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Henry Porter

Walter Henry Porter

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Weight: 142 lb.

Born: June, 1858 in Vergennes, VT (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1884
Teams (by GP): Grays/Cowboys/Brewers 1884-1889

Final Game: May 25, 1889
Died: December 30, 1906 in Brockton, MA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Brockton, MA
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1884 26 MIL UA 3 3 .500 3.00 6 6 0 6 1 0 51.0 32 25 17 1 9 71 6 200 63 0.804 5.6 0.2 1.6 12.5 7.89
1885 27 BRO AA 33 21 .611 2.78 54 54 0 53 2 0 481.2 427 261 149 11 107 197 16 3 25 2035 120 1.109 8.0 0.2 2.0 3.7 1.84
1886 28 BRO AA 27 19 .587 3.42 48 48 0 48 1 0 424.0 439 277 161 8 120 163 5 0 17 1864 100 1.318 9.3 0.2 2.5 3.5 1.36
1887 29 BRO AA 15 24 .385 4.21 40 40 0 38 1 0 339.2 416 264 159 7 96 74 7 0 15 1504 101 1.507 11.0 0.2 2.5 2.0 0.77
1888 30 KCC AA 18 37 .327 4.16 55 54 1 53 4 0 474.0 527 336 219 16 120 145 23 0 24 2084 81 1.365 10.0 0.3 2.3 2.8 1.21
1889 31 KCC AA 0 3 .000 12.52 4 4 0 3 0 0 23.0 52 46 32 0 14 9 1 1 135 34 2.870 20.3 0.0 5.5 3.5 0.64
6 Yrs 96 107 .473 3.70 207 206 1 201 9 0 1793.1 1893 1209 737 43 466 659 52 3 88 7822 95 1.315 9.5 0.2 2.3 3.3 1.41
162 Game Avg. 16 18 .473 3.70 34 34 0 33 1 0 295 312 199 121 7 77 109 0 14 1288 95 1.315 9.5 0.2 2.3 3.3 1.41
BRO (3 yrs) 75 64 .540 3.39 142 142 0 139 4 0 1245.1 1282 802 469 26 323 434 28 3 57 5403 107 1.289 9.3 0.2 2.3 3.1 1.34
KCC (2 yrs) 18 40 .310 4.55 59 58 1 56 4 0 497.0 579 382 251 16 134 154 24 0 25 2219 75 1.435 10.5 0.3 2.4 2.8 1.15
MIL (1 yr) 3 3 .500 3.00 6 6 0 6 1 0 51.0 32 25 17 1 9 71 6 200 63 0.804 5.6 0.2 1.6 12.5 7.89
AA (5 yrs) 93 104 .472 3.72 201 200 1 195 8 0 1742.1 1861 1184 720 42 457 588 52 3 82 7622 96 1.330 9.6 0.2 2.4 3.0 1.29
UA (1 yr) 3 3 .500 3.00 6 6 0 6 1 0 51.0 32 25 17 1 9 71 6 200 63 0.804 5.6 0.2 1.6 12.5 7.89

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1884 26 MIL UA 51.0 6 6 25 4.41 5.65 0.72 0.00 61.0 3.01 -8 -0.7 -0.1 -0.8 -8 .388 .496 $
1885 27 BRO AA 481.2 54 54 261 4.88 5.48 -0.03 0.00 103.0 5.67 44 4.2 -0.7 5.8 66 .578 .526 $
1886 28 BRO AA 424.0 48 48 277 5.88 5.65 -0.16 0.00 99.0 5.75 1 0.1 -0.5 1.5 21 .502 .501 $
1887 29 BRO AA 339.2 40 40 264 7.00 6.58 -0.06 0.00 99.0 6.58 -10 -0.8 -0.4 0.5 10 .481 .495 $
1888 30 KCC AA 474.0 55 54 336 6.38 5.30 -0.16 0.00 110.0 6.01 -16 -1.4 1.0 -0.6 0.2 8 .474 .491 $
1889 31 KCC AA 23.0 4 4 46 18.00 6.06 -0.47 0.00 108.0 7.05 -28 -1.4 -0.0 -1.3 -26 .149 .491 $
6 Seasons 1793.1 207 206 1209 6.07 5.69 -0.09 0.00 102.0 5.89 -17 0.0 1.0 -2.3 5.9 71 .500 .500 $
BRO (3 yrs) 1245.1 142 142 802 5.80 5.84 -0.08 0.00 100.5 5.94 35 3.5 -1.6 7.8 97 .525 .507 $
KCC (2 yrs) 497.0 59 58 382 6.92 5.34 -0.18 0.00 109.9 6.06 -43 -2.8 1.0 -0.6 -1.1 -18 .452 .491 $
MIL (1 yr) 51.0 6 6 25 4.41 5.65 0.72 0.00 61.0 3.01 -8 -0.7 -0.1 -0.8 -8 .388 .496 $

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1884 26 3 3 .500 3.00 6 6 0 6 1 0 51.0 32 25 17 1 9 71 6 200 63 0.804 5.6 0.2 1.6 12.5 7.89 63
1885 27 36 24 .600 2.80 60 60 0 59 3 0 532.2 459 286 166 12 116 268 16 3 31 2235 114 1.079 7.8 0.2 2.0 4.5 2.31 114
1886 28 63 43 .594 3.08 108 108 0 107 4 0 956.2 898 563 327 20 236 431 21 3 48 4099 107 1.185 8.4 0.2 2.2 4.1 1.83 107
1887 29 78 67 .538 3.37 148 148 0 145 5 0 1296.1 1314 827 486 27 332 505 28 3 63 5603 105 1.270 9.1 0.2 2.3 3.5 1.52 105
1888 30 96 104 .480 3.58 203 202 1 198 9 0 1770.1 1841 1163 705 43 452 650 51 3 87 7687 98 1.295 9.4 0.2 2.3 3.3 1.44 98
1889 31 96 107 .473 3.70 207 206 1 201 9 0 1793.1 1893 1209 737 43 466 659 52 3 88 7822 95 1.315 9.5 0.2 2.3 3.3 1.41 95

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1884 26 7 6 .538 3.77 117.0 82 54 49 3 23 163 0 0.897 6.3 1.8 12.5 7.09 0.2 6
1885 27 66 17 .795 2.03 754.0 550 189 170 14 138 308 21 0.912 6.6 1.6 3.7 2.23 0.2 54
1886 28 42 16 .724 2.51 530.0 454 164 148 8 124 204 5 1.091 7.7 2.1 3.5 1.65 0.1 48
1887 29 31 15 .674 2.71 421.0 403 141 127 7 93 92 7 1.178 8.6 2.0 2.0 0.99 0.1 40
1888 30 41 24 .631 3.06 589.0 548 222 200 17 125 180 24 1.143 8.4 1.9 2.8 1.44 0.3 55
1889 31 1 2 .333 7.26 31.0 50 28 25 0 13 12 1 2.032 14.5 3.8 3.5 0.92 0.0 4
6 Yrs 188 80 .701 2.65 2442.0 2087 798 719 49 516 959 58 1.066 7.7 3.5 1.86 0.2 207

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1885 AA  5.6 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1885 AA  5.8 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1885 AA  2.78 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1885 AA  33 (3rd)
1886 AA  27 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1885 AA  .611 (7th)
1886 AA  .587 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1885 AA  1.109 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1885 AA  7.979 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1886 AA  2.547 (10th)
1887 AA  2.544 (8th)
Career  2.339 (212th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1885 AA  3.681 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1885 AA  54 (3rd)
1886 AA  48 (9th)
1888 AA  55 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1885 AA  481.7 (4th)
1886 AA  424.0 (8th)
1888 AA  474.0 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1885 AA  197 (5th)
1886 AA  163 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1885 AA  54 (3rd)
1886 AA  48 (8th)
1888 AA  54 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1885 AA  53 (3rd)
1886 AA  48 (8th)
1888 AA  53 (4th)
Career  201 (134th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1885 AA  2 (4th)
1887 AA  1 (10th)
1888 AA  4 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1885 AA  11 (2nd)
1886 AA  8 (5th)
1888 AA  16 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1885 AA  107 (2nd)
1886 AA  120 (7th)
1888 AA  120 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1885 AA  427 (5th)
1886 AA  439 (7th)
1887 AA  416 (8th)
1888 AA  527 (1st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1887 AA  0.186 (10th)
Career  0.216 (187th)

Losses s c a p y
1885 AA  21 (4th)
1887 AA  24 (8th)
1888 AA  37 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1885 AA  149 (4th)
1886 AA  161 (5th)
1887 AA  159 (10th)
1888 AA  219 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1885 AA  25 (6th)
Career  88 (144th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1885 AA  16 (7th)
1888 AA  23 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1885 AA  2,035 (3rd)
1886 AA  1,864 (7th)
1888 AA  2,084 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1885 AA  119 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1885 AA  26 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1885 AA  2.4 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 56 (453), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 32 (418), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Bill Duggleby (943)
  6. Jim Tobin (939)
  7. Vic Aldridge (939)
  8. Clyde Wright (937)
  9. Hugh McQuillan (937)
  10. Gene Conley (937)
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  1. Pat Jarvis (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Warren Spahn (964) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Frank Lary (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ned Garver (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Barr (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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