Darrell Porter
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[edit] Biography
Darrell Porter (Darrell Ray Porter) was born on January 17, 1952 in Joplin, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on September 2, 1971 for the Milwaukee Brewers. In 1973, his rookie year, he hit .254 with 16 home runs and 67 RBI. Porter played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers over the course of his 17 year career.
Most people believe that Darrell Porter's best season was 1979, when he slugged 20 home runs, hit for a .291 average and knocked in 112 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | MIL | A | 22 | 70 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 9 | .214 | .300 | .329 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | MIL | A | 18 | 56 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .125 | .210 | .196 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1973 | MIL | A | 117 | 350 | 50 | 89 | 16 | 67 | .254 | .363 | .457 | 19 | 2 | 57 | 85 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 1974 | MIL | A | 131 | 432 | 59 | 104 | 12 | 56 | .241 | .326 | .377 | 15 | 4 | 50 | 88 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| 1975 | MIL | A | 130 | 409 | 66 | 95 | 18 | 60 | .232 | .371 | .418 | 12 | 5 | 89 | 77 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 |
| 1976 | MIL | A | 119 | 389 | 43 | 81 | 5 | 32 | .208 | .298 | .288 | 14 | 1 | 51 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1977 | KC | A | 130 | 425 | 61 | 117 | 16 | 60 | .275 | .353 | .452 | 21 | 3 | 53 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 1978 | KC | A | 150 | 520 | 77 | 138 | 18 | 78 | .265 | .358 | .444 | 27 | 6 | 75 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 13 |
| 1979 | KC | A | 157 | 533 | 101 | 155 | 20 | 112 | .291 | .421 | .484 | 23 | 10 | 121 | 65 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 1980 | KC | A | 118 | 418 | 51 | 104 | 7 | 51 | .249 | .354 | .342 | 14 | 2 | 69 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 1981 | STL | N | 61 | 174 | 22 | 39 | 6 | 31 | .224 | .364 | .408 | 10 | 2 | 39 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| 1982 | STL | N | 120 | 373 | 46 | 86 | 12 | 48 | .231 | .347 | .402 | 18 | 5 | 66 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 1983 | STL | N | 145 | 443 | 57 | 116 | 15 | 66 | .262 | .363 | .431 | 24 | 3 | 68 | 94 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 |
| 1984 | STL | N | 127 | 422 | 56 | 98 | 11 | 68 | .232 | .331 | .363 | 16 | 3 | 60 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 10 |
| 1985 | STL | N | 84 | 240 | 30 | 53 | 10 | 36 | .221 | .335 | .412 | 12 | 2 | 41 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 1986 | TEX | A | 68 | 155 | 21 | 41 | 12 | 29 | .265 | .360 | .535 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1987 | TEX | A | 85 | 130 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 21 | .238 | .387 | .423 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Total | NL | 537 | 1652 | 211 | 392 | 54 | 249 | .237 | .347 | .402 | 80 | 15 | 274 | 319 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 43 | 32 | |
| Total | AL | 1245 | 3887 | 554 | 977 | 134 | 577 | .251 | .357 | .412 | 157 | 33 | 631 | 706 | 32 | 16 | 25 | 63 | 70 | |
| Total | 1782 | 5539 | 765 | 1369 | 188 | 826 | .247 | .354 | .409 | 237 | 48 | 905 | 1025 | 45 | 18 | 39 | 106 | 102 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | MIL | A | C | 22 | 21 | 181.2 | 108 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 0 | .977 |
| 1972 | MIL | A | C | 18 | 17 | 162 | 113 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .976 |
| 1973 | MIL | A | DH | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1973 | MIL | A | C | 90 | 83 | 730.1 | 373 | 47 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 34 | 2 | .977 |
| 1974 | MIL | A | C | 117 | 114 | 1002.1 | 484 | 60 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 62 | 44 | 4 | .978 |
| 1974 | MIL | A | DH | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1975 | MIL | A | C | 124 | 121 | 1070 | 532 | 82 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 90 | 58 | 7 | .979 |
| 1975 | MIL | A | DH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1976 | MIL | A | DH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1976 | MIL | A | C | 111 | 105 | 942.1 | 491 | 52 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 90 | 35 | 1 | .975 |
| 1977 | KC | A | C | 125 | 121 | 1053.2 | 663 | 61 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 57 | 42 | 3 | .982 |
| 1977 | KC | A | DH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1978 | KC | A | C | 145 | 141 | 1229.2 | 608 | 62 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 74 | 44 | 3 | .988 |
| 1978 | KC | A | DH | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1979 | KC | A | C | 141 | 141 | 1230 | 628 | 68 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 64 | 57 | 3 | .982 |
| 1979 | KC | A | DH | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1980 | KC | A | DH | 34 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1980 | KC | A | C | 81 | 79 | 706.1 | 322 | 37 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 38 | 29 | 1 | .978 |
| 1981 | STL | N | C | 52 | 51 | 441 | 206 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 22 | 1 | .979 |
| 1982 | STL | N | C | 111 | 108 | 930.1 | 469 | 64 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 93 | 45 | 0 | .983 |
| 1983 | STL | N | C | 132 | 121 | 1064 | 578 | 70 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 63 | 48 | 0 | .989 |
| 1984 | STL | N | C | 122 | 115 | 1030.1 | 620 | 58 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 93 | 46 | 0 | .984 |
| 1985 | STL | N | C | 82 | 68 | 617.2 | 386 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 23 | 0 | .990 |
| 1986 | TEX | A | C | 25 | 23 | 200.1 | 165 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 0 | .994 |
| 1986 | TEX | A | DH | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1987 | TEX | A | C | 8 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1987 | TEX | A | 1B | 5 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1987 | TEX | A | DH | 35 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Total | C | 1506 | 1430 | 12608 | 6756 | 754 | 134 | 104 | 1 | 132 | 902 | 553 | 25 | .982 | ||
| Total | DH | 142 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Total | 1B | 5 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
[edit] Transactions
- 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).
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