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Darrell
Porter		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 213
 
Born: January 17, 1952 in Usa, MO, JOPLIN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1982   
All-Star Selections 1983   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 19 LAD NL     4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 7 9 9 4 5 5
1972 20 LAD NL     4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 9 9 4 5 5
1973 21 LAD NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 4 5 5
1974 22 LAD NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 10 9 4 5 5
1975 23 LAD NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 10 9 4 5 5
1976 24 LAD NL $ 350,000   5 5 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 10 9 4 5 5
1977 25 MIA NL $ 350,000   5 5 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 10 10 4 5 5
1978 26 MIA NL $ 1,528,571   5 5 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 9 10 10 4 5 5
1979 27 MIA NL $ 2,000,000   5 5 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 9 10 10 4 5 5
1980 28 MIA NL $ 2,000,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 10 10 4 5 5
1981 29 MIA NL $ 2,000,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 10 10 10 4 6 5
1982 30 CLN NL $ 4,000,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 5 7 6 10 10 10 4 6 5
1983 31 CLN NL $ 4,000,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 6 7 7 10 10 10 4 6 5
1984 32 CLN NL $ 4,000,000   5 5 4 7 7 7 5 7 6 10 10 10 4 6 5
1985 33 COL NL $ 3,100,001   5 5 4 7 7 7 6 7 6 10 10 10 4 5 5
1986 34 COL NL $ 3,100,001   5 5 4 7 7 7 5 7 6 10 10 10 4 5 5
1987 35 DET AL $ 1,250,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 5 6 6 10 10 10 4 5 5
1988 36 DET AL $ 1,250,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 5 7 6 10 10 10 4 5 5
1989 37 DET AL     4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 9 10 10 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 7 9 9 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   5 5 4 7 7 7 6 7 7 10 10 10 4 6 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1971 19 AA   135 475 73 144 23 3 32 91 5 5 97 80 .303 .421 .566 .988 109.3  
    A   2 9 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .444 .500 .889 1.389 3.0  
1972 20 AA   137 527 87 124 18 5 36 79 5 10 101 97 .235 .358 .493 .852 95.9  
1973 21 LAD NL 38 119 11 22 5 0 3 19 0 0 15 20 .185 .264 .303 .567 12.2 0.4
1974 22 LAD NL 79 247 36 51 13 0 5 33 0 0 43 54 .206 .325 .320 .645 29.2 4.3
1975 23 LAD NL 95 316 36 63 10 4 8 37 0 1 34 67 .199 .281 .332 .614 28.8 2.1
1976 24 LAD NL 83 248 29 54 9 1 5 22 0 0 32 57 .218 .314 .323 .637 26.4 2.8
1977 25 MIA NL 133 435 56 100 23 0 14 46 4 1 52 88 .230 .312 .379 .691 53.8 9.2
1978 26 MIA NL 95 220 29 45 7 2 8 28 0 2 33 57 .205 .306 .364 .670 24.0 3.0
1979 27 MIA NL 136 454 58 109 18 8 15 51 4 2 58 82 .240 .325 .414 .739 59.4 10.8
1980 28 MIA NL 138 390 47 84 20 6 11 45 5 0 59 64 .215 .319 .382 .701 48.8 8.8
1981 29 MIA NL 135 338 39 64 12 2 12 51 4 5 53 69 .189 .297 .343 .640 38.1 5.0
1982 30 CLN NL 116 388 62 92 21 2 17 69 0 0 64 80 .237 .344 .433 .777 56.3 9.0
1983 31 CLN NL 125 429 72 112 24 3 23 83 0 1 67 88 .261 .358 .492 .850 75.4 15.5
1984 32 CLN NL 121 440 68 100 22 0 12 64 0 0 64 80 .227 .324 .359 .683 52.4 9.9
1985 33 COL NL 83 190 23 35 6 0 6 17 0 0 39 37 .184 .320 .311 .631 22.9 2.4
1986 34 COL NL 92 243 41 55 20 0 9 47 0 0 48 49 .226 .357 .420 .777 40.1 8.1
1987 35 DET AL 72 239 34 47 15 1 6 23 5 3 45 57 .197 .321 .343 .664 30.3 3.8
    AA   80 269 55 71 8 3 20 41 4 4 67 60 .264 .411 .539 .950 60.9  
1988 36 DET AL 101 312 56 80 26 0 14 47 1 0 58 64 .256 .371 .474 .845 55.9 11.0
1989 37 DET AL 110 337 46 61 16 0 12 46 0 0 55 92 .181 .300 .335 .635 37.6 3.7
17 Years Sim 1752 5345 743 1174 267 29 180 728 23 15 819 1105 .220 .323 .381 .704 691.5 109.8
3 Years AA 352 1271 215 339 49 11 88 211 14 19 265 237 .267 .395 .530 .925 266.0  
1 Years A 2 9 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .444 .500 .889 1.389 3.0  
4 Years Minors 354 1280 217 343 50 11 89 212 14 19 266 239 .268 .396 .533 .928 269.0  
162 Game Average 494 68 108 24 2 16 67 2 1 75 102 .220 .323 .381 .704 63.9  
Career Highs 138 454 72 112 26 8 23 83 5 5 67 92 .261 .371 .492 .850 75.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4410 631 1001 215 24 156 615 16 10 698 881 .227 .332 .393 .725 617.1
vs LH   935 112 173 52 5 24 113 7 5 121 224 .185 .279 .328 .608 90.8
Home 887 2681 373 594 131 17 83 345 11 2 410 540 .222 .324 .376 .700 353.4
Away 865 2664 370 580 136 12 97 383 12 13 409 565 .218 .322 .387 .709 354.6
RISP   1395 0 316 70 6 45 516 0 0 235 315 .227 .330 .382 .712 195.3
Pinch Hitting   189 22 50 6 4 4 40 1 1 39 34 .265 .390 .402 .792 32.0
Close/Late   725 83 169 34 5 18 99 0 0 122 146 .233 .341 .368 .710 99.7
Mar/Apr 272 788 98 179 33 5 26 102 5 2 114 146 .227 .326 .381 .706 104.5
May 278 867 129 195 42 3 31 123 4 0 121 177 .225 .319 .388 .707 114.8
June 304 934 126 197 49 5 27 116 1 6 133 178 .211 .308 .361 .669 110.1
July 298 893 106 179 33 8 31 116 4 4 142 195 .200 .310 .359 .670 109.4
August 302 957 147 230 63 5 37 144 3 1 159 205 .240 .348 .433 .781 150.8
Sep/Oct 298 906 137 194 47 3 28 127 6 2 150 204 .214 .325 .365 .690 118.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 21 LAD NL C 30 29 235.3 154 6 1 0 .994 6.12 12 5 .417 0 0.7
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 22 LAD NL C 72 68 624.3 398 30 1 1 .998 6.17 43 18 .419 0 3.7
    1B 3 2 19.0 23 2 0 2 1.000 11.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 23 LAD NL C 93 92 824.3 586 32 10 0 .984 6.75 63 18 .286 1 3.7
1976 24 LAD NL C 66 59 553.3 344 35 2 1 .995 6.16 52 24 .462 0 3.8
    1B 6 2 30.0 36 0 0 2 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 25 MIA NL C 83 77 674.7 342 36 8 0 .979 5.04 80 24 .300 0 2.8
    1B 44 40 357.0 425 33 4 62 .991 11.55 0 0 .000 0 0.7
1978 26 MIA NL C 37 32 286.0 161 11 0 0 1.000 5.41 21 9 .429 0 2.1
    1B 19 5 68.7 88 5 0 10 1.000 12.19 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 27 MIA NL C 108 105 944.3 523 45 5 0 .991 5.41 84 33 .393 2 4.8
    1B 15 14 118.0 162 14 2 13 .989 13.42 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1980 28 MIA NL C 101 82 760.0 410 35 10 0 .978 5.27 87 19 .218 1 2.5
    1B 8 4 45.0 52 4 0 0 1.000 11.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 2.3 1 1 1 0 .667 7.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 29 MIA NL C 66 29 339.3 198 12 4 1 .981 5.57 34 11 .324 0 1.0
    1B 22 7 88.0 111 8 1 12 .992 12.17 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 30 CLN NL C 115 109 977.0 506 41 13 2 .977 5.04 98 28 .286 3 3.5
1983 31 CLN NL C 124 116 1057.0 618 40 11 0 .984 5.60 95 28 .295 1 3.9
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 32 CLN NL C 120 115 1038.3 639 45 15 2 .979 5.93 122 35 .287 2 3.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 33 COL NL C 42 37 342.0 223 22 0 0 1.000 6.45 38 15 .395 3 2.5
    1B 10 7 56.0 74 2 1 4 .987 12.21 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 34 COL NL C 66 48 469.3 305 23 3 1 .991 6.29 53 18 .340 0 3.2
    1B 13 9 84.7 82 6 1 6 .989 9.36 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1987 35 DET AL C 71 70 625.3 368 31 1 0 .998 5.74 57 20 .351 2 4.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 36 DET AL C 97 90 810.3 564 40 6 1 .990 6.71 80 26 .325 1 4.1
1989 37 DET AL C 107 101 901.3 628 28 6 2 .991 6.55 62 12 .194 4 4.7
  C 1398 1259 11462.3 6967 512 96 11 .987 5.87 1081 343 .317 20 53.9
  1B 144 90 872.3 1060 74 9 111 .992 11.70 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 3.3 1 3 1 0 .800 10.81 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1548 1350 12359.3 8030 589 107 122 .988 6.28 1081 343 .317 20 56.0
Career Highs   127 119 1062.3 767 69 15 62 1.000 7.29 122 35 .462 4  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1982 30 CLN NL 13 49 3 10 2 0 1 3 0 0 7 14 .204 .304 .306 .610
1983 31 CLN NL 8 25 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 7 .160 .300 .160 .460
1984 32 CLN NL 10 32 2 7 2 1 0 3 0 0 11 2 .219 .419 .344 .762
1986 34 COL NL 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500
1988 36 DET AL 6 21 6 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 7 .238 .333 .476 .810
1989 37 DET AL 3 10 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .700 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 42 139 15 30 7 1 4 16 0 0 26 32 .216 .339 .367 .706
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1983-9-.492
 OPS
1983-10-.850
 Triples
1979-7-8
1980-9-6
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Johnny Romano (915)
  2. Brian Downing (908)
  3. Earl Battey (888)
  4. Bill Sudakis (879)
  5. Tim Hosley (876)
  6. Duke Sims (875)
  7. Tom Tresh (866)
  8. Andy Seminick (859)
  9. Lance Parrish (856)
  10. Dick McAuliffe (856)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1971
Had first career hit on 4/3/1973, off Billy Mccool (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/22/1973, off Steve Mingori (STL)
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 8/17/1975
Injured on 8/22/1975 with a Broken Hip, out for full season
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
7/31/1978: Signed a contract extension with Miami, $2,000,000 per year, for 3 years
7/31/1981: Signed a contract extension with Miami, $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Miami to Cleveland (N) on 3/4/1982 (Going to MIA: P Chris Codiroli. Going to CLN: C Darrell Porter)
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1982
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Injured on 3/25/1984 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/3/1985 to a 2-year deal worth $3,100,001 per year
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/15/1987 to a 4-year deal worth $1,250,000 per year
Injured on 5/6/1988 with a Bruised Cheekbone, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 8/7/1989 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 10/6/1989 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Released by Detroit on 10/19/1989
 
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