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Darrell Porter
Darrell Ray Porter
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 193 lb.

Born: January 17, 1952 in Joplin, MO
High School: Southeast (Oklahoma City, OK)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1971
Final Game: October 4, 1987
Died: August 5, 2002 in Sugar Creek, MO
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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
1971 19 MIL AL 22 80 70 4 15 2 0 2 9 2 2 9 20 .214 .300 .329 .629 80 23 0 0 0 1 0 2
1972 20 MIL AL 18 63 56 2 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 21 .125 .210 .196 .406 23 11 1 1 1 0 0 2
1973 21 MIL AL 117 416 350 50 89 19 2 16 67 5 2 57 85 .254 .363 .457 .820 133 160 6 4 3 2 6 2D RoY-3
1974 22 MIL AL 131 490 432 59 104 15 4 12 56 8 7 50 88 .241 .326 .377 .703 103 163 6 5 2 1 7 *2/D AS
1975 23 MIL AL 130 511 409 66 95 12 5 18 60 2 5 89 77 .232 .371 .418 .789 123 171 8 5 1 7 10 *2/D
1976 24 MIL AL 119 449 389 43 81 14 1 5 32 2 0 51 61 .208 .298 .288 .586 74 112 4 1 3 5 3 *2/D
1977 25 KCR AL 130 486 425 61 117 21 3 16 60 1 0 53 70 .275 .353 .452 .804 116 192 6 1 1 6 6 *2/D
1978 26 KCR AL 150 602 520 77 138 27 6 18 78 0 5 75 75 .265 .358 .444 .802 122 231 13 2 1 4 14 *2/D AS,MVP-10
1979 27 KCR AL 157 679 533 101 155 23 10 20 112 3 4 121 65 .291 .421 .484 .905 142 258 11 8 4 13 8 *2D AS,MVP-9
1980 28 KCR AL 118 495 418 51 104 14 2 7 51 1 1 69 50 .249 .354 .342 .696 92 143 10 2 0 6 5 2D AS
1981 29 STL NL 61 217 174 22 39 10 2 6 31 1 2 39 32 .224 .364 .408 .772 117 71 3 1 0 3 7 2
1982 30 STL NL 120 445 373 46 86 18 5 12 48 1 1 66 66 .231 .347 .402 .749 109 150 8 2 1 3 6 *2
1983 31 STL NL 145 519 443 57 116 24 3 15 66 1 3 68 94 .262 .363 .431 .794 119 191 8 4 1 3 12 *2
1984 32 STL NL 127 493 422 56 98 16 3 11 68 5 3 60 79 .232 .331 .363 .693 97 153 10 5 0 6 12 *2
1985 33 STL NL 84 284 240 30 53 12 2 10 36 6 1 41 48 .221 .335 .413 .747 108 99 3 1 0 2 6 2
1986 34 TEX AL 68 178 155 21 41 6 0 12 29 1 1 22 51 .265 .360 .535 .895 138 83 3 1 0 0 0 2D
1987 35 TEX AL 85 163 130 19 31 3 0 7 21 0 0 30 43 .238 .387 .423 .810 115 55 2 2 0 1 4 D/23
17 Seasons 1782 6570 5539 765 1369 237 48 188 826 39 37 905 1025 .247 .354 .409 .763 113 2266 102 45 18 63 106
162 Game Avg. 162 597 504 70 124 22 4 17 75 4 3 82 93 .247 .354 .409 .763 113 206 9 4 2 6 10
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
MIL (6 yrs) 537 2009 1706 224 391 63 12 54 226 19 16 261 352 .229 .334 .375 .709 105 640 25 16 10 16 26
STL (5 yrs) 537 1958 1652 211 392 80 15 54 249 14 10 274 319 .237 .347 .402 .749 109 664 32 13 2 17 43
KCR (4 yrs) 555 2262 1896 290 514 85 21 61 301 5 10 318 260 .271 .375 .435 .809 120 824 40 13 6 29 33
TEX (2 yrs) 153 341 285 40 72 9 0 19 50 1 1 52 94 .253 .372 .484 .857 128 138 5 3 0 1 4
AL (12 yrs) 1245 4612 3887 554 977 157 33 134 577 25 27 631 706 .251 .357 .412 .769 114 1602 70 32 16 46 63
NL (5 yrs) 537 1958 1652 211 392 80 15 54 249 14 10 274 319 .237 .347 .402 .749 109 664 32 13 2 17 43

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 25 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 5 18 15 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .333 .444 .333 .778 5 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 4 17 14 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 .357 .412 .429 .840 6 0 0 0 1 0
1980 28 KCR AL ALCS NYY W 3 11 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .100 .182 .100 .282 1 0 0 0 0 0
1980 28 KCR AL WS PHI L 5 17 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .143 .294 .143 .437 2 0 0 0 0 0
1982 30 STL NL NLCS ATL W 3 14 9 3 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 .556 .714 .889 1.603 8 0 0 0 0 0
1982 30 STL NL WS MIL W 7 29 28 1 8 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 4 .286 .310 .464 .775 13 0 0 0 0 0
1985 33 STL NL NLCS LAD W 5 20 15 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 .267 .450 .333 .783 5 0 0 0 0 1
1985 33 STL NL WS KCR L 5 17 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .133 .235 .133 .369 2 0 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons (8 Series) 37 143 120 12 32 7 0 1 9 0 0 22 19 .267 .378 .350 .728 42 0 0 0 1 2
2 NLCS 8 34 24 4 9 4 0 0 1 0 0 10 6 .375 .559 .542 1.100 13 0 0 0 0 1
3 ALCS 12 46 39 6 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 .282 .370 .308 .677 12 0 0 0 1 0
3 WS 17 63 57 2 12 2 0 1 5 0 0 6 13 .211 .286 .298 .584 17 0 0 0 0 1

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1971 MIL AL 19 C 22 21 181.2 129 108 18 3 2 .977 3.0 19.8 3 6.24 5.73 .988 6.37 5.63 1 3 11 13 54%
1972 MIL AL 20 C 18 17 162.0 124 113 8 3 3 .976 -1.0 -7.4 -1 6.72 6.72 .985 6.48 5.66 2 8 5 4 44%
1973 MIL AL 21 C 90 83 730.1 430 373 47 10 9 .977 3.0 4.9 3 5.18 4.67 .985 6.05 5.29 4 26 43 34 44% RoY-3
1973 MIL AL 21 DH 19 RoY-3
1974 MIL AL 22 C 117 114 1002.1 556 484 60 12 8 .978 2.0 2.4 2 4.88 4.65 .983 5.89 5.01 11 30 62 44 42% AS
1974 MIL AL 22 DH 9 AS
1975 MIL AL 23 C 124 121 1070.0 627 532 82 13 10 .979 -2.0 -2.2 -2 5.16 4.95 .983 6.00 5.04 15 53 90 58 39%
1975 MIL AL 23 DH 2
1976 MIL AL 24 C 111 105 942.1 557 491 52 14 7 .975 -11.0 -14.0 -11 5.19 4.89 .981 5.75 4.90 12 35 90 35 28%
1976 MIL AL 24 DH 2
1977 KCR AL 25 C 125 121 1053.2 737 663 61 13 4 .982 -4.0 -4.6 -4 6.18 5.79 .986 6.01 5.06 9 45 57 42 42%
1977 KCR AL 25 DH 1
1978 KCR AL 26 C 145 141 1229.2 678 608 62 8 10 .988 1.0 1.0 1 4.90 4.62 .983 5.53 4.86 9 33 74 44 37% AS,MVP-10
1978 KCR AL 26 DH 4 AS,MVP-10
1979 KCR AL 27 C 141 141 1230.0 709 628 68 13 15 .982 9.0 8.8 9 5.09 4.94 .982 5.46 4.69 15 38 64 57 47% AS,MVP-9
1979 KCR AL 27 DH 15 AS,MVP-9
1980 KCR AL 28 C 81 79 706.1 367 322 37 8 6 .978 4.0 6.8 4 4.57 4.43 .986 5.48 4.60 12 14 38 29 43% AS
1980 KCR AL 28 DH 34 AS
1981 STL NL 29 C 52 51 441.0 242 206 31 5 2 .979 3.0 8.2 3 4.84 4.56 .983 5.93 5.07 2 10 39 22 36%
1982 STL NL 30 C 111 108 930.1 542 469 64 9 8 .983 1.0 1.3 1 5.16 4.80 .985 6.29 5.52 7 28 93 45 33%
1983 STL NL 31 C 133 121 1064.0 655 578 70 7 8 .989 5.0 5.6 5 5.48 4.87 .984 6.57 5.55 14 43 63 48 43%
1984 STL NL 32 C 122 115 1030.1 689 620 58 11 6 .984 -2.0 -2.3 -2 5.92 5.56 .986 6.53 5.68 11 40 93 46 33%
1985 STL NL 33 C 82 68 617.2 416 386 26 4 4 .990 3.0 5.8 3 6.00 5.02 .987 6.42 5.45 5 11 46 23 33%
1986 TEX AL 34 C 25 23 200.1 175 165 9 1 2 .994 -5.0 -30.0 -5 7.82 6.96 .989 6.62 5.44 3 17 32 8 20%
1986 TEX AL 34 DH 19
1987 TEX AL 35 DH 35
1987 TEX AL 35 C 7 1 16.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.19 1.57 .991 6.75 5.49 0 3 2 1 33%
1987 TEX AL 35 1B 5 0 10.0 12 11 1 0 2 1.000 0.1 12.0 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 10.80 2.40 .992 9.54 8.50
17 Seasons C 1506 1430 12608.0 7644 6756 754 134 104 .982 9.0 0.9 9 5.36 4.99 .984 6.00 5.15 132 437 902 553 38%
10 Seasons DH 140
1 Season 1B 5 0 10.0 12 11 1 0 2 1.000 0.1 12.0 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 10.80 2.40 .992 9.54 8.50
17 Seasons TOT 1511 1430 12618.0 7656 6767 755 134 106 .982 9.1 0.9 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 9 5.37 4.98 .967 6.00 5.16 132 437 902 553 38%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1974
1978 *
1979 (C)
1980 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1982-NL-NLCS MVP
1982-ML-WS MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1978-AL-10-12%
1979-AL-9-13%
0.25 Career Shares (656th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1979 AL--.421--2nd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1979 AL--.905--8th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1979 AL--101--9th

Triples s c a p y
1979 AL--10--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1979 AL--112--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1975 AL--89--6th
1979 AL--121--1st
Career--905--159th

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--1025--210th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1979 AL--142--10th

Runs Created s c a p y
1979 AL--119--6th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1979 AL--40--7th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1979 AL--3.8--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1979 AL--284--1st

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1979 AL--.713--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 AL--8--5th
1984 NL--5--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 AL--13--1st
Career--63--184th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL--14--2nd
1984 NL--12--9th
Career--106--99th

Youngest s c a p y
1971 AL--born 1952-01-17--1st
1972 AL--born 1952-01-17--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 12 (1142), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 63 (285), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (515), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Rico Petrocelli (930)
  3. Roy Smalley (928)
  4. Bill Freehan (924)
  5. Damion Easley (921)
  6. Willie Jones (916)
  7. Sherm Lollar (915)
  8. Jose Valentin (895)
  9. Bob Bailey (889)
  10. Elston Howard (885)
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  1. Frankie Hayes (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Denis Menke (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dick Schofield (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dick McAuliffe (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Freehan (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dick McAuliffe (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Freehan (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Toby Harrah (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Frankie Hayes (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bill Freehan (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dick McAuliffe (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Roy Smalley (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Roy Smalley (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Dick McAuliffe (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft.

December 6, 1976: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Jim Colborn to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later, Jamie Quirk and Jim Wohlford. The Kansas City Royals sent Bob McClure (March 15, 1977) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

November 24, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 14, 1985: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

January 28, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

December 5, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

December 21, 1987: Released by the Texas Rangers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985St. Louis Cardinals$740,000
1986Texas Rangers$162,500
Career (may be incomplete)$902,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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