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Darrell Porter
Darrell Ray Porter

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 193 lb.

Debut September 2, 1971
  vs. KCR 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 4, 1987
Born January 17, 1952 in Joplin, MO
Died August 5, 2002 in Sugar Creek, MO

Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 19 MIL AL  22   70    4   15   2  0   2    9   2  2   9  20  .214  .300  .329   80   23   0   1   0   0   0
 1972 20 MIL AL  18   56    2    7   1  0   1    2   0  0   5  21  .125  .210  .196   23   11   1   0   0   1   1
 1973 21 MIL AL 117  350   50   89  19  2  16   67   5  2  57  85  .254  .363  .457  133  160   3   2   6   4   6 RoY-3
 1974 22 MIL AL 131  432   59  104  15  4  12   56   8  7  50  88  .241  .326  .377  103  163   2   1   7   5   6 AS
 1975 23 MIL AL 130  409   66   95  12  5  18   60   2  5  89  77  .232  .371  .418  123  171   1   7  10   5   8
 1976 24 MIL AL 119  389   43   81  14  1   5   32   2  0  51  61  .208  .298  .288   74  112   3   5   3   1   4
 1977 25 KCR AL 130  425   61  117  21  3  16   60   1  0  53  70  .275  .353  .452  116  192   1   6   6   1   6
 1978 26 KCR AL 150  520   77  138  27  6  18   78   0  5  75  75  .265  .358  .444  122  231   1   4  14   2  13 MVP-10,AS
 1979 27 KCR AL 157  533  101  155  23 10  20  112   3  4 121  65  .291  .421  .484  142  258   4  13   8   8  11 MVP-9,AS
 1980 28 KCR AL 118  418   51  104  14  2   7   51   1  1  69  50  .249  .354  .342   92  143   0   6   5   2  10 AS
 1981 29 STL NL  61  174   22   39  10  2   6   31   1  2  39  32  .224  .364  .408  117   71   0   3   7   1   3
 1982 30 STL NL 120  373   46   86  18  5  12   48   1  1  66  66  .231  .347  .402  109  150   1   3   6   2   8
 1983 31 STL NL 145  443   57  116  24  3  15   66   1  3  68  94  .262  .363  .431  119  191   1   3  12   4   8
 1984 32 STL NL 127  422   56   98  16  3  11   68   5  3  60  79  .232  .331  .363   97  153   0   6  12   5  10
 1985 33 STL NL  84  240   30   53  12  2  10   36   6  1  41  48  .221  .335  .413  108   99   0   2   6   1   3
 1986 34 TEX AL  68  155   21   41   6  0  12   29   1  1  22  51  .265  .360  .535  138   83   0   0   0   1   3
 1987 35 TEX AL  85  130   19   31   3  0   7   21   0  0  30  43  .238  .387  .423  115   55   0   1   4   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         5539      1369     48      826     37    1025  .247  .354  .409  113       18  63 106  45 102
               1782       765      237    188       39    905                            2266
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        504   70  124  22  4  17   75   4  3  82  93  .247  .354  .409  113  206   2   6  10   4   9
 Career High    157  533  101  155  27 10  20  112   8  7 121  94  .291  .421  .484  142  258   4  13  14   8  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 19 MIL AL   80   58    7   3.2    91| .214  .253| .300  .324| .329  .375| .629  .700|  80  .403  -1.7  -0.2  50%
 1972 20 MIL AL   63   51    2   1.0    81| .125  .243| .210  .311| .196  .351| .406  .662|  23  .094  -5.3  -0.6   0%
 1973 21 MIL AL  416  274   61   6.0    91| .254  .256| .363  .324| .457  .376| .820  .701| 133  .643  17.2   1.7  71%
 1974 22 MIL AL  490  344   54   4.2    88| .241  .257| .326  .322| .377  .370| .703  .691| 103  .510   2.0   0.2  53%
 1975 23 MIL AL  511  335   68   5.5    93| .232  .258| .371  .328| .418  .379| .789  .707| 123  .607  16.4   1.7  28%
 1976 24 MIL AL  449  320   37   3.1    84| .208  .254| .298  .318| .288  .358| .586  .675|  74  .390 -11.0  -1.2 100%
 1977 25 KCR AL  486  321   71   5.9   102| .275  .269| .353  .333| .452  .409| .805  .742| 116  .610  10.6   1.0 100%
 1978 26 KCR AL  602  405   82   5.4    96| .265  .264| .358  .330| .444  .390| .802  .720| 122  .602  16.7   1.7   0%
 1979 27 KCR AL  679  410  119   7.7   104| .291  .272| .421  .337| .484  .412| .905  .749| 142  .713  39.9   3.8  42%
 1980 28 KCR AL  495  331   54   4.4    99| .249  .269| .354  .331| .342  .399| .696  .731|  92  .479  -1.4  -0.1  50%
 1981 29 STL NL  217  143   28   5.3    94| .224  .266| .364  .332| .408  .381| .772  .713| 117  .614   5.7   0.6  33%
 1982 30 STL NL  445  300   55   5.0    95| .231  .267| .347  .330| .402  .388| .749  .718| 109  .572   6.0   0.6  50%
 1983 31 STL NL  519  342   71   5.6    97| .262  .264| .363  .333| .431  .392| .794  .725| 119  .623  13.3   1.4  25%
 1984 32 STL NL  493  343   52   4.1    92| .232  .261| .331  .326| .363  .380| .694  .705|  97  .489   0.1   0.0  62%
 1985 33 STL NL  284  193   36   5.0    95| .221  .260| .335  .328| .413  .388| .748  .715| 108  .581   3.4   0.4  85%
 1986 34 TEX AL  178  118   30   6.8   102| .265  .264| .360  .332| .535  .411| .895  .744| 138  .665   8.1   0.8  50%
 1987 35 TEX AL  163  102   24   6.3   106| .238  .265| .387  .333| .423  .426| .810  .759| 115  .605   4.2   0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     6570 4390  851   5.2    95| .247  .263| .354  .329| .409  .388| .763  .717| 113  .582 124.1  12.2  51%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1971 19 MIL AL C 22 108 18 3 2 .977 .988 5.73 5.63 6.24 6.37 21 181.7 1 3 11 13 1972 20 MIL AL C 18 113 8 3 3 .976 .985 6.72 5.66 6.72 6.48 17 162.0 2 8 5 4 1973 21 MIL AL C 90 373 47 10 9 .977 .985 4.67 5.29 5.18 6.05 83 730.3 4 26 43 34 DH 19 1974 22 MIL AL C 117 484 60 12 8 .978 .983 4.65 5.01 4.88 5.89 114 1002.3 11 30 62 44 AS DH 9 AS 1975 23 MIL AL C 124 532 82 13 10 .979 .983 4.95 5.04 5.16 6.00 121 1070.0 15 53 90 58 DH 2 1976 24 MIL AL C 111 491 52 14 7 .975 .981 4.89 4.90 5.19 5.75 105 942.3 12 35 90 35 DH 2 1977 25 KCR AL C 125 663 61 13 4 .982 .986 5.79 5.06 6.18 6.01 121 1053.7 9 45 57 42 DH 1 1978 26 KCR AL C 145 608 62 8 10 .988 .983 4.62 4.86 4.90 5.53 141 1229.7 9 33 74 44 AS DH 4 AS 1979 27 KCR AL C 141 628 68 13 15 .982 .982 4.94 4.69 5.09 5.46 141 1230.0 15 38 64 57 AS DH 15 AS 1980 28 KCR AL C 81 322 37 8 6 .978 .986 4.43 4.60 4.57 5.48 79 706.3 12 14 38 29 AS DH 34 AS 1981 29 STL NL C 52 206 31 5 2 .979 .983 4.56 5.07 4.84 5.93 51 441.0 2 10 39 22 1982 30 STL NL C 111 469 64 9 8 .983 .985 4.80 5.52 5.16 6.29 108 930.3 7 28 93 45 1983 31 STL NL C 133 578 70 7 8 .989 .984 4.87 5.55 5.48 6.57 121 1064.0 14 43 63 48 1984 32 STL NL C 122 620 58 11 6 .984 .986 5.56 5.68 5.92 6.53 115 1030.3 11 40 93 46 1985 33 STL NL C 82 386 26 4 4 .990 .987 5.02 5.45 6.00 6.42 68 617.7 5 11 46 23 1986 34 TEX AL C 25 165 9 1 2 .994 .989 6.96 5.44 7.82 6.62 23 200.3 3 17 32 8 DH 19 1987 35 TEX AL DH 35 C 7 10 1 0 0 1.000 .991 1.57 5.49 6.19 6.75 1 16.0 0 3 2 1 1B 5 11 1 0 2 1.000 .992 2.40 8.50 10.80 9.54 0 10.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 35 TEX AL 1B 5 11 1 0 2 1.000 .992 2.40 8.50 10.80 9.54 0 10.0 1971 19 MIL AL C 22 108 18 3 2 .977 .988 5.73 5.63 6.24 6.37 21 181.7 1 3 11 13 1972 20 MIL AL C 18 113 8 3 3 .976 .985 6.72 5.66 6.72 6.48 17 162.0 2 8 5 4 1973 21 MIL AL C 90 373 47 10 9 .977 .985 4.67 5.29 5.18 6.05 83 730.3 4 26 43 34 1974 22 MIL AL C 117 484 60 12 8 .978 .983 4.65 5.01 4.88 5.89 114 1002.3 11 30 62 44 1975 23 MIL AL C 124 532 82 13 10 .979 .983 4.95 5.04 5.16 6.00 121 1070.0 15 53 90 58 1976 24 MIL AL C 111 491 52 14 7 .975 .981 4.89 4.90 5.19 5.75 105 942.3 12 35 90 35 1977 25 KCR AL C 125 663 61 13 4 .982 .986 5.79 5.06 6.18 6.01 121 1053.7 9 45 57 42 1978 26 KCR AL C 145 608 62 8 10 .988 .983 4.62 4.86 4.90 5.53 141 1229.7 9 33 74 44 1979 27 KCR AL C 141 628 68 13 15 .982 .982 4.94 4.69 5.09 5.46 141 1230.0 15 38 64 57 1980 28 KCR AL C 81 322 37 8 6 .978 .986 4.43 4.60 4.57 5.48 79 706.3 12 14 38 29 1981 29 STL NL C 52 206 31 5 2 .979 .983 4.56 5.07 4.84 5.93 51 441.0 2 10 39 22 1982 30 STL NL C 111 469 64 9 8 .983 .985 4.80 5.52 5.16 6.29 108 930.3 7 28 93 45 1983 31 STL NL C 133 578 70 7 8 .989 .984 4.87 5.55 5.48 6.57 121 1064.0 14 43 63 48 1984 32 STL NL C 122 620 58 11 6 .984 .986 5.56 5.68 5.92 6.53 115 1030.3 11 40 93 46 1985 33 STL NL C 82 386 26 4 4 .990 .987 5.02 5.45 6.00 6.42 68 617.7 5 11 46 23 1986 34 TEX AL C 25 165 9 1 2 .994 .989 6.96 5.44 7.82 6.62 23 200.3 3 17 32 8 1987 35 TEX AL C 7 10 1 0 0 1.000 .991 1.57 5.49 6.19 6.75 1 16.0 0 3 2 1 1973 21 MIL AL DH 19 1974 22 MIL AL DH 9 1975 23 MIL AL DH 2 1976 24 MIL AL DH 2 1977 25 KCR AL DH 1 1978 26 KCR AL DH 4 1979 27 KCR AL DH 15 1980 28 KCR AL DH 34 1986 34 TEX AL DH 19 1987 35 TEX AL DH 35
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1506 6756 754 134 104 .982 .984 4.99 5.15 5.36 6.00 1430 12608.0 132 437 902 553 DH 140 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 5 11 1 0 2 1.000 .992 2.40 8.50 10.80 9.54 0 10.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1511 6767 755 134 106 .982 .984 4.98 5.16 5.37 6.00 1430 12618
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1977   ALCS  KCR NYY     L   5  15   3   5  0  0  0   0   3   0  .333  .444  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
 1978   ALCS  KCR NYY     L   4  14   1   5  1  0  0   3   2   0  .357  .412  .429   0  0   0   1   0 
 1980   ALCS  KCR NYY     W   3  10   2   1  0  0  0   0   1   0  .100  .182  .100   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    KCR PHI     L   5  14   1   2  0  0  0   0   3   4  .143  .294  .143   0  0   0   0   0 
 1982   NLCS  STL ATL     W   3   9   3   5  3  0  0   1   5   2  .556  .714  .889   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    STL MIL     W   7  28   1   8  2  0  1   5   1   4  .286  .310  .464   0  0   0   0   0 
 1985   NLCS  STL LAD     W   5  15   1   4  1  0  0   0   5   4  .267  .450  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    STL KCR     L   5  15   0   2  0  0  0   0   2   5  .133  .235  .133   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Champ Series     3-2  20  63  10  20  5  0  0   4  16   6  .317  .450  .397   0  0   0   1   0 
  3 World Series        1-2  17  57   2  12  2  0  1   5   6  13  .211  .286  .298   0  0   0   0   0 
  8 Postseason Series   4-4  37 120  12  32  7  0  1   9  22  19  .267  .378  .350   0  0   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1974   MIL AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1978   KCR AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1979   KCR AL   *   3   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1980   KCR AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/4      1   5   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .200  .200  .400 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1974
1978 *
1979 (C)
1980 *

Awards
1982-NLCS MVP
1982-ML-WS MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1978-AL-10-0.12
1979-AL-9-0.13
Car-656-0.25 shares

On-base %
1979 AL-.421-2

OPS
1979 AL-.905-8

Runs
1979 AL-101-9

Triples
1979 AL-10-5

RBI
1979 AL-112-5

Bases on Balls
1975 AL-89-6
1979 AL-121-1

Adjusted OPS+
1979 AL-142-10

Runs Created
1979 AL-119-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1979 AL-40-7

Batting Wins
1979 AL-3.8-7

Times on Base
1979 AL-284-1

Offensive Win%
1979 AL-.713-7

Hit By Pitch
1979 AL-8-5
1984 NL-5-7

Sac. Flies
1979 AL-13-1

Intentional Walks
1978 AL-14-2
1984 NL-12-9
Car-106-99

Youngest Player
1971 AL-19-1
1972 AL-20-2

         

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 12 (1259) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 22.9 (504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 63.0 (294) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft.

December 6, 1976: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Jim Colborn to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later, Jim Wohlford, and Jamie Quirk. The Kansas City Royals sent Bob McClure (March 15, 1977) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

November 24, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 14, 1985: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

January 28, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

December 5, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

December 21, 1987: Released by the Texas Rangers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985St. Louis Cardinals$740,000
1986Texas Rangers$162,500
Career (may be incomplete)$902,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Darrell Porter's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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