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

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.7

ERA

3.79

318

193

1567.2

572

WHIP

1.354

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Team Record in Appearances: 4-6 / in Starts: 0-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 7, Entered with runners on base: 2

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	29	5	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	L,6-7	GS-2		99	2.0	4	4	4	3	1	0	0	18.00	6.08	12	0	4	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.284	4.01	-0.52%	-2.90	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
2	30	8	Apr 27	NYY		BOS	L,2-7	6-8		4	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.00	3.58	11	4	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.009	.41	-0.02%	0.66	6t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	31	19	May 11(2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	4-7	W(1-0)	13	4.0	3	3	3	1	2	1	0	8.00	4.47	15	5	4	0	0	3		3	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.010	3.91	0.02%	0.06	4t 123 0 out a2	7t 3 out tie
4	32	21	May 13	NYY		PHA	W,9-3	7-GF	S(1)	1	3.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	7.50	3.67	12	3	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.008	.40	0.02%	-0.34	7t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 6
5	33	24	May 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-9			3	0.1	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	8.03	4.61	5												1			0		0
6	34	32	May 27	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		9	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	8.10	5.43	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.006	.22	-0.02%	-0.44	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	35	37	Jun 1	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	8-9		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.04	4.93	7	1	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.039	1.55	0.12%	1.11	8t --- 0 out d3	9t 3 out d2
8	36	43	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	L,2-16	GS-2	L(1-1)	4	2.0	9	7	7	0	1	0	0	9.87	4.55	14	2	2	0	0	9	11			0	1	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.390	3.63	-1.18%	-5.90	1t start tie	2t 3 out d7
9	37	46	Jun 9	NYY		DET	L,7-13	6-7		2	2.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.84	4.24	10	1	4	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.000	.12	0.00%	0.46	6t 1-3 0 out d8	7t 3 out d8
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	38	144	Sep 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4			99	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.69	4.21	1												1			0		0
							4-6		W-L:1-1,Sv:1	3.9	19.2	28	19	19	8	9	2	0	8.69	4.21	91	0.69		2%	0%	28	21	5	60%	0	2	0	82	5	0	0	1	0	0	.62	-0.632	2.15	-1.59%	-7.30

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