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Dick Porter

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: December 30, 1901 in Princess Anne, MD us

Died: September 24, 1974 in Philadelphia, PA

Buried: Allen Methodist Church Cemetery, Allen, MD

High School: Wicomico HS (Salisbury, MD)

School: St. John's College (Annapolis, MD)

Debut: April 16, 1929 (Age 27-107d, 6,873rd in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1934 (Age 32-274d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: Richard Twilley Porter

Nicknames: Wiggles or Twitches

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.9

2515

774

.308

426

RBI

282

OBP

.376

SLG

.414

OPS

.790

OPS+

101

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

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	21 (19)	May 9	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	22	May 10	CLE		BOS	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	23	May 13	CLE		WSH	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	24	May 14	CLE		WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	25	May 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	27 (1)	May 17	CLE		PHA	L,10-15	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	28	May 18	CLE		PHA	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	29	May 19	CLE		NYY	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
10	30	May 21	CLE		NYY	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	31	May 23	CLE		CHW	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	32	May 24 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	33	May 24 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	34	May 25	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	35	May 26 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,12-0	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	36	May 26 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	37	May 27	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	38	May 28	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	39	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	40	May 31	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	41	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-11	CG	51	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	42	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	43	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	44	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	45	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	46	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	47	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	48	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	49	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-12	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	50	Jun 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	51	Jun 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	52	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	53	Jun 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	55 (1)	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	W,9-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	58 (2)	Jun 21	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	60 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,10-0	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	62 (1)	Jun 25	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
38	63	Jun 27 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	64	Jun 27 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
40	65	Jun 28	CLE		NYY	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	66	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,15-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	67	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	68	Jun 30	CLE		PHA	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	69	Jul 1	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	70	Jul 2	CLE		PHA	W,12-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	71	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	72	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	73	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	74	Jul 6	CLE		DET	W,13-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	75	Jul 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	47	11.0	3	5	0	8	0
51	76	Jul 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	77	Jul 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	79 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	80	Jul 14 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-19	CG	53	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	81	Jul 14 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	82	Jul 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	83	Jul 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	85 (1)	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	86	Jul 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	48	11.1	1	0	0	1	0
60	87	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	88	Jul 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
62	90 (1)	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	91	Jul 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	93 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
65	94	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	95	Jul 27	CLE	@	WSH	L,7-11	GS	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	96	Jul 28	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	97	Jul 29	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	99 (1)	Aug 1	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	100	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	103 (2)	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	L,8-11	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	104	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	106 (1)	Aug 9	CLE		DET	L,8-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	108 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,17-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	109	Aug 14 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,13-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	110	Aug 14 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	112 (1)	Aug 16	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
78	113	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	114	Aug 19 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	115	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	116	Aug 21	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	GS	27	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
82	122 (5)	Aug 29	CLE		SLB	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	126 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	127	Sep 2 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,4-4	CG	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	128	Sep 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	130 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	131	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-2	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	132	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	133	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	134	Sep 8 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,8-7	GS	28	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	136 (1)	Sep 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	137	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	138	Sep 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
94	139	Sep 14 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	140	Sep 14 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	141	Sep 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-14	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	142	Sep 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	143	Sep 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	144	Sep 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	145	Sep 18 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
101	146	Sep 18 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
102	147	Sep 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	148	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	149	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	33	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	150	Sep 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
106	151	Sep 23 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,7-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
107	152	Sep 23 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
108	153	Sep 24	CLE		DET	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	154	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
110	155	Sep 27	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							110gm		11.0	187	13	6	206	0