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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1929	CLE	AL	27	OF	28	22	22		51	44	4	3	1	.941		1.71	.966		2.42
1929	CLE	AL	27	RF	24	20	20		42	37	2	3	1	.929		1.63	.963		1.97
1929	CLE	AL	27	2B	20	19	17		119	54	60	5	9	.958		5.70	.968		5.91
1929	CLE	AL	27	LF	4	2	2		9	7	2	0	0	1.000		2.25	.964		2.40
1930	CLE	AL	28	OF	118	117	114		209	189	12	8	4	.962		1.70	.965		2.32
1930	CLE	AL	28	RF	118	117	114		209	189	12	8	4	.962		1.70	.961		1.96
1931	CLE	AL	29	OF	109	100	96		197	184	7	6	0	.970		1.75	.969		2.38
1931	CLE	AL	29	RF	109	100	96		197	184	7	6	0	.970		1.75	.964		2.11
1931	CLE	AL	29	2B	1	1	1		8	3	5	0	0	1.000		8.00	.965		5.80
1932	CLE	AL	30	OF	145	145	142		276	269	2	5	0	.982		1.87	.967		2.42
1932	CLE	AL	30	RF	145	145	142		276	269	2	5	0	.982		1.87	.963		2.10
1933	CLE	AL	31	OF	124	120	114		246	236	9	1	3	.996		1.98	.970		2.37
1933	CLE	AL	31	RF	119	115	111		234	225	8	1	3	.996		1.96	.962		2.10
1933	CLE	AL	31	LF	7	5	3		12	11	1	0	0	1.000		1.71	.971		2.27
1934	TOT	AL	32	OF	75	72	70		131	123	1	7	1	.947		1.65	.968		2.29
1934	TOT	AL	32	RF	74	72	70		131	123	1	7	1	.947		1.68	.964		2.07
1934	CLE	AL	32	RF	11	10	10		14	14	0	0	0	1.000		1.27	.964		2.07
1934	CLE	AL	32	OF	10	10	10		14	14	0	0	0	1.000		1.40	.968		2.29
1934	BOS	AL	32	OF	65	62	60		117	109	1	7	1	.940		1.69	.968		2.29
1934	BOS	AL	32	RF	63	62	60		117	109	1	7	1	.940		1.75	.964		2.07
1934	BOS	AL	32	LF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20
	6 Seasons			OF	599	576	558		1110	1045	35	30	9	.973		1.80	.968		2.37
	6 Seasons			RF	589	569	553		1089	1027	32	30	9	.972		1.80	.963		2.06
	2 Seasons			2B	21	20	18		127	57	65	5	9	.961		5.81	.968		5.90
	3 Seasons			LF	12	7	5		21	18	3	0	0	1.000		1.75	.968		2.31
	6 Seasons			TOT	620	596	576		1237	1102	100	35	18	.972		1.94	.968		2.49
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	LF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1929	CLE	AL	27	71	41	71	48	20	4	24	28	23	0
1930	CLE	AL	28	119	117	119	118	0	0	118	118	1	0
1931	CLE	AL	29	114	101	114	110	1	0	109	109	4	0
1932	CLE	AL	30	146	145	146	145	0	0	145	145	1	0
1933	CLE	AL	31	132	120	132	124	0	7	119	124	8	1
1934	BOS	AL	32	80	62	80	64	0	1	63	64	16	0
1934	CLE	AL	32	13	10	13	11	0	0	11	11	2	0
	6 Seasons			675	596	675	620	21	12	589	599	55	1

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1930 AL 118 (3rd) 1931 AL 109 (4th) 1932 AL 145 (1st) 1933 AL 119 (5th)	Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1930 AL 189 (4th) 1931 AL 184 (4th) 1932 AL 269 (2nd) 1933 AL 225 (5th)	Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1930 AL 12 (2nd) 1931 AL 7 (5th)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1930 AL 8 (3rd) 1931 AL 6 (4th) 1932 AL 5 (5th) 1934 AL 7 (3rd)
Assists as OF s c a p y 1930 AL 12 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1932 AL 1.87 (5th)	Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1930 AL .962 (5th) 1931 AL .970 (3rd) 1932 AL .982 (2nd) 1933 AL .996 (1st)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1933 AL .996 (1st)

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