Dick Porter

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: December 30, 1901 in Princess Anne, MD us

Died: September 24, 1974 in Philadelphia, PA

Buried: Allen Methodist Church Cemetery, Allen, MD

High School: Wicomico HS (Salisbury, MD)

School: St. John's College (Annapolis, MD)

Debut: April 16, 1929 (Age 27-107d, 6,873rd in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1934 (Age 32-274d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: Richard Twilley Porter

Nicknames: Wiggles or Twitches

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.9

2515

774

.308

426

RBI

282

OBP

.376

SLG

.414

OPS

.790

OPS+

101

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

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 17	CLE		DET	L,3-15	CG	53	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
3	3	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 19	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
5	5	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	L,0-10	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	28 (20)	May 21	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	49	12.1	1	0	0	1	0
9	30 (1)	May 23 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	GF	23	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	31	May 23 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	32	May 24	CLE		SLB	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	41 (8)	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-12	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
13	61 (19)	Jun 26	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
14	62	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	63	Jun 28	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
16	65 (1)	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	L,10-11	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	66	Jul 2 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	3	4	0	7	1
18	68 (1)	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG	50	10.0	3	7	0	10	1
19	69	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-9	CG	48	9.0	7	5	0	12	0
20	70	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
21	71	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	W,11-10	GF	16	4.0	0	3	0	3	1
22	72	Jul 7 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
23	73	Jul 7 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	CG	22	5.0	2	2	1	5	1
24	74	Jul 8	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
25	75	Jul 10	CLE		WSH	W,9-7	GS	35	7.0	1	1	1	3	0
26	76	Jul 11	CLE		WSH	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
27	77	Jul 12	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
28	78	Jul 13	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
29	80 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
30	81	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
31	82	Jul 16	CLE		PHA	L,5-7	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	83	Jul 17	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
33	85 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	92 (6)	Jul 25	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-21	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	114 (21)	Aug 19	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	137 (22)	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-0	GF	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	140 (2)	Sep 18 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	141	Sep 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	142	Sep 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
40	143	Sep 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	55	11.2	2	1	0	3	1
41	144	Sep 22	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	145	Sep 24	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	146	Sep 25	CLE		CHW	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	148 (1)	Sep 29	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	149	Oct 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
46	150	Oct 5	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	151	Oct 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
48	152	Oct 6 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
							48gm		166.0	98	64	8	170	10