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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-17 / in Starts: 13-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 84 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	35 (20-12-3)
Avg. MLBer w/ 84 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	53 (27-16-8)

Most Driven In
P Runnels	1
M Vernon	1
J Busby	1
C Kluttz	0

Most Driven In By
J Jensen	2
E Yost	1
J Busby	1
F Baker	1

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	61	1	Apr 15	WSH		BOS	L,0-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.68	-0.109	3.89	-0.15%	-0.82	P
2	62	5 (3)	Apr 19	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.73	-0.069	1.75	-0.10%	-0.88	P
3	63	9 (3)	Apr 30 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-7	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.26	-0.007	.57	-0.01%	-0.09	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	64	14 (4)	May 4 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	9	.99	0.040	1.96	0.05%	0.51	P
5	65	20 (5)	May 9	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-9	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	9	1.29	-0.031	3.68	-0.05%	-0.29	P
6	66	22 (1)	May 11	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-2	10-GF(11)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	9	4.45	0.057	13.33	0.10%	0.33	P
7	67	25 (2)	May 15	WSH	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.308	.538	9	1.49	-0.107	4.71	-0.20%	-0.65	P
8	68	32 (6)	May 22	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-2	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.235	.235	.294	.529	9	.89	0.200	2.81	0.38%	1.63	P
9	69	37 (4)	May 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.211	.263	.474	9	.56	-0.029	2.12	-0.07%	-0.21	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	70	43 (5)	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	GS-14	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.217	.217	.304	.522	9	1.40	-0.071	4.73	-0.15%	-0.10	P
11	71	48 (4)	Jun 11	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.308	.538	9	1.00	0.007	2.19	0.01%	-0.06	P
12	72	53 (4)	Jun 17	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.207	.276	.483	9	.61	-0.044	1.04	-0.05%	-0.43	P
13	73	59 (5)	Jun 22 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.194	.258	.452	9	.95	-0.047	2.20	-0.07%	-0.38	P
14	74	65 (5)	Jun 29 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.250	.438	9	.80	-0.020	3.96	-0.06%	-0.21	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	75	69 (3)	Jul 2	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.257	.457	9	1.21	0.052	4.50	0.12%	0.07	P
16	76	76 (6)	Jul 10 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.189	.243	.432	9	1.02	-0.050	3.28	-0.10%	-0.36	P
17	77	84 (7)	Jul 15 (2)	WSH		DET	W,9-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.184	.237	.421	9	1.89	-0.086	3.84	-0.11%	-0.78	P
18	78	90 (5)	Jul 20 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,6-3	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.220	.250	.470	9	.84	0.004	2.36	0.01%	0.25	P
19	79	94 (3)	Jul 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.205	.233	.437	9	1.33	-0.097	4.70	-0.21%	-0.62	P
20	80	100 (5)	Jul 30	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.170	.188	.213	.400	9	.40	-0.040	.88	-0.05%	-0.77	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	81	105 (4)	Aug 4	WSH		NYY	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.163	.180	.204	.384	9	1.20	-0.063	4.74	-0.15%	-0.48	P
22	82	114 (8)	Aug 13 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,12-4	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.218	.226	.445	9	.79	-0.044	2.03	-0.07%	0.20	P
23	83	119 (4)	Aug 17 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.193	.220	.228	.448	9	.19	0.006	.19	0.00%	0.36	P
24	84	124 (4)	Aug 22	WSH		DET	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.226	.250	.476	9	1.96	-0.110	2.21	-0.08%	-0.57	P
25	85	128 (3)	Aug 26	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.231	.254	.485	9	1.73	0.098	.80	0.03%	0.27	P
26	86	132 (3)	Aug 31	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.200	.224	.246	.470	9	1.24	-0.084	.39	-0.02%	-0.68	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	87	138 (5)	Sep 4	WSH		BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.211	.232	.443	9	.68	-0.081	.07	-0.01%	-0.87	P
28	88	142 (3)	Sep 9 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.216	.236	.452	9	1.12	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
29	89	149 (6)	Sep 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.218	.237	.455	9	1.08	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
30	90	153 (3)	Sep 21	WSH		BOS	L,3-7	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.218	.237	.455	9						P
31	91	156 (2)	Sep 27	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.190	.210	.228	.438	9	.70	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.72	P
							14-17		84	79	5	15	3	0	0	3	2	0	18	0	3		1	2	0	0	.190	.210	.228	.438		1.05	-0.841	2.23	-0.98%	-6.62

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