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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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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 .815 118 195 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 O5 AS
1951 30 PIT NL 50 192 181 28 51 4 0 16 45 0 1 9 26 .282 .323 .569 .892 132 103 4 2 0 5O
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 O
1952 31 TOT MLB 109 380 326 47 69 11 1 4 33 2 3 47 56 .212 .315 .288 .603 69 94 15 2 5 O
1952 31 TOT NL 80 300 257 36 53 7 0 3 24 1 3 39 40 .206 .315 .268 .584 63 69 13 2 2 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 O
1952 31 CIN NL 59 217 183 29 37 4 0 3 14 0 2 31 29 .202 .324 .273 .597 67 50 10 2 1 O
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
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 2 798
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 67 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

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
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

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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 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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1679), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

Before 1941 Season: Sent from the Brooklyn Dodgers to Merced (California) in an unknown transaction.

September 25, 1946: Traded by Oakland (PCL) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later and $35,000. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Johnny Hutchings (December 5, 1946) to Oakland (PCL) to complete the trade.

June 15, 1951: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Cliff Chambers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Cole, Joe Garagiola, Bill Howerton, Howie Pollet and Ted Wilks.

May 13, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Eddie Kazak to the Cincinnati Reds for Dick Sisler and Virgil Stallcup.

August 7, 1952: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Cincinnati Reds.

June 15, 1955: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Dave Pope to the Baltimore Orioles for Billy Cox and Gene Woodling. Billy Cox refused to report to his new team. The Baltimore Orioles sent $15,000 (June 15, 1955) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

July 9, 1955: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

November 7, 1955: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 18, 1956: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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