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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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1948 24 NYY AL 5 3 .625 4.50 16 12 2 2 1 0 78.0 85 42 39 5 34 30 0 2 1 349 90 1.526 9.8 0.6 3.9 3.5 0.88
1949 25 NYY AL 2 5 .286 4.06 12 8 1 3 0 0 57.2 53 26 26 3 29 25 1 0 2 248 100 1.422 8.3 0.5 4.5 3.9 0.86
1950 26 NYY AL 1 1 .500 8.69 10 2 2 0 0 1 19.2 28 19 19 2 8 9 0 1 0 91 49 1.831 12.8 0.9 3.7 4.1 1.13
1951 27 TOT AL 9 8 .529 3.50 21 19 0 10 3 0 136.1 114 57 53 8 57 55 0 0 3 564 116 1.254 7.5 0.5 3.8 3.6 0.96
1951 27 NYY AL 0 0 15.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 6 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 16 26 2.667 15.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
1951 27 WSH AL 9 8 .529 3.24 19 19 0 10 3 0 133.1 109 51 48 8 54 53 0 0 2 548 126 1.223 7.4 0.5 3.6 3.6 0.98
1952 28 WSH AL 13 14 .481 2.72 31 29 2 15 3 0 231.1 222 80 70 7 85 80 4 0 2 973 131 1.327 8.6 0.3 3.3 3.1 0.94 MVP-34
1953 29 WSH AL 22 10 .688 3.35 34 32 2 24 9 0 255.0 243 99 95 19 73 77 1 0 2 1036 117 1.239 8.6 0.7 2.6 2.7 1.05 MVP-7
1954 30 WSH AL 13 15 .464 3.32 32 31 1 21 2 0 244.0 249 104 90 14 77 82 3 0 1 1034 108 1.336 9.2 0.5 2.8 3.0 1.06 AS
1955 31 WSH AL 10 17 .370 4.45 30 27 2 8 2 0 178.0 197 103 88 14 54 5 74 2 0 0 770 89 1.410 10.0 0.7 2.7 3.7 1.37
1956 32 BOS AL 3 12 .200 5.14 25 18 3 4 1 0 126.0 127 82 72 21 64 4 53 1 0 2 557 90 1.516 9.1 1.5 4.6 3.8 0.83
1957 33 BOS AL 4 4 .500 4.05 28 9 5 3 1 1 102.1 107 54 46 8 30 2 28 1 0 1 435 98 1.339 9.4 0.7 2.6 2.5 0.93
1958 34 TOT MLB 4 6 .400 3.34 39 6 11 2 1 5 91.2 81 35 34 8 19 3 40 1 0 2 367 116 1.091 8.0 0.8 1.9 3.9 2.11
1958 34 BOS AL 0 0 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 89 0.750 6.8 2.3 0.0 2.3
1958 34 PIT NL 4 6 .400 3.29 37 6 10 2 1 5 87.2 78 33 32 7 19 3 39 1 0 2 352 118 1.106 8.0 0.7 2.0 4.0 2.05
1959 35 TOT NL 1 2 .333 5.29 40 0 14 0 0 1 47.2 65 31 28 4 22 6 19 0 0 5 222 73 1.825 12.3 0.8 4.2 3.6 0.86
1959 35 PIT NL 0 0 1.69 6 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 6 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 26 229 1.500 10.1 1.7 3.4 1.7 0.50
1959 35 CHC NL 0 0 11.37 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 14 9 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 36 35 2.684 19.9 1.4 4.3 0.0 0.00
1959 35 PIT NL 1 2 .333 4.75 30 0 12 0 0 1 36.0 45 20 19 2 17 5 18 0 0 5 160 81 1.722 11.3 0.5 4.3 4.5 1.06
12 Seasons 87 97 .473 3.79 318 193 45 92 23 8 1567.2 1571 732 660 113 552 20 572 14 3 21 6646 103 1.354 9.0 0.6 3.2 3.3 1.04
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .473 3.79 42 26 6 12 3 1 209 209 97 88 15 73 76 2 0 3 884 103 1.354 9.0 0.6 3.2 3.3 1.04
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
WSH (5 yrs) 67 64 .511 3.38 146 138 7 78 19 0 1041.2 1020 437 391 62 343 5 366 10 0 7 4361 112 1.308 8.8 0.5 3.0 3.2 1.07
NYY (4 yrs) 8 9 .471 5.06 40 22 5 5 1 1 158.1 171 93 89 10 74 66 1 3 4 704 81 1.547 9.7 0.6 4.2 3.8 0.89
PIT (2 yrs) 5 8 .385 3.63 73 6 24 2 1 6 129.0 129 55 52 10 38 9 58 1 0 7 538 107 1.295 9.0 0.7 2.7 4.0 1.53
BOS (3 yrs) 7 16 .304 4.65 55 27 9 7 2 1 232.1 237 138 120 30 94 6 82 2 0 3 1007 93 1.425 9.2 1.2 3.6 3.2 0.87
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 11.37 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 14 9 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 36 35 2.684 19.9 1.4 4.3 0.0 0.00
AL (11 yrs) 82 89 .480 3.77 241 187 21 90 22 2 1432.1 1428 668 600 102 511 11 514 13 3 14 6072 104 1.354 9.0 0.6 3.2 3.2 1.01
NL (2 yrs) 5 8 .385 3.99 77 6 24 2 1 6 135.1 143 64 60 11 41 9 58 1 0 7 574 97 1.360 9.5 0.7 2.7 3.9 1.41

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1948 24 NYY AL 16 32 24 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .250 .280 .250 .530 42 6 1 0 7 1
1949 25 NYY AL 12 20 19 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .053 .100 .105 .205 -46 2 1 0 0 1
1950 26 NYY AL 11 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 119 1 0 1 0 1
1951 27 TOT AL 21 49 46 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 .130 .184 .130 .314 -13 6 2 1 0 0 0 1
1951 27 NYY AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1951 27 WSH AL 19 49 46 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 .130 .184 .130 .314 -13 6 2 1 0 1
1952 28 WSH AL 31 84 79 5 15 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 18 .190 .210 .228 .438 23 18 2 0 3 1 MVP-34
1953 29 WSH AL 37 108 98 8 25 7 0 3 16 1 0 6 20 .255 .298 .418 .716 93 41 2 0 4 1 MVP-7
1954 30 WSH AL 32 99 88 3 9 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 24 .102 .149 .136 .285 -19 12 0 1 5 1 1 AS
1955 31 WSH AL 30 70 63 3 12 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 15 .190 .185 .270 .454 23 17 3 0 5 2 0 1
1956 32 BOS AL 25 47 43 4 14 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 10 .326 .348 .395 .743 87 17 1 1 1 1 0 1
1957 33 BOS AL 28 32 29 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .172 .219 .207 .426 15 6 0 0 0 1 0 1
1958 34 TOT MLB 39 21 20 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .050 .095 .200 .295 -23 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
1958 34 BOS AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1958 34 PIT NL 37 21 20 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .050 .095 .200 .295 -23 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
1959 35 TOT NL 40 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1959 35 PIT NL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1959 35 CHC NL 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1959 35 PIT NL 30 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 322 570 516 34 95 15 1 6 43 1 0 20 123 .184 .218 .252 .470 28 130 14 4 25 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 287 260 17 48 8 1 3 22 1 0 10 62 .184 .218 .252 .470 28 65 7 2 13
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
WSH (5 yrs) 149 410 374 22 67 13 1 4 33 1 0 14 89 .179 .211 .251 .463 28 94 9 2 17 3 0
NYY (4 yrs) 41 56 46 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .174 .224 .196 .420 12 9 2 1 7 0 0
PIT (2 yrs) 73 24 23 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 9 .043 .083 .174 .257 -33 4 2 0 0 0 0
BOS (3 yrs) 55 79 72 6 19 1 0 1 7 0 0 3 18 .264 .295 .319 .614 58 23 1 1 1 2 0
CHC (1 yr) 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 245 545 492 32 94 15 1 5 41 1 0 19 114 .191 .225 .256 .481 31 126 12 4 25 5 0
NL (2 yrs) 77 25 24 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 9 .042 .080 .167 .247 -36 4 2 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1954 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1953-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1952-AL-34-0%
1953-AL-7-19%
0.19 Career Shares (740th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1952 AL--2.723--7th
1953 AL--3.353--10th

Wins s c a p y
1953 AL--22--1st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1953 AL--.688--4th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1953 AL--1.239--5th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL--2.577--4th
1954 AL--2.840--9th
1955 AL--2.730--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1952 AL--231.3--8th
1953 AL--255.0--5th
1954 AL--244.0--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1953 AL--32--8th
1954 AL--31--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
1952 AL--15--7th
1953 AL--24--1st
1954 AL--21--1st

Shutouts s c a p y
1951 AL--3--5th
1952 AL--3--8th
1953 AL--9--1st
Career--23--204th

Home Runs s c a p y
1953 AL--19--6th

Hits s c a p y
1952 AL--222--8th
1953 AL--243--4th
1954 AL--249--1st
1955 AL--197--10th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1955 AL--1.370--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1952 AL--.272--1st

Losses s c a p y
1952 AL--14--6th
1954 AL--15--6th
1955 AL--17--2nd
1956 AL--12--10th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1953 AL--95--8th
1954 AL--90--5th
1955 AL--88--8th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1952 AL--973--10th
1953 AL--1036--7th
1954 AL--1034--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1952 AL--131--7th
1953 AL--117--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (169), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 24 (670), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (792), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1951: Traded by the New York Yankees with Tom Ferrick and Fred Sanford to the Washington Senators for Bob Kuzava.

November 8, 1955: Traded by the Washington Senators with Johnny Schmitz, Tom Umphlett and Mickey Vernon to the Boston Red Sox for Al Curtis (minors), Dick Brodowski, Neil Chrisley, Tex Clevenger and Karl Olson.

May 7, 1958: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Boston Red Sox.

May 12, 1959: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

May 13, 1959: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

June 13, 1959: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Chicago Cubs.

September 29, 1959: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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