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Bob
Porterfield		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: August 10, 1923 in Usa, VA, NEWPORT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1952   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 24 NYG NL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1949 25 DET AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1950 26 TAM AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1951 27 TAM AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1952 28 TAM AL $ 870,000 10 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6
1953 29 DET AL $ 914,286 10 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7
1954 30 DET AL $ 914,286 10 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7
1955 31 DET AL $ 1,250,000 10 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6
1956 32 MIN AL $ 1,250,000 10 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6
1957 33 MIN AL $ 1,250,000 10 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6
1958 34 MIN AL $ 1,250,000 9 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6
1959 35 SDP NL $ 300,000 9 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3
1960 36 BSN NL   9 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,250,000 10 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1949 25 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1950 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1951 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1952 28 TAM AL $ 870,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1953 29 DET AL $ 914,286   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1954 30 DET AL $ 914,286   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1955 31 DET AL $ 1,250,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1956 32 MIN AL $ 1,250,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1957 33 MIN AL $ 1,250,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1958 34 MIN AL $ 1,250,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1959 35 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1960 36 BSN NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,250,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1948 24 NYG NL 5 4 .556 30 7 3 0 1 72.3 80 40 4 27 17 4.98 .282 .342 .394 .736 3.7
    AAA   3 1 .750 6 6 2 2 0 48.0 40 8 3 13 15 1.50 .233 .286 .302 .589  
1949 25 DET AL 4 1 .800 29 7 2 0 2 62.7 72 38 10 35 18 5.46 .287 .372 .474 .846 3.1
1950 26 DET AL 5 4 .556 40 11 4 0 3 47.7 62 42 5 21 10 7.93 .315 .379 .467 .846 0.0
  TAM AL 5 8 .385 15 4 1 0 0 114.0 123 57 10 51 41 4.50 .274 .347 .401 .748 4.8
  TOT   10 12 .455 55 15 5 0 3 161.7 185 99 15 72 51 5.51 .286 .356 .421 .778 4.8
1951 27 TAM AL 4 10 .286 81 2 0 0 7 101.3 123 64 9 58 47 5.68 .298 .381 .446 .827 2.6
1952 28 TAM AL 10 9 .526 79 0 0 0 12 92.3 101 45 10 28 22 4.39 .272 .324 .418 .742 9.7
1953 29 TAM AL 0 0 .000 6 1 0 0 0 6.0 1 0 0 3 0 0.00 .056 .190 .056 .246 1.0
  DET AL 4 4 .500 19 4 2 0 2 56.7 62 37 8 31 19 5.88 .281 .369 .443 .812 1.0
  TOT   4 4 .500 25 5 2 0 2 62.7 63 37 8 34 19 5.31 .264 .355 .414 .770 2.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000  
1954 30 DET AL 8 13 .381 31 23 6 0 0 172.7 194 95 16 91 56 4.95 .280 .362 .407 .769 3.9
1955 31 DET AL 3 1 .750 40 0 0 0 3 53.0 54 18 7 17 11 3.06 .263 .320 .415 .734 6.0
1956 32 MIN AL 2 1 .667 22 0 0 0 1 26.0 38 17 6 11 4 5.88 .355 .402 .570 .972 0.0
1957 33 MIN AL 3 4 .429 40 0 0 0 3 45.3 69 43 6 14 13 8.54 .340 .382 .488 .870 0.0
1958 34 MIN AL 1 4 .200 36 0 0 0 1 43.3 56 37 10 23 12 7.69 .315 .393 .551 .944 0.0
1959 35 SDP NL 0 1 .000 8 1 0 0 0 21.7 34 23 4 12 5 9.56 .351 .427 .546 .974 0.0
1960 36 AAA   4 4 .500 58 0 0 0 5 52.0 62 36 9 39 34 6.23 .300 .411 .469 .879  
    A   0 1 .000 19 0 0 0 0 12.0 7 0 0 4 12 0.00 .171 .244 .195 .440  
12 Years Sim 54 64 .458 476 60 18 0 35 914.9 1069 556 105 422 275 5.47 .290 .362 .439 .801 35.9
3 Years AAA 7 5 .583 66 6 2 2 5 102.0 102 44 12 52 49 3.88 .266 .353 .388 .741  
1 Years A 0 1 .000 19 0 0 0 0 12.0 7 0 0 4 12 0.00 .171 .244 .195 .440  
4 Years Minors 7 6 .538 85 6 2 2 5 114.0 109 44 12 56 61 3.47 .256 .343 .369 .712  
Season Average 4 5 .444 39 5 1 0 2 76.2 89 46 8 35 22 5.47 .290 .362 .439 .801  
Career Highs 10 13 .800 81 23 6 0 12 172.7 194 99 16 91 56 9.56 .355 .427 .570 .974  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   546 272 49 218 154   .281 .353 .416 .769
vs LH   523 284 56 204 121   .300 .374 .465 .839
Home 34 35 .493 250 30 9 0 16 483.6 536 287 55 244 159 5.34 .281 .363 .433 .796
Away 20 29 .408 226 30 9 0 19 431.3 533 269 50 178 116 5.61 .299 .363 .446 .809
Mar/Apr 4 5 .444 65 0 0 0 9 70.0 80 33 5 25 22 4.24 .288 .347 .414 .760
May 6 11 .353 78 12 4 0 1 165.3 209 119 26 72 38 6.48 .307 .373 .489 .862
June 13 11 .542 84 13 3 0 6 169.6 210 121 24 91 41 6.42 .303 .383 .483 .866
July 10 10 .500 80 11 4 0 4 158.3 162 76 16 73 55 4.32 .267 .346 .394 .740
August 12 16 .429 98 13 4 0 9 205.6 234 110 21 91 71 4.81 .284 .355 .421 .776
Sep/Oct 9 11 .450 71 11 4 0 6 146.0 174 97 13 70 48 5.98 .288 .362 .414 .776
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
1948 24 NYG NL 30 21 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .190 .190 .333 .524 1.3 0.0
1949 25 DET AL 29 18 3 6 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 .333 .368 .444 .813 1.6 0.1
1950 26 DET AL 40 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
  TAM AL 15 42 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 .095 .095 .095 .190 -2.4 0.0
  TOT   55 45 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 .111 .111 .111 .222 -2.1 0.0
1951 27 TAM AL 81 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364 0.2 0.0
1953 29 TAM AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  DET AL 19 14 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .357 .400 .357 .757 2.1 0.3
  TOT   25 14 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .357 .400 .357 .757 2.1 0.3
1954 30 DET AL 31 56 3 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 17 .161 .190 .161 .350 0.4 0.0
1955 31 DET AL 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1956 32 MIN AL 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1957 33 MIN AL 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1958 34 MIN AL 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1959 35 SDP NL 8 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.1 0.0
11 Years Sim 397 187 12 33 3 1 0 21 0 0 3 37 .176 .194 .203 .397 2.4 0.4
162 Game Average 76 4 13 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 15 .176 .194 .203 .397 1.0  
Career Highs 81 56 3 9 2 1 0 7 0 0 2 17 .357 .400 .444 .813 2.1  
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   119 6 18 2 0 0 14 0 0 2 22 .151 .165 .168 .333 0.4
vs LH   68 6 15 1 1 0 7 0 0 1 15 .221 .243 .265 .508 3.5
Home 205 89 4 12 2 0 0 11 0 0 1 18 .135 .144 .157 .302 -0.6
Away 177 98 8 21 1 1 0 10 0 0 2 19 .214 .238 .245 .483 4.5
RISP   68 0 13 3 0 0 21 0 0 0 12 .191 .191 .235 .426 1.9
Close/Late   13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .154 .308 -0.1
Mar/Apr 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 53 41 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .195 .195 .220 .415 1.1
June 33 36 4 9 2 0 0 9 0 0 1 6 .250 .289 .306 .595 2.7
July 37 33 0 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 7 .182 .206 .182 .388 0.7
August 59 42 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .048 .070 .048 .117 -2.5
Sep/Oct 42 33 5 8 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 5 .242 .242 .303 .545 2.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1948 24 NYG NL P 30 7 72.3 5 14 1 2 .950 2.36    
1949 25 DET AL P 29 7 62.7 5 10 0 2 1.000 2.15    
1950 26 DET AL P 40 11 47.7 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.27    
  TAM AL P 15 4 114.0 6 22 1 3 .966 2.21    
  TOT   P 55 15 161.7 9 31 1 4 .976 2.23    
1951 27 TAM AL P 81 2 101.3 8 16 2 0 .923 2.13    
1952 28 TAM AL P 79 0 92.3 2 19 0 2 1.000 2.05    
1953 29 TAM AL P 6 1 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50    
  DET AL P 19 4 56.7 3 10 1 0 .929 2.06    
  TOT   P 25 5 62.7 3 11 1 0 .933 2.01    
1954 30 DET AL P 31 23 172.7 10 28 3 3 .927 1.98    
1955 31 DET AL P 40 0 53.0 6 10 0 1 1.000 2.72    
1956 32 MIN AL P 22 0 26.0 1 4 1 0 .833 1.73    
1957 33 MIN AL P 40 0 45.3 2 13 0 1 1.000 2.98    
1958 34 MIN AL P 36 0 43.3 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.66    
1959 35 SDP NL P 8 1 21.7 3 2 0 1 1.000 2.08    
Career Totals   476 60 914.9 58 162 9 16 .961 2.16    
Career Highs   81 23 172.7 10 31 3 4 1.000 2.98    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1948 24 NYG NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 3 2 0 0 0.00 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000
1949 25 DET AL 1 0 1.000 3 1 1 0 0 12.0 8 1 0 2 5 0.75 .182 .217 .182 .399
1954 30 DET AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 5 1 1 0 0 12.7 12 4 2 2 6 2.84 .240 .269 .360 .629
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
1949 25 DET AL 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1952-3-12
 Games Pitched
1951-4-81
1952-2-79
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1948
Had first career hit (double) on 5/3/1948, off Mel Parnell (BOS)
Earned first career win on 5/12/1948
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 2/1/1949 (Going to NYG: P Johnny Sain, 2B Eddie Stanky. Going to DET: P Ray Scarborough, P Bob Porterfield, 3B Eddie Bockman)
Traded from Detroit to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1950 (Going to DET: SS Snuffy Stirnweiss. Going to TAM: P Bob Porterfield, P Scott Cary, 3B Ellis Clary, RF Johnny Hopp)
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $914,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Tampa Bay to Detroit on 7/1/1953 (Going to DET: C Andy Seminick, P Bob Porterfield, CF Bill Howerton. Going to TAM: C Butch Nieman, 2B Billy Johnson, 1B Johnny Wyrostek)
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $914,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/16/1954 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
7/31/1954: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 3/3/1956 (Going to MIN: P Luis Arroyo, SS Gene Mauch, P Bob Porterfield, P Ken Johnson. Going to DET: 2B Alvin Dark, P Ken Holcombe)
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 4/2/1959 to a minor league deal
Injured on 5/26/1959 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 9 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 4/2/1960 to a minor league deal
 
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