Darrell Porter
Darrell Porter
Full name: Darrell Ray Porter 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 NLCS MVP World Series MVP C on TSN AL All-Star Team
Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com
Darrell Porter
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record 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 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 12 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 2.3 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 5.1 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 0.2 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 3 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 .412 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 0.3 1987 TEX A Splits 1782 5539 765 1369 237 48 188 826 905 106 1025 45 18 63 0 63 102 39 37 .247 .354 .409 20.9 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 Team
League Championship Series Batting Record 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1971 MIL A Daily C 22 21 17 181.2 108 18 3 2 0 1 13 11 0 .977
1972 MIL A Daily C 18 17 15 162 113 8 3 3 0 2 4 5 0 .976
1973 MIL A Daily C 90 83 72 730.1 373 47 10 9 0 4 34 43 2 .977
1973 MIL A 1974 MIL A Daily C 117 114 101 1002.1 484 60 12 8 0 11 44 62 4 .978
1974 MIL A 1975 MIL A Daily C 124 121 115 1070 532 82 13 10 0 15 58 90 7 .979
1975 MIL A 1976 MIL A Daily C 111 105 100 942.1 491 52 14 7 0 12 35 90 1 .975
1976 MIL A 1977 KC A Daily C 125 121 104 1053.2 663 61 13 4 0 9 42 57 3 .982
1977 KC A 1978 KC A Daily C 145 141 130 1229.2 608 62 8 10 0 9 44 74 3 .988
1978 KC A 1979 KC A Daily C 141 141 129 1230 628 68 13 15 0 15 57 64 3 .982
1979 KC A 1980 KC A Daily C 81 79 73 706.1 322 37 8 6 0 12 29 38 1 .978
1980 KC A 1981 STL N Daily C 52 51 41 441 206 31 5 2 1 2 22 39 1 .979
1982 STL N Daily C 111 108 88 930.1 469 64 9 8 0 7 45 93 0 .983
1983 STL N Daily C 132 121 104 1064 578 70 7 8 0 14 48 63 0 .989
1984 STL N Daily C 122 115 105 1030.1 620 58 11 6 0 11 46 93 0 .984
1985 STL N Daily C 82 68 52 617.2 386 26 4 4 0 5 23 46 0 .990
1986 TEX A Daily C 25 23 14 200.1 165 9 1 2 0 3 8 32 0 .994
1986 TEX A 1987 TEX A Daily DH 35 29 22 -
1987 TEX A 1987 TEX A Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1977 KC A Daily C 5 5 4 43 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1978 KC A Daily C 4 4 4 34 21 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1.000
1980 KC A Daily C 3 3 3 27 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 STL N Daily C 3 3 3 27 15 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1.000
1985 STL N Daily C 5 5 5 43 25 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 1.000
Total C 20 20 19 174 96 7 0 1 0 2 4 6 1 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1980 KC A Daily C 4 4 4 36 13 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1.000
1982 STL N Daily C 7 7 6 60 33 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1.000
1985 STL N Daily C 5 5 5 43.1 36 4 0 1 0 1 4 6 0 1.000
Total C 16 16 15 139.1 82 8 0 2 0 1 8 10 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1979 AL Daily C 1 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 AL Daily C 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000
Total C 2 1 0 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions 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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