Dick Porter

Richard Twilley Porter (Wiggles or Twitches)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 30, 1901 in Princess Anne, MD(All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1929
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox 1929-1934

Final Game: September 30, 1934
Died: September 24, 1974 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Allen, MD
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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	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1921	19	BLT	AA	16	56	56		18	0	0	0						.321	.321	.321	.643		18				BLT · IL
1922	20	BLT	AA	136	480	480		134	16	7	8						.279	.279	.392	.671		188				BLT · IL
1923	21	BLT	AA	155	617	617		195	27	12	18						.316	.316	.486	.802		300				BLT · IL
1924	22	BLT	AA	129	509	509		185	36	14	23						.363	.363	.625	.988		318				BLT · IL
1925	23	BLT	AA	142	548	548		184	33	10	13						.336	.336	.504	.839		276				BLT · IL
1926	24	BLT	AA	95	361	361		116	23	3	8						.321	.321	.468	.789		169				BLT · IL
1927	25	BLT	AA	155	599	599		225	43	18	25						.376	.376	.633	1.008		379				BLT · IL
1928	26	BLT	AA	165	618	618		216	34	15	12						.350	.350	.511	.861		316				BLT · IL
1929	27	CLE	AL	71	214	192	26	63	16	5	1	24	3	5	17	14	.328	.386	.479	.865	119	92	1	4	O94/7
1930	28	CLE	AL	119	552	480	100	168	43	8	4	57	3	3	55	31	.350	.420	.498	.918	129	239	3	14	*O9
1931	29	CLE	AL	114	479	414	82	129	24	3	1	38	6	9	56	36	.312	.395	.391	.786	103	162	1	7	*O9/4
1932	30	CLE	AL	146	700	621	106	191	42	8	4	60	2	4	64	43	.308	.373	.420	.793	99	261	1	14	*O9
1933	31	CLE	AL	132	562	499	73	133	19	6	0	41	4	4	51	42	.267	.335	.329	.663	73	164	0	13	*O9/7
1934	32	TOT	AL	93	337	309	39	90	15	7	1	62	5	2	25	20	.291	.346	.395	.741	88	122	1	2	O9/7
1934	32	CLE	AL	14	49	45	9	10	2	1	1	6	0	0	4	5	.222	.286	.378	.663	69	17	0	1	9O
1934	32	BOS	AL	79	288	264	30	80	13	6	0	56	5	2	21	15	.303	.357	.398	.754	91	105	1	1	O9/7
1935	33	NYY-min	AA	133	458	458		153	18	2	8						.334	.334	.434	.769		199				NWK · IL
1936	34	NYY-min	AA	106	343	343		98	15	5	4						.286	.286	.394	.679		135				NWK · IL
1937	35	CIN-min	AA	126	436	436		137	21	6	3						.314	.314	.411	.725		179				SYR · IL
1938	36	CIN-min	AA	68	148	148		45	7	0	1						.304	.304	.372	.676		55				SYR · IL
1939	37	SYR	AA	25	35	35		9	1	0	0						.257	.257	.286	.543		10				SYR · IL
1940	38	PIT-min	AA	15	32	32		7	2	1	0						.219	.219	.344	.563		11				SYR · IL
1941	39	ANN	B	6	9	9		1	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222		1				ANN · SEAL
6 Yrs				675	2844	2515	426	774	159	37	11	282	23	27	268	186	.308	.376	.414	.790	101	1040	7	54
162 Game Avg.				162	683	604	102	186	38	9	3	68	6	6	64	45	.308	.376	.414	.790	101	250	2	13

CLE (6 yrs)				596	2556	2251	396	694	146	31	11	226	18	25	247	171	.308	.378	.415	.794	102	935	6	53
BOS (1 yr)				79	288	264	30	80	13	6	0	56	5	2	21	15	.303	.357	.398	.754	91	105	1	1

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
1929	27	CLE	AL	71	214	5	-1	0	-2	-1	2	0.1	7	8	0.8	.502	.501	1.0	-0.2	10	$	O94/7
1930	28	CLE	AL	119	552	25	0	0	-6	-6	14	1.2	17	31	2.9	.510	.508	3.4	-1.0	37	$	*O9
1931	29	CLE	AL	114	479	4	-2	0	-2	-5	-5	-0.4	15	10	1.1	.496	.497	1.2	-0.6	12	$	*O9/4
1932	30	CLE	AL	146	700	0	-0	0	-4	-7	-11	-1.1	22	11	1.1	.493	.494	1.5	-1.0	15	$	*O9
1933	31	CLE	AL	132	562	-19	-0	0	4	-6	-21	-2.1	18	-3	-0.3	.484	.487	-0.7	-0.2	-7	$	*O9/7
1934	32	CLE	AL	14	49	-2	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.480	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	9O
1934	32	BOS	AL	79	288	-3	0	0	-4	-3	-10	-1.0	9	-1	0.0	.488	.494	0.4	-0.7	3	$	O9/7
6 Seasons				675	2844	11	-3	0	-14	-27	-34	-3.4	89	55	5.5	.495	.497	6.7	-3.8	69	$

CLE (6 yrs)				596	2556	14	-4	0	-10	-24	-24	-2.5	80	56	5.5	.496	.497	6.3	-3.1	66	$
BOS (1 yr)				79	288	-3	0	0	-4	-3	-10	-1.0	9	-1	0.0	.488	.494	0.4	-0.7	3	$

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
1929	27	CLE	AL	214	138	34	6.6	115	.350	.328	.296	.386	.363	.479	.427	.865	.790	119	.627	5.4	0.5	.806	.229	.151	1.5
1930	28	CLE	AL	552	329	99	8.0	118	.369	.350	.299	.420	.364	.498	.439	.918	.803	129	.684	24.0	2.2	.943	.263	.148	3.4
1931	29	CLE	AL	479	301	62	5.5	112	.340	.312	.293	.395	.361	.391	.418	.786	.779	103	.552	4.4	0.4	.735	.208	.080	1.7
1932	30	CLE	AL	700	448	96	5.8	118	.326	.308	.295	.373	.367	.420	.433	.793	.800	99	.562	-0.5	-0.1	.747	.213	.113	2.7
1933	31	CLE	AL	562	383	54	3.8	110	.291	.267	.287	.335	.359	.329	.413	.663	.772	73	.397	-20.0	-2.0	.581	.164	.062	.0
1934	32	TOT	AL	337	223	42	5.0	115	.309	.291	.292	.346	.367	.395	.421	.741	.788	88	.500	-6.6	-0.6	.683	.194	.104	1.7
1934	32	CLE	AL	49	36	5	3.7	113	.231	.222	.289	.286	.363	.378	.417	.663	.780	69	.364	-2.4	-0.2	.600	.244	.156	.0
1934	32	BOS	AL	288	187	37	5.3	115	.321	.303	.293	.357	.368	.398	.422	.754	.790	91	.522	-4.1	-0.4	.699	.186	.095	.0
6 Yrs				2844	1822	387	5.7	115	.329	.308	.293	.376	.363	.414	.426	.790	.789	101	.559	6.7	0.5	.742	.211	.106	14.9
162 Game Avg.				683	437	93	5.7	115	.329	.308	.293	.376	.363	.414	.426	.790	.789	101	.559	2	0	.742	.211	.106	4

CLE (6 yrs)				2556	1635	350	5.7	115	.330	.308	.294	.378	.363	.415	.427	.794	.789	102	.563	10.9	0.9	.747	.214	.107	13.7
BOS (1 yr)				288	187	37	5.3	115	.321	.303	.293	.357	.368	.398	.422	.754	.790	91	.523	-4.1	-0.4	.699	.186	.095	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1929	27	CLE	AL	214	0.5%	6.5%	7.9%	10.3%	35%	0.82	13.7	192.0	8.0	83%
1930	28	CLE	AL	552	0.7%	5.6%	10.0%	10.0%	33%	0.56	15.5	120.0	8.4	81%
1931	29	CLE	AL	479	0.2%	7.5%	11.7%	5.9%	22%	0.64	11.5	414.0	10.9	79%
1932	30	CLE	AL	700	0.6%	6.1%	9.1%	7.7%	28%	0.67	14.4	155.3	10.4	82%
1933	31	CLE	AL	562	0.0%	7.5%	9.1%	4.5%	19%	0.82	11.9		12.2	81%
1934	32	TOT	AL	337	0.3%	5.9%	7.4%	6.8%	26%	0.80	15.5	309.0	5.0	85%
1934	32	CLE	AL	49	2.0%	10.2%	8.2%	8.2%	40%	1.25	9.0	45.0	7.5	80%
1934	32	BOS	AL	288	0.0%	5.2%	7.3%	6.6%	24%	0.71	17.6		4.7	86%
6 Yrs				2844	0.4%	6.5%	9.4%	7.3%	27%	0.69	13.5	228.6	8.9	82%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.1%	8.0%	7.1%	28%	1.01	11.1	66.7	7.6	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1929	27	71	214	192	26	63	16	5	1	24	3	5	17	14	.328	.386	.479	.865	119	92	1	4
1930	28	190	766	672	126	231	59	13	5	81	6	8	72	45	.344	.410	.493	.903	126	331	4	18
1931	29	304	1245	1086	208	360	83	16	6	119	12	17	128	81	.331	.404	.454	.858	117	493	5	25
1932	30	450	1945	1707	314	551	125	24	10	179	14	21	192	124	.323	.393	.442	.835	111	754	6	39
1933	31	582	2507	2206	387	684	144	30	10	220	18	25	243	166	.310	.380	.416	.796	102	918	6	52
1934	32	675	2844	2515	426	774	159	37	11	282	23	27	268	186	.308	.376	.414	.790	101	1040	7	54

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1929	27	75	218	197	23	60	15	5	1	22	3	16	15	.305	.360	.447	.807	32	71
1930	28	125	549	481	83	153	39	7	4	48	3	50	33	.318	.386	.453	.839	83	119
1931	29	119	477	417	70	119	22	3	1	32	6	52	38	.285	.366	.360	.726	54	114
1932	30	154	699	625	87	173	38	7	4	49	2	58	45	.277	.339	.379	.718	80	146
1933	31	141	581	518	65	128	18	6	0	37	4	49	45	.247	.312	.305	.617	49	132
1934	32	98	342	315	34	85	14	7	1	54	5	24	21	.270	.324	.368	.692	37	93
6 Yrs		712	2866	2553	362	718	146	35	11	242	23	249	197	.281	.347	.379	.726	335	675
162 Game Avg.		162	652	581	82	163	33	8	3	55	5	57	45	.281	.347	.379	.726	76	675

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y 1930 AL .350 (8th)	On-Base% s c a p y 1930 AL .420 (9th)	At Bats s c a p y 1932 AL 621 (4th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1932 AL 700 (5th)
Hits s c a p y 1932 AL 191 (7th)	Doubles s c a p y 1930 AL 43 (5th) 1932 AL 42 (4th)	Singles s c a p y 1932 AL 137 (4th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1932 AL 256 (9th)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1932 AL 14 (5th) 1933 AL 13 (8th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1932 AL 448 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 12 (1298), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 26 (673), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 19 (783), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Ike Boone (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ernie Orsatti (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ernie Orsatti (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ernie Orsatti (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ernie Orsatti (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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