Porter Charleston - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Porter Charleston

Porter Riley Charleston

Born: January 8, 1904 in Mexia, TX
Died: June 11, 1986 in Chester, PA
(82 years old)

Bats:

Throws: R

Ht: 6'1"

Wt: 181

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Notes:

• Buried: Haven Memorial Cemetery (Chester, PA)

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1927	HIL	ECL	23	SP	1	2	.333	4	4		3	0	0	27.1	12	10	26	0	9	10	0	0	0	113	3.29	143
1928	HIL	EAS	24	SP	4	6	.400	15	8		5	0	0	81.2	58	49	93	7	27	38	0	0	1	360	5.40	89
1929	HIL	ANL	25	SP	9	5	.643	21	12		8	1	1	120.1	72	55	130	8	32	64	0	0	1	522	4.11	132
1931	HIL	IND	27	SP	8	2	.800	11	10		9	3	0	90.0	33	28	84	3	17	48	0	0	0	361	2.80	118
1932	BBS/HIL	EWL	28	SP	6	2	.750	9	7		7	1	0	64.2	24	19	60	1	14	26	0	0	0	261	2.64	161
1933	PS	IND	29	SP	2	1	.667	4	4		2	0	0	25.2	19	16	30	4	4	15	0	0	1	110	5.61	83
1935	PS	NN2	31	SP	2	1	.667	5	2		1	0	0	22.0	18	14	33	2	6	11	0	0	2	101	5.73	89
7	3			SP	32	19	.627	69	47		35	5	1	431.2	236	191	456	25	109	212	0	0	5	1828	3.98	115
162 Game Average					19	11	.627	40	28		21	3	1	253.0	138	112	267	15	64	124	0	0	3	1072	3.98	115

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
5	Hilldale Club			SP	28	17	.622	59	41		32	5	1	380.0	194	156	385	19	99	184	0	0	2	1598	3.69	124
1	Baltimore Black Sox			-	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	4.0	5	5	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	19	11.25	37
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	4	2	.667	9	6		3	0	0	47.2	37	30	63	6	10	26	0	0	3	211	5.66	86

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1927	HIL	ECL	23	SP	27.1		1.28	1.50		8.8%	8.9%		8.0%	8.9%		1.11	1.00		0.0%	1.2%
1928	HIL	EAS	24	SP	81.2		1.47	1.45		10.6%	10.4%		7.5%	8.0%		1.41	1.30		1.9%	1.3%
1929	HIL	ANL	25	SP	120.1		1.35	1.60		12.3%	9.3%		6.1%	9.3%		2.00	1.00		1.5%	1.4%
1931	HIL	IND	27	SP	90.0		1.12	1.17		13.3%	11.9%		4.7%	7.0%		2.82	1.69		0.8%	1.0%
1932	BBS/HIL	EWL	28	SP	64.2		1.14	1.43		10.0%	11.6%		5.4%	8.3%		1.86	1.40		0.4%	0.8%
1933	PS	IND	29	SP	25.2		1.32	1.46		13.6%	10.2%		3.6%	7.3%		3.75	1.39		3.6%	1.1%
1935	PS	NN2	31	SP	22.0		1.77	1.53		10.9%	11.3%		5.9%	8.5%		1.83	1.32		2.0%	1.4%
7	3			SP	431.2		1.31	1.44		11.6%	10.5%		6.0%	8.3%		1.94	1.30		1.4%	1.2%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
5	Hilldale Club			SP	380.0		1.27	1.43		11.5%	10.5%		6.2%	8.3%		1.86	1.29		1.2%	1.2%
1	Baltimore Black Sox			-	4.0		2.00	1.41		10.5%	11.5%		0.0%	8.1%		0.00	1.41		0.0%	0.8%
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	47.2		1.53	1.49		12.3%	10.7%		4.7%	7.9%		2.60	1.36		2.8%	1.2%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1927	HIL	ECL	23	SP	4	113	100	12	26	4	1	0	3		9	10		0	4		1	.260	.321	.320	.641
1928	HIL	EAS	24	SP	15	360	316	58	93	19	6	7	5		27	38		1	16		6	.294	.352	.459	.811
1929	HIL	ANL	25	SP	21	522	477	72	130	24	2	8	5		32	64		1	12		12	.273	.320	.382	.701
1931	HIL	IND	27	SP	11	361	333	33	84	11	3	3	0		17	48		0	11		8	.252	.289	.330	.619
1932	BBS/HIL	EWL	28	SP	9	261	239	24	60	3	0	1	7		14	26		0	8		5	.251	.292	.276	.569
1933	PS	IND	29	SP	4	110	102	19	30	7	2	4	2		4	15		1	3		1	.294	.327	.520	.847
1935	PS	NN2	31	SP	5	101	91	18	33	4	2	2	1		6	11		2	2		4	.363	.414	.516	.931
7	3			SP	69	1828	1658	236	456	72	16	25	23		109	212		5	56		37	.275	.322	.383	.705

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
5	Hilldale Club			SP	59	1598	1447	194	385	61	12	19	18		99	184		2	50		32	.266	.314	.364	.678
1	Baltimore Black Sox			-	1	19	18	5	8	0	0	0	2		0	2		0	1		0	.444	.444	.444	.889
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	9	211	193	37	63	11	4	6	3		10	26		3	5		5	.326	.369	.518	.887

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