Henry Porter Notable

b. June 1, 1858 · Milwaukee Brewers 1884, Brooklyn Grays 1885–1887, Kansas City Cowboys 1888–1889

Henry Porter played for three clubs across six seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1884 and closing with the Kansas City Cowboys in 1889.

He went 96 and 107 with a 3.70 earned run average, pitching 1,793 innings in 207 games. He struck out 659, completed 201 of his 206 starts and threw 9 shutouts. Across 212 games he batted .184, with 142 hits and 79 runs. He finished with 1 home run, 13 doubles and 10 stolen bases.

He was born in Vergennes, VT, USA on June 1, 1858, and died on December 30, 1906. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1884	MIL	11	40	3	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275
1885	BRO	54	195	28	40	1	4	0	16	5	0	0	.205
1886	BRO	48	184	20	33	4	0	0	13	4	0	3	.179
1887	BRO	40	146	16	29	2	4	1	12	10	21	6	.199
1888	KCC	55	195	12	28	3	0	0	10	8	39	1	.144
1889	KCC	4	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	.100
Career	—	212	770	79	142	13	8	1	52	28	63	10	.184

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1884	MIL	3	3	6	6	51.0	32	17	9	71	3.00
1885	BRO	33	21	54	54	481.2	427	149	107	197	2.78
1886	BRO	27	19	48	48	424.0	439	161	120	163	3.42
1887	BRO	15	24	40	40	339.2	416	159	96	74	4.21
1888	KCC	18	37	55	54	474.0	527	219	120	145	4.16
1889	KCC	0	3	4	4	23.0	52	32	14	9	12.52
Career	—	96	107	207	206	1793.1	1893	737	466	659	3.70

On this day & linked events

1858

Born June 1, 1858

Vergennes, VT, USA

1906

Died December 30, 1906

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