Jay Porter

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: January 17, 1933 in Shawnee, OK us

Died: October 11, 2020 in Jupiter, FL

Buried: Georgia Memorial Park Cemetery, Marietta, GA

High School: Oakland Technical HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: July 30, 1952 (Age 19-195d, 10,940th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1959 (Age 26-253d)
vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: J W Porter

Nicknames: Jay

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.2

544

124

.228

RBI

OBP

.300

SLG

.316

OPS

.616

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-13 / in Starts: 9-5
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 63 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	37 (18-12-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 63 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	40 (21-12-6)

Most Driven In
A Kaline	1
B Phillips	1
F Hatfield	1
R Boone	0

Most Driven In By
H Malmberg	1
F Hatfield	1
R Bertoia	1
B Tuttle	1
A Kaline	1
R Boone	1

1955 Batting Game Log

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1955 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	34	1	Apr 12	DET	@	KCA	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	5	1.40	-0.039	3.60	-0.06%	-0.42	1B
2	35	2	Apr 13	DET	@	KCA	W,10-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.429	.873	5	.74	0.050	1.80	0.07%	2.27	1B
3	36	3	Apr 14	DET		CLE	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.273	.580	5	1.49	-0.153	3.95	-0.24%	-0.97	1B
4	37	4	Apr 15	DET		CLE	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.294	.214	.508	5	.59	-0.041	1.40	-0.06%	-0.53	1B
5	38	7 (2)	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,1-9	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.278	.200	.478	9	.43	-0.011	1.09	-0.02%	-0.29	PH
6	39	8	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.263	.188	.451	9	.77	-0.020	1.78	-0.03%	-0.24	PH
7	40	10 (1)	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.227	.158	.385	6	1.08	-0.084	2.51	-0.12%	-1.34	LF
8	41	13 (2)	Apr 28	DET		WSH	W,4-1	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.231	.174	.405	6	1.54	-0.067	4.41	-0.12%	-0.84	LF
9	42	15 (1)	Apr 30	DET		WSH	W,11-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.167	.389	6	.45	0.010	1.49	0.02%	0.14	PH
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
10	43	17 (1)	May 2	DET		NYY	W,7-1	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.267	.192	.459	6	.30	0.020	1.08	0.04%	0.27	LF
11	44	22 (4)	May 7	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.179	.429	6	1.07	-0.053	3.86	-0.11%	-0.54	LF
12	45	25 (2)	May 10	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.273	.179	.451	9	1.41	0.044	3.90	0.07%	0.38	PH
13	46	26	May 11	DET	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.342	.250	.592	4	.70	0.037	1.83	0.06%	0.39	1B
14	47	27	May 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.310	.222	.532	4	.88	-0.087	2.82	-0.17%	-0.96	1B
15	48	36 (8)	May 24	DET	@	KCA	W,9-6	6-6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.326	.243	.569	9	.97	0.038	2.36	0.06%	0.38	PH
16	49	39 (2)	May 28	DET		CHW	L,4-16	2-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.341	.263	.604	9	.40	0.014	1.35	0.03%	0.39	PH
17	50	40	May 29	DET		CHW	L,3-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.256	.590	9	.07	-0.002	.21	0.00%	-0.43	PH
18	51	42 (1)	May 30 (2)	DET		KCA	L,4-5	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.326	.250	.576	9	2.59	-0.064	4.49	-0.07%	-0.16	PH
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
19	52	140 (97)	Sep 9	DET	@	BAL	L,3-8	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.347	.279	.626	7	.56	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.40	C
20	53	144 (3)	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	L,0-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.340	.273	.613	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PH
21	54	149 (4)	Sep 19	DET		KCA	W,4-0	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.370	.319	.690	5	.58	0.122	.00	0.00%	0.94	C
22	55	150	Sep 20	DET		KCA	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.345	.294	.639	6	.31	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.97	C
23	56	153 (2)	Sep 24 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-7	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.356	.294	.650	9	.79	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.61	PH
24	57	154	Sep 25	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.333	.273	.606	7	.49	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.86	C
							11-13		63	55	6	13	2	0	0	3	8	0	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.236	.333	.273	.606		.83	-0.310	1.87	-0.64%	-2.46

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