Bob Porterfield
Erwin Coolidge Porterfield
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 10, 1923 in Newport, VA
High School: Newport (Newport, VA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 1948
Final Game: September 21, 1959
Died: April 28, 1980 in Charlotte, NC
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 NYY AL 24 P 16 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 0.75 .958 0.91
1949 NYY AL 25 P 12 14 1 10 3 1 .786 0.92 .971 1.01
1950 NYY AL 26 P 10 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.40 .950 0.96
1951 TOT AL 27 P 21 34 8 24 2 0 .941 1.52 .956 0.99
1951 NYY AL 27 P 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 1.00
1951 WSH AL 27 P 19 33 8 23 2 0 .939 1.63 .955 0.99
1952 WSH AL 28 P 31 38 4 34 0 0 1.000 1.23 .966 1.03 MVP-34
1953 WSH AL 29 P 34 66 16 50 0 4 1.000 1.94 .955 0.88 MVP-7
1954 WSH AL 30 P 32 31 244.0 74 10 61 3 4 .959 2.62 2.22 .959 2.01 0.93 AS
1955 WSH AL 31 P 30 27 178.0 37 8 28 1 2 .973 1.82 1.20 .954 1.99 0.83
1956 BOS AL 32 P 25 18 125.0 24 8 14 2 1 .917 1.58 0.88 .950 1.92 0.82
1957 BOS AL 33 P 28 9 102.1 33 7 23 3 1 .909 2.64 1.07 .964 1.99 0.86
1958 TOT MLB 34 P 39 6 91.2 21 8 13 0 0 1.000 2.06 0.54 .952 1.97 0.77
1958 BOS AL 34 P 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 0.80
1958 PIT NL 34 P 37 6 87.2 21 8 13 0 0 1.000 2.16 0.57 .952 1.97 0.77
1959 TOT NL 35 P 40 0 48.0 18 5 12 1 2 .944 3.19 0.43 .956 1.99 0.82
1959 PIT NL 35 P 6 0 41.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.98 0.82
1959 CHC NL 35 P 4 0 6.2 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.70 0.50 .950 2.02 0.82
1959 PIT NL 35 P 30 16 5 10 1 1 .938 0.50 .956 0.82
12 Seasons P 318 91 789.0 375 80 280 15 15 .960 4.11 1.13 .958 1.98 0.88
12 Seasons TOT 318 91 789.0 375 80 280 15 15 .960 4.11 1.13 .918 1.98 0.88
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 NYY AL 24 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 NYY AL 25 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 NYY AL 26 11 11 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 WSH AL 27 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 NYY AL 27 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 WSH AL 28 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 WSH AL 29 37 37 37 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 WSH AL 30 32 31 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 WSH AL 31 30 27 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BOS AL 32 25 18 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BOS AL 33 28 9 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 PIT NL 34 37 6 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 BOS AL 34 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 PIT NL 35 36 0 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 35 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 322 91 322 322 318 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 WSH AL 30 1046 85% 30% 66 97% 1 10 2 8 62 46 7 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 4 0 9 78%
1955 WSH AL 31 781 83% 28% 33 94% 0 8 1 6 30 22 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 5 100%
1956 BOS AL 32 563 79% 27% 19 84% 0 8 1 6 14 11 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 67%
1957 BOS AL 33 352 87% 32% 21 90% 1 7 1 6 18 15 1 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1958 PIT NL 34 329 82% 26% 11 82% 0 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1958 BOS AL 34 15 93% 33% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1959 PIT NL 35 186 81% 24% 11 100% 0 5 0 3 10 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1959 CHC NL 35 36 92% 25% 4 50% 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 33%
6 Seasons 3308 83% 28% 167 92% 2 47 5 38 147 114 17 10 0 5 5 5 10 6 10 0 32 84%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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