Dick Porter
1927–1939 · bats L / throws R · ASB, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, MLS
675G
.308AVG
.376OBP
.414SLG
More career statistics
774H
11HR
282RBI
23SB
2Rare 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 | 2,515 | 2,513 |
| Batting · Doubles | 159 | 160 |
| Batting · Hits | 774 | 775 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 7 | 8 |
| Batting · RBI | 282 | 276 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 675 | 2,844 | 2,515 | 426 | 774 | 159 | 37 | 11 | 282 | 268 | 186 | 23 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1,040 | .308 | .376 | .414 | .790 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1931-05-18 to 1931-06-10
40longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1931-07-16 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1931-08-20 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1932-07-27 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 345 | 1407 | 406 | 7 | 146 | 143 | 79 | .329 | .390 | .462 |
| Away | 330 | 1437 | 369 | 4 | 130 | 125 | 107 | .289 | .344 | .369 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 54 | 228 | 61 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 10 | .305 | .360 | .350 |
| May | 100 | 424 | 106 | 3 | 29 | 39 | 33 | .283 | .342 | .404 |
| June | 136 | 559 | 169 | 3 | 78 | 35 | 39 | .328 | .365 | .445 |
| July | 155 | 675 | 179 | 1 | 63 | 78 | 40 | .303 | .381 | .427 |
| August | 118 | 464 | 129 | 1 | 38 | 52 | 36 | .323 | .390 | .400 |
| September | 107 | 471 | 121 | 3 | 47 | 43 | 27 | .294 | .348 | .406 |
| October | 5 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .435 | .435 | .565 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 101 | 427 | 108 | 3 | 37 | 46 | 36 | .287 | .361 | .394 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 100 | 412 | 115 | 1 | 36 | 43 | 26 | .321 | .383 | .416 |
| detroit-tigers | 97 | 418 | 100 | 0 | 29 | 44 | 31 | .275 | .344 | .352 |
| new-york-yankees | 95 | 400 | 100 | 3 | 42 | 38 | 33 | .281 | .345 | .416 |
| st-louis-browns | 93 | 398 | 117 | 2 | 45 | 30 | 21 | .331 | .369 | .429 |
| boston-red-sox | 90 | 379 | 106 | 0 | 38 | 39 | 20 | .324 | .383 | .425 |
| chicago-white-sox | 82 | 359 | 114 | 2 | 40 | 27 | 13 | .348 | .393 | .485 |
| cleveland-guardians | 17 | 51 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | .300 | .314 | .380 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |  Cleveland Guardians | 71 | 192 | 63 | 1 | 22 | 3 | .328 | – | – |
| 1930 | Cleveland Guardians | 119 | 479 | 168 | 4 | 57 | 3 | .351 | – | – |
| 1931 | Cleveland Guardians | 114 | 414 | 129 | 1 | 37 | 6 | .312 | – | – |
| 1932 | Cleveland Guardians | 146 | 621 | 191 | 4 | 59 | 2 | .308 | – | – |
| 1933 | Cleveland Guardians | 132 | 498 | 134 | – | 41 | 4 | .269 | – | – |
| 1934 | Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 93 | 309 | 90 | 1 | 60 | 5 | .291 | – | – |