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Wally Westlake

Waldon Thomas Westlake

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
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
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Indians/Cardinals/Reds/Orioles/... 1947-1956

Final Game: May 12, 1956
Relatives: Brother of Jim Westlake
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 5:22PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1080. Hank Majeski… #1081. Frank Bolling… #1082. Jimmie Hall… #1083. WALLY WESTLAKE… #1084. Frank Catalanotto… #1085. Phil Masi… #1086. Dean Palmer… 

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
1947 26 PIT NL 112 443 407 59 111 17 4 17 69 5 27 63 .273 .324 .459 .784 103 187 16 4 5 *O
1948 27 PIT NL 132 479 428 78 122 10 6 17 65 2 46 40 .285 .360 .456 .815 117 195 10 4 1 *O
1949 28 PIT NL 147 577 525 77 148 24 8 23 104 6 45 69 .282 .345 .490 .835 120 257 15 6 1 *O
1950 29 PIT NL 139 534 477 69 136 15 6 24 95 1 48 78 .285 .359 .493 .852 119 235 15 7 2 *O
1951 30 TOT NL 123 491 448 64 119 12 5 22 84 1 3 33 68 .266 .324 .462 .786 108 207 11 6 4 8579 AS
1951 30 PIT NL 50 192 181 28 51 4 0 16 45 0 1 9 26 .282 .323 .569 .892 133 103 4 2 0 5O7/8
1951 30 STL NL 73 299 267 36 68 8 5 6 39 1 2 24 42 .255 .325 .390 .715 91 104 7 4 4 O897
1952 31 TOT MLB 109 380 326 47 69 11 1 4 33 2 3 47 56 .212 .315 .288 .603 70 94 15 2 5 897
1952 31 TOT NL 80 300 257 36 53 7 0 3 24 1 3 39 40 .206 .315 .268 .584 64 69 13 2 2 89/7
1952 31 CLE AL 29 80 69 11 16 4 1 1 9 1 0 8 16 .232 .312 .362 .674 92 25 2 0 3 O
1952 31 STL NL 21 83 74 7 16 3 0 0 10 1 1 8 11 .216 .293 .257 .549 53 19 3 0 1 8O
1952 31 CIN NL 59 217 183 29 37 4 0 3 14 0 2 31 29 .202 .324 .273 .597 68 50 10 2 1 O89/7
1953 32 CLE AL 82 259 218 42 72 7 1 9 46 2 0 35 29 .330 .427 .495 .923 151 108 6 2 4 O
1954 33 CLE AL 85 274 240 36 63 9 2 11 42 0 1 26 37 .263 .337 .454 .791 114 109 8 2 4 2
1955 34 TOT AL 24 53 44 2 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 10 .182 .321 .227 .548 52 10 2 0 0 0 1 /798
1955 34 CLE AL 16 23 20 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .250 .348 .300 .648 73 6 1 0 0 0 1 /78
1955 34 BAL AL 8 30 24 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 .125 .300 .167 .467 33 4 1 0 0 0 0 /97
1956 35 PHI NL 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 -39 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 958 3495 3117 474 848 107 33 127 539 19 7 317 453 .272 .345 .450 .795 111 1402 98 33 26 2 1
162 Game Avg. 162 591 527 80 143 18 6 21 91 3 54 77 .272 .345 .450 .795 111 237 17 6 4
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
PIT (5 yrs) 580 2225 2018 311 568 70 24 97 378 14 1 175 276 .281 .346 .484 .830 117 977 60 23 9
CLE (4 yrs) 212 636 547 91 156 21 4 21 98 3 1 72 87 .285 .371 .453 .825 125 248 17 4 11 2 1
STL (2 yrs) 94 382 341 43 84 11 5 6 49 2 3 32 53 .246 .318 .361 .679 83 123 10 4 5
PHI (1 yr) 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 -39 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 59 217 183 29 37 4 0 3 14 0 2 31 29 .202 .324 .273 .597 68 50 10 2 1
BAL (1 yr) 8 30 24 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 .125 .300 .167 .467 33 4 1 0 0 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 738 2829 2546 383 689 85 29 106 441 16 6 239 361 .271 .340 .452 .792 109 1150 80 29 15 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 220 666 571 91 159 22 4 21 98 3 1 78 92 .278 .368 .441 .809 121 252 18 4 11 2 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1947 26 PIT NL 443 0 1 0 0 0 -4 16 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $ *O
1948 27 PIT NL 479 11 1 0 0 1 -3 18 28 2.8 27 2.8 0.0 $ *O
1949 28 PIT NL 577 13 0 0 0 2 -5 21 31 3.2 29 3.0 0.2 $ *O
1950 29 PIT NL 534 8 -1 0 0 2 -2 19 26 2.6 24 2.4 0.2 $ *O
1951 30 PIT NL 192 7 -1 0 0 1 0 7 14 1.4 13 1.4 0.0 $ 5O7/8 AS
1951 30 STL NL 299 -4 0 0 0 1 -2 10 5 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ O897 AS
1952 31 STL NL 83 -5 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 0.1 -2 -0.2 0.3 $ 8O
1952 31 CIN NL 217 -7 0 0 0 -2 -1 8 -2 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ O89/7
1952 31 CLE AL 80 -1 1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ O
1953 32 CLE AL 259 18 1 0 0 0 -3 7 24 2.5 23 2.4 0.1 $ O
1954 33 CLE AL 274 4 1 -1 -1 -1 -3 8 7 0.7 8 0.8 -0.1 $
1955 34 CLE AL 23 -1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ /78
1955 34 BAL AL 30 -2 0 0 0 -3 0 1 -4 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ /97
1956 35 PHI NL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
10 Seasons 3495 40 4 -1 -1 6 -24 121 146 14.6 139 14.3 0.3 $
PIT (5 yrs) 2225 39 0 0 0 6 -14 81 112 11.3 106 10.9 0.4 $
CLE (4 yrs) 636 20 4 -1 -1 -1 -7 18 34 3.5 33 3.4 0.1 $
STL (2 yrs) 382 -9 0 0 0 5 -2 13 7 0.6 2 0.2 0.4 $
PHI (1 yr) 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
CIN (1 yr) 217 -7 0 0 0 -2 -1 8 -2 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $
BAL (1 yr) 30 -2 0 0 0 -3 0 1 -4 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $

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
1954 33 CLE AL WS NYG L 2 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1947 PIT NL 26 OF 109 250 239 8 3 0 .988 2.27 .977 2.42
1947 PIT NL 26 RF 95 91 89 204 197 5 2 0 .990 2.13 .978 2.14
1947 PIT NL 26 CF 13 13 13 45 41 3 1 0 .978 3.38 .978 2.79
1947 PIT NL 26 LF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 2.30
1948 PIT NL 27 OF 125 289 274 8 7 2 .976 2.26 .978 2.39
1948 PIT NL 27 CF 70 65 62 191 183 3 5 1 .974 2.66 .984 2.84
1948 PIT NL 27 RF 56 41 41 98 91 5 2 1 .980 1.71 .976 2.00
1948 PIT NL 27 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1949 PIT NL 28 OF 143 337 319 12 6 4 .982 2.31 .977 2.48
1949 PIT NL 28 RF 93 83 79 199 189 8 2 2 .990 2.12 .978 2.08
1949 PIT NL 28 CF 52 49 48 138 130 4 4 2 .971 2.58 .979 2.97
1950 PIT NL 29 OF 123 336 329 4 3 3 .991 2.71 .978 2.31
1950 PIT NL 29 CF 99 93 88 825.2 281 275 4 2 2 .993 3.04 2.82 .980 2.76 2.73
1950 PIT NL 29 RF 27 23 20 221.0 55 53 1 1 1 .982 2.20 2.00 .976 1.86 1.84
1950 PIT NL 29 LF 5 2 2 24.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 4.12 2.20 .977 2.29 2.28
1951 TOT NL 30 OF 79 78 73 692.2 183 171 9 3 2 .984 2.34 2.28 .981 21.44 2.41 AS
1951 TOT NL 30 CF 40 40 36 346.0 105 100 4 1 0 .990 2.71 2.60 .984 2.89 2.87 AS
1951 TOT NL 30 LF 22 19 18 167.2 35 31 3 1 2 .971 1.83 1.55 .977 2.33 2.32 AS
1951 PIT NL 30 3B 34 34 34 300.2 131 32 87 12 12 .908 3.56 3.50 .953 0.00 3.36 AS
1951 PIT NL 30 OF 11 11 10 87.2 19 17 2 0 1 1.000 1.95 1.73 .981 21.45 2.41
1951 PIT NL 30 LF 10 10 9 79.2 14 12 2 0 1 1.000 1.58 1.40 .977 2.33 2.32
1951 PIT NL 30 CF 1 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 3.00 .983 2.92 2.90
1951 STL NL 30 OF 68 67 63 605.0 164 154 7 3 1 .982 2.40 2.37 .981 21.44 2.41
1951 STL NL 30 CF 39 39 35 338.0 102 97 4 1 0 .990 2.69 2.59 .984 2.89 2.87
1951 STL NL 30 RF 20 19 19 179.0 37 35 1 1 0 .973 1.81 1.80 .981 2.03 2.03 AS
1951 STL NL 30 LF 12 9 9 88.0 21 19 1 1 1 .952 2.05 1.67 .977 2.33 2.32
1952 TOT MLB 31 OF 99 71 66 634.0 244 231 12 1 2 .996 3.45 2.45 .981 24.57 2.32
1952 TOT MLB 31 CF 67 64 63 574.1 180 172 7 1 0 .994 2.80 2.67 .983 2.77 2.74
1952 TOT MLB 31 RF 30 27 11 210.0 60 56 4 0 2 1.000 2.57 2.00 .977 1.98 1.96
1952 TOT MLB 31 LF 17 0 0 27.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.53 .980 2.20 2.21
1952 TOT NL 31 OF 71 71 66 634.0 196 187 8 1 0 .995 2.77 2.75 .981 24.57 2.29
1952 TOT NL 31 CF 63 62 61 549.1 175 167 7 1 0 .994 2.85 2.76 .983 2.76 2.73
1952 CLE AL 31 OF 28 48 44 4 0 2 1.000 1.71 .980 2.40
1952 STL NL 31 CF 20 20 19 176.0 62 59 3 0 0 1.000 3.17 3.10 .983 2.76 2.73
1952 STL NL 31 OF 15 20 19 176.0 63 60 3 0 0 1.000 3.22 4.20 .981 24.57 2.29
1952 CIN NL 31 OF 56 51 47 458.0 133 127 5 1 0 .992 2.59 2.36 .981 24.57 2.29
1952 CIN NL 31 CF 43 42 42 373.1 113 108 4 1 0 .991 2.70 2.60 .983 2.76 2.73
1952 CIN NL 31 RF 10 9 5 77.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.87 1.60 .980 2.07 2.05
1952 CIN NL 31 LF 5 0 0 7.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.87 1.00 .980 2.00 2.00
1952 CLE AL 31 RF 20 18 6 133.0 44 40 4 0 2 1.000 2.98 2.20 .976 1.92 1.92
1952 CLE AL 31 LF 12 0 0 19.1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.86 0.33 .980 2.28 2.29
1952 CLE AL 31 CF 4 2 2 25.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 1.25 .984 2.92 2.92
1953 CLE AL 32 OF 72 136 128 3 5 2 .963 1.82 .981 2.41
1953 CLE AL 32 RF 37 34 23 288.0 75 72 2 1 2 .987 2.31 2.00 .984 2.09 2.08
1953 CLE AL 32 LF 35 13 10 153.0 41 39 0 2 0 .951 2.29 1.11 .973 2.22 2.21
1953 CLE AL 32 CF 13 10 5 86.0 20 18 0 2 0 .900 1.88 1.38 .984 2.96 2.95
1954 CLE AL 33 OF 70 137 131 1 5 0 .964 -1 1.89 .979 2.37
1954 CLE AL 33 LF 50 44 39 405.0 94 91 0 3 0 .968 -2 -5 2.02 1.82 .977 2.26 2.24
1954 CLE AL 33 RF 14 14 11 121.0 28 26 1 1 0 .964 -0 -1 2.01 1.93 .975 2.05 2.03
1954 CLE AL 33 CF 10 2 2 41.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 1 18 3.07 1.40 .983 2.85 2.83
1955 TOT AL 34 OF 14 11 9 96.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -29 1.78 1.36 .982 11.20 2.39
1955 TOT AL 34 LF 6 4 3 37.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -32 2.19 1.50 .980 2.26 2.25
1955 CLE AL 34 OF 7 5 3 34.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0 18 2.91 1.57 .982 11.20 2.39
1955 CLE AL 34 LF 4 3 2 21.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1 51 3.00 1.75 .980 2.27 2.25
1955 CLE AL 34 CF 2 2 1 13.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -37 2.77 2.00 .985 2.84 2.85
1955 BAL AL 34 OF 7 6 6 62.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -54 1.16 1.14 .982 11.21 2.39
1955 BAL AL 34 RF 5 5 5 46.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -23 1.17 1.20 .982 2.05 2.02
1955 BAL AL 34 LF 2 1 1 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -142 1.12 1.00 .980 2.25 2.25
9 Seasons OF 834 160 148 1422.2 1931 1840 58 33 15 .983 -4 -3 2.80 2.28 .979 22.14 2.39
9 Seasons RF 377 337 298 1065.0 762 725 27 10 8 .987 -1 -1 2.17 1.99 .978 2.00 2.05
9 Seasons CF 366 338 318 1886.0 979 937 25 17 5 .983 0 0 2.85 2.63 .982 2.80 2.82
8 Seasons LF 138 82 72 813.2 200 189 5 6 2 .970 -3 -4 2.13 1.41 .976 2.27 2.24
1 Season 3B 34 34 34 300.2 131 32 87 12 12 .908 3.56 3.50 .953 0.00 3.36
10 Seasons TOT 868 194 182 1723.1 2062 1872 145 45 27 .978 -4 -2 2.93 2.32 .977 18.28 2.43
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1951 *

Triples s c a p y
1949 NL  8 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 NL  23 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1949 NL  104 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 NL  63 (9th)
1949 NL  69 (4th)
1950 NL  78 (5th)
1951 NL  68 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1949 NL  55 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 NL  4 (8th)
1948 NL  4 (7th)
1949 NL  6 (4th)
1950 NL  7 (3rd)
1951 NL  6 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1947 NL  16 (6th)
1950 NL  15 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1947 NL  7.7 (9th)
1949 NL  9.5 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1947 NL  23.9 (9th)
1948 NL  25.2 (9th)
1949 NL  22.8 (7th)
1950 NL  19.9 (10th)
1951 NL  20.4 (10th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1950 NL  3.04 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1950 NL  2.82 (1st)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1950 NL  .993 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 NL  2.13 (3rd)
1949 NL  2.12 (4th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 NL  .990 (1st)
1949 NL  .990 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1950 NL  2.80 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1950 NL  2.71 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1947 NL  .988 (4th)
1950 NL  .991 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1457), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1590), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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