Jay Porter
J W Porter (Jay)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 17, 1933 in Shawnee, OK
High School: Oakland Technical (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1952
Final Game: September 27, 1959
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1952 SLB AL 19 OF 29 75 70 3 2 0 .973 2.52 .980 2.18 3-26-0
1952 SLB AL 19 3B 2 6 4 1 1 0 .833 2.50 .967 3.00
1955 DET AL 22 1B 6 6 52.0 53 52 1 0 5 1.000 0.1 2.3 0.1 0.5 -0.4 0 9.17 8.83 .991 9.62 8.17
1955 DET AL 22 C 4 4 33.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.64 4.25 .988 5.59 4.72 0 0 1 0 0%
1955 DET AL 22 LF 4 4 23.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 10.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 1.57 1.00 .975 2.27 1.78
1955 DET AL 22 OF 4 4 23.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 10.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 1.57 1.00 .975 2.39 2.08
1956 DET AL 23 C 2 1 10.0 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.30 3.50 .986 5.94 5.00 1 0 0 0
1956 DET AL 23 LF 2 2 15.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0.5 -40.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.20 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.70
1956 DET AL 23 OF 2 2 15.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0.5 -40.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.20 1.00 1.000 2.34 2.05
1957 DET AL 24 OF 27 25 179.1 43 40 1 2 0 .953 1.1 7.4 1.1 -0.4 1.5 0 2.06 1.52 .981 2.24 1.97
1957 DET AL 24 RF 21 20 138.1 29 28 0 1 0 .966 0.8 6.9 0.8 -0.2 1.0 0 1.82 1.33 .976 1.93 1.68
1957 DET AL 24 C 12 9 82.0 60 50 7 3 3 .950 0.0 0.0 0 6.26 4.75 .992 5.92 5.11 0 0 2 3 60%
1957 DET AL 24 LF 6 5 41.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 0.3 8.8 0.3 -0.2 0.5 0 2.85 2.17 .979 2.11 1.70
1957 DET AL 24 1B 3 3 26.0 32 28 3 1 2 .969 -1.8 -83.1 -1.8 -1.8 0.0 0 10.73 10.33 .994 9.66 8.37
1958 CLE AL 25 C 20 14 140.0 92 84 8 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -8.6 -1 5.91 4.60 .990 6.01 5.34 9 3 4 4 50%
1958 CLE AL 25 1B 4 4 28.0 26 24 2 0 1 1.000 0.3 12.9 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 8.36 6.50 .992 9.61 8.48
1958 CLE AL 25 3B 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.00 0.00 3.10 2.60
1959 TOT MLB 26 C 53 38 331.2 205 182 22 1 3 .995 -4.0 -14.5 -4 5.54 3.85 .989 6.15 5.28 12 14 23 14 38%
1959 TOT MLB 26 1B 3 1 18.0 19 16 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0 9.50 6.33 .989 9.80 8.17
1959 WSH AL 26 C 34 29 249.2 148 129 18 1 2 .993 -2.0 -9.6 -2 5.30 4.32 .989 6.08 5.31 7 7 18 10 36%
1959 WSH AL 26 1B 2 1 16.0 19 16 3 0 1 1.000 0.1 7.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 10.69 9.50 .989 9.84 8.25
1959 STL NL 26 C 19 9 82.0 57 53 4 0 1 1.000 -2.0 -29.3 -2 6.26 3.00 .989 6.34 5.24 5 7 5 4 44%
1959 STL NL 26 1B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 9.45 8.00
5 Seasons C 91 66 596.2 381 339 38 4 7 .990 -5.0 -10.1 -5 5.69 4.14 .990 6.05 5.24 22 17 30 21 41%
4 Seasons OF 62 31 217.1 125 116 4 5 0 .960 0.8 4.4 0.8 -0.9 1.7 0 4.97 1.94 .981 2.26 2.08 15-26-21
1 Season RF 21 20 138.1 29 28 0 1 0 .966 0.8 6.9 0.8 -0.2 1.0 0 1.82 1.33 .976 1.93 1.68
4 Seasons 1B 16 14 124.0 130 120 9 1 9 .992 -1.4 -13.5 -1.4 -1.0 -0.5 0 9.36 8.06 .992 9.65 8.28
3 Seasons (incomplete) LF 12 11 79.0 21 19 0 2 0 .905 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.7 0.7 0 2.16 1.58 .981 2.15 1.72
2 Seasons 3B 3 1 9.0 6 4 1 1 0 .833 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 5.00 1.67 .967 3.10 2.87
6 Seasons TOT 172 112 947.0 642 579 52 11 16 .983 -5.9 -7.5 -0.9 -1.9 0.9 0 0 -5 6.00 3.67 .971 5.62 4.34 15-26-21 22 17 30 21 41%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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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 33 33 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 26 0 29
1955 DET AL 22 24 14 24 24 0 4 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 10 0
1956 DET AL 23 14 3 14 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0
1957 DET AL 24 58 37 58 58 0 12 3 0 0 0 6 0 21 27 20 0
1958 CLE AL 25 40 19 40 40 0 20 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1959 WSH AL 26 37 30 37 37 0 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1959 STL NL 26 23 9 23 23 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Seasons 229 112 229 229 0 91 16 0 3 0 15 26 21 62 67 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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 22 142 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 47 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 24 353 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 25 619 4.12 4.51 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 1084 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 26 399 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 2644 3.85 4.35 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 3.93 4.43 96% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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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 0.44
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 1.39
1958 CLE AL 25 9 3 239 4 4 4 50% 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 18 4 0.85 1.48
1959 WSH AL 26 7 7 375 18 10 10 36% 14 9 3 0 1 1 1 0 35 14 1.06 1.24
1959 STL NL 26 5 7 165 5 4 3 44% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 0.72 1.61
5 Seasons 22 17 991 30 21 20 41% 26 18 3 1 1 2 1 0 81 27 0.96 1.38
MLB Averages 43% 1.18 1.17

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 8 4 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 7 41.2% 10 0 0.0% 0 585 67% 79% 30% 57 51%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 3 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 7 41.2% 10 0 0.0% 0 585 67% 79% 30% 57 51%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.2% 62% 79% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 22 226 72% 81% 23% 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 24 128 52% 80% 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 25 122 48% 73% 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 79 61% 78% 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 563 61% 78% 25% 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 62% 79% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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%
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 86 63% 83% 37% 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% 0 181 54% 81% 31% 23 57%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 333 59% 81% 32% 37 51%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.4% 62% 79% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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%
1958 CLE AL 25 37 43% 68% 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
1 Season 37 43% 68% 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
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 89% 61%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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