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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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1988 23 NYM NL 1 0 1.000 3.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 2 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 25 108 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1989 24 TOT MLB 3 4 .429 6.79 21 7 4 0 0 0 63.2 73 49 48 9 33 3 50 3 0 2 294 56 1.665 10.3 1.3 4.7 7.1 1.52
1989 24 NYM NL 0 2 .000 7.40 11 2 0 0 0 0 24.1 25 20 20 4 14 2 19 1 0 1 112 44 1.603 9.2 1.5 5.2 7.0 1.36
1989 24 MIN AL 3 2 .600 6.41 10 5 4 0 0 0 39.1 48 29 28 5 19 1 31 2 0 1 182 65 1.703 11.0 1.1 4.3 7.1 1.63
1990 25 MIN AL 7 9 .438 5.10 29 27 0 2 0 0 146.1 142 88 83 21 78 1 92 4 1 4 646 82 1.503 8.7 1.3 4.8 5.7 1.18
1991 26 MIN AL 4 4 .500 4.54 15 12 0 0 0 0 71.1 66 37 36 13 28 0 52 1 0 3 305 94 1.318 8.3 1.6 3.5 6.6 1.86
1992 27 MIN AL 1 3 .250 6.99 9 3 1 0 0 0 28.1 32 24 22 3 20 0 19 1 0 2 139 58 1.835 10.2 1.0 6.4 6.0 0.95
1993 28 PHI NL 6 4 .600 2.92 76 0 27 0 0 3 86.1 60 37 28 6 51 4 87 5 0 3 375 136 1.286 6.3 0.6 5.3 9.1 1.71
1994 29 PHI NL 4 10 .286 3.55 31 14 7 0 0 0 99.0 74 44 39 7 61 2 83 1 0 9 429 121 1.364 6.7 0.6 5.5 7.5 1.36
1995 30 PHI NL 3 2 .600 3.79 8 8 0 0 0 0 38.0 34 17 16 5 19 0 25 1 0 1 163 112 1.395 8.1 1.2 4.5 5.9 1.32
1996 31 PHI NL 2 2 .500 4.76 7 6 0 0 0 0 28.1 31 17 15 0 11 0 22 0 1 1 126 90 1.482 9.8 0.0 3.5 7.0 2.00
1998 33 BOS AL 0 0 27.00 6 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 6 6 1 7 0 4 0 0 1 20 17 7.000 31.5 4.5 31.5 18.0 0.57
10 Seasons 31 38 .449 4.66 204 78 39 2 0 3 569.1 525 321 295 65 311 10 437 16 4 26 2522 89 1.468 8.3 1.0 4.9 6.9 1.41
162 Game Avg. 7 9 .449 4.66 49 19 9 0 0 1 137 127 77 71 16 75 2 105 4 1 6 608 89 1.468 8.3 1.0 4.9 6.9 1.41
MIN (4 yrs) 15 18 .455 5.33 63 47 5 2 0 0 285.1 288 178 169 42 145 2 194 8 1 10 1272 79 1.518 9.1 1.3 4.6 6.1 1.34
PHI (4 yrs) 15 18 .455 3.50 122 28 34 0 0 3 251.2 199 115 98 18 142 6 217 7 1 14 1093 119 1.355 7.1 0.6 5.1 7.8 1.53
NYM (2 yrs) 1 2 .333 6.53 13 3 0 0 0 0 30.1 31 22 22 4 17 2 22 1 2 1 137 50 1.582 9.2 1.2 5.0 6.5 1.29
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 27.00 6 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 6 6 1 7 0 4 0 0 1 20 17 7.000 31.5 4.5 31.5 18.0 0.57
NL (6 yrs) 16 20 .444 3.83 135 31 34 0 0 3 282.0 230 137 120 22 159 8 239 8 3 15 1230 106 1.379 7.3 0.7 5.1 7.6 1.50
AL (5 yrs) 15 18 .455 5.48 69 47 5 2 0 0 287.1 295 184 175 43 152 2 198 8 1 11 1292 77 1.556 9.2 1.3 4.8 6.2 1.30

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1991 26 MIN AL ALCS W TOR 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 1 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 2 22 0.882 1.6 0.0 6.4 6.4 1.00
1991 26 MIN AL WS W ATL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00
1993 28 PHI NL NLCS W ATL 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 5 4 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 16 2.625 16.9 0.0 6.8 16.9 2.50
1993 28 PHI NL WS L TOR 0 0 27.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 6.000 45.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
2 Seasons (4 Series) 1 0 1.000 10.61 10 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 13 12 11 1 11 1 9 1 0 2 54 2.571 12.5 1.0 10.6 8.7 0.82
1 NLCS 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 5 4 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 16 2.625 16.9 0.0 6.8 16.9 2.50
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 1 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 2 22 0.882 1.6 0.0 6.4 6.4 1.00
2 WS 0 0 63.00 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 7 7 7 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 16 12.000 63.0 9.0 45.0 0.0 0.00

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 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
11 Seasons 135 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 80 66 4 12 2 0 1 6 0 0 4 26 .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

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1988 NYM NL 23 P 2 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.50 1.000 1.95 0.70
1989 TOT MLB 24 P 21 7 63.2 5 2 2 1 0 .800 0.57 0.19 .960 1.87 0.64
1989 NYM NL 24 P 11 2 24.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.37 0.09 .900 1.85 0.63
1989 MIN AL 24 P 10 5 39.1 4 2 1 1 0 .750 0.69 0.30 .975 1.88 0.66
1990 MIN AL 25 P 29 27 146.1 21 3 16 2 2 .905 1.17 0.66 .957 1.78 0.59
1991 MIN AL 26 P 15 12 71.1 13 1 11 1 1 .923 1.51 0.80 .954 1.80 0.58
1992 MIN AL 27 P 9 3 28.1 7 0 5 2 0 .714 1.59 0.56 .971 1.72 0.56
1993 PHI NL 28 P 76 0 86.1 8 2 4 2 1 .750 0.63 0.08 .962 1.83 0.54
1994 PHI NL 29 P 31 14 99.0 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 0.82 0.29 .956 1.86 0.54
1995 PHI NL 30 P 8 8 38.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 0.95 0.50 .960 1.85 0.51
1996 PHI NL 31 P 7 6 28.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.95 0.43 .967 1.84 0.51
1998 BOS AL 33 P 6 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.50
10 Seasons P 204 78 569.1 72 13 50 9 5 .875 1.00 0.31 .960 1.82 0.56
10 Seasons TOT 204 78 569.1 72 13 50 9 5 .875 1.00 0.31 .835 1.82 0.56

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1993 NL  76 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1994 NL  61 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1994 NL  10 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1994 NL  9 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1983.

July 31, 1989: Traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later, Rick Aguilera, Tim Drummond and Kevin Tapani to the Minnesota Twins for Frank Viola. The New York Mets sent Jack Savage (October 16, 1989) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

December 5, 1992: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mike Hartley.

October 31, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

February 2, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

March 9, 1998: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

April 6, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

June 18, 1998: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Blais (minors).

September 8, 1998: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1989New York Mets$68,000
1990Minnesota Twins$100,000
1991Minnesota Twins$160,000
1993Philadelphia Phillies$315,000
1994Philadelphia Phillies$600,000
1995Philadelphia Phillies$950,000
1996Philadelphia Phillies$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,693,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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