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Max West
Max Edward West
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 182 lb.

Born: November 28, 1916 in Dexter, MO
High School: Alhambra (Alhambra, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1938
Final Game: October 1, 1948
Died: December 31, 2003 in Sierra Madre, CA
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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 91 154 11 1 2 *O/3
1939 22 BSN NL 130 513 449 67 128 26 6 19 82 1 51 55 .285 .364 .497 .861 136 223 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 .716 102 195 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 .798 129 206 11 2 2 *O
1942 25 BSN NL 134 525 452 54 115 22 0 16 56 4 68 59 .254 .354 .409 .764 125 185 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 94 71 5 1 0 O/3
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 95 71 5 1 0 O
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 .751 113 1088 48 13 15
162 Game Avg. 162 601 526 66 134 27 4 15 75 4 69 67 .254 .344 .407 .751 113 214 9 3 3
BSN (6 yrs) 665 2648 2328 303 612 119 20 64 341 17 294 275 .263 .348 .414 .762 117 963 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 95 71 5 1 0

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1938 BSN NL 21 OF 109 214 205 6 3 2 .986 1.94 .976 2.22 75-0-36
1938 BSN NL 21 1B 7 66 63 2 1 2 .985 9.29 .992 10.16
1939 BSN NL 22 OF 124 303 287 8 8 2 .974 2.38 .975 2.17 44-46-54 MVP-23
1940 BSN NL 23 OF 102 242 220 16 6 1 .975 2.31 .977 2.17 4-59-49 AS,MVP-26
1940 BSN NL 23 1B 36 367 338 24 5 33 .986 10.06 .990 10.08 AS,MVP-26
1941 BSN NL 24 OF 132 321 302 13 6 5 .981 2.39 .975 2.15 126-5-5
1942 BSN NL 25 1B 85 862 807 47 8 67 .991 10.05 .989 9.66 MVP-27
1942 BSN NL 25 OF 50 114 106 4 4 0 .965 2.20 .982 2.15 36-2-13 MVP-27
1946 BSN NL 29 1B 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.000 9.30
1946 CIN NL 29 OF 58 124 112 6 6 3 .952 2.03 .977 2.16 54-3-1
1948 PIT NL 31 1B 32 220 198 20 2 14 .991 6.81 .990 8.94
1948 PIT NL 31 OF 16 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 .982 2.20 3-0-13
7 Seasons OF 591 1329 1243 53 33 13 .975 2.19 .976 2.17 342-115-171
5 Seasons 1B 161 1518 1409 93 16 116 .989 9.33 .990 9.63
7 Seasons TOT 752 2847 2652 146 49 129 .983 3.72 .966 3.77 342-115-171

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 (1157th)

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  136 (6th)

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

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1939 NL  2.2 (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)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 13 (1233), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jerry Martin (958)
  2. Harry Simpson (958)
  3. Leon Roberts (953)
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  5. Bob Oliver (951)
  6. Darrin Jackson (951)
  7. Leroy Stanton (951)
  8. Glenn Braggs (948)
  9. Todd Benzinger (943)
  10. Daryl Boston (943)
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  1. Jeff Burroughs (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sixto Lezcano (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dwight Evans (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Paul Blair (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Chris James (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Randy Bush (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

September 4, 1937: Purchased by the Boston Bees from Mission (PCL).

April 18, 1946: Traded by the Boston Braves to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Konstanty and cash.

February 4, 1947: Purchased by San Diego (PCL) from the Cincinnati Reds.

November 10, 1947: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from San Diego (PCL) in the 1947 rule 5 draft.

January 28, 1949: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

March 7, 1951: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Clarence Maddern.

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