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Darrell Porter played 17 major-league seasons (1971-1987) as a C (1,506), 1B (5). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 19 | ML4 | 22 | 70 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 20 | .214 | .629 | 85 |
| 1972 | 20 | ML4 | 18 | 56 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .125 | .406 | 26 |
| 1973 | 21 | ML4 | 117 | 350 | 50 | 89 | 16 | 67 | 5 | 57 | 85 | .254 | .820 | 130 |
| 1974 | 22 | ML4 | 131 | 432 | 59 | 104 | 12 | 56 | 8 | 50 | 88 | .241 | .703 | 103 |
| 1975 | 23 | ML4 | 130 | 409 | 66 | 95 | 18 | 60 | 2 | 89 | 77 | .232 | .789 | 123 |
| 1976 | 24 | ML4 | 119 | 389 | 43 | 81 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 51 | 61 | .208 | .586 | 73 |
| 1977 | 25 | KCA | 130 | 425 | 61 | 117 | 16 | 60 | 1 | 53 | 70 | .275 | .804 | 118 |
| 1978 | 26 | KCA | 150 | 520 | 77 | 138 | 18 | 78 | 0 | 75 | 75 | .265 | .802 | 125 |
| 1979 | 27 | KCA | 157 | 533 | 101 | 155 | 20 | 112 | 3 | 121 | 65 | .291 | .905 | 144 |
| 1980 | 28 | KCA | 118 | 418 | 51 | 104 | 7 | 51 | 1 | 69 | 50 | .249 | .696 | 92 |
| 1981 | 29 | SLN | 61 | 174 | 22 | 39 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 39 | 32 | .224 | .772 | 126 |
| 1982 | 30 | SLN | 120 | 373 | 46 | 86 | 12 | 48 | 1 | 66 | 66 | .231 | .749 | 116 |
| 1983 | 31 | SLN | 145 | 443 | 57 | 116 | 15 | 66 | 1 | 68 | 94 | .262 | .794 | 127 |
| 1984 | 32 | SLN | 127 | 422 | 56 | 98 | 11 | 68 | 5 | 60 | 79 | .232 | .693 | 102 |
| 1985 | 33 | SLN | 84 | 240 | 30 | 53 | 10 | 36 | 6 | 41 | 48 | .221 | .747 | 115 |
| 1986 | 34 | TEX | 68 | 155 | 21 | 41 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 22 | 51 | .265 | .895 | 140 |
| 1987 | 35 | TEX | 85 | 130 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 30 | 43 | .238 | .810 | 115 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | C | 22 | 21 | 108 | 18 | 3 | 2 |
| 1972 | C | 18 | 17 | 113 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 1973 | C | 90 | 83 | 373 | 47 | 10 | 9 |
| 1974 | C | 117 | 114 | 484 | 60 | 12 | 8 |
| 1975 | C | 124 | 121 | 532 | 82 | 13 | 10 |
| 1976 | C | 111 | 105 | 491 | 52 | 14 | 7 |
| 1977 | C | 125 | 121 | 663 | 61 | 13 | 4 |
| 1978 | C | 145 | 141 | 608 | 62 | 8 | 10 |
| 1979 | C | 141 | 141 | 628 | 68 | 13 | 15 |
| 1980 | C | 81 | 79 | 322 | 37 | 8 | 6 |
| 1981 | C | 52 | 51 | 206 | 31 | 5 | 2 |
| 1982 | C | 111 | 108 | 469 | 64 | 9 | 8 |
| 1983 | C | 133 | 121 | 578 | 70 | 7 | 8 |
| 1984 | C | 122 | 115 | 620 | 58 | 11 | 6 |
| 1985 | C | 82 | 68 | 386 | 26 | 4 | 4 |
| 1986 | C | 25 | 23 | 165 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 1987 | C | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1B | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Darrell Porter won: TSN All-Star 1979 (AL), NLCS MVP 1982 (NL), World Series MVP 1982 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1979, 1978, 1973.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 5 | 2 / 24 | 2 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 48 / 392 | 0 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 52 / 392 | 0 |
Darrell Porter ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #78 | catchers | 1979 | 144 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.