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David West
David Lee West

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 230 lb.

Born: September 1, 1964 in Memphis, TN
High School: Craigmont (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
Final Game: September 4, 1998
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Standard Batting

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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	11	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.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

1993	28	PHI	NL	76	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	165	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	84	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	99	2	0	0	2	0	0	/1
10 Seasons				135	67	55	3	10	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	20	.182	.224	.273	.497	31	15	2	0	9	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	80	66	4	12	2	0	1	6	0	0	4	24	.182	.224	.273	.497	31	18	2	0	11	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

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

Advanced Batting

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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		1.3	0.1		.500	.500
1989	24	TOT	MLB	5	4	0	0.0	86	.200	.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	103	.667	.400	.270	.400	.335	.600	.411	1.000	.746	165	.768	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	107	.000	.125	.271	.222	.340	.500	.421	.722	.761	84	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.625	.500	.375	.0
1996	31	PHI	NL	11	7	1	3.8	107	.400	.286	.270	.444	.339	.286	.422	.730	.761	99	.394	0.1	0.0	.800	.286	.000
10 Seasons				67	56	5	2.4	106	.265	.182	.271	.224	.338	.273	.420	.497	.758	31	.221	-5.8	-0.6	.383	.145	.091	.0
162 Game Avg.				80	67	6	2.4	106	.265	.182	.271	.224	.338	.273	.420	.497	.758	31	.221	-5.8	-0.6	.383	.145	.091

PHI (4 yrs)				60	52	2	1.0	109	.222	.146	.274	.196	.342	.229	.427	.425	.769	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	.271	.224	.338	.273	.420	.497	.758	31	.221	-5.8	-0.6	.383	.145	.091	.0

Postseason Batting

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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	WS	ATL	W	2	0	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	0
1993	28	PHI	NL	WS	TOR	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (3 Series)							6	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	0
2 WS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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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 Seasons				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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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
1989	24	TOT	MLB	0	0	0%	2	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%	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
1994	29	PHI	NL	0	0	50%	3	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
1996	31	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Seasons				0	0	17%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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	%	Opp	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%	2	0	0%	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%	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		2	0	0%	0
10 Seasons				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%	4	0	0%	0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 Seasons				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

Cumulative Batting

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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	13	7	7	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.571	1.000	191	4	0	0	0	0	0
1990	25	13	7	7	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.571	1.000	191	4	0	0	0	0	0
1991	26	13	7	7	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.571	1.000	191	4	0	0	0	0	0
1992	27	13	7	7	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.571	1.000	191	4	0	0	0	0	0
1993	28	89	12	12	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.417	.417	.583	1.000	180	7	0	0	0	0	0
1994	29	120	41	40	2	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	.175	.175	.225	.400	5	9	1	0	1	0	0
1995	30	128	56	48	3	8	2	0	1	5	0	0	1	18	.167	.184	.271	.455	19	13	2	0	7	0	0
1996	31	135	67	55	3	10	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	20	.182	.224	.273	.497	31	15	2	0	9	0	0
1997	32	135	67	55	3	10	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	20	.182	.224	.273	.497	31	15	2	0	9	0	0
1998	33	135	67	55	3	10	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	20	.182	.224	.273	.497	31	15	2	0	9	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1988	23	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	2
1989	24	11	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11

1993	28	76	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	76
1994	29	44	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
1995	30	9	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	8
1996	31	7	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.286	.444	.286	.730	1	7
6 Seasons		149	70	67	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	27	.030	.071	.030	.101	6	135
162 Game Avg.		162	76	73	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	29	.030	.071	.030	.101	7	135

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