Henry Porter

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

142lb (64kg)

Born: June 1858 in Vergennes, VT us

Died: December 30, 1906 in Brockton, MA

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Brockton, MA

Debut: September 27, 1884 (Age 26, 1,018th in major league history)

Last Game: May 23, 1888 (Age 29)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1884 season

Full Name: Walter Henry Porter

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.8

107

ERA

3.70

207

206

1793.1

659

WHIP

1.315

Summary of 43 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead, 43 lacking some details

3 Tms
BRO	26
KCC	16
MIL	1

Platoon
vs RHB	32
vs LHB	11

Home/Road
Away	24
Home	19

Outs
Unk	42
0	1

9 Opps
CIN	11
STL	9
BAL	6
LOU	4
NYP	4
BRO	4
PHA	3
BOS	1
CLE	1

32 Batters
Bob Caruthers	5
John Reilly	4
George Tebeau	2
Denny Lyons	2
Frank Hankinson	2
John Corkhill	2
Bill Gleason	1
Andy Sommers	1
Jimmy Macullar	1
James Roseman	1
Paul Radford	1
Pete Hotaling	1
Thomas Burns	1
Bid McPhee	1
Pete Browning	1
Joe Werrick	1
John Kerins	1
Chicken Wolf	1
Ice Box Chamberlain	1
Jack O'Brien	1
Bill Traffley	1
Sam Barkley	1
Germany Smith	1
Dave Foutz	1
Frank Fennelly	1
Milt Scott	1
Tom O'Brien	1
Arlie Latham	1
Charlie Comiskey	1
Jumbo Davis	1
Tony Mullane	1
Tommy Tucker	1

10 Parks
WashingtonPk (NYC)	14
League Pk I (CIN)	7
SportsmanPk1 (STL)	6
Assoc. Pk (KAN)	5
Oriole Pk 1 (BAL)	3
Eclipse Pk (LOU)	3
GlcsterPt G (GLO)	2
PoloGrnds1SE (NYC)	1
WrightSt Grd (MIL)	1
RidgewoodPk2 (NYC)	1

Where Hit

9 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	29
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1
5·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

83 Runs

Inning
1	9
2	3
3	4
4	5
5	2
6	3
7	6
8	8
9	3

1-3	16
4-6	10
7-end	17

RelScore
Unk	43

Unk	43

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	9
3B	7
P	6
CF	5
SS	4
2B	3
C	3
RF	3
LF	3

OrderPos
Unk	16
5th	6
2nd	6
4th	4
6th	4
7th	3
3rd	1
1st	1
9th	1
8th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1884	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1884-10-03	Tom O'Brien	BOS	@	MIL		t 9		2		4
1885	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
2	2	1	1	1885-04-21	Jimmy Macullar	BAL		BRO		b 4		1	9	6
3	3	2	2	1885-04-21	Bill Traffley	BAL		BRO		b 4		1	7	2
4	4	3	1	1885-05-08	John Corkhill	CIN		BRO		b 3		2	6	9
5	5	4	1	1885-05-20	Pete Browning	LOU		BRO		b 6		1		8
6	6	5	1	1885-06-13	John Reilly	CIN	@	BRO		t 3		2	2	3
7	7	6	1	1885-06-23	Frank Hankinson	NYP		BRO		b 6		1	5	5	IPHR
8	8	7	1	1885-06-26	Jack O'Brien	PHA	@	BRO		t 8		3	6	2
9	9	8	1	1885-07-12	Sam Barkley	STL		BRO		b 8		2	5	4
10	10	9	1	1885-08-01	James Roseman	NYP	@	BRO		t 7		2	2	8	IPHR
11	11	10	1	1885-09-26	Bob Caruthers	STL	@	BRO		t 9		2		1
12	12	11	1	1885-10-01	Bill Gleason	STL	@	BRO		t 1		2		6
1886	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
13	13	1	1	1886-05-06	Milt Scott	BAL	@	BRO		t 7		3	8	3
14	14	2	1	1886-08-10	John Kerins	LOU		BRO		b 8		3	2	3
15	15	3	1	1886-08-16	Bob Caruthers	STL		BRO		b 1		2		1
16	16	4	2	1886-08-16	Charlie Comiskey	STL		BRO		b 1		2	5	3
17	17	5	3	1886-08-16	Bob Caruthers	STL		BRO		b 8		1		1
18	18	6	1	1886-08-23	Frank Hankinson	NYP	@	BRO		t 3		2		5
19	19	7	1	1886-09-13	John Reilly	CIN	@	BRO		t 4		3	6	3
20	20	8	1	1886-10-08	Bob Caruthers	STL		BRO		b 1		2		1
1887	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
21	21	1	1	1887-06-04	Pete Hotaling	CLE	@	BRO		t 4		2		8
22	22	2	1	1887-06-15	George Tebeau	CIN	@	BRO		t 8		2	6	7
23	23	3	1	1887-07-19	Chicken Wolf	LOU	@	BRO		t 5		3	5	9
24	24	4	1	1887-07-31	Andy Sommers	NYP	@	BRO		t 4		2	7	2	IPHR
25	25	5	1	1887-08-13	Jumbo Davis	BAL		BRO		b 2		1	4	5
26	26	6	1	1887-08-28	Joe Werrick	LOU		BRO		b 5		2		5
27	27	7	1	1887-09-08	Arlie Latham	STL	@	BRO		t 1	0	1	1	5	Lead-Off
1888	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
28	28	1	1	1888-04-18	John Reilly	CIN	@	KCC		t 6		3	4	3	IPHR
29	29	2	1	1888-05-03	Bid McPhee	CIN		KCC		b 1		2		4	IPHR
30	30	3	2	1888-05-03	John Reilly	CIN		KCC		b 1		2	4	3	IPHR
31	31	4	3	1888-05-03	John Corkhill	CIN		KCC		b 7		2	5	8	IPHR
32	32	5	4	1888-05-03	Frank Fennelly	CIN		KCC		b 7		1	3	6
33	33	6	5	1888-05-03	George Tebeau	CIN		KCC		b 7		1		7
34	34	7	1	1888-07-10	Thomas Burns	BAL	@	KCC		t 2		2	2	7	IPHR
35	35	8	1	1888-07-15	Germany Smith	BRO	@	KCC		t 8		2	4	6
36	36	9	1	1888-08-05	Denny Lyons	PHA		KCC		b 1		1		5
37	37	10	2	1888-08-05	Denny Lyons	PHA		KCC		b 9		1		5
38	38	11	1	1888-08-19	Bob Caruthers	BRO	@	KCC		t 7		3	5	9	IPHR
39	39	12	1	1888-08-28	Dave Foutz	BRO		KCC		b 1		2		1
40	40	13	2	1888-08-28	Paul Radford	BRO		KCC		b 2		2	7	8
41	41	14	1	1888-09-22	Tommy Tucker	BAL	@	KCC		t 8		1	2	3
42	42	15	1	1888-10-03	Ice Box Chamberlain	STL		KCC		b 3		3		1
43	43	16	1	1888-10-09	Tony Mullane	CIN		KCC		b 8		3	2	3