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Mar 21, 2020 · Player: Darrell Porter, Catcher. Career: MIL 1971-76, KC 1977-80, STL 1981-85, TEX 1986-87. Accolades: All-Star 1974, 1978-80; NLCS MVP 1982, World Series MVP 1982. The first baseball team I ever loved was the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals.
Aug 7, 2002 · Darrell Porter was one of the finest athletes in state history. A quarterback signed by the University of Oklahoma and a first-round baseball draft pick by the Milwaukee Brewers. All four Porter brothers were athletes; Eddy was a quarterback at East Central University, and Denny played baseball at Southeastern State.
Aug 7, 2002 · Porter, 50, was found dead next to his car at 5:26 p.m. Monday at La Benite Park along the Missouri River. An autopsy Tuesday failed to determine the cause of death.
Aug 7, 2002 · Darrell Porter, an Oklahoma hero on and off the baseball field, has died of undetermined causes in the Kansas City, Mo., suburb of Sugar Creek. Porter was 50. Porter, a 1970 graduate of Southeast High School in Oklahoma City, was a 17-year major-league veteran and the MVP of the 1982 World Series.
Darrell Porter Bio. Fullname: Darrell Ray Porter; Born: 1/17/1952 in Joplin, MO; Draft: 1970, Milwaukee Brewers, Round: 1, Overall Pick: 4; High School: Southeast, Oklahoma City, OK; Debut: 9/02/1971; Died: 8/05/2002
1/17/1952. BAT/THR. Left/Right. Birthplace. Joplin, MO. Career Stats. AVG. .247. HR. 188. RBI. 826. OPS. .763. Read up on Darrell Porter's biography, career, awards and more on ESPN.
Catcher Darrell Porter played 17 years in the majors, hitting 188 home runs. He was a four-time All-Star and the MVP of the 1982 World Series . Porter was born in 1952 in Joplin, MO in far southwest Missouri near the border with Oklahoma .
