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: 14-17 / in Starts: 13-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 2

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	60	1	Apr 15	WSH		BOS	L,0-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	5	3	2	5	4	0	0	2.25	3.27	35	10	11	1	0	5	61			1	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	0	2	.97	-0.016	2.26	-0.02%	0.60	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
2	61	5	Apr 19	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-1)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	1.06	2.69	34	8	16	2	3	4	77			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.569	2.93	0.82%	3.93	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
3	62	9	Apr 30(1)	WSH		CHW	L,3-7	GS-6	L(1-2)	10	6.0	8	6	4	2	2	0	0	2.35	2.70	30	8	11	1	3	7	36			1	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	2	.55	-0.311	1.21	-0.41%	-3.30	1t start tie	6t 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
4	63	14	May 4(1)	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.97	2.58	33	9	15	0	3	6	72			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	0.526	2.96	0.62%	3.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	64	20	May 9	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-9	GS-5	L(2-3)	4	5.0	11	7	7	1	0	1	0	3.41	2.99	28	13	5	0	0	9	16			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	1	.69	-0.306	1.96	-0.52%	-4.54	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
6	65	22	May 11	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-2	10-GF(11)	W(3-3)	1	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.26	3.04	5	3	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.81	0.237	5.41	0.43%	1.17	10b -2- 1 out tie	11b end a 3
7	66	25	May 15	WSH	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	L(3-4)	3	8.2	4	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.85	3.11	31	8	12	1	5	4	75			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.161	3.39	0.31%	3.08	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d1
8	67	32	May 22	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-2	GS-9	W(4-4)	6	8.2	8	2	2	3	0	0	0	2.73	3.16	36	8	17	3	4	8	57			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.234	3.69	0.44%	1.68	1b start a 1	9b -23 2 out a2
9	68	37	May 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(4-5)	6	8.0	10	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.53	3.05	35	14	9	0	2	9	59			0	1	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.231	3.93	0.53%	2.97	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
10	69	43	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	GS-14		4	14.0	8	2	2	4	2	0	0	2.31	3.03	52	19	19	3	4	8	86			0	0	0	48	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.68	0.935	5.69	1.90%	4.29	1t start tie	14t 3 out tie
11	70	48	Jun 11	WSH		CLE	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-5)	7	9.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.07	2.98	31	11	14	2	1	4	80			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.688	2.77	0.91%	4.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	71	53	Jun 17	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-8	W(6-5)	5	7.0	12	3	3	5	5	0	0	2.20	2.99	36	3	11	3	0	12	41			0	0	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.77	-0.185	3.04	-0.19%	-0.94	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out a1
13	72	59	Jun 22(2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-3	GS-6	L(6-6)	4	6.0	9	3	3	3	1	0	0	2.34	3.02	26	7	6	3	2	9	40			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	2	0	0	.99	-0.061	2.29	-0.08%	-0.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
14	73	65	Jun 29(1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS-4	L(6-7)	6	4.0	7	5	3	0	2	1	0	2.51	3.08	19	4	7	1	2	6	34			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.306	2.33	-0.91%	-3.26	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
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
15	74	69	Jul 2	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(6-8)	2	8.0	6	4	2	3	1	0	0	2.49	3.10	33	12	11	2	0	6	56			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	2	.65	-0.031	2.43	-0.07%	-0.06	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
16	75	76	Jul 10(1)	WSH		CHW	L,0-2	GS-8	L(6-9)	7	8.0	5	2	2	3	2	0	1	2.48	3.12	31	11	9	1	0	5	63			1	0	0	26	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.09	0.057	3.50	0.11%	1.60	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
17	76	84	Jul 15(2)	WSH		DET	W,9-8	GS-3		4	3.0	8	6	6	2	1	0	0	2.85	3.13	18	3	4	0	1	8	18			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.473	2.24	-0.58%	-4.65	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
18	77	90	Jul 20(2)	WSH		SLB	W,6-3	GS-7	W(7-9)	4	6.1	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.78	3.13	25	11	6	0	0	5	56			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.163	1.75	0.28%	0.64	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a5
19	78	94	Jul 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(7-10)	4	8.0	7	4	3	4	2	2	0	2.82	3.33	32	12	7	0	2	7	52			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	3	0	0	.79	-0.125	2.78	-0.26%	-0.55	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d2
20	79	100	Jul 30	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	W(8-10)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	10	1	0	2.77	3.29	35	4	13	1	1	5	76			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	.77	0.200	1.68	0.26%	2.26	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
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
21	80	105	Aug 4	WSH		NYY	L,0-1	GS-8	L(8-11)	4	8.0	5	1	0	3	5	0	0	2.62	3.23	33	14	7	0	1	4	72			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.16	0.239	4.58	0.57%	2.60	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
22	81	114	Aug 13(1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,12-4	CG	W(9-11)	8	9.0	9	4	4	6	3	0	0	2.70	3.26	41	10	13	0	5	9	50			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.185	1.92	0.29%	-0.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
23	82	119	Aug 17(1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	W(10-11)	3	9.0	10	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.66	3.23	38	9	15	3	0	10	59			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	2	.65	0.124	.65	0.08%	2.43	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
24	83	124	Aug 22	WSH		DET	L,0-2	CG	L(10-12)	4	9.0	12	2	2	2	5	0	1	2.63	3.18	41	10	11	1	1	12	58			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	0.192	1.16	0.13%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
25	84	128	Aug 26	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(11-12)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.51	3.11	31	6	15	1	4	4	83			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.675	.62	0.19%	4.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
26	85	132	Aug 31	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-6	L(11-13)	4	5.1	9	5	5	5	2	1	0	2.67	3.21	27	4	8	0	2	8	27			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	.81	-0.125	.25	-0.02%	-1.22	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d3
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
27	86	138	Sep 4	WSH		BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(12-13)	3	9.0	8	2	1	4	2	0	0	2.59	3.21	38	14	10	0	2	8	63			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.38	0.305	.14	0.02%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
28	87	142	Sep 9(1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	4	2	0	1	2.59	3.24	30	10	9	1	0	4	57			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	0.186	.00	0.00%	1.28	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
29	88	149	Sep 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(12-14)	6	9.2	10	4	4	2	2	0	0	2.64	3.21	39	11	14	1	0	10	53			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.083	.00	0.00%	0.03	1b start tie	10b -2- 2 out d1
30	89	153	Sep 21	WSH		BOS	L,3-7	9-GF	BS(1)	4	1.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.75	3.22	8	2	1	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.08	-0.555	.00	0.00%	-3.58	9t 12- 0 out a1	9t end d 4
31	90	156	Sep 27	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(13-14)	5	9.0	11	2	2	8	5	0	0	2.72	3.25	42	9	9	0	0	11	54			0	1	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	2.06	0.455	.00	0.00%	2.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
							14-17		W-L:13-14,BSv:1	4.3	231.1	222	80	70	85	80	7	4	2.72	3.25	973	0.88		5%	8%	211	56	3	67%	4	3	0	874	35	7	9	22	0	13	1.13	3.785	2.17	4.79%	23.91

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