Bob Porterfield | Major Leaguer 1948-1959

Full Name: Erwin Coolidge Porterfield
Born: August 10,1923 in Newport, Virginia
Death: April 28,1980
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1946] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Yankees. [Jun 15,1951] - Traded by Yankees with Tom Ferrick and Fred Sanford to Senators for Bob Kuzava. [Nov 8,1955] - Traded by Senators with Tom Umphlett, Johnny Schmitz and Mickey Vernon to Red Sox for Al Curtis, Neil Chrisley, Tex Clevenger, Dick Brodowski and Karl Olson. [May 7,1958] - Purchased by Pirates from Red Sox. [May 12,1959] - Released by Pirates. [May 13,1959] - Signed as Free Agent by Cubs. [Jul 1,1959] - Claimed on waivers by Pirates from Cubs. [Sep 29,1959] - Released by Pirates.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1948	NY Yankees	AL	24	Nyy	MLB	5	3	4.50	16	12	2	1	2	0	78.0	85	42	39	5	34	30	1	2	9.81	0.58	3.92	3.46	1.53	--
1949	NY Yankees	AL	25	Nyy	MLB	2	5	4.06	12	8	3	0	1	0	57.2	53	26	26	3	29	25	2	0	8.27	0.47	4.53	3.90	1.42	--
1950	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	1	1	8.70	10	2	0	0	2	1	19.2	28	19	19	2	8	9	0	1	12.82	0.92	3.66	4.12	1.83	--
1951	Washington	AL	27	Wa1	MLB	9	8	3.24	19	19	10	3	0	0	133.1	109	51	48	8	54	53	2	0	7.36	0.54	3.65	3.58	1.22	--
	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	0	0	15.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	6	5	0	3	2	1	0	15.00	0.00	9.00	6.00	2.67	--
1952	Washington	AL	28	Wa1	MLB	13	14	2.72	31	29	15	3	2	0	231.1	222	80	70	7	85	80	2	0	8.64	0.27	3.31	3.11	1.33	--
1953	Washington	AL	29	Wa1	MLB	22	10	3.35	34	32	24	9	2	0	255.0	243	99	95	19	73	77	2	0	8.58	0.67	2.58	2.72	1.24	--
1954	Washington	AL	30	Wa1	MLB	13	15	3.32	32	31	21	2	1	0	244.0	249	104	90	14	77	82	1	0	9.18	0.52	2.84	3.02	1.34	--
1955	Washington	AL	31	Wa1	MLB	10	17	4.45	30	27	8	2	2	0	178.0	197	103	88	14	54	74	0	0	9.96	0.71	2.73	3.74	1.41	--
1956	Boston	AL	32	Bos	MLB	3	12	5.14	25	18	4	1	3	0	126.0	127	82	72	21	64	53	2	0	9.07	1.50	4.57	3.79	1.52	--
1957	Boston	AL	33	Bos	MLB	4	4	4.05	28	9	3	1	5	1	102.1	107	54	46	8	30	28	1	0	9.41	0.70	2.64	2.46	1.34	55%
1958	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	4	6	3.29	37	6	2	1	10	5	87.2	78	33	32	7	19	39	2	0	8.01	0.72	1.95	4.00	1.11	48%
	Boston	AL	34	Bos	MLB	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	0	1	0	4.0	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	6.75	2.25	0.00	2.25	0.75	40%
1959	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	0	0	1.69	6	0	0	0	2	0	5.1	6	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	10.13	1.69	3.38	1.69	1.50	64%
	Chi Cubs	NL	35	Chc	MLB	0	0	11.37	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	14	9	8	1	3	0	0	0	19.91	1.42	4.27	0.00	2.69	44%
	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	1	2	4.75	30	0	0	0	12	1	36.0	45	20	19	2	17	18	5	0	11.25	0.50	4.25	4.50	1.72	64%

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)						87	97	3.79	318	193	92	23	45	8	1,567.2	1571	732	660	113	552	572	21	3	9.02	0.65	3.17	3.28	1.35	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1948	NY Yankees	AL	24	Nyy	MLB	p		16	24	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0		7		1	.250	*.286	.250	*536	--
1949	NY Yankees	AL	25	Nyy	MLB	p		12	19	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		0		1	.053	*.109	.105	*214	--
1950	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	p		11	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	.333	*.338	.333	*671	--
1951	Washington	AL	27	Wa1	MLB	p		19	46	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	12	1		0		2	.130	*.175	.130	*305	--
	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	p		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1952	Washington	AL	28	Wa1	MLB	p		31	79	5	15	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	18	0		3		2	.190	*.217	.228	*445	--
1953	Washington	AL	29	Wa1	MLB	p		37	98	8	25	7	0	3	16	1	0	6	20	0		4		2	.255	*.303	.418	*721	--
1954	Washington	AL	30	Wa1	MLB	p		32	88	3	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	4	24	1		5	1	0	.102	.149	.136	285	--
1955	Washington	AL	31	Wa1	MLB	p		30	63	3	12	3	1	0	7	0	0	0	15	0	0	5	2	3	.190	.185	.270	455	--
1956	Boston	AL	32	Bos	MLB	p		25	43	4	14	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	10	1	0	1	1	1	.326	.348	.395	743	--
1957	Boston	AL	33	Bos	MLB	p	9	28	29	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	.172	.219	.207	426	82%
1958	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	p	9	37	20	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	.050	.095	.200	295	70%
	Boston	AL	34	Bos	MLB	p	9,3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1959	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	p-p	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	50%
	Chi Cubs	NL	35	Chc	MLB	p	9	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	p-p	9	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	000	50%

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)								322	516	34	95	15	1	6	43	1	0	20	123	4		25		14	.184		.252	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1948	NY Yankees	AL	24	Nyy	MLB	P	16		78	4	8	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.38

1949	NY Yankees	AL	25	Nyy	MLB	P	12		57.2	1	10	3	14	1	-	-	-	.786	1.72

1950	NY Yankees	AL	26	Nyy	MLB	P	10		19.2	1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.83

1951	NY Yankees	AL	27	Nyy	MLB	P	2		3	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.00
1951	Washington	AL	27	Wa1	MLB	P	19		133.1	8	23	2	33	0	-	-	-	.939	2.09

1952	Washington	AL	28	Wa1	MLB	P	31		231.1	4	34	0	38	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.48

1953	Washington	AL	29	Wa1	MLB	P	34		255	16	50	0	66	4	-	-	-	1.000	2.33

1954	Washington	AL	30	Wa1	MLB	P	32		244	10	61	3	74	4	-	-	-	.959	2.62

1955	Washington	AL	31	Wa1	MLB	P	30		178	8	28	1	37	2	-	-	-	.973	1.82

1956	Boston	AL	32	Bos	MLB	P	25		126	8	14	2	24	1	-	-	-	.917	1.57

1957	Boston	AL	33	Bos	MLB	P	28		102.1	7	23	3	33	1	-	-	-	.909	2.64

1958	Boston	AL	34	Bos	MLB	P	2		4	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
1958	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	P	37		87.2	8	13	0	21	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.16

1959	Chi Cubs	NL	35	Chc	MLB	P	4		6.1	0	2	0	2	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.84
1959	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	P	30		5.1	5	10	1	16	1	-	-	-	.938	25.31
1959	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	P	6		5.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
1959	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	P	6		5.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
1959	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	P	6		5.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
1959	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	P	30		5.1	5	10	1	16	1	-	-	-	.938	25.31
1959	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	P	30		5.1	5	10	1	16	1	-	-	-	.938	25.31
1959	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	P	6		5.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
1959	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	P	30		5.1	5	10	1	16	1	-	-	-	.938	25.31

Awards

[1952] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #34) [1953] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #7) [1954] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1966] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (1 votes - 0.33%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 1 All-Star game during his career (1954)

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