Arnie Portocarrero Notable

b. July 5, 1931 · Philadelphia Athletics 1954, Kansas City Athletics 1955–1957, Baltimore Orioles 1958–1960

Arnie Portocarrero played for three clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1954 and closing with the Baltimore Orioles in 1960.

He went 38 and 57 with a 4.32 earned run average, pitching 817.3 innings in 166 games. He struck out 338, completed 33 of his 117 starts and threw 5 shutouts. Across 166 games he batted .108, with 26 hits and 11 runs. He finished with 3 home runs and 2 doubles.

He was born in New York, NY, USA on July 5, 1931, and died on June 21, 1986. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1954	PHA	34	75	3	8	0	1	1	2	5	30	.107
1955	KCA	24	37	3	4	0	0	1	1	1	17	.108
1956	KCA	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1957	KCA	33	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	9	.107
1958	BAL	32	67	4	11	2	0	1	8	2	23	.164
1959	BAL	27	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.000
1960	BAL	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000
Career	—	166	240	11	26	2	1	3	11	12	98	.108

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1954	PHA	9	18	34	33	0	248.0	233	112	114	132	4.06
1955	KCA	5	9	24	20	0	111.1	109	59	67	34	4.77
1956	KCA	0	1	3	1	0	8.0	9	9	7	2	10.13
1957	KCA	4	9	33	17	0	114.2	103	50	34	42	3.92
1958	BAL	15	11	32	27	2	204.2	173	74	57	90	3.25
1959	BAL	2	7	27	14	0	90.0	107	68	32	23	6.80
1960	BAL	3	2	13	5	0	40.2	44	20	9	15	4.43
Career	—	38	57	166	117	2	817.1	778	392	320	338	4.32

On this day & linked events

1931

Born July 5, 1931

New York, NY, USA

1986

Died June 21, 1986

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