Though he never became a starter in Detroit, he was selected by Sports Illustrated in October 2006 as one of the "10 Greatest Characters in Detroit Tigers History," along with Mark Fidrych, Norm Cash, Boots Poffenberger, and Herbie Redmond.
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While playing for Cleveland, Porter had the task of catching for knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm.
Then, in Detroit's half of the sixth inning, the Tigers scored two runs on a home run by Charlie Maxwell and an RBI double by J. W. Porter.
On December 4, 1952, the Tigers traded Virgil Trucks‚ who tossed two no-hitters during the year‚ along with Hal White and Groth‚ to the Browns in exchange for Owen Friend‚ Bob Nieman‚ and Jay Porter.
Jay-Z | Cole Porter | Jay Leno | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Michael Porter | Alan Jay Lerner | Stephen Jay Gould | John Jay | Jay Sean | Jay Gould | Jay-Jay Okocha | Jay Farrar | Jay Mohr | Jay Chou | Jay Feaster | The Jay Leno Show | Jay McInerney | Jay Leonhart | Jay Lane | Jay and the Americans | Gail Porter | Porter | Jay Nixon | Jay Inslee | Jay | George Jay Gould I | David Dixon Porter | Blue Jay | Tony Jay | Porter Wagoner |