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David West

David Lee West

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 1, 1964 in Memphis, TN
High School: Craigmont HS (Memphis, TN)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1988 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Twins/Mets/RedSox 1988-1998

Final Game: September 4, 1998 (Age 34)
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1988 23 NYM NL 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 627 3 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1989 24 TOT MLB 21 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 24 NYM NL 11 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 24 MIN AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 25 MIN AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 26 MIN AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 27 MIN AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1993 28 PHI NL 76 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .600 1.000 167 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 29 PHI NL 31 29 28 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .071 .071 .071 .143 -63 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
1995 30 PHI NL 8 15 8 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .125 .222 .500 .722 85 4 1 0 6 0 0 /1
1996 31 PHI NL 7 11 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .286 .444 .286 .730 100 2 0 0 2 0 0 /1
1998 33 BOS AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
10 Yrs 204 67 55 3 10 2 0 1 5 0 0 3 22 .182 .224 .273 .497 31 15 2 0 9 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 53 44 2 8 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 17 .182 .224 .273 .497 31 12 2 0 7 0 0
MIN (4 yrs) 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (4 yrs) 122 60 48 2 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 20 .146 .196 .229 .425 11 11 2 0 9 0 0
NYM (2 yrs) 13 7 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .571 1.000 191 4 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 135 67 55 3 10 2 0 1 5 0 0 3 22 .182 .224 .273 .497 31 15 2 0 9 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1988 23 NYM NL 2 2 1 -0 0 0 0 1 0.2 0 2 0.2 .577 .501 0.2 0.0 1 /1
1989 24 NYM NL 11 5 -1 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $68,000 1
1989 24 MIN AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1990 25 MIN AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $100,000 1
1991 26 MIN AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $160,000 1
1992 27 MIN AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1993 28 PHI NL 76 5 0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.1 1 $315,000 1
1994 29 PHI NL 31 29 -7 -0 -0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $600,000 1
1995 30 PHI NL 8 15 -0 -0 -0 0 2 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .516 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $950,000 /1
1996 31 PHI NL 7 11 0 -0 0 0 1 2 0.1 0 2 0.1 .521 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $500,000 /1
1998 33 BOS AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
10 Seasons 204 67 -6 -0 -0 0 10 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .502 .500 0.3 0.1 5 $2,693,000
MIN (4 yrs) 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $260,000
PHI (4 yrs) 122 60 -7 -0 -0 0 9 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 3 $2,365,000
NYM (2 yrs) 13 7 1 -0 0 0 1 1 0.2 0 2 0.2 .513 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $68,000
BOS (1 yr) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1988 23 NYM NL 2 0 3 85 1.000 1.000 .250 1.000 .314 1.500 .368 2.500 .681 627 .000 1.3 0.1 .500 .500
1989 24 TOT MLB 5 4 0 0.0 86 .333 .200 .248 .200 .315 .200 .370 .400 .684 18 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1989 24 NYM NL 5 4 0 0.0 86 .333 .200 .248 .200 .315 .200 .370 .400 .684 18 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1993 28 PHI NL 5 3 1 8.9 102 .667 .400 .269 .400 .334 .600 .409 1.000 .743 167 .769 0.5 0.0 1.000 .200 .200
1994 29 PHI NL 29 28 0 0.0 111 .125 .071 .277 .071 .344 .071 .433 .143 .777 -63 .000 -6.8 -0.7 .074 .000 .000
1995 30 PHI NL 15 14 0 0.0 106 .000 .125 .270 .222 .339 .500 .419 .722 .758 85 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .625 .500 .375 .0
1996 31 PHI NL 11 7 1 3.8 106 .400 .286 .269 .444 .338 .286 .420 .730 .758 100 .394 0.2 0.0 .800 .286 .000
10 Yrs 67 56 5 2.4 106 .281 .182 .270 .224 .338 .273 .419 .497 .757 31 .221 -5.7 -0.6 .383 .145 .091 .0
162 Game Avg. 53 44 4 2.4 106 .281 .182 .270 .224 .338 .273 .419 .497 .757 31 .221 -5.7 -0.6 .383 .145 .091
PHI (4 yrs) 60 52 2 1.0 108 .222 .146 .273 .196 .341 .229 .426 .425 .767 11 .055 -6.5 -0.6 .326 .146 .083 .0
NYM (2 yrs) 7 4 3 20.3 86 .600 .429 .249 .429 .314 .571 .369 1.000 .683 191 .950 0.8 0.1 1.000 .143 .143
NL (6 yrs) 67 56 5 2.4 106 .281 .182 .270 .224 .338 .273 .419 .497 .757 31 .221 -5.7 -0.6 .383 .145 .091 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1991 26 MIN AL ALCS TOR W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 MIN AL WS ATL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 PHI NL NLCS ATL W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 PHI NL WS TOR L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (4 Series) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1988 23 NYM NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50% 0.00 100% 50% 0.0% 0%
1989 24 TOT MLB 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 2.00 60% 33% 0.0% 0%
1989 24 NYM NL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 2.00 60% 33% 0.0% 0%
1993 28 PHI NL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 20.0% 50% 2.5 2.5 2.00 60% 0% 0.0% 0%
1994 29 PHI NL 29 0.0% 41.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 0.88 1.00 55% 6% 0.0% 13%
1995 30 PHI NL 15 6.7% 26.7% 6.7% 6.7% 100% 4.00 2.0 8.0 2.7 1.00 9.00 20% 10% 50.0% 0%
1996 31 PHI NL 11 0.0% 18.2% 18.2% 0.0% 0% 1.00 3.5 1.50 2.00 45% 29% 0.0% 0%
10 Yrs 67 1.5% 32.8% 4.5% 4.5% 30% 7.33 2.5 55.0 11.0 1.00 2.18 48% 14% 6.7% 6%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.7% 8.7% 7.2% 31% 1.80 5.7 38.0 8.0 0.81 1.08 72% 21% 7.2% 18%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1988 23 NYM NL 1.3 0.1 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .19 0.1 -0.0 0.6 0.1 0.60 1.1 0
1989 24 TOT MLB -0.5 -0.1 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .29 -0.1 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.71 -0.6 0
1989 24 NYM NL -0.5 -0.1 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .29 -0.1 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.71 -0.6 0
1989 24 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
1990 25 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
1991 26 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
1992 27 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
1993 28 PHI NL 0.5 0.0 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .27 -0.0 -0.1 1.1 0.1 1.06 0.5 0
1994 29 PHI NL -6.8 -0.7 29 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 .96 -0.6 0.0 -7.0 -0.7 0.99 -7.2 0
1995 30 PHI NL -0.3 -0.0 15 -0.3 0.2 -0.4 1.32 -0.1 -0.1 -1.8 -0.2 1.32 -1.5 0
1996 31 PHI NL 0.2 0.0 11 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .84 -0.0 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.86 -0.5 0
1998 33 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
10 Yrs -5.7 -0.6 67 -1.0 0.4 -1.3 .90 -0.8 -0.3 -8.7 -0.8 1.02 -8.3 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1988 23 NYM NL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 24 TOT MLB 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 24 NYM NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 PHI NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 29 PHI NL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1995 30 PHI NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 31 PHI NL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 0 0 17% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1988 23 NYM NL 2 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 24 TOT MLB 5 60% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1989 24 NYM NL 5 60% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 PHI NL 5 80% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1994 29 PHI NL 29 90% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 1 20% 6 1 17% 24 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1995 30 PHI NL 15 67% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 6 100% 8 1 13% 8 3 38% 17 2 12% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1996 31 PHI NL 11 55% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 6 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
10 Yrs 67 75% 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 11 9 82% 17 2 12% 19 5 26% 51 4 8% 3 1 33% 5 2 40% 0
MLB Averages 58% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 23 NYM NL 2 5 2.50 3 60% 33% 0% 0% 67% 67% 0% 40% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 50% 1 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1989 24 TOT MLB 5 17 3.40 15 88% 7% 33% 40% 20% 93% 0% 82% 64% 80% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1989 24 NYM NL 5 17 3.40 15 88% 7% 33% 40% 20% 93% 0% 82% 64% 80% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1993 28 PHI NL 5 15 3.00 14 93% 14% 36% 29% 21% 86% 0% 80% 58% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1994 29 PHI NL 28 94 3.36 63 67% 25% 21% 29% 25% 75% 0% 50% 72% 25% 4% 1 0 7% 2 1 7% 2 2 8% 1 0 0
1995 30 PHI NL 15 48 3.20 34 71% 26% 15% 29% 29% 74% 0% 52% 80% 40% 0% 0 0 7% 1 1 7% 1 0 25% 0 0 0
1996 31 PHI NL 7 24 3.43 18 75% 28% 22% 17% 33% 72% 0% 54% 69% 43% 0% 0 0 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 4 0 0
6 Yrs 62 203 3.27 147 72% 23% 22% 28% 27% 77% 0% 56% 72% 40% 2% 1 0 8% 5 3 5% 3 2 10% 5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.66 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 23 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 627 3 0 0 0 0 0
1989 24 23 7 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .571 1.000 191 4 0 0 0 0 0
1990 25 52 7 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .571 1.000 191 4 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 67 7 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .571 1.000 191 4 0 0 0 0 0
1992 27 76 7 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .429 .429 .571 1.000 191 4 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 152 12 12 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .417 .417 .583 1.000 180 7 0 0 0 0 0
1994 29 183 41 40 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 .175 .175 .225 .400 6 9 1 0 1 0 0
1995 30 191 56 48 3 8 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 20 .167 .184 .271 .455 19 13 2 0 7 0 0
1996 31 198 67 55 3 10 2 0 1 5 0 0 3 22 .182 .224 .273 .497 31 15 2 0 9 0 0
1997 32 198 67 55 3 10 2 0 1 5 0 0 3 22 .182 .224 .273 .497 31 15 2 0 9 0 0
1998 33 204 67 55 3 10 2 0 1 5 0 0 3 22 .182 .224 .273 .497 31 15 2 0 9 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1988 23 2 3 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.667 2.667 4 2
1989 24 21 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21
1993 28 76 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 .400 .400 .600 1.000 1 76
1994 29 44 40 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
1995 30 9 17 9 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 4 .111 .200 .444 .644 1 8
1996 31 7 11 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .286 .444 .286 .730 1 7
6 Yrs 159 81 68 2 8 3 0 1 6 0 3 27 .118 .155 .206 .361 7 145
162 Game Avg. 162 83 69 2 8 3 0 1 6 0 3 28 .118 .155 .206 .361 7 145

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