Wes Westrum
Wesley Noreen Westrum
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 28, 1922 in Clearbrook, MN
High School: Clearbrook-Gonvick (Clearbrook, MN) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1947
Final Game: September 29, 1957
Died: May 28, 2002 in Clearbrook, MN
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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 24 NYG NL 6 12 12 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 .417 .417 .500 .917 141 6 0 0 0 /2
1948 25 NYG NL 66 145 125 14 20 3 1 4 16 3 20 36 .160 .276 .296 .572 54 37 1 0 0 2
1949 26 NYG NL 64 209 169 23 41 4 1 7 28 1 37 39 .243 .385 .402 .787 111 68 5 2 1 2
1950 27 NYG NL 140 532 437 68 103 13 3 23 71 2 92 73 .236 .371 .437 .808 111 191 14 2 1 *2 MVP-32
1951 28 NYG NL 124 474 361 59 79 12 0 20 70 1 0 104 93 .219 .400 .418 .818 119 151 10 5 4 *2
1952 29 NYG NL 114 403 322 47 71 11 0 14 43 1 2 76 68 .220 .374 .385 .759 110 124 5 3 2 *2 AS
1953 30 NYG NL 107 347 290 40 65 5 0 12 30 2 0 56 73 .224 .352 .366 .717 85 106 8 1 0 *2/5 AS
1954 31 NYG NL 98 299 246 25 46 3 1 8 27 0 1 45 60 .187 .315 .305 .620 63 75 2 3 1 4 2
1955 32 NYG NL 69 166 137 11 29 1 0 4 18 0 1 24 18 .212 .327 .307 .634 70 42 8 1 1 3 3 2
1956 33 NYG NL 68 159 132 10 29 5 2 3 8 0 0 25 28 .220 .346 .356 .702 91 47 6 1 0 1 5 2
1957 34 NYG NL 63 103 91 4 15 1 0 1 2 0 1 10 24 .165 .255 .209 .464 27 19 1 1 1 0 1 2
11 Seasons 919 2849 2322 302 503 59 8 96 315 10 5 489 514 .217 .356 .373 .729 94 866 60 19 11 8 9
162 Game Avg. 162 502 409 53 89 10 1 17 56 2 86 91 .217 .356 .373 .729 94 153 11 3 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1947 24 NYG NL 12 7 3 11.4 107 .500 .417 .275 .417 .351 .500 .408 .917 .759 141 .838 0.7 0.1 .857 .083 .083
1948 25 NYG NL 145 106 10 2.5 103 .188 .160 .270 .276 .345 .296 .400 .572 .744 54 .258 -8.4 -0.8 .566 .320 .136 3.4
1949 26 NYG NL 209 134 26 5.2 104 .276 .243 .270 .385 .344 .402 .405 .787 .749 111 .557 4.2 0.4 .812 .385 .160 1.8
1950 27 NYG NL 532 349 70 5.4 109 .235 .236 .271 .371 .348 .437 .420 .808 .768 111 .557 8.8 0.9 .825 .416 .201 3.7
1951 28 NYG NL 474 296 60 5.4 104 .238 .219 .269 .400 .343 .418 .407 .818 .750 119 .585 15.7 1.6 .894 .490 .199 1.9
1952 29 NYG NL 403 260 45 4.6 98 .238 .220 .263 .374 .336 .385 .391 .759 .727 110 .550 7.9 0.8 .783 .398 .165 1.9
1953 30 NYG NL 347 233 37 4.2 112 .259 .224 .278 .352 .349 .366 .433 .717 .782 85 .436 -5.4 -0.5 .708 .341 .141 3.4
1954 31 NYG NL 299 208 23 3.0 110 .209 .187 .275 .315 .347 .305 .426 .620 .772 63 .293 -13.1 -1.3 .601 .297 .118 .0
1955 32 NYG NL 166 121 14 3.1 106 .212 .212 .267 .327 .338 .307 .422 .634 .760 70 .319 -5.4 -0.5 .564 .263 .095 .0
1956 33 NYG NL 159 110 16 3.9 102 .255 .220 .263 .346 .330 .356 .415 .702 .745 91 .437 -0.9 -0.1 .670 .326 .136 .0
1957 34 NYG NL 103 79 5 1.7 103 .212 .165 .269 .255 .332 .209 .416 .464 .748 27 .140 -9.5 -0.9 .372 .143 .044 .0
11 Seasons 2849 1903 309 4.3 106 .237 .217 .270 .356 .343 .373 .413 .729 .756 94 .474 -5.4 -0.3 .732 .369 .156 18.1
162 Game Avg. 502 335 54 4.3 106 .237 .217 .270 .356 .343 .373 .413 .729 .756 94 .474 -5.4 -0.3 .732 .369 .156 3

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
1951 28 NYG NL WS NYY L 6 22 17 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 .235 .409 .294 .703 5 2 0 0 0 0
1954 31 NYG NL WS CLE W 4 15 11 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 3 .273 .286 .273 .558 3 0 0 1 2 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 10 37 28 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 1 6 6 .250 .361 .286 .647 8 2 0 1 2 0
2 WS 10 37 28 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 1 6 6 .250 .361 .286 .647 8 2 0 1 2 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1952 NYG NL 29 DNP
1953 NYG NL 30 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1947 24 NYG NL 12 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 8.3% 20% 6.0 6.0 83%
1948 25 NYG NL 145 2.8% 24.8% 13.8% 5.5% 40% 1.80 3.5 31.3 7.8 59%
1949 26 NYG NL 209 3.4% 18.7% 17.7% 5.7% 29% 1.05 4.3 24.1 6.0 59%
1950 27 NYG NL 532 4.3% 13.7% 17.3% 7.3% 38% 0.79 6.0 19.0 6.2 64%
1951 28 NYG NL 474 4.2% 19.6% 21.9% 6.8% 41% 0.89 3.9 18.1 5.2 52%
1952 29 NYG NL 403 3.5% 16.9% 18.9% 6.2% 35% 0.89 4.7 23.0 7.5 60%
1953 30 NYG NL 347 3.5% 21.0% 16.1% 4.9% 26% 1.30 4.0 24.2 9.7 59%
1954 31 NYG NL 299 2.7% 20.1% 15.1% 4.0% 26% 1.33 4.1 30.8 9.1 0.36 61%
1955 32 NYG NL 166 2.4% 10.8% 14.5% 3.0% 17% 0.75 7.6 34.3 7.6 0.74 71%
1956 33 NYG NL 159 1.9% 17.6% 15.7% 6.3% 35% 1.12 4.7 44.0 16.5 1.07 64%
1957 34 NYG NL 103 1.0% 23.3% 9.7% 1.9% 13% 2.40 3.8 91.0 45.5 0.60 64%
11 Seasons 2849 3.4% 18.0% 17.2% 5.7% 32% 1.05 4.5 24.2 7.4 0.58 60%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 31 NYG NL 1 0 20% 87 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 59% 10 4 5 0 0 0 7 2 5
1955 32 NYG NL 0 0 14% 43 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14% 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 1
1956 33 NYG NL 0 0 14% 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 55% 8 5 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
1957 34 NYG NL 1 0 12% 23 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
11 Seasons 2 0 23% 201 10 5 111% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 46% 24 15 8 2 1 1 15 4 10
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 31 NYG NL 281 29% 46 0 0 0 0 8 1 8 5 3 5 3 0 1 1 100% 52 2 4% 21 5 24% 177 19 11% 17 7 41% 18 6 33% 18
1955 32 NYG NL 126 34% 29 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 100% 31 8 26% 15 4 27% 69 10 14% 7 4 57% 3 1 33% 40
1956 33 NYG NL 114 27% 29 1 1 0 0 2.94 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 6 33% 6 2 33% 62 3 5% 6 1 17% 7 2 29% 45
1957 34 NYG NL 92 27% 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 11 1 9% 6 1 17% 45 1 2% 0 0 5 0 0% 11
11 Seasons 613 29% 503 1 1 0 0 2.94 96 1 13 8 5 9 4 0 3 11 367% 112 60 54% 48 12 25% 353 33 9% 30 12 40% 33 9 27% 114
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 24 6 12 12 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 .417 .417 .500 .917 141 6 0 0 0
1948 25 72 157 137 15 25 4 1 4 18 3 20 38 .182 .287 .314 .600 61 43 1 0 0
1949 26 136 366 306 38 66 8 2 11 46 4 57 77 .216 .342 .363 .705 89 111 6 2 1
1950 27 276 898 743 106 169 21 5 34 117 6 149 150 .227 .359 .406 .766 102 302 20 4 2
1951 28 400 1372 1104 165 248 33 5 54 187 7 0 253 243 .225 .373 .410 .784 108 453 30 9 6
1952 29 514 1775 1426 212 319 44 5 68 230 8 2 329 311 .224 .374 .405 .778 108 577 35 12 8
1953 30 621 2122 1716 252 384 49 5 80 260 10 2 385 384 .224 .370 .398 .768 104 683 43 13 8
1954 31 719 2421 1962 277 430 52 6 88 287 10 3 430 444 .219 .363 .386 .750 99 758 45 16 9 4
1955 32 788 2587 2099 288 459 53 6 92 305 10 4 454 462 .219 .361 .381 .742 97 800 53 17 10 7 3
1956 33 856 2746 2231 298 488 58 8 95 313 10 4 479 490 .219 .360 .380 .740 97 847 59 18 10 8 8
1957 34 919 2849 2322 302 503 59 8 96 315 10 5 489 514 .217 .356 .373 .729 94 866 60 19 11 8 9

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1947 24 6 13 13 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 6
1948 25 69 152 131 14 21 3 1 4 16 3 21 38 .160 .276 .290 .566 10 66
1949 26 66 215 175 23 42 4 1 7 28 1 38 40 .240 .381 .394 .776 26 64
1950 27 146 546 452 67 103 13 3 23 70 2 92 76 .228 .361 .423 .783 69 140
1951 28 129 486 374 60 81 12 0 21 71 1 107 97 .217 .397 .417 .814 60 124
1952 29 119 422 338 52 76 12 0 15 48 1 81 71 .225 .379 .393 .773 50 114
1953 30 111 354 298 38 64 5 0 12 28 2 55 76 .215 .339 .352 .691 35 107
1954 31 103 310 257 25 47 3 1 8 27 0 46 63 .183 .310 .296 .605 23 98
1955 32 73 171 143 11 29 1 0 4 18 0 24 19 .203 .316 .294 .609 14 69
1956 33 71 168 139 11 31 5 2 3 9 0 27 29 .223 .351 .353 .704 18 68
1957 34 66 107 95 4 16 1 0 1 2 0 11 25 .168 .262 .211 .472 5 63
11 Seasons 959 2944 2415 306 510 59 8 98 319 10 502 536 .211 .350 .364 .714 312 919
162 Game Avg. 162 497 408 52 86 10 1 17 54 2 85 91 .211 .350 .364 .714 53 919

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1952
1953

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1950-NL-32-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 NL--92--4th
1951 NL--104--3rd
1952 NL--76--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1950 NL--73--9th
1951 NL--93--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 NL--5--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
1950 NL--19.000--7th
1951 NL--18.050--9th**

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 17 (876), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1980), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Ron Karkovice (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ron Karkovice (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ron Karkovice (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kevin Elster (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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