Colin Porter

Colin Frederick Porter

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 23, 1975 in Tucson, AZ
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 17th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 2003
Teams (by GP): Astros/Cardinals 2003-2004

Final Game: May 23, 2004
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Standard Batting

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
1998	22	HOU-min	A-	67	267	240	40	68	18	4	4	30	14	11	19	61	.283	.347	.442	.789		106	3	5	2	1	0		AUB · NYPL
1999	23	HOU-min	A	127	524	453	91	132	28	9	18	68	23	13	53	123	.291	.369	.512	.881		232	4	7	3	8	2		BTC · MIDW
2000	24	HOU-min	AA	124	498	435	76	119	25	5	14	57	17	9	56	130	.274	.363	.451	.814		196	6	6	0	1	4		RRK · TL
2001	25	HOU-min	AAA,AA	126	459	412	62	106	19	6	9	45	12	9	39	130	.257	.325	.398	.723		164	2	4	0	4	4		NOR,RRK · PCL,TL
2002	26	HOU-min	AAA	134	510	461	59	122	30	5	6	38	28	7	46	127	.265	.331	.390	.721		180	5	0	2	1	8		NOR · PCL
2003	27	HOU-min	AAA	102	387	356	52	114	23	6	11	50	22	6	22	80	.320	.361	.511	.872		182	3	3	2	4	3		NOR · PCL
2003	27	HOU	NL	24	33	32	5	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	.188	.212	.188	.400	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	/897
2004	28	STL-min	AAA	101	359	330	46	86	20	2	10	34	13	5	25	75	.261	.316	.424	.740		140	5	2	1	1	5		MEM · PCL
2004	28	STL	NL	23	35	35	3	11	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	13	.314	.314	.429	.743	91	15	2	0	0	0	0	/978
2005	29	ARI-NYY-min	AAA,AA	97	357	315	38	57	13	1	3	20	1	4	36	109	.181	.268	.257	.525		81	2	2	2	2	2		CLB,TUC,TRE · IL,PCL,EL
2 Yrs				47	68	67	8	17	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	30	.254	.265	.313	.578	49	21	3	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	234	231	28	59	3	0	3	7	3	0	3	103	.254	.265	.313	.578	49	72	10	0	0	0	0

STL (1 yr)				23	35	35	3	11	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	13	.314	.314	.429	.743	91	15	2	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				24	33	32	5	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	.188	.212	.188	.400	5	6	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2003	27	HOU	NL	24	33	-5	0	-0	3	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.4	0.3	-4	$	/897
2004	28	STL	NL	23	35	-1	0	-0	2	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.503	.500	0.0	0.2	-0	$	/978
2 Seasons				47	68	-5	1	-1	5	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.498	.500	-0.4	0.4	-4	$

STL (1 yr)				23	35	-1	0	-0	2	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.503	.500	0.0	0.2	-0	$
HOU (1 yr)				24	33	-5	0	-0	3	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.4	0.3	-4	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2003	27	HOU	NL	33	27	1	1.0	112	.400	.188	.272	.212	.344	.188	.436	.400	.781	5	.050	-4.7	-0.4	.296	.063	.000	.0
2004	28	STL	NL	35	26	4	4.1	110	.476	.314	.268	.314	.340	.429	.435	.743	.775	91	.410	-0.7	-0.1	.577	.114	.114	.0
2 Yrs				68	53	5	2.5	111	.444	.254	.270	.265	.342	.313	.436	.578	.778	49	.225	-5.4	-0.5	.434	.090	.060	1.0
162 Game Avg.				234	183	17	2.5	111	.444	.254	.270	.265	.342	.313	.436	.578	.778	49	.225	-5.4	-0.5	.434	.090	.060	3

STL (1 yr)				35	26	4	4.1	110	.476	.314	.268	.314	.340	.429	.435	.743	.775	91	.410	-0.7	-0.1	.577	.114	.114	.0
HOU (1 yr)				33	27	1	1.0	112	.400	.188	.272	.212	.344	.188	.436	.400	.781	5	.050	-4.7	-0.4	.296	.063	.000	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2003	27	HOU	NL	33	0.0%	51.5%	3.0%	0.0%	0%	17.00	1.9			0.56	0.67	45%	13%	0.0%	22%
2004	28	STL	NL	35	2.9%	37.1%	0.0%	5.7%	18%		2.7	35.0	17.5	0.83	1.60	60%	27%	9.1%	8%
2 Yrs				68	1.5%	44.1%	1.5%	2.9%	12%	30.00	2.2	67.0	33.5	0.71	1.09	53%	22%	5.6%	14%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	1.95	5.3	31.3	7.6	0.81	1.09	70%	19%	8.0%	11%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2003	27	HOU	NL	-4.7	-0.4	34	-0.3	0.2	-0.6	.85	-0.5	0.0	-5.7	-0.5	0.93	-5.1	0.92	5
2004	28	STL	NL	-0.7	-0.1	35	-0.4	0.5	-1.0	1.25	-0.1	-0.2	-2.2	-0.2	0.89	-0.1	1.36	12
2 Yrs				-5.4	-0.5	69	-0.8	0.7	-1.5	1.05	-0.6	-0.2	-7.9	-0.8	0.91	-5.2	1.23	17

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
2003	27	HOU	NL	71%	15	1	100%	1	0	67%	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
2004	28	STL	NL	20%	18	0		0	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				41%	33	1	100%	1	1	60%	3	2	1	1	1	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2003	27	HOU	NL	33	73%	6	2	1	5	2	0	0	0.92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	4	0	0%	17	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2004	28	STL	NL	35	97%	11	1	0	12	4	1	1	1.36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		7	2	29%	6	1	17%	16	1	6%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
2 Yrs				68	85%	17	3	1	17	6	1	1	1.23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		14	3	21%	10	1	10%	33	1	3%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			66%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2003	27	HOU	NL	33	148	4.48	105	71%	15%	36%	34%	14%	85%	0%	60%	57%	48%	0%	0	0	9%	3	2	6%	2	2	29%	0	0	0
2004	28	STL	NL	37	149	4.03	106	71%	14%	27%	38%	21%	86%	0%	61%	68%	43%	3%	1	0	5%	2	1	3%	1	1	15%	-2	0	0
2 Yrs				70	297	4.24	211	71%	15%	32%	36%	18%	85%	0%	61%	63%	46%	1%	1	0	7%	5	3	4%	3	3	23%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		62%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2003	27	24	33	32	5	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	.188	.212	.188	.400	5	6	1	0	0	0	0
2004	28	47	68	67	8	17	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	30	.254	.265	.313	.578	49	21	3	0	0	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2003	27	24	32	31	4	5	0	0	0	1	1	17	.161	.188	.161	.349	1	24
2004	28	23	35	35	3	11	1	1	2	0	0	13	.314	.314	.429	.743	5	23
2 Yrs		47	67	66	7	16	1	1	2	1	1	30	.242	.254	.303	.557	6	47
162 Game Avg.		162	231	227	24	55	3	3	7	3	3	103	.242	.254	.303	.557	21	47

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