Bob Porterfield
1948–1959 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators (1901-60)
322G
.184AVG
.218OBP
.252SLG
More career statistics
95H
6HR
43RBI
1SB
87–97W–L
1,567.2IP
572K
3.79ERA
193GS
8SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 516 | 515 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 123 | 124 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 570 | 569 |
| Batting · Runs | 34 | 35 |
| Pitching · p er | 660 | 661 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,523 | 1,571 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,703 | 4,701 |
| Pitching · p k | 572 | 573 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322 | 570 | 516 | 34 | 95 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 20 | 123 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 130 | .184 | .218 | .252 | .470 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,567.7 | 318 | 193 | 92 | 87 | 97 | 8 | 1,523 | 732 | 660 | 113 | 552 | 572 | 0 | 0 | 3.79 | 1.324 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1953-04-24 to 1953-05-22
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1953-05-10 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1948-08-17 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1958-05-11 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 155 | 253 | 45 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 52 | .198 | .221 | .251 |
| Away | 167 | 316 | 50 | 6 | 28 | 9 | 72 | .174 | .187 | .253 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 31 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | .136 | .154 | .159 |
| May | 57 | 106 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 17 | .232 | .255 | .364 |
| June | 56 | 97 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 29 | .141 | .155 | .212 |
| July | 57 | 90 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 22 | .221 | .244 | .302 |
| August | 64 | 135 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 29 | .139 | .170 | .205 |
| September | 56 | 88 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | .228 | .227 | .228 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | .000 | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 37 | 67 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17 | .213 | .254 | .230 |
| chicago-white-sox | 34 | 74 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | .134 | .162 | .164 |
| detroit-tigers | 31 | 84 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 21 | .156 | .155 | .260 |
| cleveland-guardians | 29 | 68 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | .141 | .147 | .188 |
| boston-red-sox | 29 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | .078 | .089 | .078 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 26 | 65 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | .281 | .292 | .439 |
| st-louis-browns | 17 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .244 | .271 | .311 |
| baltimore-orioles | 16 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | .293 | .267 | .415 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  New York Yankees | 16 | 24 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .250 | 78 | 30 |
| 1949 | New York Yankees | 12 | 19 | 1 | – | – | – | .053 | 57 | 25 |
| 1950 | New York Yankees | 11 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 19 | 9 |
| 1951 | New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 21 | 46 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .130 | 136 | 55 |
| 1952 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 31 | 79 | 15 | – | 3 | – | .190 | 231 | 80 |
| 1953 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 37 | 98 | 25 | 3 | 16 | 1 | .255 | 255 | 77 |
| 1954 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 32 | 88 | 9 | 1 | 5 | – | .102 | 244 | 83 |
| 1955 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 30 | 63 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .190 | 178 | 74 |
| 1956 |  Boston Red Sox | 25 | 43 | 14 | 1 | 5 | – | .326 | 125 | 53 |
| 1957 | Boston Red Sox | 28 | 29 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .172 | 102 | 28 |
| 1958 | Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | .053 | 91 | 40 |
| 1959 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 40 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 48 | 19 |