Darrell Porter

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 193lb (183cm, 87kg)

Born: January 17, 1952 in Joplin, MO us

Died: August 5, 2002 in Sugar Creek, MO

Buried: Longview Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (4th) of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Southeast HS (Oklahoma City, OK).

High School: Southeast HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

Debut: September 2, 1971 (Age 19-228d, 13,162nd in major league history)
vs. KCR 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1987 (Age 35-260d)
vs. SEA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: Bill Katzbeck • Previously: Frank Knisley

Full Name: Darrell Ray Porter

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.9

5539

1369

188

.247

765

RBI

826

OBP

.354

SLG

.409

OPS

.763

OPS+

113

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	KCR		TOR	W,11-2	GS	27	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	KCR		TOR	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	3	Apr 8	KCR		TOR	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
4	4	Apr 9	KCR		DET	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
5	5	Apr 11	KCR		DET	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	6	Apr 13	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-4	CG	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
7	7	Apr 14	KCR	@	TOR	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
8	8	Apr 15	KCR	@	TOR	W,12-10	CG	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
9	9	Apr 16	KCR	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
10	10	Apr 17	KCR	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	11	Apr 20	KCR	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	12	Apr 21	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	13	Apr 22	KCR	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
14	14	Apr 23	KCR		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
15	15	Apr 24	KCR		CHW	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	16	Apr 25	KCR		CHW	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	17	Apr 26	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
18	18	Apr 27	KCR		CLE	W,15-7	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	19	Apr 28	KCR		CLE	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
20	20	Apr 29	KCR		CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
21	21	Apr 30	KCR		TEX	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	KCR		TEX	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
23	23	May 2	KCR		TEX	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
24	24	May 4	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	49	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
25	25	May 5	KCR	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
26	26	May 6	KCR	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	4	2	0	6	1	C
27	27	May 7	KCR	@	TEX	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	28	May 8	KCR	@	TEX	L,7-8	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	29	May 9	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	30	May 10	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
31	31	May 11	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
32	32	May 12	KCR	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	34 (1)	May 14	KCR	@	SEA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
34	35	May 15 (1)	KCR	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	37 (1)	May 16	KCR	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	38	May 17	KCR		MIN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
37	39	May 18	KCR		MIN	L,6-10	CG	47	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
38	40	May 20	KCR		MIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	41	May 21	KCR		SEA	L,7-12	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
40	42	May 22	KCR		SEA	L,11-12	CG	57	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	43	May 24	KCR		SEA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
42	44	May 25	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	45	May 26	KCR	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	7	3	1	11	1	C
44	46	May 27	KCR	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	47	May 28	KCR		BAL	W,5-4	CG	59	16.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
46	48	May 29	KCR		BAL	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	50 (1)	Jun 1	KCR		MIL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
48	51	Jun 2	KCR		MIL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
49	52	Jun 3	KCR		MIL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	53	Jun 4	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
51	54	Jun 5	KCR	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	55	Jun 6	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
53	56	Jun 7	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	57	Jun 8	KCR		NYY	L,10-11	CG	51	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	59 (1)	Jun 10	KCR		NYY	L,4-10	GS	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
56	60	Jun 11	KCR		BOS	L,0-4	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	61	Jun 12	KCR		BOS	W,7-6	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	62	Jun 13	KCR		BOS	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
59	63	Jun 15	KCR	@	MIL	W,14-11	GS	29	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	64	Jun 16	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	65	Jun 17	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
62	66	Jun 18	KCR	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
63	67	Jun 19	KCR	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	69 (1)	Jun 21	KCR	@	OAK	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
65	70	Jun 22	KCR	@	CAL	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
66	71	Jun 23	KCR	@	CAL	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	72	Jun 24	KCR	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	73	Jun 26	KCR		OAK	W,7-6	CG	49	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	74	Jun 27	KCR		OAK	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	75	Jun 28	KCR		OAK	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	76	Jun 29	KCR		CAL	L,5-6	CG	45	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
72	77	Jun 30	KCR		CAL	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	78	Jul 1	KCR		CAL	L,2-14	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	79	Jul 3	KCR	@	BOS	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
75	80	Jul 4	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
76	84 (3)	Jul 8	KCR		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	85	Jul 9	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
78	86	Jul 10	KCR	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
79	87	Jul 11	KCR	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
80	88	Jul 12	KCR		TEX	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
81	89	Jul 13	KCR		TEX	L,4-9	GS	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
82	90	Jul 14	KCR		TEX	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
83	92 (1)	Jul 19	KCR		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
84	93	Jul 20	KCR		CLE	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	94	Jul 21	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
86	95	Jul 22	KCR	@	TEX	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
87	96	Jul 23	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	98 (1)	Jul 25	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
89	100 (1)	Jul 27	KCR		BAL	L,0-8	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
90	101	Jul 28	KCR		BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	103 (1)	Jul 30	KCR		TOR	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
92	104	Jul 31	KCR		TOR	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	105	Aug 1	KCR		TOR	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
94	106	Aug 3 (1)	KCR	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
95	108 (1)	Aug 4	KCR	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
96	109	Aug 5	KCR	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
97	110	Aug 6	KCR	@	TOR	W,16-12	CG	48	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
98	111	Aug 7	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
99	112	Aug 9	KCR	@	TOR	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
100	113	Aug 10 (1)	KCR		DET	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
101	115 (1)	Aug 11	KCR		DET	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
102	116	Aug 12	KCR		DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
103	117	Aug 13	KCR	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
104	120 (2)	Aug 16	KCR	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
105	121	Aug 17	KCR	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
106	122	Aug 18	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
107	123	Aug 19	KCR	@	BAL	W,11-7	CG	45	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
108	124	Aug 20	KCR		NYY	L,4-17	GS	28	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
109	126 (1)	Aug 22	KCR		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
110	127	Aug 24	KCR		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	C
111	128	Aug 25	KCR		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
112	129	Aug 26	KCR		BOS	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
113	130	Aug 27	KCR		MIL	W,10-9	CG	47	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
114	131	Aug 28	KCR		MIL	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
115	132	Aug 29	KCR		MIL	W,18-8	GS	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
116	133	Aug 30	KCR	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
117	134	Aug 31	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	135	Sep 1	KCR	@	NYY	W,9-8	GS	23	5.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
119	136	Sep 2	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
120	137	Sep 3	KCR	@	MIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
121	138	Sep 4	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
122	139	Sep 5	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
123	140	Sep 7	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
124	141	Sep 8	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	C
125	142	Sep 9	KCR	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
126	143	Sep 10 (1)	KCR		MIN	W,6-5	CG	62	14.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
127	144	Sep 10 (2)	KCR		MIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
128	146 (1)	Sep 12	KCR		MIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
129	147	Sep 14	KCR		SEA	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
130	148	Sep 15	KCR		SEA	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
131	149	Sep 16	KCR		SEA	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
132	150	Sep 17	KCR		CAL	W,16-4	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
133	151	Sep 18	KCR		CAL	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
134	152	Sep 19	KCR		CAL	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
135	153	Sep 20	KCR		CAL	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
136	154	Sep 21	KCR	@	OAK	W,13-4	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
137	155	Sep 22	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
138	156	Sep 23	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
139	157	Sep 24	KCR	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
140	158	Sep 25	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
141	159	Sep 26	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
							141gm		1230.0	628	68	13	709	15