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Max West

Max Edward West

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: November 28, 1916 in Dexter, MO
High School: Alhambra (Alhambra, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1938
Teams (by GP): Bees/Braves/Pirates/Reds 1938-1948

Final Game: October 1, 1948
Died: December 31, 2003 in Sierra Madre, CA
Cremated
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:23AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1319. Tom McCreery… #1320. Candy Nelson… #1321. Johnny Wyrostek… #1322. MAX WEST… #1323. Sam Leslie… #1324. Dave Roberts… #1325. Everett Scott… 

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
1938 21 BSN NL 123 459 418 47 98 16 5 10 63 5 38 38 .234 .300 .368 .668 92 154 11 1 2 *O/3
1939 22 BSN NL 130 513 449 67 128 26 6 19 82 1 51 55 .285 .364 .497 .861 137 223 9 5 8 *O MVP-23
1940 23 BSN NL 139 590 524 72 137 27 5 7 72 2 65 54 .261 .344 .372 .716 103 195 4 1 0 O3 AS,MVP-26
1941 24 BSN NL 138 560 484 63 134 28 4 12 68 5 72 68 .277 .373 .426 .798 130 206 11 2 2 *O
1942 25 BSN NL 134 525 452 54 115 22 0 16 56 4 68 59 .254 .354 .409 .764 126 185 4 2 3 3O MVP-27
1946 29 TOT NL 73 236 203 16 43 13 0 5 18 1 32 37 .212 .322 .350 .672 93 71 5 1 0 O7/839
1946 29 BSN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /3
1946 29 CIN NL 72 235 202 16 43 13 0 5 18 1 32 36 .213 .323 .351 .675 94 71 5 1 0 O7/89
1948 31 PIT NL 87 174 146 19 26 4 0 8 21 1 27 29 .178 .310 .370 .680 82 54 4 1 0 3O
7 Seasons 824 3057 2676 338 681 136 20 77 380 19 353 340 .254 .344 .407 .751 114 1088 48 13 15
162 Game Avg. 162 601 526 66 134 27 4 15 75 4 69 67 .254 .344 .407 .751 114 214 9 3 3
BSN (6 yrs) 665 2648 2328 303 612 119 20 64 341 17 294 275 .263 .348 .414 .762 118 963 39 11 15
PIT (1 yr) 87 174 146 19 26 4 0 8 21 1 27 29 .178 .310 .370 .680 82 54 4 1 0
CIN (1 yr) 72 235 202 16 43 13 0 5 18 1 32 36 .213 .323 .351 .675 94 71 5 1 0

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
1938 21 BSN NL 459 -5 0 0 0 1 -5 14 5 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ *O/3
1939 22 BSN NL 513 22 -1 0 0 10 -5 15 41 4.2 31 3.1 1.1 $ *O MVP-23
1940 23 BSN NL 590 6 0 0 0 0 -4 20 22 2.3 22 2.3 0.0 $ O3 AS,MVP-26
1941 24 BSN NL 560 19 -1 0 0 3 -6 20 35 3.7 32 3.3 0.4 $ *O
1942 25 BSN NL 525 12 -2 0 0 -1 -6 17 20 2.1 21 2.2 -0.1 $ 3O MVP-27
1946 29 BSN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /3
1946 29 CIN NL 235 -2 -1 0 0 -1 -3 9 2 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ O7/89
1948 31 PIT NL 174 -4 -1 0 0 -1 -2 6 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 3O
7 Seasons 3057 48 -6 0 0 11 -31 101 123 12.7 112 11.5 1.2 $
BSN (6 yrs) 2648 54 -4 0 0 13 -26 86 123 12.8 110 11.3 1.5 $
PIT (1 yr) 174 -4 -1 0 0 -1 -2 6 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $
CIN (1 yr) 235 -2 -1 0 0 -1 -3 9 2 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1938 BSN NL 21 OF 109 214 205 6 3 2 .986 1.94 .976 2.34
1938 BSN NL 21 1B 7 66 63 2 1 2 .985 9.29 .992 10.47
1938 BSN NL 21 LF 72 67 50 143 138 3 2 1 .986 1.96 .971 2.23
1938 BSN NL 21 RF 38 32 26 71 67 3 1 1 .986 1.84 .978 2.08
1939 BSN NL 22 OF 124 303 287 8 8 2 .974 2.38 .975 2.32 MVP-23
1939 BSN NL 22 RF 54 42 41 110 104 3 3 1 .973 1.98 .973 2.12 MVP-23
1939 BSN NL 22 CF 47 40 17 111 103 4 4 1 .964 2.28 .977 2.70 MVP-23
1939 BSN NL 22 LF 44 35 31 82 80 1 1 0 .988 1.84 .974 2.16 MVP-23
1940 BSN NL 23 OF 102 242 220 16 6 1 .975 2.31 .977 2.32 AS,MVP-26
1940 BSN NL 23 1B 36 367 338 24 5 33 .986 10.06 .990 10.47 AS,MVP-26
1940 BSN NL 23 CF 57 55 39 141 132 7 2 1 .986 2.44 .981 2.66 AS,MVP-26
1940 BSN NL 23 RF 50 41 38 95 83 8 4 0 .958 1.82 .974 2.04 AS,MVP-26
1940 BSN NL 23 LF 5 4 3 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.20 .973 2.24 AS,MVP-26
1941 BSN NL 24 OF 132 321 302 13 6 5 .981 2.39 .975 2.31
1941 BSN NL 24 LF 125 121 111 295 280 10 5 3 .983 2.32 .976 2.34
1941 BSN NL 24 CF 5 5 4 17 14 3 0 1 1.000 3.40 .980 2.64
1941 BSN NL 24 RF 5 5 2 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.60 .968 1.96
1942 BSN NL 25 1B 85 862 807 47 8 67 .991 10.05 .989 10.18 MVP-27
1942 BSN NL 25 OF 50 114 106 4 4 0 .965 2.20 .981 2.34 MVP-27
1942 BSN NL 25 LF 36 34 31 78 73 2 3 0 .962 2.08 .983 2.32 MVP-27
1942 BSN NL 25 RF 13 12 10 35 32 2 1 1 .971 2.62 .981 2.08 MVP-27
1942 BSN NL 25 CF 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .980 2.60 MVP-27
1946 BSN NL 29 1B 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .990 10.00
1946 CIN NL 29 OF 58 55 47 124 112 6 6 3 .952 2.03 .977 2.38
1946 CIN NL 29 LF 55 53 45 116 104 6 6 3 .948 2.00 .975 2.26
1946 CIN NL 29 CF 2 2 2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .979 2.85
1946 CIN NL 29 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1948 PIT NL 31 1B 32 220 198 20 2 14 .991 6.81 .990 9.61
1948 PIT NL 31 OF 16 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 .978 2.39
1948 PIT NL 31 RF 13 4 2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 .976 2.00
1948 PIT NL 31 LF 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .970 2.33
7 Seasons OF 591 55 47 1329 1243 53 33 13 .975 2.19 .976 2.33
7 Seasons LF 340 316 272 722 682 23 17 7 .976 2.07 .975 2.28
7 Seasons RF 174 136 119 329 303 16 10 3 .970 1.83 .975 2.07
5 Seasons 1B 161 0 0 1518 1409 93 16 116 .989 9.33 .990 10.14
5 Seasons CF 113 102 62 278 258 14 6 3 .978 2.41 .979 2.68
7 Seasons TOT 752 55 47 2847 2652 146 49 129 .983 3.72 .983 4.00
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1940 (RF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1939 NL (23, 1%)
1940 NL (26, 2%)
1942 NL (27, 1%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1939 NL  1.1 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1939 NL  .497 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1939 NL  .861 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1939 NL  19 (6th)
1942 NL  16 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1941 NL  72 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1939 NL  55 (8th)
1941 NL  68 (9th)
1942 NL  59 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1939 NL  137 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1939 NL  23 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1939 NL  2.3 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1939 NL  51 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1939 NL  5 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1938 NL  6.7 (9th)
1941 NL  7.1 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1939 NL  23.6 (6th)
1942 NL  28.3 (7th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1940 NL  16 (1st)
1941 NL  13 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1939 NL  8 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1942 NL  10.05 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  2.32 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1941 NL  .983 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1938 NL  .986 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1938 NL  born 1916-11-28 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 13 (1252), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1771), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Paul Blair (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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