Bob Porterfield stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1948
Bio
- Debut
- 1948
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 318
- W
- 87
- L
- 97
- ERA
- 3.79
- IP
- 1567.2
- K
- 572
- BB
- 552
- WHIP
- 1.35
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NYY | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4.50 | 78.0 | 30 | 34 | 1.53 |
| 1949 | NYY | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4.06 | 57.2 | 25 | 29 | 1.42 |
| 1950 | NYY | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8.69 | 19.2 | 9 | 8 | 1.83 |
| 1951 |  NYY/MIN | 21 | 9 | 8 | 3.50 | 136.1 | 55 | 57 | 1.25 |
| 1952 | MIN | 31 | 13 | 14 | 2.72 | 231.1 | 80 | 85 | 1.33 |
| 1953 | MIN | 34 | 22 | 10 | 3.35 | 255.0 | 77 | 73 | 1.24 |
| 1954 | MIN | 32 | 13 | 15 | 3.32 | 244.0 | 82 | 77 | 1.34 |
| 1955 | MIN | 30 | 10 | 17 | 4.45 | 178.0 | 74 | 54 | 1.41 |
| 1956 | BOS | 25 | 3 | 12 | 5.14 | 126.0 | 53 | 64 | 1.52 |
| 1957 | BOS | 28 | 4 | 4 | 4.05 | 102.1 | 28 | 30 | 1.34 |
| 1958 |  BOS/PIT | 39 | 4 | 6 | 3.34 | 91.2 | 40 | 19 | 1.09 |
| 1959 |  PIT/CHC | 40 | 1 | 2 | 5.29 | 47.2 | 19 | 22 | 1.83 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 92
- SHO
- 23
- K/9
- 3.3
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NYY | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | NYY | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | NYY/MIN | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | MIN | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | MIN | 0 | 24 | 9 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | MIN | 0 | 21 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | MIN | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | BOS | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | BOS | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | BOS/PIT | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bob Porterfield's career stats?
Bob Porterfield played 12 seasons for the Yankees, the Twins, the Red Sox and the Pirates. He had 87 wins and 572 strikeouts with a 3.79 ERA over 1,567.2 innings. His best season was 1953: 22 wins, a 3.35 ERA and 77 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 1948 to 1959
Championships ×3
- 1949 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1950 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1951 World Series with the New York Yankees
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