Bob Porterfield Stats

Bob Porterfield was born on Friday, August 10, 1923, in Newport, Virginia. Porterfield was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 8, 1948, with the New York Yankees. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bob Porterfield baseball stats page.
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Bob Porterfield
 
 
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Birth Name:   Erwin Coolidge Porterfield
Nickname:   Bob
Born On:   08-10-1923  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Newport, Virginia
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-28-1980 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Charlotte, North Carolina
Cemetery:   Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, North Carolina
High School:   Newport High School (Newport, VA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   08-08-1948 (Age 24)
Last Game:   06-08-1959
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bob Porterfield

Bob Porterfield Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1948 25 Yankees 16 12 2 5 3 .625 4.50 2 1 0 78.0 349 85 39 42 5 34 - 30 1 0 2 -
1949 26 Yankees 12 8 1 2 5 .286 4.06 3 0 0 57.2 248 53 26 26 3 29 - 25 2 1 0 -
1950 27 Yankees 10 2 2 1 1 .500 8.69 0 0 1 19.2 91 28 19 19 2 8 - 9 0 0 1 -
1951 28 Yankees 2 0 0 0 0 .000 15.00 0 0 0 3.0 16 5 5 6 0 3 - 2 1 0 0 -
1951 28 Senators 19 19 0 9 8 .529 3.24 10 3 0 133.1 548 109 48 51 8 54 - 53 2 0 0 -
1952 29 Senators 31 29 2 13 14 .481 2.72 15 3 0 231.1 973 222 70 80 7 85 - 80 2 4 0 -
1953 30 Senators 34 32 2 22 10 .688 3.35 24 9 0 255.0 1,036 243 95 99 19 73 - 77 2 1 0 -
1954 31 Senators 32 31 1 13 15 .464 3.32 21 2 0 244.0 1,034 249 90 104 14 77 0 82 1 3 0 -
1955 32 Senators 30 27 2 10 17 .370 4.45 8 2 0 178.0 770 197 88 103 14 54 5 74 0 2 0 -
1956 33 Red Sox 25 18 3 3 12 .200 5.14 4 1 0 126.0 557 127 72 82 21 64 4 53 2 1 0 -
1957 34 Red Sox 28 9 5 4 4 .500 4.05 3 1 1 102.1 435 107 46 54 8 30 2 28 1 1 0 -
1958 35 Red Sox 2 0 1 0 0 .000 4.50 0 0 0 4.0 15 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 -
1958 35 Pirates 37 6 10 4 6 .400 3.29 2 1 5 87.2 352 78 32 33 7 19 3 39 2 1 0 -
1959 36 Pirates 30 0 0 1 2 .333 4.75 0 0 1 36.0 0 45 19 20 2 17 0 18 0 0 0 -
1959 36 Cubs 4 0 0 0 0 .000 11.37 0 0 0 6.1 36 14 8 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
12 Years 312 193 31 87 97 .473 3.80 92 23 8 1,562.1 6,460 1,565 659 730 112 550 14 571 16 14 3 -
Bob Porterfield

Bob Porterfield Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1948 25 Yankees 16 24 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 4 7 - 0 1 .250 .280 .250
1949 26 Yankees 12 19 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 0 - 0 1 .053 .100 .105
1950 27 Yankees 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 .333 .500 .333
1951 28 Yankees 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1951 28 Senators 19 46 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 - 12 0 - 1 2 .130 .184 .130
1952 29 Senators 31 79 5 15 3 0 0 0 3 2 - 18 3 - 0 2 .190 .210 .228
1953 30 Senators 37 98 8 25 7 0 3 1 16 6 - 20 4 - 0 2 .255 .298 .418
1954 31 Senators 32 88 3 9 0 0 1 0 5 4 - 24 5 1 1 0 .102 .149 .136
1955 32 Senators 30 63 3 12 3 1 0 0 7 0 0 15 5 2 0 3 .190 .185 .270
1956 33 Red Sox 25 43 4 14 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 10 1 1 1 1 .326 .348 .395
1957 34 Red Sox 28 29 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 8 0 1 0 0 .172 .219 .207
1958 35 Red Sox 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1958 35 Pirates 37 20 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 .050 .095 .200
1959 36 Pirates 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
1959 36 Cubs 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
12 Years 322 516 34 95 15 1 6 1 43 20 0 123 25 5 4 14 .184 .218 .252
Bob Porterfield

Bob Porterfield Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1948 Yankees P 16 12 234 12 0.8 12 4 8 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.38
1949 Yankees P 12 8 173 14 1.2 11 1 10 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .786 1.72
1950 Yankees P 10 2 59 4 0.4 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.83
1951 Yankees P 2 0 9 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1951 Senators P 19 19 400 33 1.7 31 8 23 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .939 2.09
1952 Senators P 31 29 694 38 1.2 38 4 34 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.48
1953 Senators P 34 32 765 66 1.9 66 16 50 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.33
1954 Senators P 32 31 732 74 2.3 71 10 61 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .959 2.62
1955 Senators P 30 27 534 37 1.2 36 8 28 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .973 1.82
1956 Red Sox P 25 18 378 24 1.0 22 8 14 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .917 1.57
1957 Red Sox P 28 9 307 33 1.2 30 7 23 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .909 2.64
1958 Red Sox P 2 0 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1958 Pirates P 37 6 263 21 0.6 21 8 13 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.16
1959 Pirates P 6 0 16 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1959 Cubs P 4 0 19 2 0.5 2 0 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.84
1959 Pirates P 30 0 16 16 0.5 15 5 10 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .938 25.31
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 318 193 4,611 375 1.2 360 80 280 15 15 n/a n/a n/a .960 2.11
12 Years 318 193 4,611 375 1.2 360 80 280 15 15 n/a n/a n/a .960 2.11
Bob Porterfield

Bob Porterfield Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1948 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.0 24.0 0.88 3.46 3.92
1949 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.3 0.0 0.86 3.90 4.53
1950 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.13 4.12 3.66
1951 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.67 6.00 9.00
1951 Senators 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.8 23.0 0.98 3.58 3.65
1952 Senators 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.4 26.3 0.94 3.11 3.31
1953 Senators 1 0 1.000 3 0 n/a 32.7 4.9 6.1 1.05 2.72 2.58
1954 Senators 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 88.0 3.7 17.6 1.06 3.02 2.84
1955 Senators 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.2 9.0 1.37 3.74 2.73
1956 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 43.0 4.3 8.6 0.83 3.79 4.57
1957 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.6 14.5 0.93 2.46 2.64
1958 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 2.25 0.00
1958 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 20.0 2.9 10.0 2.05 4.00 1.95
1959 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.06 4.50 4.25
1959 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 4.26
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
12 Years 1 0 1.000 3 1 n/a 86.0 4.2 12.0 1.04 3.29 3.17
Bob Porterfield

Bob Porterfield Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1948 New York Yankees 18 Undetermined - -
1949 New York Yankees 18 Undetermined - -
1950 New York Yankees 18 Undetermined - -
1951 New York Yankees 23 Undetermined - -
1951 Washington Senators 19, 29 Undetermined - -
1952 Washington Senators 19 Undetermined - -
1953 Washington Senators 19 Undetermined - -
1954 Washington Senators 19 Undetermined Stats -
1955 Washington Senators 19 Undetermined - -
1956 Boston Red Sox 16, 20 Undetermined - -
1957 Boston Red Sox 19 Undetermined - -
1958 Boston Red Sox 19 Undetermined - -
1958 Pittsburgh Pirates 16 Undetermined - -
1959 Pittsburgh Pirates 16 Undetermined - -
1959 Chicago Cubs 43 Undetermined - -




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