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

Biographical
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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	0	3	0	0	27.1	12	10	26	0	9	10	0	0	113	3.29	144
1928	HIL	EAS	24	SP	4	6	.400	15	8	2	5	0	0	81.2	58	49	93	7	27	38	0	1	360	5.40	86
1929	HIL	ANL	25	SP	9	5	.643	21	12	8	8	1	1	120.1	72	55	130	8	32	64	0	1	522	4.11	133
1931	HIL	IND	27	SP	8	2	.800	11	10	1	9	3	0	90.0	33	28	84	3	17	48	0	0	361	2.80	117
1932	BBS / HIL	EWL	28	SP	5	3	.625	9	8	0	8	1	0	72.1	27	22	63	1	21	30	0	1	288	2.74	155
1933	PS	IND	29	SP	3	0	1.000	4	4	0	3	1	0	26.2	13	11	18	1	3	14	0	1	105	3.71	110
1935	PS	NN2	31	SP	2	1	.667	5	2	1	0	0	22.0	18	14	33	2	6	11	0	2	101	5.73	88
7	3			SP	32	19	.627	69	48	11	37	6	1	440.1	233	189	447	22	115	215	0	6	1850	3.86	117
162 Game Average					19	11	.627	40	28	7	22	3	1	256.0	135	110	260	13	67	125	0	3	1075	3.86	117

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	27	18	.600	59	42	11	33	5	1	387.2	197	159	388	19	106	188	0	3	1625	3.69	122
1	Baltimore Black Sox			-	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	5	8	0	0	2	0	0	19	11.25	37
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	5	1	.833	9	6	0	4	1	0	48.2	31	25	51	3	9	25	0	3	206	4.62	99

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	1.49		8.8%	9.0%		8.0%	9.0%		1.11	1.00		0.0%	1.3%
1928	HIL	EAS	24	SP	81.2		1.47	1.43		10.6%	10.9%		7.5%	8.1%		1.41	1.35		1.9%	1.4%
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%	11.8%		4.7%	7.0%		2.82	1.68		0.8%	1.0%
1932	BBS / HIL	EWL	28	SP	72.1		1.16	1.44		10.4%	11.5%		7.3%	8.3%		1.43	1.39		0.3%	0.8%
1933	PS	IND	29	SP	26.2		0.79	1.38		13.3%	11.1%		2.9%	7.2%		4.67	1.53		1.0%	1.1%
1935	PS	NN2	31	SP	22.0		1.77	1.52		10.9%	11.2%		5.9%	8.5%		1.83	1.31		2.0%	1.4%
7	3			SP	440.1		1.28	1.43		11.6%	10.6%		6.2%	8.3%		1.87	1.32		1.2%	1.2%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
5	Hilldale Club			SP	387.2		1.27	1.43		11.6%	10.6%		6.5%	8.3%		1.77	1.30		1.2%	1.2%
1	Baltimore Black Sox			-	4.0		2.00	1.42		10.5%	11.4%		0.0%	8.1%		0.00	1.41		0.0%	0.8%
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	48.2		1.23	1.45		12.1%	11.2%		4.4%	7.9%		2.78	1.43		1.5%	1.3%

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	317	58	93	19	6	7	5	0	27	38	1	16	6	.293	.351	.457	.808
1929	HIL	ANL	25	SP	21	522	477	72	130	24	2	8	5	1	32	64	1	12	0	12	.273	.320	.382	.701
1931	HIL	IND	27	SP	11	361	333	33	84	11	3	3	0	0	17	48	0	11	8	.252	.289	.330	.619
1932	BBS / HIL	EWL	28	SP	9	288	255	27	63	5	1	1	4	21	30	1	11	3	.247	.307	.286	.593
1933	PS	IND	29	SP	4	105	98	13	18	3	2	1	0	3	14	1	3	0	.184	.216	.286	.501
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	1850	1671	233	447	70	17	22	18	1	115	215	6	59	0	34	.268	.317	.369	.686

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	1625	1464	197	388	63	13	19	15	1	106	188	3	53	0	30	.265	.316	.365	.681
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	206	189	31	51	7	4	3	1	9	25	3	5	4	.270	.313	.397	.710

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