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Dick Porter
Richard Twilley Porter (Wiggles and Twitches)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 30, 1901 in Princess Anne, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1929
Final Game: September 30, 1934
Died: September 24, 1974 in Philadelphia, PA
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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
1929 27 CLE AL 71 214 192 26 63 16 5 1 24 3 5 17 14 .328 .386 .479 .865 118 92 1 4 O4
1930 28 CLE AL 119 552 480 100 168 43 8 4 57 3 3 55 31 .350 .420 .498 .918 128 239 3 14 *O
1931 29 CLE AL 114 478 414 82 129 24 3 1 38 6 9 56 36 .312 .395 .391 .786 102 162 1 7 *O/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 *O
1933 31 CLE AL 132 563 499 73 133 19 6 0 41 4 4 51 42 .267 .335 .329 .663 73 164 0 13 *O
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 O
1934 32 CLE AL 13 49 44 9 10 2 1 1 6 0 0 4 5 .227 .292 .386 .678 74 17 0 1 O
1934 32 BOS AL 80 288 265 30 80 13 6 0 56 5 2 21 15 .302 .355 .396 .752 90 105 1 1 O
6 Seasons 675 2844 2515 426 774 159 37 11 282 23 27 268 186 .308 .376 .414 .790 100 1040 7 54
162 Game Avg. 162 683 604 102 186 38 9 3 68 6 6 64 45 .308 .376 .414 .790 100 250 2 13
CLE (6 yrs) 595 2556 2250 396 694 146 31 11 226 18 25 247 171 .308 .378 .416 .794 101 935 6 53
BOS (1 yr) 80 288 265 30 80 13 6 0 56 5 2 21 15 .302 .355 .396 .752 90 105 1 1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1929 CLE AL 27 OF 28 51 44 4 3 1 .941 1.71 .967 2.28 4-0-24
1929 CLE AL 27 2B 20 119 54 60 5 9 .958 5.70 .968 5.48
1930 CLE AL 28 OF 118 209 189 12 8 4 .962 1.70 .965 2.16 0-0-118
1931 CLE AL 29 OF 109 197 184 7 6 0 .970 1.75 .969 2.25 0-0-109
1931 CLE AL 29 2B 1 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 8.00 .962 5.50
1932 CLE AL 30 OF 145 276 269 2 5 0 .982 1.87 .967 2.28 0-0-145
1933 CLE AL 31 OF 124 246 236 9 1 3 .996 1.98 .969 2.21 7-0-119
1934 TOT AL 32 OF 75 131 123 1 7 1 .947 1.65 .969 2.16 1-0-74
1934 CLE AL 32 OF 10 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.40 .964 2.16 0-0-10
1934 BOS AL 32 OF 65 117 109 1 7 1 .940 1.69 .969 2.16 1-0-64
6 Seasons OF 599 1110 1045 35 30 9 .973 1.80 .968 2.22 12-0-589
2 Seasons 2B 21 127 57 65 5 9 .961 5.81 .968 5.48
6 Seasons TOT 620 1237 1102 100 35 18 .972 1.94 .939 2.33 12-0-589

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 InkBatting - 12 (1268), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 26 (655), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (788), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  1. Lance Richbourg (955)
  2. Ernie Orsatti (950)
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  5. Jimmy Welsh (943)
  6. Harry Walker (940)
  7. Homer Summa (939)
  8. Birdie Cree (937)
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  10. Eddie Brown (934)
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  1. Ike Boone (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. George Stone (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ernie Orsatti (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ernie Orsatti (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ernie Orsatti (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

November 7, 1928: Traded by Baltimore (International) to the Cleveland Indians for $30000 and 2 players.

May 25, 1934: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Wes Ferrell to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Seeds, Bob Weiland and $25,000.

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Name and misspellings: Richard Dick Twilley Wiggles,Twitches Porter

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