Wes Westrum

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: November 28, 1922 in Clearbrook, MN us

Died: May 28, 2002 in Clearbrook, MN

Buried: Silver Creek Cemetery, Clearbrook, MN

High School: Clearbrook-Gonvick HS (Clearbrook, MN)

School: Bemidji State University (Bemidji, MN)

Debut: September 17, 1947 (Age 24-293d, 10,362nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 34-305d)
vs. PIT 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Wesley Noreen Westrum

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.6

2322

503

.217

302

RBI

315

OBP

.356

SLG

.373

OPS

.729

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-9	GS	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
2	2	Apr 18	NYG		PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
3	3	Apr 20	NYG		PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	4	3	1	8	0	C
4	4	Apr 21 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	GS	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
5	6 (1)	Apr 22	NYG		PIT	W,3-1	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
6	7	Apr 23	NYG		PIT	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
7	8	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	9	Apr 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-5	GS	19	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	10	Apr 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	11	Apr 28 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-11	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	12	Apr 28 susp	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-7	GS	21	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	13	Apr 30	NYG		MLN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	14	May 1	NYG		MLN	L,1-5	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
14	15	May 2	NYG		CIN	L,7-9	GS	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
15	16	May 3	NYG		CIN	L,10-11	GS	32	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
16	17	May 4	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	18	May 5 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,3-8		7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	20 (1)	May 6	NYG		CHC	L,2-6	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	23 (2)	May 10	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
20	24	May 11	NYG		BRO	W,6-5		20	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
21	26 (1)	May 14	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	27	May 15	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	42 (14)	Jun 1	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	GF	0	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	43	Jun 2 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	44	Jun 2 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-2	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
26	46 (1)	Jun 4	NYG		MLN	W,8-7		9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	49 (2)	Jun 7	NYG		STL	L,3-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
28	52 (2)	Jun 9 (2)	NYG		STL	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	56 (3)	Jun 14	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
30	57	Jun 15	NYG		CIN	W,8-4	GS	27	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
31	58	Jun 16	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
32	59	Jun 18	NYG	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	60	Jun 19	NYG	@	MLN	L,0-6	GS	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
34	62 (1)	Jun 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,12-10		8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	66 (3)	Jun 25	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	11	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	72 (5)	Jun 30 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	73	Jul 1	NYG		BRO	L,0-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
38	74	Jul 2	NYG		BRO	L,0-6	CG	35	9.0	6	0	2	8	0	C
39	75	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	23	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
40	77 (1)	Jul 5	NYG		PIT	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	78	Jul 6	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	80 (1)	Jul 7 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	1
43	83 (2)	Jul 14	NYG		CHC	W,8-6		6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	87 (3)	Jul 18	NYG		CIN	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
45	88	Jul 19	NYG		MLN	L,1-3	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
46	89	Jul 20	NYG		MLN	L,5-7	GS	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	90	Jul 21 (1)	NYG		MLN	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
48	92 (1)	Jul 23	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
49	93	Jul 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	94	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS	26	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
51	95	Jul 26	NYG	@	MLN	L,3-6	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
52	96	Jul 27	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-5	GS	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
53	98 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	NYG	@	MLN	L,3-5	GS	30	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	100 (1)	Jul 30	NYG	@	STL	L,3-7	GF	5	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	102 (1)	Aug 1	NYG	@	STL	L,0-8	GS	31	6.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
56	105 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-6		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
57	109 (3)	Aug 7	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
58	113 (3)	Aug 11 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,0-2	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	118 (4)	Aug 17	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
60	120 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	122 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	149 (26)	Sep 21 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
63	154 (4)	Sep 29	NYG		PIT	L,1-9	GS	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							63gm		333.1	148	21	6	175	4