Chuck Porter

Charles William Porter

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: January 12, 1955 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Perry Hall HS (Baltimore, MD)
School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1981
Team: Brewers 1981-1985

Final Game: October 6, 1985
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Standard Pitching

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
1976	21	ANA-min	A	5	4	.556	3.21	13	13					101.0	90	42	36	5	27								1.158	8.0	0.4	2.4			QDS · MIDW
1977	22	ANA-min	A,AA	20	2	.909	3.57	27	26		8	2	0	189.0	190	82	75	19	40	2	111	8	0	1			1.217	9.0	0.9	1.9	5.3	2.78	SLS,ELP · CALL,TL
1978	23	ANA-min	AA,AAA	10	10	.500	4.62	26	22		4	0	0	148.0	165	85	76	7	48	1	58	8	0	6			1.439	10.0	0.4	2.9	3.5	1.21	ELP,SLC · TL,PCL
1979	24	ANA-min	AAA	5	9	.357	5.72	31	19		2	0	0	137.0	164	100	87	12	44	4	41	7	2	8			1.518	10.8	0.8	2.9	2.7	0.93	SLC · PCL
1980	25	MIL-min	AA,A	8	6	.571	3.02	21	14		8	1	2	128.0	124	57	43	4	21	0	52	5	1	2			1.133	8.7	0.3	1.5	3.7	2.48	HLY,BUR · EL,MIDW
1981	26	MIL-min	AAA	7	10	.412	3.79	27	17	5	7	1	0	140.0	142	67	59	1	40	1	54	4	0	5			1.300	9.1	0.1	2.6	3.5	1.35	VAN · PCL
1981	26	MIL	AL	0	0		4.15	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	6	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	20	91	1.615	12.5	0.0	2.1	2.1	1.00
1982	27	MIL-min	AAA	8	12	.400	3.98	25	25	0	12	1	0	183.1	196	98	81	15	59	4	102	5	0	2			1.391	9.6	0.7	2.9	5.0	1.73	VAN · PCL
1982	27	MIL	AL	0	0		4.91	3	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	13	86	1.091	7.4	0.0	2.5	7.4	3.00
1983	28	MIL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.74	7	1	4	0	0	1	19.0	30	15	10	2	12	0	10	0	0	0			2.211	14.2	0.9	5.7	4.7	0.83	VAN · PCL
1983	28	MIL	AL	7	9	.438	4.50	25	21	1	6	1	0	134.0	162	72	67	9	38	2	76	2	0	0	595	84	1.493	10.9	0.6	2.6	5.1	2.00
1984	29	MIL	AL	6	4	.600	3.87	17	12	1	1	0	0	81.1	92	37	35	8	12	2	48	0	0	4	339	101	1.279	10.2	0.9	1.3	5.3	4.00
1985	30	MIL-min	A	1	0	1.000	3.29	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.2	15	5	5	0	5	0	12	0	0	0			1.463	9.9	0.0	3.3	7.9	2.40	BEL · MIDW
1985	30	MIL	AL	0	0		1.98	6	1	1	0	0	0	13.2	15	8	3	1	2	0	8	0	0	0	58	216	1.244	9.9	0.7	1.3	5.3	4.00
1986	31	MIL-min	AAA	6	7	.462	3.59	19	19	0	2	1	0	112.2	118	60	45	5	35	2	57	2	0	5			1.358	9.4	0.4	2.8	4.6	1.63	VAN · PCL
5 Yrs				13	13	.500	4.14	54	34	6	7	1	0	237.0	278	121	109	18	54	4	136	2	0	5	1025	93	1.401	10.6	0.7	2.1	5.2	2.52
162 Game Avg.				10	10	.500	4.14	42	26	5	5	1	0	183	215	94	84	14	42	3	105	2	0	4	792	93	1.401	10.6	0.7	2.1	5.2	2.52

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1981	26	MIL	AL	4.1	3	0	2	4.15	4.31	0.03	-0.34	105.1	4.14	-0	-0.0	.2	-0.0	0.0	0	.500	.500	$
1982	27	MIL	AL	3.2	3	0	2	4.91	4.92	0.07	-0.39	93.4	4.17	-0	-0.0	.3	0.0	0.0	0	.490	.500	$
1983	28	MIL	AL	134.0	25	21	72	4.84	4.58	-0.09	0.10	92.0	4.39	-7	-0.7	.6	-0.1	0.3	7	.472	.496	$
1984	29	MIL	AL	81.1	17	12	37	4.09	4.48	-0.22	0.08	97.4	4.65	5	0.6	1.7	-0.0	1.2	13	.534	.504	$
1985	30	MIL	AL	13.2	6	1	8	5.27	4.77	-0.21	-0.21	101.1	4.82	-1	-0.1	.2	-0.0	0.0	1	.489	.500	$
5 Seasons				237.0	54	34	121	4.59	4.56	-0.14	0.06	94.6	4.50	-2	-0.2	.7	-0.1	1.5	22	.496	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1981	26	MIL	AL	3	20	19	2	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.316	.350	.474	.824	.333	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	27	MIL	AL	3	13	12	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.308	.333	.641	.333	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
1983	28	MIL	AL	25	595	544	72	162	21	5	9	20	5	38	76	.298	.342	.404	.746	.328	220	8	2	4	7	2	7
1984	29	MIL	AL	17	339	324	37	92	17	1	8	5	4	12	48	.284	.309	.417	.725	.312	135	5	0	2	1	2	5
1985	30	MIL	AL	6	58	55	8	15	2	0	1	0	2	2	8	.273	.298	.364	.662	.304	20	0	0	1	0	0	2
5 Yrs				54	1025	954	121	278	44	6	18	25	11	54	136	.291	.328	.407	.735	.322	388	15	2	7	8	4	14
162 Game Avg.				42	792	737	94	215	34	5	14	19	9	42	105	.291	.328	.407	.735	.322	300	12	2	5	6	3	11
MLB Averages																.259	.323	.386	.709	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1981	26	MIL	AL	-0.1	-0.0	21	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.17	-0.0	-0.2	-0.5	-0.1	0.17	-0.3	0	0	2
1982	27	MIL	AL	-0.2	-0.0	13	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.33	0.0	-0.2	0.7	0.1	0.33	0.6	0	0	3
1983	28	MIL	AL	-10.9	-1.1	619	-1.4	10.1	-11.6	1.06	-0.8	-0.6	-9.1	-0.9	1.06	-6.9	0	1	3
1984	29	MIL	AL	1.1	0.1	351	0.5	7.0	-6.5	1.12	-0.1	0.6	2.9	0.3	1.12	-0.0	2	1	2
1985	30	MIL	AL	1.4	0.1	59	-0.0	0.4	-0.4	.36	0.0	-0.0	-2.4	-0.2	0.36	-0.5	0	1	4
5 Yrs				-8.6	-0.8	1063	-1.0	17.7	-18.7	1.01	-0.8	-0.2	-8.3	-0.8	1.01	-7.1	2	3	14

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1983	28	MIL	AL	25	21	7	8	6	1	3	10	11	.476	0	6	6	1	9	43%	46.9	76	26	16	4	1	9	4.8	3.3	5.8
1984	29	MIL	AL	17	12	6	3	3	1	1	8	4	.667	0	1	1	0	6	50%	51.4	79	25	10	2	1	8	4.9	4.6	5.9
1985	30	MIL	AL	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	56.0	56	56	2	1	0	1	9.0	9.0	4.0
3 Yrs				48	34	13	11	10	2	4	19	15	.559	0	7	7	1	15	44%	49	79	25	28	7	2	18	5.0	3.9	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-12					4.3	4.3	6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1981	26	MIL	AL	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	100%	8	.171	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	4.3
1982	27	MIL	AL	3	3	2	0	0	0	4	0	0%	8	.330	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	3.7
1983	28	MIL	AL	25	4	1	1	0	0	6	3	50%	2	1.059	0	1	3	0	0	4	3	1	3	0	3	0	9.5
1984	29	MIL	AL	17	5	1	1	1	1	7	1	14%	7	1.118	2	1	2	1	1	3	3	2	2	3	2	0	6.4
1985	30	MIL	AL	6	5	1	0	0	0	2	2	100%	6	.361	0	1	4	0	0	5	1	4	3	0	3	0	5.8
5 Yrs				54	20	6	2	1	1	21	8	38%		1.012	2	3	14	1	1	18	10	10	10	3	11	2	6.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1981	26	MIL	AL	20	55%	0.0%	5.0%	5.0%	15.0%	50%	1.00	90%	4	0	0%
1982	27	MIL	AL	13	62%	0.0%	23.1%	7.7%	7.7%	33%		69%	4	2	50%
1983	28	MIL	AL	595	47%	1.5%	12.8%	6.4%	5.9%	22%	1.24	78%	103	8	8%
1984	29	MIL	AL	339	51%	2.4%	14.2%	3.5%	7.7%	28%	1.07	79%	57	5	9%
1985	30	MIL	AL	58	48%	1.7%	13.8%	3.5%	5.2%	20%	1.58	79%	11	0	0%
5 Yrs				1025	49%	1.8%	13.3%	5.3%	6.6%	25%	1.22	79%	179	15	8%
MLB Averages					42%	2.1%	13.5%	8.4%	6.6%	29%	1.08	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1981	26	MIL	AL	20	6			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	33%	0	1	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1982	27	MIL	AL	13	3			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	28	MIL	AL	595	162			9	0	9	4	5	5	4	39	24	8	62%	7	0	1	236	20	5	80%	19	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	11	0
1984	29	MIL	AL	339	92			8	0	3	3	5	4	4	15	10	0	67%	5	4	0	121	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1985	30	MIL	AL	58	15			1	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	67%	2	0	0	21	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1025	278			18	0	14	7	11	10	8	62	38	9	61%	14	5	1	390	25	11	69%	24	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	18	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1981	26	0	0		4.15	3	0	1	0	0	4.1	6	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	20	91	1.615	12.5	0.0	2.1	2.1	1.00	91
1982	27	0	0		4.50	6	0	3	0	0	8.0	9	4	4	0	2	0	4	0	1	33	89	1.375	10.1	0.0	2.3	4.5	2.00	89
1983	28	7	9	.438	4.50	31	21	4	6	1	142.0	171	76	71	9	40	2	80	2	1	628	84	1.486	10.8	0.6	2.5	5.1	2.00	84
1984	29	13	13	.500	4.27	48	33	5	7	1	223.1	263	113	106	17	52	4	128	2	5	967	89	1.410	10.6	0.7	2.1	5.2	2.46	89
1985	30	13	13	.500	4.14	54	34	6	7	1	237.0	278	121	109	18	54	4	136	2	5	1025	93	1.401	10.6	0.7	2.1	5.2	2.52	93

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1981	26	0	0		4.50	6.0	10	3	3	0	2	1	0	2.000	15.0	3.0	1.5	0.50	0.0	3
1982	27	0	0		6.00	3.0	3	2	2	0	1	2	0	1.333	9.0	3.0	6.0	2.00	0.0	3
1983	28	5	9	.357	5.43	126.0	173	84	76	10	41	72	2	1.698	12.4	2.9	5.1	1.76	0.7	25
1984	29	4	4	.500	4.44	77.0	96	42	38	8	13	45	0	1.416	11.2	1.5	5.3	3.46	0.9	17
1985	30	1	0	1.000	2.08	13.0	16	3	3	1	2	8	0	1.385	11.1	1.4	5.5	4.00	0.7	6
5 Yrs		10	13	.435	4.88	225.0	298	134	122	19	59	128	2	1.587	11.9		5.1	2.17	0.8	54

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