Walter Henry Porter (June 1858 – December 30, 1906) was an American
Major League Baseball
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player born in
Vergennes, Vermont who
pitched for three teams during his six-year career.
Career
Porter began his career in the short-lived
Union Association
The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for just the 1884 season. St. Louis won the pennant and joined the National League the following season.
Seven of the twelve teams who were in the Association at some poi ...
for the replacement team
Milwaukee Brewers
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. It was for this team that he struck out
18 batters in one game on October 3, . The 18 strikeouts in one game by a losing pitcher stood as the record until
Steve Carlton
Steven Norman Carlton (born December 22, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher for six different teams from 1965 to 1988, most notably as a member of the Philadelphi ...
surpassed it when he struck out 19 in one game in . When the Association folded following the season, he was picked up by the
Brooklyn Grays
The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1884 as a member of the American Association before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the club moved to Los Angeles, Californi ...
, with whom he was their star pitcher. In , he had a record of 33 wins and 21 losses, followed up the next year with 27 wins and 19 losses.
After having a 15–24 record in , Porter was purchased by the
Kansas City Cowboys for . He had a record of 18–37, leading the league in
hits
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* ''...Hits'' (Phil Collins album), 1998
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allowed,
runs allowed,
home run
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s allowed, and losses, but on June 6, he pitched a
no-hitter
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against the
Baltimore Orioles
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.
Post-career
Porter died in
Brockton, Massachusetts at the age of 48, and is interred at Calvary Cemetery, also in Brockton.
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See also
* List of Major League Baseball no-hitters
Below is a list of Major League Baseball no-hitters, enumerating every no-hitter pitched in Major League Baseball history. In addition, all no-hitters that were broken up in extra innings or were in shortened games are listed, although they are no ...
References
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1858 births
1906 deaths
19th-century baseball players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Milwaukee Brewers (UA) players
Brooklyn Grays players
Kansas City Cowboys players
Bay City (minor league baseball) players
Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players
Hartford (minor league baseball) players
St. Joseph Clay Eaters players
London Tecumsehs (baseball) players
Baseball players from Vermont
People from Vergennes, Vermont