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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.

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	13 (12)	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	14	May 7	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	15	May 8	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	16	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	45	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
5	21 (4)	May 17	CLE		WSH	W,14-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	22	May 18	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	23	May 19	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	24	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	25	May 21	CLE		NYY	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	26	May 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	27	May 23	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Boston Red Sox
12	33	May 26	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	34	May 27	BOS	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
14	35	May 28	BOS	@	DET	L,6-12	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	36	May 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	37	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	38	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	39	Jun 1	BOS	@	WSH	W,13-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	40	Jun 2 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	41	Jun 2 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-7	CG	57	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	42	Jun 3	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	43	Jun 5	BOS		NYY	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	44	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-15	CG	57	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	45	Jun 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	46	Jun 8	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	47	Jun 9	BOS		WSH	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	48	Jun 10	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	49	Jun 12	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	50	Jun 13	BOS		DET	W,15-13	CG	55	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	51	Jun 15	BOS		DET	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
31	52	Jun 16	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	53	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	54	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,6-3	CG	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	55	Jun 18 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	56	Jun 18 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,14-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	57	Jun 20	BOS		CHW	W,14-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
37	58	Jun 21 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	59	Jun 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	60	Jun 22	BOS		CHW	W,11-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	61	Jun 23	BOS		CHW	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	62	Jun 24	BOS		CLE	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	63	Jun 25	BOS		CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	64	Jun 26	BOS		CLE	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	65	Jun 27	BOS		CLE	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	66	Jun 28	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	67	Jun 30	BOS	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	68	Jul 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	70 (1)	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-9	CG	52	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	71	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	72	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	73	Jul 5	BOS		PHA	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	74	Jul 6	BOS		PHA	W,18-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	75	Jul 7	BOS		PHA	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	76	Jul 8 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	77	Jul 8 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	78	Jul 13	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	79	Jul 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	0	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
58	80	Jul 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-8	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	88 (7)	Jul 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-6	GF	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
60	91 (2)	Jul 23	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	99 (7)	Jul 31 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	104 (4)	Aug 5 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	105	Aug 7	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	123 (17)	Aug 25 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,7-8	CG	52	11.0	4	1	0	5	1
65	124	Aug 26 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	125	Aug 26 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	126	Aug 27	BOS		CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	127	Aug 28	BOS		CLE	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	129 (1)	Sep 2	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	130	Sep 3 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	131	Sep 3 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	T,4-4	CG	39	8.0	0	0	2	2	0
72	134 (2)	Sep 8 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	135	Sep 8 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	136	Sep 9	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	40	9.1	1	0	1	2	0
75	153 (16)	Sep 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
							75gm			103	2	7	112	1