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Darrell Porter
Darrell Ray Porter

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

MLB Debut September 2, 1971
Final Game October 4, 1987
Born January 17, 1952 in Joplin, MO
Died August 5, 2002 (age 50)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 19 MLA AL   11   24    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    2   10  .125  .192  .167  .359    50     4   0   0   0   0   1  
 1972 20 MLA AL    4    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000  .000  .000  .000     0     0   0   0   0   0   0  
 1973 21 MLA AL  113  373   63   92  12   1  22   61   4   4   64   74  .247  .364  .461  .826   110   172   4   5   1   8   7  
 1974 22 MLA AL  110  365   35   91  15   2   9   44   5   4   38   92  .249  .326  .375  .701    97   137   4   3   1   5   6  
 1975 23 MLA AL   41  135   21   30   6   2   4   16   0   1   23   31  .222  .342  .385  .727   100    52   1   1   0   2   2  
         KCA AL   76  225   26   43   5   2   6   32   1   2   52   48  .191  .351  .311  .662    91    70   0   3   4   5  10  
         TOT     117  360   47   73  11   4  10   48   1   3   75   79  .203  .348  .339  .686         122   1   4   4   7  12 
 1976 24 KCA AL   91  267   46   76  15   1   6   42   2   0   38   43  .285  .377  .416  .792   115   111   1   1   2   2   3  
 1977 25 KCA AL  138  451   82  137  28   2  18   76   4   1   58   71  .304  .381  .494  .876   115   223   0   4   1   1   8  
 1978 26 KCA AL  154  569   60  138  35   1  18   93   4   1   69   85  .243  .324  .402  .726    98   229   0   6   5   2  14  
 1979 27 KCA AL  160  580  101  177  35   7  28  124   1   1  109   89  .305  .416  .534  .950   129   310   4  10   3   8  12  MVP-4
 1980 28 KCA AL   86  304   39   69  10   0  11   41   0   1   43   42  .227  .320  .368  .688    95   112   1   3   0   0   2  
 1981 29 NYA AL   90  269   41   42   8   2  12   40   1   0   60   48  .156  .309  .335  .644    93    90   0   3   0   1   7  
 1982 30 BAA AL  108  367   49   89  16   3  12   60   0   1   53   57  .243  .336  .401  .736    99   147   0   7   0   2  12  
 1983 31 BAA AL  121  356   40   97  14   3  14   47   0   4   46   78  .272  .358  .447  .805   112   159   0   1   1   2  13  
 1984 32 BAA AL  103  300   38   63   8   2  11   39   2   1   42   66  .210  .311  .360  .671    96   108   1   2   1   3   4  
 1985 33 BAA AL   87  260   34   57  10   1  13   27   5   4   35   52  .219  .313  .415  .729   101   108   0   3   2   2   6  
 1986 34 TEA AL   53  156   30   38   6   0  14   31   0   1   25   54  .244  .355  .551  .906   123    86   0   0   0   2   1  
 1987 35 TEA AL    9   28    5   10   1   0   1    3   0   0    1    6  .357  .400  .500  .900   116    14   0   0   0   1   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     1555 5032  711 1252 225  29 199  776  29  26  758  949  .249  .349  .424  .773        2132  16  52  21  46 108
 Per 600 PA           511   72  127  23   3  20   79   3   3   77   96                                 217   2   5   2   5  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With KCA      705 2396  354  640 128  13  87  408  12   6  369  378  .267  .365  .440  .806        1055   6  27  15  18  49
   With BAA      419 1283  161  306  48   9  50  173   7  10  176  253  .239  .332  .407  .738         522   1  13   4   9  35
   With MLA      279  900  120  216  34   5  35  121   9   9  127  210  .240  .341  .406  .746         365   9   9   2  15  16
   With NYA       90  269   41   42   8   2  12   40   1   0   60   48  .156  .309  .335  .644          90   0   3   0   1   7
   With TEA       62  184   35   48   7   0  15   34   0   1   26   60  .261  .362  .543  .905         100   0   0   0   3   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1782 5539  765 1369 237  48 188  826  39  37  905 1025  .247  .354  .409  .763        2266  18  63 106  45 102
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1971 19 MLA AL  38    0    .9   4   0   0  .000   0    4    2  .500    1    0 1.000  C    3(0)e10  -270   
 1972 20 MLA AL   0    0    .0   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  C    3(0)e7   -406   
 1973 21 MLA AL   8   66   6.0   6   3   0  .500   8   54   45  .833   48   21  .696  C    3(0)e8      5   
 1974 22 MLA AL  10   46   4.3   5   0   0  .000  10   72   56  .778   37   26  .587  C    3(0)e9     -2   
 1975 23 MLA AL  29   19   4.7   1   0   0  .000   6   22   17  .773   38   12  .760  C    3(0)e6    -62   
         KCA AL  29   26   3.6   2   0   0  .000   6   33   26  .788   49   20  .710  C    3(0)e6   -127   
         TOT                     3   0   0  .000  12   55   43  .782   87   32  .731
 1976 24 KCA AL   5   44   6.2   6   1   0  .167  12   41   27  .659   65   26  .714  C    3(+1)e10  206   
 1977 25 KCA AL  17   88   7.3   1   1   0 1.000   9   45   34  .756   31   10  .756  C    3(-1)e10   71   
 1978 26 KCA AL  36   75   4.5   0   0   0  .000   6   78   66  .846   54   34  .614  C    2(-1)e2   -76   
 1979 27 KCA AL  39  137   8.6   0   0   0  .000  13   82   60  .732   46   25  .648  C    2(-2)e6    46   
 1980 28 KCA AL  56   38   4.3   3   1   1  .333   5   38   30  .789   43   27  .614  C    3(0)e9     -7   
 1981 29 NYA AL  12   31   3.5  10   1   0  .100   7   37   24  .649   32   27  .542  C    3(0)e7   -128   
 1982 30 BAA AL   8   50   4.6   1   0   0  .000  15   67   46  .687   64   28  .696  C    3(0)e3    -13   
 1983 31 BAA AL   9   54   5.3  12   7   1  .583   2   70   56  .800   23   10  .697  C    2(-2)e2    11   
 1984 32 BAA AL  28   36   4.0   8   0   0  .000   7   54   38  .704   14   14  .500  C    2(-2)e7   -22   
 1985 33 BAA AL  21   33   4.2   3   1   0  .333   5   37   27  .730   64   22  .744  C    4(+1)e5   -18   
 1986 34 TEA AL   9   32   7.2   2   0   0  .000   7   24   19  .792   40   11  .784  C    4(+2)e3    11   
 1987 35 TEA AL   7    5   8.7   3   1   0  .333   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH              90   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 17 Seasons          787   5.3  68  16   2  .235 118  758  573  .756  649  313  .675                  -4   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 32.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 53.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1971 19 MLA AL  C      6    41     0    0    0  1.000     6    46.0   8.02
 1972 20 MLA AL  C      2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.2  10.80
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1973 21 MLA AL  C    108   516    37    8    2   .986   104   912.1   5.46
 1974 22 MLA AL  C    106   518    50   10    4   .983    98   891.0   5.74
 1975 23 TOT     C    116   545    60   12    8   .981   106   967.2   5.63
 1976 24 KCA AL  C     88   406    37   12    2   .974    83   721.2   5.52
 1977 25 KCA AL  C    136   703    30    9    8   .988   125  1128.2   5.84
 1978 26 KCA AL  C    154   636    70    6    5   .992   153  1348.1   4.71
 1979 27 KCA AL  C    160   799    52   13    7   .985   160  1431.1   5.35
 1980 28 KCA AL  C     84   351    42    5    6   .987    80   723.0   4.89
 1981 29 NYA AL  C     82   468    39    7    3   .986    77   685.1   6.66
 1982 30 BAA AL  C    107   518    49   15    3   .974   104   900.2   5.67
 1983 31 BAA AL  C    112   602    36    2    4   .997    99   882.0   6.51
 1984 32 BAA AL  C     95   507    24    7    5   .987    88   787.2   6.07
 1985 33 BAA AL  C     83   404    33    5    2   .989    78   697.1   5.64
 1986 34 TEA AL  C     52   318    20    7    1   .980    43   388.0   7.84
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C   1491  7334   579  118   60   .985  1404 12512.2   5.69
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1976 ALCS  KCA BOA   W    3   7  1  2  0  0  0   1  2  0  .286  .444  .286  0
      WS    KCA CIN   L    2   2  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 1977 ALCS  KCA BOA   L    5  15  5  5  1  0  1   2  4  3  .333  .474  .600  1
 1978 ALCS  KCA BOA   L    5  16  2  3  0  0  1   1  2  5  .188  .278  .375  0
 1986 ALCS  TEA BOA   L    3   7  0  0  0  0  0   0  2  2  .000  .222  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1971  MLA   51-111  Frank Pennylegion
 1972  MLA   64-98   Frank Pennylegion
 1973  MLA   79-83   Frank Pennylegion, Dave Jackson
 1974  MLA   77-85   Dave Jackson
 1975  MLA   52-110  Dave Jackson
 1975  KCA   97-65   Mike Rodriguez, Gary Dewing
 1976  KCA   96-66   Gary Dewing
 1977  KCA  111-51   Gary Dewing
 1978  KCA   88-74   Gary Dewing, Rob Tomlinson
 1979  KCA   89-73   Thomas Toney
 1980  KCA   75-87   Thomas Toney
 1981  NYA   92-70   Robert Rescigno
 1982  BAA   90-72   Mike Rescigno, Charlie Steinhice
 1983  BAA   74-88   Charlie Steinhice
 1984  BAA   78-84   Charlie Steinhice
 1985  BAA   86-76   Charlie Steinhice
 1986  TEA   98-64   John Storer
 1987  TEA   63-99   Mike Rescigno

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