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, 10,545th 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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1946	22	NYY-min	B	1	3	.250	4.60	7			1	0		47.0	52	30	24		18		36	0	0	0				1.489	10.0		3.4	6.9	2.00	NFK PIED
1947	23	NYY-min	B	17	9	.654	2.37	32			20	4		239.0	191	73	63		82		208	3	0	3				1.142	7.2		3.1	7.8	2.54	NFK PIED
1948	24	NYY-min	AAA	15	6	.714	2.17	23	22		20	6		178.0	144	47	43		51		133	3	1	2				1.096	7.3		2.6	6.7	2.61	NWK IL
1948	24	NYY	AL	5	3	.625	4.50	16	12	2	2	1	0	78.0	85	42	39	5	34	2	30	0	2	1	349	91	4.13	1.526	9.8	0.6	3.9	3.5	0.88
1949	25	NYY	AL	2	5	.286	4.06	12	8	1	3	0	0	57.2	53	26	26	3	29	2	25	1	0	2	248	100	3.88	1.422	8.3	0.5	4.5	3.9	0.86
1950	26	NYY-min	AAA	0	2	.000	5.62	3			0			8.0	9	5	5	0	2		3	0	0	0				1.375	10.1	0.0	2.3	3.4	1.50	KCY AA
1950	26	NYY	AL	1	1	.500	8.69	10	2	2	0	0	1	19.2	28	19	19	2	8	0	9	0	1	0	91	50	4.21	1.831	12.8	0.9	3.7	4.1	1.13
1951	27	NYY-min	AAA	2	2	.500	4.66	8			2			29.0	37	16	15	2	14		19	0	0	0				1.759	11.5	0.6	4.3	5.9	1.36	KCY AA
1951	27	TOT	AL	9	8	.529	3.50	21	19	0	10	3	0	136.1	114	57	53	8	57	1	55	0	0	3	564	118	3.69	1.254	7.5	0.5	3.8	3.6	0.96
1951	27	NYY	AL	0	0		15.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	6	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	16	29	4.15	2.667	15.0	0.0	9.0	6.0	0.67
1951	27	WSH	AL	9	8	.529	3.24	19	19	0	10	3	0	133.1	109	51	48	8	54	1	53	0	0	2	548	128	3.68	1.223	7.4	0.5	3.6	3.6	0.98
1952	28	WSH	AL	13	14	.481	2.72	31	29	2	15	3	0	231.1	222	80	70	7	85	9	80	4	0	2	973	131	3.25	1.327	8.6	*0.3*	3.3	3.1	0.94	MVP-34
1953	29	WSH	AL	22	10	.688	3.35	34	32	2	24	9	0	255.0	243	99	95	19	73	1	77	1	0	2	1036	116	3.83	1.239	8.6	0.7	2.6	2.7	1.05	MVP-7
1954	30	WSH	AL	13	15	.464	3.32	32	31	1	21	2	0	244.0	249	104	90	14	77	8	82	3	0	1	1034	108	3.46	1.336	9.2	0.5	2.8	3.0	1.06	AS
1955	31	WSH	AL	10	17	.370	4.45	30	27	2	8	2	0	178.0	197	103	88	14	54	5	74	2	0	0	770	88	3.50	1.410	10.0	0.7	2.7	3.7	1.37
1956	32	BOS	AL	3	12	.200	5.14	25	18	3	4	1	0	126.0	127	82	72	21	64	4	53	1	0	2	557	90	5.24	1.516	9.1	1.5	4.6	3.8	0.83
1957	33	BOS	AL	4	4	.500	4.05	28	9	5	3	1	1	102.1	107	54	46	8	30	2	28	1	0	1	435	99	3.83	1.339	9.4	0.7	2.6	2.5	0.93
1958	34	TOT	MLB	4	6	.400	3.34	39	6	11	2	1	5	91.2	81	35	34	8	19	3	40	1	0	2	367	117	3.39	1.091	8.0	0.8	1.9	3.9	2.11
1958	34	BOS	AL	0	0		4.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	97	5.23	0.750	6.8	2.3	0.0	2.3
1958	34	PIT	NL	4	6	.400	3.29	37	6	10	2	1	5	87.2	78	33	32	7	19	3	39	1	0	2	352	118	3.31	1.106	8.0	0.7	2.0	4.0	2.05
1959	35	TOT	NL	1	2	.333	5.29	40	0	14	0	0	1	47.2	65	31	28	4	22	6	19	0	0	5	222	74	4.22	1.825	12.3	0.8	4.2	3.6	0.86
1959	35	PIT	NL	0	0		1.69	6	0	3	0	0	0	5.1	6	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	24	244	5.73	1.500	10.1	1.7	3.4	1.7	0.50
1959	35	CHC	NL	0	0		11.37	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	14	9	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	36	37	6.02	2.684	19.9	1.4	4.3	0.0	0.00
1959	35	PIT	NL	1	2	.333	4.75	30	0	11	0	0	1	36.0	45	20	19	2	17	5	18	0	0	5	162	82	3.68	1.722	11.3	0.5	4.3	4.5	1.06
1960	36	WSH-min	AAA	5	13	.278	3.98	25	20		8	1		138.0	139	76	61	11	30	4	68	1	1	0				1.225	9.1	0.7	2.0	4.4	2.27	CHL AA
1961	37	MIN-min	AAA	1	2	.333	4.35	14	2		0	0		31.0	37	16	15	4	5	0	19	1	0	2				1.355	10.7	1.2	1.5	5.5	3.80	SYR IL
12 Yrs				87	97	.473	3.79	318	193	45	92	23	8	1567.2	1571	732	660	113	552	43	572	14	3	21	6646	103	3.76	1.354	9.0	0.6	3.2	3.3	1.04
162 Game Avg.				12	13	.473	3.79	42	26	6	12	3	1	209	209	97	88	15	73	6	76	2	0	3	884	103	3.76	1.354	9.0	0.6	3.2	3.3	1.04
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
WSH (5 yrs)				67	64	.511	3.38	146	138	7	78	19	0	1041.2	1020	437	391	62	343	24	366	10	0	7	4361	112	3.54	1.308	8.8	0.5	3.0	3.2	1.07
NYY (4 yrs)				8	9	.471	5.06	40	22	5	5	1	1	158.1	171	93	89	10	74	4	66	1	3	4	704	81	4.05	1.547	9.7	0.6	4.2	3.8	0.89
PIT (2 yrs)				5	8	.385	3.63	73	6	24	2	1	6	129.0	129	55	52	10	38	9	58	1	0	7	538	107	3.51	1.295	9.0	0.7	2.7	4.0	1.53
BOS (3 yrs)				7	16	.304	4.65	55	27	9	7	2	1	232.1	237	138	120	30	94	6	82	2	0	3	1007	93	4.62	1.425	9.2	1.2	3.6	3.2	0.87
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		11.37	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	14	9	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	36	37	6.02	2.684	19.9	1.4	4.3	0.0	0.00

AL (11 yrs)				82	89	.480	3.77	241	187	21	90	22	2	1432.1	1428	668	600	102	511	34	514	13	3	14	6072	104	3.77	1.354	9.0	0.6	3.2	3.2	1.01
NL (2 yrs)				5	8	.385	3.99	77	6	24	2	1	6	135.1	143	64	60	11	41	9	58	1	0	7	574	98	3.63	1.360	9.5	0.7	2.7	3.9	1.41

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