Henry Porter

Full Name: Walter Henry Porter

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

142lb

Team: Baltimore Orioles

Born: 1858 in Vergennes, VT

Died: December 30, 1906 in Brockton, MA

League Debut: March 31, 1885 (BLN @ LOU, box score) • Age 27

Real-life MLB career: 1884–1888 • Baseball-Reference page ↗

★ 1× All-Star (1885)

1886

Career

WAR

-0.7

10.4

ERA

5.39

3.76

114

208.7

870.3

148

WHIP

1.620

1.367

Standard Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	WAR
1885	BLN	AA	38	33	3.25	81	81	43	2	661.7	674	385	239	177	113	1.29	11.2
1886	BLN	AA	8	16	5.39	33	33	0	0	208.7	268	172	125	71	35	1.62	-0.7
Career		—	46	49	3.76	114	114	43	2	870.3	942	557	364	248	148	1.37	10.4

Bold season stats indicate the player led their league (AA or NL) that season. Bold italic season stats indicate the player led both major leagues that season. See how WAR is calculated on this site.

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1885	27	BLN	AA	81	263	256	36	47	1	4	2	18	3	1	3	9	.184	.205	.242	.448	32	62		4				P	AS,CH-4
1886	28	BLN	AA	33	93	79	10	16	2	0	0	6	1	0	1	4	.203	.220	.228	.447	28	18	1	1	11	1	0	P
2 Yrs				114	356	335	46	63	3	4	2	24	4	1	4	13	.188	.209	.239	.448	31	80	1	5	11	1	0

Bold = led the league. OPS+ compares OBP and SLG with the league average (100 = average; no park adjustment). Blank GIDP/SH/SF/IBB cells: that season's source data didn't track them (PA there = AB+BB+HBP).

Value Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oWAR	dWAR	Pos	Awards
1885	27	BLN	AA	263	-23.8	0.0	15.1	-8.6	-0.8	9.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.3	P	AS,CH-4
1886	28	BLN	AA	93	-7.7	0.4	4.4	-2.9	-0.3	2.8	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	0.4	P
2 Yrs				356	-31.5	0.4	19.5	-11.5	-1.0	11.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.7

Runs above average from batting (Rbat), baserunning (Rbaser) and position (Rpos); RAA/WAA = runs/wins above average, Rrep = replacement runs, RAR = runs above replacement (see how WAR is calculated).

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	BAbip	ISO	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GB%	SB%	P/PA	RC	eBA	Clutch	WIS WAR
1885	27	BLN	AA	263	.184	.059	0.8	3.4	1.1	2.7	14.9			75.0
1886	28	BLN	AA	93	.211	.025	0.0	4.3	1.1	2.2	12.5	1.03	50.7	100.0	2.76	4.6	.196	45.1	-0.3
2 Yrs				356	.190	.051	0.6	3.7	1.1	2.5	14.3	1.03	50.7	80.0	0.72	4.6			-0.3

BAbip = batting average on balls in play; ISO = SLG − BA; HR%, SO%, BB%, XBH% are per plate appearance; X/H% = extra-base hits per hit; GB/FB and P/PA come from the sim's batted-ball and pitch counts; RC = runs created. eBA, Clutch and WIS WAR are WhatIfSports' own metrics (1886 onward).

Batting Splits

Year	Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip
1886	Home	15	37	31	6	8	2	5	0	1	1	.258	.294	.323	.617	.258
1886	Away	18	56	48	4	8	0	1	1	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	.178
1886	vs LH Starter	8	14	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	.231	.286	.231	.516	.250
1886	vs RH Starter	26	66	66	0	13	2	0	0	0	3	.197	.197	.227	.424	.206

Splits come from the WhatIfSports season export (available from 1886). Traded players' splits combine all of their teams that season.

Appearances

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P
1885	27	BLN	AA	81	81	81	81	81
1886	28	BLN	AA	33	33	33	33	33
2 Yrs				114	114	114	114	114

Games by position come from the fielding data; GS = games started; PH/PR = games entered as a pinch hitter or pinch runner (counted from the box scores).

Standard Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	−Plays	SB	CS	PK
1885	27	BLN	AA	P	81	661.7	88	25	55	8	1	.909	.920	1.09	1.05	0.99	8	106	100	1
1886	28	BLN	AA	P	33	208.7	27	9	16	2	2	.926	.892	1.08	0.98	0.76	2	31	22	0
Career				P	114	870.4	115	34	71	10	3	.913		1.09		0.92	10	137	122	1

Positions listed in scorebook order (P, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF). Ch = chances (PO+A+E); RF/9 = 9×(PO+A)/Inn; RF/G = (PO+A)/G; lgFld% and lgRF9 = league average at that position. +Plays/−Plays are the sim's good and poor defensive plays. For pitchers, SB/CS are runners stealing while he pitched.

Leaderboards, Awards, & Honors

Awards & Honors

1885 AA All-Star (SP)
1885 AA Champion Hurler Award — 4th place

WAR for Pitchers

1885 AA 11.2 (4th)

Earned Run Average

1885 AA 3.25 (6th)

Wins

1885 AA 38 (4th)
1886 AA 8 (9th)

WHIP

1885 AA 1.286 (5th)

Innings Pitched

1885 AA 661.2 (2nd)
1886 AA 208.2 (5th)

Strikeouts

1885 AA 113 (6th)
1886 AA 35 (10th)

Complete Games

1885 AA 43 (4th)

Shutouts

1885 AA 2 (5th)

Top-10 finishes in each league. Rate stats require 3.1 plate appearances (batters) or 1 inning pitched (pitchers) per team game.

Transactions

1885: Drafted 3.10 by Baltimore Orioles in the 1885 Draft.