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	26-32 / in Starts: 20-17
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 156 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	119 (62-33-24)
Avg. MLBer w/ 156 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	96 (50-30-15)

Most Driven In
B Tuttle	4
H Kuenn	3
A Kaline	3
C Maxwell	2
Self	2
R Samford	1
R Boone	1
J Phillips	1

Most Driven In By
R Bertoia	3
Self	2
A Kaline	1
J Finigan	1
F Bolling	1
F House	1
R Wilson	1
J Bunning	1

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 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	72	3 (2)	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,3-8	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			9	2.75	0.028	5.76	0.04%	0.27	PH
2	73	7 (3)	Apr 23	DET		KCA	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	3	1.41	0.031	3.08	0.04%	0.24	LF
3	74	8	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	L,4-9	CG	5	5	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.500	.667	1.167	3	.57	0.123	1.13	0.15%	1.37	LF
4	75	10 (1)	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-4	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.583	.800	1.383	3	.74	0.088	1.38	0.10%	0.74	LF
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
5	76	23 (12)	May 10	DET		CHW	L,4-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.538	.727	1.266	9	.67	-0.017	1.59	-0.02%	-0.15	PH
6	77	35 (11)	May 26	DET	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.563	.667	1.229	8	1.60	0.078	2.97	0.09%	0.26	RF
7	78	38 (2)	May 29	DET		KCA	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.462	.588	.769	1.357	2	2.90	0.368	4.50	0.34%	1.16	PH
8	79	39	May 30 (1)	DET		KCA	W,6-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.556	.714	1.270	9	3.33	-0.078	5.83	-0.08%	-0.29	PH
Jun		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
9	80	44 (4)	Jun 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.455	.556	1.010	6	.79	-0.079	2.09	-0.13%	-0.77	RF
10	81	45	Jun 4	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.462	.571	1.033	7	1.89	-0.023	2.96	-0.02%	0.29	RF
11	82	46	Jun 5	DET		WSH	W,3-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.448	.542	.990	5	1.55	-0.027	2.07	-0.02%	-0.26	RF
12	83	47	Jun 6	DET		WSH	W,7-6	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.424	.500	.924	5	1.66	-0.087	2.31	-0.07%	-0.56	RF
13	84	48	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,6-3	GS-8	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.444	.600	1.044	5	1.05	0.180	1.88	0.19%	1.28	RF
14	85	49	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,7-4	GS-8	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.475	.606	1.081	5	.51	0.033	1.17	0.05%	0.41	RF
15	86	50	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.488	.611	1.099	5	.71	-0.015	1.62	-0.02%	0.32	RF
16	87	51	Jun 10	DET		NYY	W,9-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.359	.457	.564	1.021	5	.49	-0.037	1.16	-0.05%	-0.68	RF
17	88	52	Jun 11	DET		BAL	L,1-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.524	.952	5	.91	-0.101	1.97	-0.13%	-1.18	RF
18	89	53	Jun 12	DET		BAL	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.423	.578	1.001	5	.87	0.135	1.82	0.17%	1.39	RF
19	90	54	Jun 13	DET		BAL	W,2-1	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.354	.436	.604	1.041	5	.96	0.130	1.99	0.16%	1.24	RF
20	91	55	Jun 14	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.340	.431	.580	1.011	5	1.24	-0.006	3.09	-0.01%	0.04	RF
21	92	56	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.340	.426	.566	.992	5	1.76	0.007	4.43	0.01%	-0.20	RF
22	93	57	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,2-1	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.406	.536	.942	5	2.25	-0.147	6.40	-0.25%	-1.71	RF
23	94	58	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.409	.526	.935	5	1.38	-0.075	4.68	-0.15%	-0.54	RF
24	95	59	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.400	.508	.908	6	.86	-0.013	2.74	-0.03%	-0.40	RF
25	96	60	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.394	.500	.894	9	.82	-0.021	2.11	-0.03%	-0.22	PH
26	97	63 (2)	Jun 23	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.389	.492	.881	9	2.84	-0.070	5.37	-0.08%	-0.40	PH
27	98	65 (1)	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	10-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.397	.500	.897	9	2.26	0.082	3.14	0.07%	0.37	PH
28	99	66	Jun 26	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	GS-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.328	.408	.507	.915	7	1.35	0.212	2.17	0.20%	1.23	LF
29	100	67	Jun 27	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.403	.500	.903	9	.57	-0.020	.96	-0.02%	-0.78	PH
30	101	69 (1)	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	L,4-12	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.397	.493	.890	9	.18	-0.005	.26	0.00%	-0.23	PH
Jul		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
31	102	72 (2)	Jul 2	DET		CHW	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.392	.486	.878	9	1.15	-0.028	1.25	-0.02%	-0.15	PH
32	103	77 (4)	Jul 6	DET		KCA	L,1-3	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.388	.479	.866	8	1.52	-0.043	.78	-0.01%	-0.22	PH
33	104	81 (3)	Jul 13	DET		BOS	L,2-6	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.395	.479	.874	9	.29	0.013	.08	0.00%	0.12	PH
34	105	82	Jul 14 (1)	DET		BAL	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.307	.388	.467	.855	6	.41	0.045	.07	0.00%	0.95	RF
35	106	83	Jul 14 (2)	DET		BAL	W,7-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.375	.449	.824	6	.87	-0.070	.21	-0.01%	-0.55	RF
36	107	84	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,4-10	GS-8	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.363	.432	.795	6	1.26	-0.084	.55	-0.02%	-0.77	RF
37	108	89 (4)	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.370	.432	.802	9	5.71	0.168	.32	0.01%	1.00	PH
38	109	95 (5)	Jul 28 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	3-GF	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.368	.440	.809	3	1.19	0.168	.16	0.01%	1.23	PH LF
39	110	96	Jul 28 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	15-GF(15)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.365	.435	.800	8	6.10	-0.181	1.43	-0.03%	-0.78	PH RF
40	111	97	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.350	.416	.766	3	.56	-0.057	.05	0.00%	-0.54	LF
Aug		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
41	112	103 (5)	Aug 6	DET		CLE	L,1-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.347	.411	.758	9	1.04	-0.030	.01	0.00%	-0.32	PH
42	113	107 (3)	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.333	.394	.727	3	1.43	-0.241	.01	0.00%	-2.13	1B
43	114	108	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.345	.398	.743	3	.66	0.043	.00	0.00%	1.11	1B
44	115	109	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.357	.412	.768	3	.52	0.060	.00	0.00%	0.47	1B
45	116	113 (3)	Aug 15	DET	@	KCA	L,2-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.362	.417	.780	7	.17	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.38	PH
46	117	115 (1)	Aug 17	DET		CHW	W,9-8	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.359	.413	.772	9	2.27	-0.094	.01	0.00%	-0.44	PH C
47	118	117 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.356	.410	.765	9	1.60	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.43	PH
48	119	119 (1)	Aug 21	DET		BAL	L,3-9	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.350	.402	.752	6	.06	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.38	C
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
49	120	130 (10)	Sep 1	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.363	.409	.772	6	.72	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.43	C
50	121	131	Sep 2 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-8	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.367	.412	.779	6	.56	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.39	C
51	122	133 (1)	Sep 3	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG(11)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.359	.402	.760	6	2.85	-0.158	.00	0.00%	-1.22	C
52	123	134	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.356	.397	.752	6	1.58	-0.154	.00	0.00%	-1.58	C
53	124	135	Sep 7	DET		CLE	L,4-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.353	.393	.746	6	.28	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.10	C
54	125	137 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.357	.392	.749	7	.76	0.103	.00	0.00%	0.84	C
55	126	139 (1)	Sep 12	DET	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.269	.345	.377	.722	7	.62	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-1.72	C
56	127	140	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.338	.368	.706	7	1.01	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.62	C
57	128	144 (3)	Sep 17	DET	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.329	.358	.687	7	1.53	-0.145	.00	0.00%	-1.38	C
58	129	146 (1)	Sep 21	DET	@	KCA	L,3-6	6-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.323	.350	.673	9	.62	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.85	PH C
							26-32		156	140	14	35	8	0	2	18	14	1	20	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	.250	.323	.350	.673		1.16	-0.243	1.31	0.41%	-5.05

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