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: 4-21 / in Starts: 4-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 4

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	187	2	Apr 18	BOS		BAL	W,8-4	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	4	4	5	5	2	0	4.00	5.81	36	9	13	1	0	4	61			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.024	1.94	-0.04%	1.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	188	7	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	L,1-4	GS-5	L(1-1)	6	5.0	4	3	3	5	1	1	0	4.50	6.44	22	3	9	1	0	4	43			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.057	2.13	-0.08%	-0.08	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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	189	10	May 1	BOS		KCA	L,2-3	GS-8	L(1-2)	5	7.1	6	3	3	4	1	0	0	4.22	5.51	33	15	7	0	0	6	51			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.53	-0.001	3.31	0.00%	1.41	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out tie
4	190	17	May 9	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	GS-6		7	5.1	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	4.73	5.45	25	9	5	1	0	7	38			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.014	2.60	-0.03%	-0.09	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a1
5	191	26	May 19	BOS	@	KCA	L,4-5	7-GF	BL(1-3)	9	2.1	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	4.66	5.75	12	4	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.95	-0.706	8.35	-1.20%	-1.71	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end d 1
6	192	34	May 27(2)	BOS		WSH	L,10-11	GS-2		7	1.1	4	5	5	2	0	1	0	5.93	6.23	10	2	2	0	0	4	24			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.370	2.12	-0.55%	-4.58	1t start tie	2t -2- 1 out d3
7	193	39	May 31	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	W(2-3)	3	9.0	4	1	0	3	3	0	0	4.58	5.42	32	10	12	1	0	4	77			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.366	2.17	0.47%	3.28	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
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
8	194	43	Jun 5	BOS		DET	L,11-14	GS-4	L(2-4)	4	3.1	7	7	7	4	2	1	0	5.70	5.67	20	5	2	0	0	7	16			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.16	-0.357	2.41	-0.45%	-3.66	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d3
9	195	49	Jun 11(1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	GS-7	L(2-5)	5	7.0	4	4	4	1	7	3	0	5.62	5.77	27	5	10	0	0	4	59			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.54	-0.082	1.14	-0.10%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
10	196	54	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(2-6)	3	8.0	7	5	5	3	4	2	0	5.62	5.77	34	12	8	1	0	7	49			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.209	2.58	-0.28%	-0.78	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
11	197	58	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.1	9	4	4	7	2	1	1	5.54	5.89	38	10	9	0	0	9	39			0	0	0	30	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.57	-0.153	2.79	-0.16%	-0.02	1b start a 2	8b --- 1 out tie
Jul				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
12	198	68	Jul 1	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS-5	L(2-7)	10	4.2	8	5	4	2	0	1	0	5.68	5.93	24	9	6	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.443	2.01	-0.46%	-2.84	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d2
13	199	73	Jul 5	BOS		NYY	L,1-6	GS-4	L(2-8)	3	3.0	7	6	6	1	1	1	0	6.19	5.98	17	5	4	0	0	6	21			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.310	1.29	-0.26%	-4.10	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out d3
14	200	84	Jul 17(2)	BOS		KCA	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-8)	11	9.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	5.51	5.49	32	7	12	2	0	7	77			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	0.792	1.31	0.41%	5.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
15	201	91	Jul 25	BOS	@	KCA	L,6-9	GS-6		7	6.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.13	5.28	21	6	12	7	0	3	66			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.333	1.05	0.25%	3.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
16	202	98	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	GS-7	L(3-9)	5	6.0	5	6	4	3	4	2	0	5.19	5.38	27	9	6	2	0	5	43			0	0	0	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.253	.31	-0.05%	-1.84	1b start a 2	7b 12- 0 out tie
Aug				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
17	203	110	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-8	1-4		11	4.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	5.16	5.38	16	6	4	0	1	3		2	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.057	.99	0.05%	1.35	1b 1-3 0 out d2	4b 3 out d4
18	204	112	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	7-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.14	5.40	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.009	.42	0.01%	0.33	7b -2- 2 out d3	7b 3 out d3
19	205	115	Aug 18	BOS		WSH	L,7-9	5-6		2	1.2	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.15	5.33	8	3	0	0	0	4		3	3	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.173	.60	-0.05%	-1.75	5t 123 1 out d1	6t 3 out d4
20	206	121	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	7-GF		5	3.0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	5.00	5.22	12	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.102	.14	0.02%	1.75	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
21	207	124	Aug 26(2)	BOS		KCA	L,6-7	10-GF(10)	L(3-10)	1	1.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	5.04	5.23	7	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.48	-0.272	.61	-0.04%	-0.42	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
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
22	208	129	Sep 2	BOS		BAL	L,10-11	GS-6		6	5.1	7	6	3	2	4	0	0	5.04	5.08	26	7	6	1	0	7	38			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	2	.77	0.012	.03	0.00%	-1.76	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a4
23	209	145	Sep 16(2)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-8	1-5		13	4.0	5	3	3	6	1	1	0	5.10	5.24	22	3	7	1	4	5		1	1	0	0	0	16	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	-0.339	.00	0.00%	-2.44	1b 1-- 2 out a1	5b 123 2 out tie
24	210	149	Sep 22	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	GS-7	L(3-11)	5	7.0	7	2	2	4	2	0	0	4.95	5.14	31	6	12	3	0	7	53			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.42	0.099	.00	0.00%	2.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
25	211	153	Sep 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-5	L(3-12)	5	5.0	7	7	7	2	1	2	0	5.26	5.27	23	6	7	0	0	7	24			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.43	-0.333	.00	0.00%	-4.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out d7
							4-21		W-L:3-12,BSv:1	4.7	125.0	127	82	73	64	53	21	1	5.26	5.27	557	0.96		7%	2%	123	45	7	57%	0	3	0	488	23	5	4	7	0	8	1.09	-2.326	1.66	-2.56%	-10.56

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