Chuck Porter
Charles William Porter
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 188 lb.

Born: January 12, 1956 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Perry Hall (Baltimore, MD)
School: Clemson University
Drafted by the California Angels in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1981
Final Game: October 6, 1985
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Standard Pitching

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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
1981 25 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 83 1.615 12.5 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.00
1982 26 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 77 1.091 7.4 0.0 2.5 7.4 3.00
1983 27 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 83 1.493 10.9 0.6 2.6 5.1 2.00
1984 28 MIL AL 6 4 .600 3.87 17 12 1 1 0 0 81.1 92 37 35 8 12 2 48 0 0 4 339 100 1.279 10.2 0.9 1.3 5.3 4.00
1985 29 MIL AL 0 0 1.98 6 1 1 0 0 0 13.2 15 8 3 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 58 212 1.244 9.9 0.7 1.3 5.3 4.00
5 Seasons 13 13 .500 4.14 54 34 6 7 1 0 237.0 278 121 109 18 54 4 136 2 0 5 1025 92 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 92 1.401 10.6 0.7 2.1 5.2 2.52

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1981 25 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
1982 26 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
1983 27 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
1984 28 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
1985 29 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
5 Seasons 54 1025 954 121 278 44 6 18 25 11 54 136 .291 .328 .407 .735 .322 388 15 2 7 8 4
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1983 27 MIL AL 25 21 7 8 6 1 3 10 11 .476 0 6 6 1 9 43% 47 76 26 16 4 1 9 4.8 3.3 5.8
1984 28 MIL AL 17 12 6 3 3 1 1 8 4 .667 0 1 1 0 6 50% 51 79 25 10 2 1 8 4.9 4.6 5.9
1985 29 MIL AL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 56 56 56 2 1 0 1 9.0 9.0 4.0
3 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1981 25 MIL AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 0.191 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 4.3
1982 26 MIL AL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 8 0.373 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 3.7
1983 27 MIL AL 25 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 2 1.058 0 2 2 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 3 0 9.5
1984 28 MIL AL 17 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 14% 7 1.136 2 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 3 2 0 6.4
1985 29 MIL AL 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 0.376 0 1 4 0 0 5 1 4 3 0 3 0 5.8
5 Seasons 54 20 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 21 8 38% 1.020 2 4 14 1 1 18 10 10 10 3 11 2 6.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1981 25 MIL AL 20 45% 0.0% 5.0% 5.0% 15.0% 50% 1.00 90% 4 0 0%
1982 26 MIL AL 13 38% 0.0% 23.1% 7.7% 7.7% 33% 69% 4 2 50%
1983 27 MIL AL 595 53% 1.5% 12.8% 6.4% 5.9% 22% 1.24 78% 103 8 8%
1984 28 MIL AL 339 49% 2.4% 14.2% 3.5% 7.7% 28% 1.07 79% 57 5 9%
1985 29 MIL AL 58 52% 1.7% 13.8% 3.5% 5.2% 20% 1.58 79% 11 0 0%
5 Seasons 1025 51% 1.8% 13.3% 5.3% 6.6% 25% 1.22 79% 179 15 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 25 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 26 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 27 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 28 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 1 0 6 0
1985 29 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 Seasons 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 1 0 18 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1981 25 0 0 4.15 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 6 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 20 83 1.615 12.5 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.00 83
1982 26 0 0 4.50 6 0 3 0 0 0 8.0 9 4 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 33 80 1.375 10.1 0.0 2.3 4.5 2.00 80
1983 27 7 9 .438 4.50 31 21 4 6 1 0 142.0 171 76 71 9 40 2 80 2 0 1 628 83 1.486 10.8 0.6 2.5 5.1 2.00 83
1984 28 13 13 .500 4.27 48 33 5 7 1 0 223.1 263 113 106 17 52 4 128 2 0 5 967 89 1.410 10.6 0.7 2.1 5.2 2.46 89
1985 29 13 13 .500 4.14 54 34 6 7 1 0 237.0 278 121 109 18 54 4 136 2 0 5 1025 92 1.401 10.6 0.7 2.1 5.2 2.52 92

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 25 0 0 6.00 6.0 10 4 4 0 2 1 0 2.000 15.0 3.0 1.5 0.50 0.0 3
1982 26 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 27 5 9 .357 5.43 126.0 173 84 76 10 41 71 2 1.698 12.4 2.9 5.1 1.73 0.7 25
1984 28 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 29 1 0 1.000 1.93 14.0 15 3 3 1 2 8 0 1.214 9.6 1.3 5.1 4.00 0.6 6
5 Seasons 10 13 .435 4.90 226.0 297 135 123 19 59 127 2 1.575 11.8 5.1 2.15 0.8 54

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