Bob Porterfield

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: August 10, 1923 in Newport, VA us

Died: April 28, 1980 in Charlotte, NC

Buried: Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, NC

High School: Newport HS (Newport, VA)

Debut: August 8, 1948 (Age 24-364d, 10,538th in major league history)
vs. CLE 6.2 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 21, 1959 (Age 36-042d)
vs. MLN 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Erwin Cooledge Porterfield

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.7

ERA

3.79

318

193

1567.2

572

WHIP

1.354

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	WSH		BAL	W,12-5	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	P
2	3 (1)	Apr 16	WSH		NYY	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
3	6 (2)	Apr 21	WSH		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
4	9 (2)	Apr 24 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,1-2		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	12 (2)	Apr 27	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	15 (2)	Apr 30	WSH	@	DET	L,7-11	GS	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	19 (3)	May 4	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS	35	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
8	22 (2)	May 8 (1)	WSH		BAL	L,3-4	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	24 (1)	May 10	WSH		DET	W,7-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
10	28 (3)	May 15 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	31 (2)	May 20	WSH		BOS	W,3-1	GS	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
12	37 (5)	May 27	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-16	GS	13	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	40 (2)	May 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	45 (4)	Jun 4	WSH	@	CLE	W,14-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
15	50 (4)	Jun 8	WSH	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	53 (2)	Jun 12 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	59 (5)	Jun 17	WSH		KCA	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	61 (1)	Jun 21	WSH		CHW	L,1-6	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	64 (2)	Jun 24	WSH		DET	L,7-18	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	69 (4)	Jun 28 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,2-8	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	73 (3)	Jul 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-12	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	77 (3)	Jul 7	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	31	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	95 (17)	Jul 26 (1)	WSH		KCA	W,9-3	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
24	100 (4)	Jul 30	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	104 (3)	Aug 3	WSH		DET	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
26	111 (6)	Aug 13	WSH	@	BOS	W,18-9	GS	23	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	116 (4)	Aug 19	WSH		BOS	L,0-8	GS	32	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	121 (4)	Aug 25	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-1	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	128 (6)	Sep 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS	26	6.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
30	141 (12)	Sep 13 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,2-8	GS	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
							30gm		178.0	8	28	1	37	2