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Erwin Cooledge Porterfield

First name: Bob

Last name: Porterfield

Birthdate: 1923-08-10

Bats: R   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 120687

Retro ID: portb102

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1948NYA0.40.00.40.20.30.11
1949NYA0.20.00.2-0.1-0.10.30
1950NYA0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1951WS10.60.00.6-0.20.00.60
1952WS11.00.01.00.10.40.61
1953WS11.40.01.41.31.7-0.35
1954WS11.20.01.2-0.5-0.21.4-1
1955WS10.90.00.90.20.40.41
1956BOS0.60.00.60.40.60.02
1957BOS0.40.00.40.00.10.30
1958PIT0.30.00.30.00.00.20
1959CHN0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1959PIT0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Career7.00.07.01.33.13.79

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1948NYA32-2-200000003110.10.10.00.00.10
1949NYA20-4-400000002-210.0-0.20.00.0-0.20
1950NYA40000000000010.60.00.00.00.00
1951WS149-7-700000004-39.9-0.30.00.0-0.30
1952WS184-8-82-2-100008-18.6-0.10.00.0-0.10
1953WS1108-2-22-1000001099.31.00.00.01.00
1954WS199-15-150-10-100010-79.2-0.80.00.0-0.80
1955WS170-7-70-100000809.60.00.00.00.00
1956BOS470-1-10000005310.30.30.00.00.30
1957BOS32-3-30-1000003-19.7-0.10.00.0-0.10
1958PIT20-3-300000002-19.0-0.10.00.0-0.10
1959CHN1000000000009.50.00.00.00.00
1959PIT3-1-100000000-19.3-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career569-52-533-6-1-100055-3--0.30.00.0-0.30

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1948 NYA AL 16 3.7 78.0 42 38 0 4.88 9.6 0.14 -0.03 -3 1.07 -3 -0.3 1.5 2.1 0.4 4
1949 NYA AL 12 2.6 57.7 26 28 2 4.81 9.4 0.12 -0.03 0 1.01 0 0.0 1.3 1.3 0.5 4
1950 NYA AL 10 0.8 19.7 19 10 -1 1.97 10.3 -0.21 -0.09 -9 0.88 -8 -0.8 -0.4 1.2 -0.6 -1
1951 NYA AL 2 0.1 3.0 6 2 -1 1.50 13.0 -0.31 -0.09 -4 0.65 -3 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.1 0
1951 WS1 AL 19 6.2 133.3 51 68 5 7.02 9.3 0.02 -0.09 11 1.00 11 1.2 4.3 1.9 2.5 13
1952 WS1 AL 31 10.6 231.3 79 106 -1 7.46 8.4 0.02 -0.09 26 1.05 27 3.2 8.5 2.1 5.4 26
1953 WS1 AL 34 11.8 255.0 99 127 10 7.50 9.2 0.07 -0.09 17 1.01 17 1.8 7.7 4.1 4.2 23
1954 WS1 AL 32 11.4 244.0 104 104 -3 7.62 8.5 0.10 -0.09 4 1.00 4 0.5 6.2 5.2 2.9 19
1955 WS1 AL 30 8.4 178.0 103 88 -6 5.93 9.8 0.09 -0.09 -10 1.05 -10 -1.0 3.2 5.2 0.7 10
1956 BOS AL 25 5.5 125.0 82 70 3 5.00 10.9 0.03 -0.09 -16 1.03 -16 -1.5 1.2 4.2 -0.4 4
1957 BOS AL 28 4.6 102.3 54 50 0 3.65 9.6 -0.10 -0.09 -6 1.01 -6 -0.6 1.7 2.9 0.3 5
1958 PIT NL 37 3.9 87.7 33 42 3 2.37 9.2 -0.25 0.09 5 0.97 5 0.5 2.4 1.4 1.3 7
1958 BOS AL 2 0.1 4.0 2 2 0 2.00 9.6 -0.30 -0.09 -1 0.04 -1 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 0
1959 CHN NL 4 0.3 6.7 9 3 -1 1.68 9.9 -0.31 0.09 -5 1.06 -5 -0.5 -0.4 0.6 -0.5 -1
1959 PIT NL 36 2.0 41.3 22 20 -2 1.15 9.4 -0.31 0.09 -1 1.13 -1 -0.1 0.9 1.1 0.3 3
Career 318 72 1567 731 758 8 8 11 2.1 37.9 33.7 16.8 116

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1948 NYA 13 -1.0 -1
1949 NYA 12 -1.0 -1
1950 NYA 4 0.0 0
1951 NYA 1 0.0 0
1951 WS1 28 1.0 1
1952 WS1 41 -1.0 -1
1953 WS1 59 3.0 3
1954 WS1 75 4.0 4
1955 WS1 39 0.0 0
1956 BOS 22 -1.0 -1
1957 BOS 30 0.0 0
1958 PIT 13 0.0 0
1958 BOS 2 0.0 0
1959 PIT 13 1.0 1
1959 CHN 3 0.0 0
355 5.0 5

No additional records available for this player.

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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