Wally Westlake
Waldon Thomas Westlake
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 186 lb.

Born: November 8, 1920 in Gridley, CA
High School: Christian Brothers (Sacramento, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Final Game: May 12, 1956
Relatives: Brother of Jim Westlake
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1947 PIT NL 26 OF 109 250 239 8 3 0 .988 2.27 .977 2.19 0-12-97
1948 PIT NL 27 OF 125 289 274 8 7 2 .976 2.26 .978 2.20 1-67-57
1949 PIT NL 28 OF 143 337 319 12 6 4 .982 2.31 .977 2.25 0-51-92
1950 PIT NL 29 OF 123 336 329 4 3 3 .991 2.71 .978 2.14 5-97-26
1951 TOT NL 30 OF 79 183 171 9 3 2 .984 2.28 .981 2.23 21-30-28 AS
1951 PIT NL 30 3B 34 131 32 87 12 12 .908 3.50 .955 3.10 AS
1951 PIT NL 30 OF 11 19 17 2 0 1 1.000 1.73 .979 2.23 10-1-0
1951 STL NL 30 OF 68 164 154 7 3 1 .982 2.37 .981 2.23 11-29-28
1952 TOT MLB 31 OF 99 244 231 12 1 2 .996 2.45 .980 2.12 17-62-30
1952 TOT NL 31 OF 71 196 187 8 1 0 .995 2.75 .981 2.10 5-58-10
1952 STL NL 31 OF 15 63 60 3 0 0 1.000 4.20 .981 2.10 0-15-0
1952 CIN NL 31 OF 56 133 127 5 1 0 .992 2.36 .980 2.10 5-43-10
1952 CLE AL 31 OF 28 48 44 4 0 2 1.000 1.71 .979 2.18 12-4-20
1953 CLE AL 32 OF 72 136 128 3 5 2 .963 1.82 .982 2.18 38-12-36
1954 CLE AL 33 OF 70 60 567.0 137 131 1 5 0 .964 -1.2 -2.5 1.8 2.1 -0.4 -3 2.10 1.89 .980 2.39 2.17
1954 CLE AL 33 LF 50 44 405.0 94 91 0 3 0 .968 -1.7 -5.0 1.3 1.5 -0.3 -3 2.02 1.82 .978 2.26 1.93
1954 CLE AL 33 RF 14 14 121.0 28 26 1 1 0 .964 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 0.9 -1.0 0 2.01 1.93 .975 2.05 1.82
1954 CLE AL 33 CF 10 2 41.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 0.6 17.6 0.6 -0.3 0.9 0 3.07 1.40 .987 2.85 2.64
1955 TOT AL 34 OF 14 11 96.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -28.7 -1.3 -0.3 -1.0 -1 1.78 1.36 .984 2.40 2.09
1955 TOT AL 34 LF 6 4 37.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -32.4 0.0 -0.3 0.3 -1 2.19 1.50 .989 2.26 1.78
1955 CLE AL 34 OF 7 5 34.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 17.6 0.5 0.4 0.1 0 2.91 1.57 .982 2.41 2.09
1955 CLE AL 34 LF 4 3 21.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.9 51.4 0.9 0.4 0.5 0 3.00 1.75 .986 2.27 1.78
1955 CLE AL 34 CF 2 2 13.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 2.77 2.00 .975 2.84 2.55
1955 BAL AL 34 OF 7 6 62.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -2.8 -54.2 -1.8 -0.7 -1.1 -1 1.16 1.14 .988 2.40 2.09
1955 BAL AL 34 RF 5 5 46.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -23.5 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 1.17 1.20 .983 2.05 1.72
1955 BAL AL 34 LF 2 1 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -142.5 -0.9 -0.7 -0.2 -1 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
9 Seasons OF 834 71 663.0 1931 1840 58 33 15 .983 -3.5 -6.3 0.5 1.8 -1.4 -4 25.76 2.28 .979 2.39 2.19 138-343-385
2 Seasons (incomplete) LF 56 48 442.0 103 99 1 3 0 .971 -2.7 -7.3 1.3 1.2 0.0 -4 2.04 1.79 .979 2.26 1.91
1 Season 3B 34 131 32 87 12 12 .908 3.50 .955 3.10
2 Seasons (incomplete) RF 19 19 167.0 34 32 1 1 0 .971 -1.0 -7.2 -1.0 0.9 -1.9 0 1.78 1.74 .976 2.05 1.79
2 Seasons (incomplete) CF 12 4 54.0 19 18 0 1 0 .947 0.2 4.4 0.2 -0.3 0.5 0 3.00 1.50 .984 2.85 2.62
10 Seasons TOT 868 71 663.0 2062 1872 145 45 27 .978 -3.5 -6.3 0.5 1.8 -1.4 -4 27.38 2.32 .955 2.39 2.22 138-343-385
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 PIT NL 26 112 112 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 97 109
1948 PIT NL 27 132 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67 57 125
1949 PIT NL 28 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 92 143
1950 PIT NL 29 139 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 97 26 123
1951 STL NL 30 73 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 29 28 68
1951 PIT NL 30 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 34 0 10 1 0 11
1952 CIN NL 31 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 43 10 56
1952 CLE AL 31 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 20 28
1952 STL NL 31 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 15
1953 CLE AL 32 82 82 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 12 36 72
1954 CLE AL 33 85 60 85 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 10 14 70 13 5
1955 CLE AL 34 16 5 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 7 6 4
1955 BAL AL 34 8 6 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 1 0
1956 PHI NL 35 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
10 Seasons 958 71 958 958 0 0 0 0 34 0 137 344 385 834 25 9
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 CLE AL 33 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 12 0 14 4 0 5 2 0 7 2 0 3 3 0 45 23 51.1% 22 0 0.0% 0 1722 61% 79% 30% 189 48%
1955 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 91 79% 74% 44% 10 70%
1955 BAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 82 52% 72% 27% 7 29%
2 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 16 12 0 16 4 0 7 2 1 7 2 0 4 4 0 50 24 48.0% 25 1 2.0% 0 1895 61% 79% 31% 206 49%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 CLE AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 3 0 8 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 21 8 38.1% 12 1 4.8% 0 525 59% 79% 31% 60 45%
1955 BAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 200 69% 80% 30% 13 46%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 3 0 9 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 25 9 36.0% 15 1 4.0% 0 725 62% 80% 30% 73 45%
MLB Averages 44.7% 3.3% 63% 79% 30% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 CLE AL 33 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 164 54% 78% 38% 25 56%
1955 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 60 58% 73% 17% 8 50%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 224 55% 77% 33% 33 55%
MLB Averages 44.8% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 58%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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