Bo Porter Trades and Transactions

The Bo Porter trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Bo Porter has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Bo Porter

Bo Porter Autograph on a 2000 Fleer (#33)

Bo Porter Autograph on a 2000 Fleer (#33)
 

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Birth Name:   Marquis Donnell Porter
Nickname:   Bo
Born On:   07-05-1972  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Newark, New Jersey
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Weequahic High School (Newark, NJ)
College:   University of Iowa
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   05-09-1999 (Age 26)
Last Game:   08-07-2001
Draft:   1993 : 40th Round (1,118th)
Bo Porter

Trades & Transactions

06-03-1993: Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 40th round — free-agent draft.
12-13-1999: Selected by Oakland Athletics from Chicago Cubs in the Rule 5 major league draft.
10-11-2000: Claimed on waivers by Texas Rangers from Oakland Athletics.
10-17-2001: Granted free agency.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Bo Porter trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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