Darrell Porter (original) (raw)
Darrell Porter
Full name Darrell Ray Porter |
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Born January 17, 1952, Joplin, Missouri |
Died August 5, 2002, Sugar Creek, Missouri |
Buried at Longview Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri |
First Game: September 2, 1971; Final Game: October 4, 1987 |
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 193 |
Named NL League Championship Series Most Valuable Player (1982) |
Named World Series Most Valuable Player (1982) |
Named catcher on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1979) |
Ejections: 1974 (1), 1977 (2), 1978 (1), 1979 (1), 1980 (1), 1981 (1). Total: 7 |
SABR Biography |
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1971 MIL A Daily Splits 22 70 4 15 2 0 2 9 9 0 20 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 .214 .300 .329 0.1 1971 MIL A 1972 MIL A Daily Splits 18 56 2 7 1 0 1 2 5 0 21 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .125 .210 .196 -0.2 1972 MIL A 1973 MIL A Daily Splits 117 350 50 89 19 2 16 67 57 6 85 4 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 .254 .363 .457 2.1 1973 MIL A 1974 MIL A Daily Splits 131 432 59 104 15 4 12 56 50 7 88 5 2 1 0 13 6 8 7 .241 .326 .377 0.7 1974 MIL A 1975 MIL A Daily Splits 130 409 66 95 12 5 18 60 89 10 77 5 1 7 0 8 8 2 5 .232 .371 .418 1.7 1975 MIL A 1976 MIL A Daily Splits 119 389 43 81 14 1 5 32 51 3 61 1 3 5 0 6 4 2 0 .208 .298 .288 -1.2 1976 MIL A 1977 KC A Daily Splits 130 425 61 117 21 3 16 60 53 6 70 1 1 6 0 4 6 1 0 .275 .353 .452 2.2 1977 KC A 1978 KC A Daily Splits 150 520 77 138 27 6 18 78 75 14 75 2 1 4 0 5 13 0 5 .265 .358 .444 2.3 1978 KC A 1979 KC A Daily Splits 157 533 101 155 23 10 20 112 121 8 65 8 4 13 0 4 11 3 4 .291 .421 .484 5.0 1979 KC A 1980 KC A Daily Splits 118 418 51 104 14 2 7 51 69 5 50 2 0 6 0 7 10 1 1 .249 .354 .342 0.1 1980 KC A 1981 STL N Daily Splits 61 174 22 39 10 2 6 31 39 7 32 1 0 3 0 1 3 1 2 .224 .364 .408 0.9 1981 STL N 1982 STL N Daily Splits 120 373 46 86 18 5 12 48 66 6 66 2 1 3 0 4 8 1 1 .231 .347 .402 1.3 1982 STL N 1983 STL N Daily Splits 145 443 57 116 24 3 15 66 68 12 94 4 1 3 0 4 8 1 3 .262 .363 .431 2.7 1983 STL N 1984 STL N Daily Splits 127 422 56 98 16 3 11 68 60 12 79 5 0 6 0 6 10 5 3 .232 .331 .363 0.6 1984 STL N 1985 STL N Daily Splits 84 240 30 53 12 2 10 36 41 6 48 1 0 2 0 0 3 6 1 .221 .335 .413 1.4 1985 STL N 1986 TEX A Daily Splits 68 155 21 41 6 0 12 29 22 0 51 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 .265 .360 .535 0.6 1986 TEX A 1987 TEX A Daily Splits 85 130 19 31 3 0 7 21 30 4 43 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 .238 .387 .423 0.2 1987 TEX A Total NL ( 5 Years) 537 1652 211 392 80 15 54 249 274 43 319 13 2 17 0 15 32 14 10 .237 .347 .402 6.9 Total NL Total AL (12 Years) 1245 3887 554 977 157 33 134 577 631 63 706 32 16 46 0 50 70 25 27 .251 .357 .412 13.6 Total AL Total (17 Years) Splits 1782 5539 765 1369 237 48 188 826 905 106 1025 45 18 63 0 65 102 39 37 .247 .354 .409 20.5 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1977 KC A Daily Splits 5 15 3 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .444 .333 1977 KC A 1978 KC A Daily Splits 4 14 1 5 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .357 .412 .429 1978 KC A 1980 KC A Daily Splits 3 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .100 .182 .100 1980 KC A 1982 STL N Daily Splits 3 9 3 5 3 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .556 .714 .889 1982 STL N 1985 STL N Daily Splits 5 15 1 4 1 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .450 .333 1985 STL N Total NL ( 2 Years) 8 24 4 9 4 0 0 1 10 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .559 .542 Total NL Total AL ( 3 Years) 12 39 6 11 1 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .282 .370 .308 Total AL Total ( 5 Years) Splits 20 63 10 20 5 0 0 4 16 1 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .317 .450 .397 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1980 KC A Daily Splits 5 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .294 .143 1980 KC A 1982 STL N Daily Splits 7 28 1 8 2 0 1 5 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .310 .464 1982 STL N 1985 STL N Daily Splits 5 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 .235 .133 1985 STL N Total ( 3 Years) Splits 17 57 2 12 2 0 1 5 6 1 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .211 .286 .298 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1978 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 AL 1979 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1979 AL 1980 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1980 AL Total ( 3 Years) Splits 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1971 MIL A Daily Splits C 22 21 17 181.2 108 18 3 2 0 1 11 13 0 .977 1972 MIL A Daily Splits C 18 17 15 162 113 8 3 3 0 2 5 4 0 .976 1973 MIL A Daily Splits C 90 83 72 730.1 373 47 10 9 0 4 43 34 2 .977 1973 MIL A DH 20 20 18 - 1974 MIL A Daily Splits C 117 114 101 1002.1 484 60 12 8 0 11 62 44 4 .978 1974 MIL A DH 10 6 6 - 1975 MIL A Daily Splits C 124 121 115 1070 532 82 13 10 0 15 90 58 7 .979 1975 MIL A DH 2 2 2 - 1976 MIL A Daily Splits C 111 105 100 942.1 491 52 14 7 0 12 90 35 1 .975 1976 MIL A DH 2 2 2 - 1977 KC A Daily Splits C 125 121 104 1053.2 663 61 13 4 0 9 57 42 3 .982 1977 KC A DH 1 1 0 - 1978 KC A Daily Splits C 145 141 130 1229.2 608 62 8 10 0 9 74 44 3 .988 1978 KC A DH 4 3 1 - 1979 KC A Daily Splits C 141 141 129 1230 628 68 13 15 0 15 64 57 3 .982 1979 KC A DH 15 15 15 - 1980 KC A Daily Splits C 81 79 73 706.1 322 37 8 6 0 12 38 29 1 .978 1980 KC A DH 34 33 33 - 1981 STL N Daily Splits C 52 51 41 441 206 31 5 2 1 2 39 22 1 .979 1982 STL N Daily Splits C 111 108 88 930.1 469 64 9 8 0 7 93 45 0 .983 1983 STL N Daily Splits C 132 121 104 1064 578 70 7 8 0 14 63 48 0 .989 1984 STL N Daily Splits C 122 115 105 1030.1 620 58 11 6 0 11 93 46 0 .984 1985 STL N Daily Splits C 82 68 52 617.2 386 26 4 4 0 5 46 23 0 .990 1986 TEX A Daily Splits C 25 23 14 200.1 165 9 1 2 0 3 32 8 0 .994 1986 TEX A DH 19 19 12 - 1987 TEX A Daily Splits DH 35 29 19 - 1987 TEX A C 8 1 0 16 10 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1.000 1987 TEX A 1B 5 0 0 10 11 1 0 2 0 1.000 Total (17 Years) Splits C 1506 1430 1260 12608 6756 754 134 104 1 132 902 553 25 .982 Total (10 Years) DH 142 130 108 - Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 5 0 0 10 11 1 0 2 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1977 KC A Daily Splits C 5 5 4 43 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1978 KC A Daily Splits C 4 4 4 34 21 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1.000 1980 KC A Daily Splits C 3 3 3 27 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1982 STL N Daily Splits C 3 3 3 27 15 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.000 1985 STL N Daily Splits C 5 5 5 43 25 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 .964 Total ( 5 Years) Splits C 20 20 19 174 96 7 1 1 0 2 6 4 1 .990 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1980 KC A Daily Splits C 4 4 4 36 13 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1.000 1982 STL N Daily Splits C 7 7 6 60 33 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.000 1985 STL N Daily Splits C 5 5 5 43.1 36 4 0 1 0 1 6 4 0 1.000 Total ( 3 Years) Splits C 16 16 15 139.1 82 8 0 2 0 1 10 8 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1979 AL Daily Splits C 1 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1980 AL Daily Splits C 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) Splits C 2 1 0 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason 9-23-1974(2) BOX MIL A Marty Springstead Entering stands 5- 7-1977 BOX KC A Durwood Merrill Bench-clearing brawl 8- 5-1977 BOX KC A Dave Phillips Fighting 6-25-1978 BOX KC A Lou DiMuro Fighting 7- 4-1979 BOX KC A George Maloney Balls and strikes 7-21-1980 BOX KC A John Shulock Balls and strikes 8-27-1981 BOX STL N Bob Engel Call at 1B
Transaction Information
Selected by Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (4th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1970).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Jim Colborn to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Jim Wohlford, Jamie Quirk and a player to be named later (December 6, 1976); Milwaukee Brewers received Bob McClure (March 15, 1977).
Granted free agency (November 24, 1980).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 7, 1980).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (November 14, 1985).
Signed by Texas Rangers (January 28, 1986).
Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
Signed by Texas Rangers (December 5, 1986).
Released by Texas Rangers (December 21, 1987).