
15	171	50	Jun 8	WSH	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	L(7-6)	3	8.1	8	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.25	3.82	34	12	10	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.55	-0.067	.78	-0.02%	-0.09	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out d1
16	172	53	Jun 12(1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(7-7)	3	8.0	4	1	0	1	7	0	0	3.88	3.58	28	10	6	0	0	4	78			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	1	.76	0.252	.27	0.05%	3.06	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
17	173	59	Jun 17	WSH		KCA	L,2-4	GS-8	L(7-8)	4	8.0	9	4	4	0	4	0	0	3.93	3.40	33	9	11	0	0	9	52			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	1	1	.96	-0.168	.07	-0.01%	-0.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
18	174	61	Jun 21	WSH		CHW	L,1-6	GS-8	L(7-9)	3	8.0	7	5	2	3	2	0	0	3.81	3.37	34	11	11	1	0	7	53			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.90	-0.151	.05	-0.01%	-1.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
19	175	64	Jun 24	WSH		DET	L,7-18	GS-3	L(7-10)	2	3.0	6	6	6	2	2	1	0	4.19	3.48	17	4	3	0	0	6	23			0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.11	-0.340	.00	0.00%	-4.57	1t start tie	3t 3 out d6
20	176	69	Jun 28(2)	WSH		BOS	L,2-8	GS-9	L(7-11)	3	8.0	9	5	4	1	5	1	0	4.21	3.45	35	8	11	0	1	9	50			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.295	.00	0.00%	-0.66	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out d1
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
21	177	73	Jul 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-12	GS-1	L(7-12)	3	0.1	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.43	3.45	6	2	0	0	0	4	29			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.282	.00	0.00%	-3.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d3
22	178	77	Jul 7	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-7	L(7-13)	4	6.1	11	6	6	3	1	1	0	4.63	3.55	31	9	8	2	0	10	25			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.95	-0.261	.00	0.00%	-1.16	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d1
23	179	95	Jul 26(1)	WSH		KCA	W,9-3	GS-6	W(8-13)	18	5.0	9	3	3	0	3	0	0	4.66	3.46	23	6	5	0	0	9	40			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.137	.00	0.00%	-1.96	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out a5
24	180	100	Jul 30	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-13)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	4.36	3.33	35	14	7	1	0	7	78			2	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.726	.00	0.00%	4.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
25	181	104	Aug 3	WSH		DET	L,0-3	CG	L(9-14)	3	9.0	8	3	3	3	1	1	1	4.28	3.43	37	13	12	0	0	7	57			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	2	0	1	.89	0.062	.00	0.00%	1.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
26	182	111	Aug 13	WSH	@	BOS	W,18-9	GS-5		9	4.1	7	6	6	3	1	0	0	4.51	3.44	23	7	5	0	0	7	23			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.051	.00	0.00%	-2.51	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out a5
27	183	116	Aug 19	WSH		BOS	L,0-8	GS-7	L(9-15)	5	6.1	11	5	5	3	1	1	0	4.61	3.52	32	5	12	0	0	11	29			0	1	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-2.04	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d4
28	184	121	Aug 25	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-1	GS-7	W(10-15)	5	7.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.47	3.50	29	11	10	1	0	5	60			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	.80	0.151	.00	0.00%	2.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
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
29	185	128	Sep 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-6	L(10-16)	7	6.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.47	3.55	26	9	5	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.08	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
30	186	141	Sep 13(2)	WSH		CLE	L,2-8	GS-5	L(10-17)	10	5.0	8	5	2	1	1	0	0	4.45	3.52	26	9	7	0	0	8	37			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.05	-0.207	.00	0.00%	-2.61	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
							11-19		W-L:10-17,BSv:1	3.6	178.0	197	103	88	55	74	14	2	4.45	3.52	771	1.11		2%	1%	191	48	3	67%	3	3	1	699	34	4	5	20	5	11	1.09	-1.043	.83	-0.23%	-14.93

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