Arnie Portocarrero
Arnold Mario Portocarrero
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 196 lb.

Born: July 5, 1931 in New York, NY
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1954
Final Game: June 15, 1960
Died: June 21, 1986 in Kansas City, KS
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Standard Pitching

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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
1954 22 PHA AL 9 18 .333 4.06 34 33 0 16 1 0 248.0 233 124 112 25 114 132 5 0 9 1086 96 1.399 8.5 0.9 4.1 4.8 1.16
1955 23 KCA AL 5 9 .357 4.77 24 20 1 4 1 0 111.1 109 66 59 12 67 4 34 4 1 0 506 87 1.581 8.8 1.0 5.4 2.7 0.51
1956 24 KCA AL 0 1 .000 10.12 3 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 9 9 9 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 38 43 2.000 10.1 2.3 7.9 2.3 0.29
1957 25 KCA AL 4 9 .308 3.92 33 17 8 1 0 0 114.2 103 55 50 10 34 2 42 3 0 1 474 100 1.195 8.1 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.24
1958 26 BAL AL 15 11 .577 3.25 32 27 4 10 3 2 204.2 173 81 74 17 57 3 90 3 1 0 826 110 1.124 7.6 0.7 2.5 4.0 1.58
1959 27 BAL AL 2 7 .222 6.80 27 14 8 1 0 0 90.0 107 73 68 10 32 0 23 2 0 1 408 56 1.544 10.7 1.0 3.2 2.3 0.72
1960 28 BAL AL 3 2 .600 4.43 13 5 6 1 0 0 40.2 44 23 20 6 9 0 15 0 0 1 170 86 1.303 9.7 1.3 2.0 3.3 1.67
7 Seasons 38 57 .400 4.32 166 117 28 33 5 2 817.1 778 431 392 82 320 9 338 17 2 12 3508 89 1.343 8.6 0.9 3.5 3.7 1.06
162 Game Avg. 9 14 .400 4.32 40 28 7 8 1 0 196 187 104 94 20 77 81 4 0 3 843 89 1.343 8.6 0.9 3.5 3.7 1.06
KCA (4 yrs) 18 37 .327 4.29 94 71 10 21 2 0 482.0 454 254 230 49 222 6 210 12 1 10 2104 93 1.402 8.5 0.9 4.1 3.9 0.95
BAL (3 yrs) 20 20 .500 4.35 72 46 18 12 3 2 335.1 324 177 162 33 98 3 128 5 1 2 1404 84 1.258 8.7 0.9 2.6 3.4 1.31

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 22 PHA AL 34 1088 936 124 233 42 8 25 8 7 114 132 .249 .328 .391 .719 .261 366 8 5 16 17
1955 23 KCA AL 24 505 421 66 109 22 5 12 0 4 67 34 .259 .364 .420 .784 .257 177 11 4 10 3 4
1956 24 KCA AL 3 38 30 9 9 0 0 2 1 1 7 2 .300 .432 .500 .932 .269 15 1 0 1 0 0
1957 25 KCA AL 33 475 430 55 103 13 4 10 3 4 34 42 .240 .297 .358 .655 .243 154 5 3 4 4 2
1958 26 BAL AL 32 826 755 81 173 29 7 17 3 7 57 90 .229 .284 .354 .638 .239 267 17 3 6 5 3
1959 27 BAL AL 27 408 364 73 107 16 2 10 5 1 32 23 .294 .352 .431 .783 .290 157 4 2 7 3 0
1960 28 BAL AL 13 171 160 23 44 8 3 6 3 1 9 15 .275 .310 .475 .785 .270 76 3 0 0 2 0
7 Seasons 166 3511 3096 431 778 130 29 82 23 25 320 338 .251 .322 .391 .713 .257 1212 49 17 44 34 9
162 Game Avg. 40 844 744 104 187 31 7 20 6 6 77 81 .251 .322 .391 .713 .257 291 12 4 11 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 22 PHA AL 34 33 9 18 6 0 6 11 21 .344 0 2 16 1 19 58% 52 80 17 10 5 12 8 3.2 3.2 7.5
1955 23 KCA AL 24 20 5 9 6 1 2 8 12 .400 1 3 4 1 7 35% 46 82 18 15 5 3 15 4.4 4.7 5.1
1956 24 KCA AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27 27 27 0 0 0 1 4.0 3.0 4.0
1957 25 KCA AL 33 17 2 9 6 0 3 7 10 .412 1 2 1 0 6 35% 45 71 21 18 8 3 10 3.5 2.6 4.7
1958 26 BAL AL 32 27 15 10 2 1 2 17 10 .630 0 1 10 3 16 59% 56 86 23 6 1 7 7 3.8 3.7 7.1
1959 27 BAL AL 27 14 2 7 5 1 0 3 11 .214 1 1 1 0 3 21% 42 72 21 17 10 1 9 3.6 3.4 4.6
1960 28 BAL AL 13 5 2 1 2 0 0 4 1 .800 0 1 1 0 2 40% 49 64 30 3 0 0 2 5.1 4.0 5.2
7 Seasons 166 117 35 55 27 3 13 50 66 .431 3 10 33 5 53 45% 49 86 17 69 29 26 52 3.7 3.5 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 22 PHA AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 1.100 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1955 23 KCA AL 24 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.015 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 4 1 6.5
1956 24 KCA AL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.704 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1957 25 KCA AL 33 16 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 44% 8 0.872 2 3 8 0 2 11 6 7 11 0 10 2 6.4
1958 26 BAL AL 32 5 4 0 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0% 4 1.017 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 4 4 0 4 0 7.4
1959 27 BAL AL 27 13 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 50% 7 0.716 2 1 10 1 1 11 2 11 8 2 8 0 6.0
1960 28 BAL AL 13 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 7 0.583 1 1 6 1 1 6 3 5 4 1 4 0 5.5
7 Seasons 166 49 28 3 2 2 2 0 100% 4 0 19 9 47% 0.964 7 8 31 4 5 37 13 33 34 3 33 3 6.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1954 22 PHA AL 1088 44% 2.3% 12.1% 10.5% 6.9% 32% 0.49 73% 208 8 4%
1955 23 KCA AL 505 43% 2.4% 6.7% 13.3% 7.7% 36% 0.59 75% 115 11 10%
1956 24 KCA AL 38 32% 5.3% 5.3% 18.4% 5.3% 22% 0.62 68% 11 1 9%
1957 25 KCA AL 475 42% 2.1% 8.8% 7.2% 5.7% 26% 0.52 80% 91 5 5%
1958 26 BAL AL 826 37% 2.1% 10.9% 6.9% 6.4% 31% 0.62 79% 146 17 12%
1959 27 BAL AL 408 32% 2.5% 5.6% 7.8% 6.9% 26% 0.65 82% 84 4 5%
1960 28 BAL AL 171 43% 3.5% 8.8% 5.3% 9.9% 39% 0.59 82% 32 3 9%
7 Seasons 3511 40% 2.3% 9.6% 9.1% 6.9% 31% 0.56 77% 687 49 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1954 22 PHA AL 1088 233 25 1 25 14 11 18 7 57 31 6 54% 13 9 2 435 8 7 53% 8 5 0 2 0 0 4 0 33 0
1955 23 KCA AL 505 109 12 0 14 7 5 8 4 19 10 1 53% 10 0 0 208 0 4 0% 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0
1956 24 KCA AL 38 9 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 25 KCA AL 455 103 10 0 8 8 2 4 6 29 17 1 59% 3 1 1 157 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 20
1958 26 BAL AL 826 173 17 0 6 14 3 5 12 34 16 3 47% 9 0 0 283 3 7 30% 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1959 27 BAL AL 408 107 10 1 10 8 2 6 4 28 18 1 64% 7 1 1 160 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1960 28 BAL AL 171 44 6 0 1 5 1 4 2 9 8 0 89% 1 1 1 69 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
7 Seasons 3491 778 82 2 64 58 24 46 36 176 100 12 57% 43 12 5 1330 23 25 48% 22 20 1 3 0 2 6 0 67 20
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1954 22 9 18 .333 4.06 34 33 0 16 1 0 248.0 233 124 112 25 114 132 5 0 9 1086 96 1.399 8.5 0.9 4.1 4.8 1.16 96
1955 23 14 27 .341 4.28 58 53 1 20 2 0 359.1 342 190 171 37 181 4 166 9 1 9 1592 93 1.455 8.6 0.9 4.5 4.2 0.92 93
1956 24 14 28 .333 4.41 61 54 2 20 2 0 367.1 351 199 180 39 188 4 168 9 1 9 1630 91 1.467 8.6 1.0 4.6 4.1 0.89 91
1957 25 18 37 .327 4.29 94 71 10 21 2 0 482.0 454 254 230 49 222 6 210 12 1 10 2104 93 1.402 8.5 0.9 4.1 3.9 0.95 93
1958 26 33 48 .407 3.98 126 98 14 31 5 2 686.2 627 335 304 66 279 9 300 15 2 10 2930 97 1.319 8.2 0.9 3.7 3.9 1.08 97
1959 27 35 55 .389 4.31 153 112 22 32 5 2 776.2 734 408 372 76 311 9 323 17 2 11 3338 89 1.345 8.5 0.9 3.6 3.7 1.04 89
1960 28 38 57 .400 4.32 166 117 28 33 5 2 817.1 778 431 392 82 320 9 338 17 2 12 3508 89 1.343 8.6 0.9 3.5 3.7 1.06 89

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1954 22 13 15 .464 4.15 254.0 247 130 117 27 121 135 5 1.449 8.8 4.3 4.8 1.12 1.0 34
1955 23 5 7 .417 4.62 115.0 112 66 59 12 69 35 4 1.574 8.8 5.4 2.7 0.51 0.9 24
1956 24 0 0 10.12 8.0 9 10 9 2 7 2 0 2.000 10.1 7.9 2.3 0.29 2.3 3
1957 25 6 7 .462 4.08 117.0 109 59 53 11 36 43 3 1.239 8.4 2.8 3.3 1.19 0.8 33
1958 26 11 11 .500 3.83 202.0 191 96 86 19 63 89 3 1.257 8.5 2.8 4.0 1.41 0.8 32
1959 27 2 8 .200 7.24 92.0 115 82 74 11 34 24 2 1.620 11.3 3.3 2.3 0.71 1.1 27
1960 28 2 2 .500 4.95 40.0 48 24 22 7 10 15 0 1.450 10.8 2.3 3.4 1.50 1.6 13
7 Seasons 39 50 .438 4.57 828.0 831 467 420 89 340 343 17 1.414 9.0 3.7 1.01 1.0 166

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1958 AL  3.254 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1958 AL  15 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1958 AL  .577 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1958 AL  1.124 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  7.608 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  2.507 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1954 AL  248.0 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1954 AL  132 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1954 AL  33 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1954 AL  16 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1958 AL  3 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1954 AL  25 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1954 AL  114 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1954 AL  233 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 AL  .748 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1954 AL  18 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1954 AL  112 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1954 AL  9 (1st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1954 AL  1086 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (882), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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