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

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

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	2	Apr 10	PIT		MLN	L,0-8	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	9 (6)	Apr 23	PIT		CIN	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	10	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-5		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	13 (2)	Apr 26 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-10		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	16 (2)	May 1	PIT		STL	L,6-7		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago Cubs
7	34	May 17 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,4-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	37 (2)	May 20	CHC		PHI	W,7-5		12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	40 (2)	May 23	CHC		STL	L,1-5		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	54 (13)	Jun 8	CHC	@	MLN	L,5-9		15	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Pittsburgh Pirates
11	62	Jun 14 (1)	PIT		LAD	W,6-3		8	2.1	0	3	1	4	0	P
12	68 (5)	Jun 20	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	69	Jun 21 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	70	Jun 21 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,10-8		14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	71	Jun 22	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-4		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	73 (1)	Jun 24	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	75 (1)	Jun 26	PIT	@	LAD	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	77 (1)	Jun 28	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-9	GF	5	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	81 (3)	Jul 3	PIT		MLN	L,0-6	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	86 (4)	Jul 10	PIT		CHC	W,7-6		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
21	87	Jul 11	PIT		CHC	L,1-5		2	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	89 (1)	Jul 12 susp	PIT		STL	L,6-8		4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	95 (5)	Jul 21	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
24	96	Jul 22	PIT		PHI	L,4-11	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	98 (1)	Jul 25	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	99	Jul 26 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
27	102 (2)	Jul 28	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-9	GF	11	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	106 (3)	Aug 1	PIT	@	SFG	L,5-9		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
29	107	Aug 2	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-5		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	112 (4)	Aug 8	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3		11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	118 (5)	Aug 16 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
32	119	Aug 16 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,2-5		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	128 (8)	Aug 25	PIT		SFG	L,5-12		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	133 (4)	Aug 30 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,7-6		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	136 (2)	Sep 4	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	137	Sep 5	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-6		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	139 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	141 (1)	Sep 9	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-7		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	144 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-4		5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	151 (6)	Sep 21	PIT		MLN	L,6-8		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							40gm		48.0	5	12	1	18	2