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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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	28-43 / in Starts: 21-20
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 214 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	141 (70-40-31) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 214 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	144 (72-44-27)

Most Driven In
L Fonseca	5
G Myatt	5
B Falk	4
J Hodapp	2
E Averill	1
J Sewell	1
C Brown	1
J Tavener	1

Most Driven In By
L Fonseca	6
E Averill	5
J Tavener	3
J Zinn	2
R Gardner	2
C Jamieson	1
B Falk	1
J Miljus	1

1929 Batting Game Log

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1929 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	1	Apr 16	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	5	1.61	-0.075	4.18	-0.12%	0.19	RF
2	2	2	Apr 17	CLE		DET	L,3-15	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	5	.43	-0.007	1.25	-0.01%	-0.63	RF
3	3	3	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,8-4	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		1	0	.273	.429	.364	.792	5	.76	0.156	1.97	0.24%	2.00	RF
4	4	4	Apr 19	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.412	.357	.769	5	1.93	0.035	5.47	0.06%	0.02	RF
5	5	5	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	L,0-10	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.381	.389	.770	5	.23	-0.024	.67	-0.04%	-0.19	RF
6	6	6	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.320	.318	.638	5	1.86	-0.178	5.08	-0.29%	-1.39	RF
7	7	7	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.300	.269	.569	5	1.57	-0.157	4.66	-0.28%	-0.94	RF
8	8	12 (4)	Apr 29	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-13	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.323	.296	.619	9	.04	0.002	.09	0.00%	0.22	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	9	14 (1)	May 1	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.313	.286	.598	2	1.84	-0.049	3.75	-0.06%	-0.27	PH
10	10	18 (3)	May 7	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.214	.333	.286	.619	2						PH
11	11	22 (3)	May 11	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.353	.310	.663	8	5.16	0.130	10.84	0.16%	1.00	PH
12	12	25 (2)	May 16	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-1	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.343	.300	.643	8	2.41	-0.064	5.28	-0.09%	-0.27	PH
13	13	26	May 17	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.258	.361	.323	.684	8	1.85	0.085	3.51	0.10%	0.38	PH
14	14	27	May 19	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-6	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.378	.344	.722	8	2.00	0.057	3.33	0.06%	0.67	PH
15	15	28	May 21	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(13)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.357	.324	.681	5	1.38	-0.188	2.41	-0.20%	-1.39	RF
16	16	30 (1)	May 23 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	9-GF(12)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.364	.316	.679	6	2.55	-0.040	4.48	-0.04%	0.06	LF
17	17	31	May 23 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,5-7	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.327	.279	.606	5	1.25	-0.167	2.60	-0.21%	-1.58	RF
18	18	32	May 24	CLE		SLB	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.302	.255	.557	5	.97	-0.108	1.49	-0.10%	-1.35	RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	19	41 (8)	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-12	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.302	.255	.557	5						RF
20	20	46 (4)	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	3-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.315	.271	.586	9	.49	0.020	.55	0.01%	0.28	PH
21	21	47	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.309	.265	.574	7	3.09	-0.081	3.11	-0.05%	-0.82	PH
22	22	48	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-13	7-7	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.321	.300	.621	9	.03	0.002	.03	0.00%	0.71	PH
23	23	50 (1)	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.316	.294	.610	9	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	-0.19	PH
24	24	55 (4)	Jun 20	CLE		DET	L,4-8	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.310	.288	.599	6	3.56	-0.094	1.60	-0.03%	-0.83	PH
25	25	61 (5)	Jun 26	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.323	.309	.632	7	.82	0.064	.21	0.01%	0.69	2B
26	26	62	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.318	.339	.657	7	.71	-0.033	.13	0.00%	0.10	2B
27	27	63	Jun 28	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.254	.329	.365	.694	7	.94	0.013	.10	0.00%	0.07	2B
28	28	65 (1)	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	L,10-11	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.333	.368	.701	7	1.39	0.200	.23	0.02%	1.64	2B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	29	66	Jul 2 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.342	.403	.745	7	2.60	0.251	.35	0.02%	0.20	2B
30	30	68 (1)	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.337	.387	.724	7	1.46	-0.128	.28	-0.02%	-0.78	2B
31	31	69	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.345	.392	.737	7	.73	-0.063	.05	0.00%	-0.58	2B
32	32	70	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,12-5	CG	5	5	1	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.359	.440	.799	6	.91	0.189	.05	0.01%	3.33	2B
33	33	71	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	W,11-10	5-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.351	.430	.781	7	2.16	-0.106	.11	0.00%	-0.72	PH 2B
34	34	72	Jul 7 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.347	.416	.763	7	.61	-0.045	.05	0.00%	-0.93	2B
35	35	73	Jul 7 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	CG(5)	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.356	.418	.774	6	1.11	0.050	.12	0.00%	0.57	2B
36	36	74	Jul 8	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.352	.432	.784	7	1.28	0.195	.15	0.01%	1.08	2B
37	37	75	Jul 10	CLE		WSH	W,9-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.343	.418	.761	6	.80	-0.064	.07	0.00%	-0.73	2B
38	38	76	Jul 11	CLE		WSH	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.357	.441	.798	7	.19	0.016	.02	0.00%	0.89	2B
39	39	77	Jul 12	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.348	.429	.776	6	1.42	-0.193	.15	-0.01%	-2.08	2B
40	40	78	Jul 13	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.353	.468	.821	6	.62	0.018	.05	0.00%	0.62	2B
41	41	79	Jul 14	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.350	.464	.814	7	4.03	-0.116	.55	-0.01%	-0.40	PH
42	42	80	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,8-5	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.355	.465	.820	6	1.74	0.138	.12	0.01%	0.89	2B
43	43	81	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.352	.466	.818	6	1.38	-0.137	.14	-0.01%	-1.27	2B
44	44	82	Jul 16	CLE		PHA	L,5-7	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.349	.462	.811	1	3.41	-0.100	.18	0.00%	-0.39	PH RF
45	45	83	Jul 17	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.353	.459	.812	6	1.20	0.027	.04	0.00%	0.64	2B
46	46	85 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,11-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.299	.355	.457	.812	6	.32	-0.018	.00	0.00%	0.09	2B
47	47	91 (5)	Jul 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.353	.453	.806	9	.31	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.12	PH
48	48	92	Jul 25	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-21	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.350	.450	.800	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.12	PH LF
49	49	97 (4)	Jul 31 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.355	.454	.808	9	.15	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.13	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	50	102 (4)	Aug 4 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,14-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.352	.450	.802	9	1.05	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
51	51	106 (3)	Aug 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.357	.455	.811	9	1.37	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.28	PH
52	52	111 (4)	Aug 16	CLE		PHA	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.361	.459	.820	8	1.95	0.114	.00	0.00%	0.71	PH
53	53	114 (2)	Aug 19	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	7-GF	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.366	.470	.836	9	1.72	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH RF
54	54	115	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	L,2-6	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.370	.470	.840	7	.43	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.22	PH
55	55	116	Aug 21	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.367	.467	.834	7	.97	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.12	PH
56	56	117	Aug 23	CLE		BOS	L,5-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.365	.463	.828	9	.23	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
57	57	118	Aug 24 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.307	.362	.460	.822	9	1.18	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PH
58	58	121 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.307	.367	.460	.827	9	.66	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.14	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
59	59	137 (15)	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-0	2-GF	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.364	.461	.825	1	.46	0.098	.00	0.00%	0.58	PH RF
60	60	140 (2)	Sep 18 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.361	.455	.816	1	.88	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.70	RF
61	61	141	Sep 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	1	.297	.358	.446	.804	1	1.14	0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.07	RF
62	62	142	Sep 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.298	.361	.457	.818	1	.92	0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.17	RF
63	63	143	Sep 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.308	.368	.462	.830	1	1.17	0.108	.00	0.00%	1.24	RF
64	64	144	Sep 22	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG(10)	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.304	.367	.453	.821	1	1.25	0.090	.00	0.00%	0.33	RF
65	65	145	Sep 24	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	CG	5	5	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.379	.476	.855	1	.60	0.079	.00	0.00%	1.20	RF
66	66	146	Sep 25	CLE		CHW	W,9-7	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.385	.479	.864	1	1.62	0.106	.00	0.00%	1.06	RF
67	67	148 (1)	Sep 29	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.377	.468	.845	1	.90	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-1.05	RF
68	68	149	Oct 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.315	.378	.466	.844	1	1.39	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.19	RF
69	69	150	Oct 5	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	5	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.378	.475	.854	1	1.22	0.092	.00	0.00%	0.53	RF
70	70	151	Oct 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.379	.473	.852	1	1.39	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.02	LF
71	71	152	Oct 6 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.328	.386	.479	.865	1	.98	0.120	.00	0.00%	1.18	LF
							28-43		214	192	27	63	16	5	1	22	17	1	14	1	0		4		3	5	.328	.386	.479	.865		1.18	0.193	.91	-0.86%	3.37

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