Darrell Porter

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 193lb (183cm, 87kg)

Born: January 17, 1952 in Joplin, MO us

Died: August 5, 2002 in Sugar Creek, MO

Buried: Longview Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (4th) of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Southeast HS (Oklahoma City, OK).

High School: Southeast HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

Debut: September 2, 1971 (Age 19-228d, 13,162nd in major league history)
vs. KCR 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1987 (Age 35-260d)
vs. SEA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: Bill Katzbeck • Previously: Frank Knisley

Full Name: Darrell Ray Porter

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.9

5539

1369

188

.247

765

RBI

826

OBP

.354

SLG

.409

OPS

.763

OPS+

113

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-17 / in Starts: 20-16
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	1977	ALCS g1	Oct 5	KCR	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.750	.500	1.250	8	.27	0.015	8.28	0.31%	0.58	C
2	1977	ALCS g2	Oct 6	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS-8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.667	.333	1.000	8	.73	0.028	20.94	0.52%	0.28	C
3	1977	ALCS g3	Oct 7	KCR		NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.700	.571	1.271	7	.66	0.050	27.44	1.14%	1.15	C
4	1977	ALCS g4	Oct 8	KCR		NYY	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.500	.364	.864	6	1.03	-0.104	39.43	-2.58%	-0.68	C
5	1977	ALCS g5	Oct 9	KCR		NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.444	.333	.778	8	.89	-0.061	74.17	-3.18%	-0.45	C
1978 Postseason			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
6	1978	ALCS g1	Oct 3	KCR		NYY	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	4	1.22	-0.127	38.20	-2.58%	-0.98	C
7	1978	ALCS g2	Oct 4	KCR		NYY	W,10-4	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.286	.619	4	.50	0.040	14.36	0.62%	0.60	C
8	1978	ALCS g3	Oct 6	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.385	.455	.839	4	1.37	0.139	56.52	3.36%	0.38	C
9	1978	ALCS g4	Oct 7	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.412	.429	.840	5	1.63	-0.088	62.35	-1.84%	-0.08	C
1980 Postseason			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	1980	ALCS g1	Oct 8	KCR		NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.99	-0.096	30.94	-1.81%	-1.09	C
11	1980	ALCS g2	Oct 9	KCR		NYY	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8	.77	-0.013	25.86	-0.24%	-0.21	C
12	1980	ALCS g3	Oct 10	KCR	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	7	1.22	-0.059	29.76	-0.80%	-0.47	C
13	1980	WS g1	Oct 14	KCR	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.267	.083	.350	5	1.03	-0.033	53.60	-0.73%	0.05	C
14	1980	WS g2	Oct 15	KCR	@	PHI	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.250	.077	.327	3	1.44	-0.036	76.45	-1.05%	-0.22	PH
15	1980	WS g3	Oct 17	KCR		PHI	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.200	.059	.259	8	1.33	-0.142	55.21	-3.26%	-0.99	C
16	1980	WS g4	Oct 18	KCR		PHI	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.050	.208	.050	.258	8	.42	-0.039	25.73	-1.31%	-1.27	C
17	1980	WS g5	Oct 19	KCR		PHI	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.250	.125	.375	8	1.42	0.102	117.75	4.22%	0.67	C
1982 Postseason			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
18	1982	NLCS g1	Oct 7	STL		ATL	W,7-0	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	6	.42	0.049	13.12	0.83%	0.68	C
19	1982	NLCS g2	Oct 9	STL		ATL	W,4-3	CG	4	2	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.778	1.167	1.944	5	1.83	0.254	61.58	5.39%	1.74	C
20	1982	NLCS g3	Oct 10	STL	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.556	.714	.889	1.603	5	.43	0.063	10.65	1.02%	1.20	C
21	1982	WS g1	Oct 12	STL		MIL	L,0-10	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.583	.706	.917	1.623	6	.34	0.019	17.79	0.63%	0.44	C
22	1982	WS g2	Oct 13	STL		MIL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.563	.667	.875	1.542	5	1.65	0.345	84.80	10.88%	1.96	C
23	1982	WS g3	Oct 15	STL	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.450	.560	.700	1.260	5	.81	-0.060	50.89	-2.25%	-0.98	C
24	1982	WS g4	Oct 16	STL	@	MIL	L,5-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.435	.552	.652	1.204	5	.72	0.065	43.62	2.15%	0.13	C
25	1982	WS g5	Oct 17	STL	@	MIL	L,4-6	GS-9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.393	.500	.571	1.071	5	1.91	-0.116	157.61	-5.27%	-0.96	C
26	1982	WS g6	Oct 19	STL		MIL	W,13-1	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.375	.474	.625	1.099	5	.36	0.067	32.63	3.34%	2.79	C
27	1982	WS g7	Oct 20	STL		MIL	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.351	.442	.568	1.009	5	1.32	-0.031	220.33	-2.81%	0.01	C
1985 Postseason			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
28	1985	NLCS g1	Oct 9	STL	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	.82	0.015	21.44	0.22%	-0.09	C
29	1985	NLCS g2	Oct 10	STL	@	LAD	L,2-8	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	7	.46	-0.018	12.21	-0.25%	0.21	C
30	1985	NLCS g3	Oct 12	STL		LAD	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.417	.333	.750	7	.54	-0.001	11.20	0.00%	-0.05	C
31	1985	NLCS g5	Oct 14	STL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.438	.273	.710	8	1.17	-0.046	48.22	-1.04%	0.06	C
32	1985	NLCS g6	Oct 16	STL	@	LAD	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.450	.333	.783	7	.85	0.003	38.09	0.08%	0.20	C
33	1985	WS g1	Oct 19	STL	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.458	.333	.792	8	1.06	0.061	55.30	1.71%	0.83	C
34	1985	WS g2	Oct 20	STL	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.429	.286	.714	8	.96	-0.080	49.43	-2.43%	-0.57	C
35	1985	WS g3	Oct 22	STL		KCR	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.387	.250	.637	7	.68	-0.048	28.33	-1.19%	-0.63	C
36	1985	WS g6	Oct 26	STL	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.382	.259	.642	8	2.21	-0.026	199.22	-1.23%	-0.03	C
37	1985	WS g7	Oct 27	STL	@	KCR	L,0-11	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.351	.233	.585	8	.44	-0.035	72.78	-3.20%	-0.97	C
									143	120	12	32	7	0	1	9	22	2	19	0	0	1		0	0	0	.267	.378	.350	.728

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