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Jay Porter

J W Porter (Jay)

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 17, 1933 in Shawnee, OK
High School: Technical HS (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1952
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians/Senators/Browns/Cardinals 1952-1959

Final Game: September 27, 1959
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1952 SLB AL 19 OF 29 25 23 222.0 75 70 3 2 0 .973 2.96 2.52 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 SLB AL 19 CF 25 24 22 204.0 71 66 3 2 0 .972 3.04 2.76 .983 2.91 2.91
1952 SLB AL 19 LF 3 1 1 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 1.00 .980 2.31 2.27
1952 SLB AL 19 3B 2 1 0 10.2 6 4 1 1 0 .833 4.22 2.50 .953 3.29 3.30
1952 SLB AL 19 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1955 DET AL 22 1B 6 6 6 52.0 53 52 1 0 5 1.000 0 2 9.17 8.83 .991 9.62 9.53
1955 DET AL 22 C 4 4 3 33.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.64 4.25 .988 5.59 5.55 0 0 1 0 0% 47% 0
1955 DET AL 22 LF 4 4 0 23.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 10 1.57 1.00 .980 2.27 2.25
1955 DET AL 22 OF 4 4 0 23.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 10 1.57 1.00 .982 2.39 2.38
1956 DET AL 23 C 2 1 1 10.0 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 6.30 3.50 .989 5.94 5.85 1 0 0 0 0
1956 DET AL 23 LF 2 2 1 15.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0 -40 1.20 1.00 .977 2.10 2.10
1956 DET AL 23 OF 2 2 1 15.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0 -40 1.20 1.00 .980 2.34 2.30
1957 DET AL 24 OF 27 25 8 179.1 43 40 1 2 0 .953 1 7 2.06 1.52 .980 2.24 2.25
1957 DET AL 24 RF 21 20 5 138.1 29 28 0 1 0 .966 1 7 1.82 1.33 .976 1.93 1.93
1957 DET AL 24 C 12 9 8 82.0 60 50 7 3 3 .950 0 0 6.26 4.75 .991 5.92 5.94 0 0 2 3 60% 47% 0
1957 DET AL 24 LF 6 5 3 41.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 0 9 2.85 2.17 .980 2.11 2.10
1957 DET AL 24 1B 3 3 3 26.0 32 28 3 1 2 .969 -2 -83 10.73 10.33 .992 9.66 9.70
1958 CLE AL 25 C 20 14 14 140.0 92 84 8 0 0 1.000 -1 -9 5.91 4.60 .990 6.01 5.95 9 3 4 4 50% 47% 0
1958 CLE AL 25 1B 4 4 3 28.0 26 24 2 0 1 1.000 0 13 8.36 6.50 .991 9.61 9.50
1958 CLE AL 25 3B 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 3.10 3.10
1959 TOT MLB 26 C 53 38 25 331.2 205 182 22 1 3 .995 -4 -14 5.54 3.85 .989 6.15 6.13 12 14 23 14 38% 40% 1
1959 TOT MLB 26 1B 3 1 1 18.0 19 16 3 0 1 1.000 0 0 9.50 6.33 .990 9.80 9.67
1959 WSH AL 26 C 34 29 23 249.2 148 129 18 1 2 .993 -2 -10 5.30 4.32 .989 6.08 6.04 7 7 18 10 36% 40% 1
1959 WSH AL 26 1B 2 1 1 16.0 19 16 3 0 1 1.000 0 8 10.69 9.50 .990 9.84 9.75
1959 STL NL 26 C 19 9 2 82.0 57 53 4 0 1 1.000 -2 -29 6.26 3.00 .989 6.34 6.28 5 7 5 4 44% 38% 0
1959 STL NL 26 1B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 9.45 9.50
5 Seasons C 91 66 51 596.2 381 339 38 4 7 .990 -5 -10 5.69 4.14 .990 6.05 6.03 22 17 30 21 41% 42% 1
4 Seasons OF 62 56 32 439.1 125 116 4 5 0 .960 1 2 2.46 1.94 .980 2.33 2.33
1 Season CF 25 24 22 204.0 71 66 3 2 0 .972 3.04 2.76 .983 2.91 2.91
2 Seasons RF 22 20 5 140.1 29 28 0 1 0 .966 1 7 1.80 1.27 .976 1.93 1.93
4 Seasons 1B 16 14 13 124.0 130 120 9 1 9 .992 -1 -14 9.36 8.06 .991 9.65 9.58
4 Seasons LF 15 12 5 95.0 24 22 0 2 0 .917 0 0 2.08 1.47 .980 2.18 2.17
2 Seasons 3B 3 2 1 19.2 6 4 1 1 0 .833 -0 -18 2.29 1.67 .953 3.20 3.23
6 Seasons TOT 172 138 97 1179.2 642 579 52 11 16 .983 -6 -6 4.81 3.67 .988 5.00 4.98 22 17 30 21 41% 42% 1
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO 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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1952 SLB AL 19 CF
1952 SLB AL 19 LF
1952 SLB AL 19 3B
1952 SLB AL 19 RF
1955 DET AL 22 1B 0 2 0 -0 0 0
1955 DET AL 22 C 0 0 0
1955 DET AL 22 LF 0 10 0 0 0 0
1956 DET AL 23 C 0 0 0
1956 DET AL 23 LF -0 -40 -0 0 -0 0
1957 DET AL 24 RF 1 7 1 1 -0 0
1957 DET AL 24 C 0 0 0
1957 DET AL 24 LF 0 9 0 0 -0 0
1957 DET AL 24 1B -2 -83 -2 0 -2 0
1958 CLE AL 25 C -1 -9 -1
1958 CLE AL 25 1B 0 13 0 0 0 0
1958 CLE AL 25 3B -0 -40 -0 -0 0
1959 WSH AL 26 C -2 -10 -2
1959 WSH AL 26 1B 0 8 0 0 0 0
1959 STL NL 26 C -2 -29 -2
1959 STL NL 26 1B -0 -60 -0 -0 0
5 Seasons C -5 -10 -5
1 Season CF
2 Seasons RF 1 7 1 1 -0 0
4 Seasons 1B -1 -14 -1 -1 -1 0
4 Seasons LF 0 0 0 1 -1 0
2 Seasons 3B -0 -18 -0 -0 0
6 Seasons TOT -6 -6 -1 1 -2 0 0 -5
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1952 SLB AL 19 33 26 33 30 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 25 1 29 0 2 1
1955 DET AL 22 24 14 24 14 0 4 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 10 0
1956 DET AL 23 14 3 14 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 10 0
1957 DET AL 24 58 37 58 42 0 12 3 0 0 0 6 0 21 27 0 20 0
1958 CLE AL 25 40 19 40 25 0 20 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1959 WSH AL 26 37 30 37 35 0 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1959 STL NL 26 23 9 23 20 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Seasons 229 138 229 170 0 91 16 0 3 0 15 25 22 62 0 69 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.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1955 DET AL 22 140 2.45 3.00 1 100% 0 0 16 0 0 0 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 DET AL 23 46 3.60 4.50 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1957 DET AL 24 347 3.07 3.62 13 85% 0 0 51 7 0 4 40 7 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 100%
1958 CLE AL 25 603 4.11 4.50 9 100% 0 0 80 6 0 1 73 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1959 WSH AL 26 1038 3.53 3.93 20 95% 0 0 128 13 0 5 110 18 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 75%
1959 STL NL 26 378 5.71 6.59 5 100% 0 0 53 5 0 1 47 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2552 3.85 4.34 48 94% 0 0 335 31 0 12 292 38 12 0 0 3 4 1 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 7 86%
MLB Averages 3.94 4.44 95% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1955 DET AL 22 0 0 59 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.35
1956 DET AL 23 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1957 DET AL 24 0 0 136 2 3 3 60% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1.15 1.46
1958 CLE AL 25 9 3 239 4 4 4 50% 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 18 4 0.84 1.52
1959 WSH AL 26 7 7 375 18 10 10 36% 14 9 3 0 1 1 1 0 35 14 1.05 1.25
1959 STL NL 26 5 7 165 5 4 3 44% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 0.69 1.59
5 Seasons 22 17 991 30 21 20 41% 26 18 3 1 1 2 1 0 81 27 0.95 1.40
MLB Averages 44% 1.18 1.17

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1952 SLB AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 16 8 50.0% 8 0 0.0% 2 593 63% 79% 31% 68 69%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 16 8 50.0% 8 0 0.0% 2 593 63% 79% 31% 68 69%
MLB Averages 44.7% 2.5% 63% 81% 30% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1957 DET AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 20 10 50.0% 10 0 0.0% 0 570 68% 81% 31% 57 51%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 20 10 50.0% 10 0 0.0% 0 570 68% 81% 31% 57 51%
MLB Averages 42.7% 3.4% 63% 81% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 DET AL 22 219 74% 83% 24% 7 86% 0 52 2 48 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1957 DET AL 24 126 53% 81% 25% 9 78% 0 28 2 27 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1958 CLE AL 25 120 49% 74% 24% 7 100% 0 24 3 21 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1959 WSH AL 26 78 62% 79% 33% 4 100% 0 16 0 16 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1959 STL NL 26 8 63% 50% 13% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 551 62% 80% 26% 27 89% 0 120 7 112 2 8 9 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 5 80%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 27% 93% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1952 SLB AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 69 54% 81% 23% 11 27%
1955 DET AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 85 64% 84% 38% 6 67%
1956 DET AL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 66 65% 79% 27% 8 25%
1957 DET AL 24 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 177 55% 83% 32% 23 57%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 17 11 64.7% 6 0 0.0% 0 397 58% 82% 31% 48 46%
MLB Averages 58.1% 2.6% 63% 81% 30% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1952 SLB AL 19 38 47% 95% 26% 5 80% 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CLE AL 25 36 44% 69% 22% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 74 46% 82% 24% 5 80% 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 81% 27% 89% 63%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Passed Balls s c a p y
1958 AL  9 (5th)
1959 AL  7 (4th)
1959 NL  5 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1952 AL  born 1933-01-17 (2nd)

                           

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