Jay Porter
American baseball player (1933-2020)
J. W. "Jay" Porter (January 17, 1933 – October 11, 2020) was an American Major League Baseball player. He appeared with the St. Louis Browns in 1952, Detroit Tigers between 1955 and 1957, Cleveland Indians in 1958, Washington Senators in 1959, and St. Louis Cardinals in 1959. Porter was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Porter died of respiratory failure on October 11, 2020 in Jupiter, Florida at the age of 87.[1]
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