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Wes Westrum

Wesley Noreen Westrum

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 28, 1922 in Clearbrook, MN
High School: Clearbrook-Gonvick HS (Clearbrook, MN) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1947
Team: Giants 1947-1957

Final Game: September 29, 1957
Died: May 28, 2002 in Clearbrook, MN
Buried: Silver Creek Cemetery, Clearbrook, MN
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1940	17	CRK	D	56	171	171		47	4	0	3						.275	.275	.351	.626		60							CRK · NORL
1941	18	EAU,MNE	C,AA	99	350	350	0	115	32	4	7	0	0				.329	.329	.503	.831		176							EAU,MNE · NORL,AA
1942	19	LRK,MNE	A1,AA	48	105	105	1	21	4	1	0	0	0				.200	.200	.257	.457		27							LRK,MNE · SOUA,AA
1943		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	23	SFG-min	A	103	327	327		90	14	3	8						.275	.275	.410	.685		134							JCK · SALL
1947	24	SFG-min	AAA	134	477	398	85	117	24	3	22	87	10		74	90	.294	.408	.535	.944		213	7	3	2				MNE · AA
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	SFG-min	AAA	51	208	169	38	52	10	2	15	59	7		38	32	.308	.438	.657	1.094		111		1	0				JER · IL
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	348	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	69	42	8	1	1	3	3	2
1956	33	NYG	NL	68	158	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 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1947	24	NYG	NL	6	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.512	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
1948	25	NYG	NL	66	145	-8	0	1	1	1	-5	-0.5	5	0	0.0	.492	.497	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	2
1949	26	NYG	NL	64	209	4	-0	-0	0	2	5	0.5	7	12	1.2	.508	.503	1.2	0.2	12	$	2
1950	27	NYG	NL	140	532	8	-0	-1	5	4	16	1.5	18	34	3.3	.512	.510	2.9	0.9	29	$	*2	MVP-32
1951	28	NYG	NL	124	474	13	2	-2	1	4	18	1.8	16	34	3.3	.515	.511	3.4	0.5	33	$	*2
1952	29	NYG	NL	114	403	6	-1	-0	-1	3	7	0.8	14	21	2.1	.507	.505	2.3	0.3	22	$	*2	AS
1953	30	NYG	NL	107	348	-0	0	-2	3	3	4	0.4	12	16	1.5	.504	.503	1.3	0.6	13	$	*2/5	AS
1954	31	NYG	NL	98	299	-15	-0	0	3	3	-9	-1.0	10	1	0.0	.491	.494	-0.2	0.6	-2	$	2
1955	32	NYG	NL	69	166	-8	-1	-2	1	2	-7	-0.8	6	-1	-0.2	.490	.496	-0.2	0.2	-2	$	2
1956	33	NYG	NL	68	158	-3	-0	-1	-4	2	-6	-0.8	5	-1	-0.2	.490	.496	0.3	-0.3	3	$	2
1957	34	NYG	NL	63	103	-9	-0	-0	1	2	-7	-0.8	3	-4	-0.4	.488	.495	-0.5	0.3	-5	$	2
11 Seasons				919	2849	-11	-1	-7	10	27	18	1.1	96	114	10.7	.502	.501	10.5	3.4	104	$

Advanced Batting

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	0.8	.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	348	233	37	4.2	113	.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	.294	-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	69	.319	-5.4	-0.5	.564	.263	.095	.0
1956	33	NYG	NL	158	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	-1.0	.372	.143	.044	.0
11 Yrs				2849	1903	309	4.3	106	.237	.217	.270	.356	.343	.373	.414	.729	.756	94	.474	-5.5	-0.5	.732	.369	.156	18.1
162 Game Avg.				502	335	54	4.3	106	.237	.217	.270	.356	.343	.373	.414	.729	.756	94	.474	-5.5	-0.5	.732	.369	.156	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
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 Yrs (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

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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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	0.81	59%
1949	26	NYG	NL	209	3.4%	18.7%	17.7%	5.7%	29%	1.05	4.3	24.1	6.0	0.60	59%
1950	27	NYG	NL	532	4.3%	13.7%	17.3%	7.3%	38%	0.79	6.0	19.0	6.2	0.68	64%
1951	28	NYG	NL	474	4.2%	19.6%	21.9%	6.8%	41%	0.89	3.9	18.1	5.2	0.54	52%
1952	29	NYG	NL	403	3.5%	16.9%	18.9%	6.2%	35%	0.89	4.7	23.0	7.5	0.58	60%
1953	30	NYG	NL	348	3.5%	21.0%	16.1%	4.9%	26%	1.30	4.0	24.2	9.7	0.57	59%
1954	31	NYG	NL	299	2.7%	20.1%	15.1%	4.0%	26%	1.33	4.1	30.8	9.1	0.39	61%
1955	32	NYG	NL	166	2.4%	10.8%	14.5%	3.0%	17%	0.75	7.6	34.3	7.6	0.85	71%
1956	33	NYG	NL	158	1.9%	17.7%	15.8%	6.3%	35%	1.12	4.7	44.0	16.5	0.89	65%
1957	34	NYG	NL	103	1.0%	23.3%	9.7%	1.9%	13%	2.40	3.8	91.0	45.5	0.58	64%
11 Yrs				2849	3.4%	18.0%	17.2%	5.7%	32%	1.05	4.5	24.2	7.4	0.60	60%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.6%	9.6%	6.5%	28%	1.10	8.4	43.8	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	24	NYG	NL	0.7	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	25	NYG	NL	-8.4	-0.8	52	-0.2	0.9	-1.1	1.17	-0.1	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	1.10	-1.4		0
1949	26	NYG	NL	3.9	0.4	109	0.2	1.9	-1.7	1.04	0.3	-0.1	2.0	0.2	0.97	4.5		0
1950	27	NYG	NL	8.8	0.8	414	0.5	7.6	-7.1	1.03	1.3	-0.8	9.7	0.9	0.98	15.2	1.54	0
1951	28	NYG	NL	15.7	1.6	427	2.6	9.6	-6.9	1.06	1.5	1.0	21.8	2.1	0.98	16.0	1.07	3
1952	29	NYG	NL	7.9	0.8	339	0.8	5.5	-4.7	.90	0.8	0.1	11.5	1.2	0.97	7.9	3.80	1
1953	30	NYG	NL	-5.4	-0.5	344	0.0	5.0	-5.0	.86	-0.0	0.1	2.2	0.2	0.92	1.1	0.02	1
1954	31	NYG	NL	-13.1	-1.3	287	-0.3	4.6	-4.9	1.01	-1.0	0.7	-10.4	-1.0	0.94	-10.9		0
1955	32	NYG	NL	-5.4	-0.5	136	-0.6	2.0	-2.6	1.00	-0.6	0.0	-3.4	-0.3	0.96	-5.0	3.51	1
1956	33	NYG	NL	-0.9	-0.1	139	-0.4	1.6	-2.0	.88	-0.5	0.1	-5.7	-0.6	0.87	-4.2	2.88	1
1957	34	NYG	NL	-9.5	-1.0	97	-0.8	0.8	-1.7	.94	-0.8	-0.1	-9.1	-0.9	0.91	-8.5		0
11 Yrs				-5.7	-0.5	2344	1.8	39.5	-37.7	.98	0.9	1.0	17.8	1.8	0.95	14.8	1.92	7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	25	NYG	NL	0	28%	15	3			1	0	0	0	0	0	1	75%	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2
1949	26	NYG	NL	1	22%	53	1			1	0	0	0	0	3	1	69%	7	4	3	0	0	0	9	1	8
1950	27	NYG	NL	2	26%	174	2			2	2	0	0	1	5	5	43%	25	15	9	6	5	1	11	2	8
1951	28	NYG	NL	2	23%	149	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	2	6	8	52%	15	10	5	4	2	2	10	1	8
1952	29	NYG	NL	4	24%	119	1	2	33%	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	35%	12	10	2	2	2	0	12	5	7
1953	30	NYG	NL	10	26%	140	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	1	2	5	48%	11	9	2	5	3	2	13	2	10
1954	31	NYG	NL	1	20%	88	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	59%	10	4	5	0	0	0	7	2	5
1955	32	NYG	NL	0	14%	52	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	14%	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	2	1
1956	33	NYG	NL	1	14%	52	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	9	6	3	1	0	1	2	0	2
1957	34	NYG	NL	1	12%	25	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	29%	4	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	2
11 Yrs				22	23%	867	10	5	111%	7	4	1	1	5	20	26	47%	97	65	30	20	14	6	72	15	53

Situational Hitting*

						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
1948	25	NYG	NL	145	27%	20			0	0	0	0		4	0	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	0		15	1	7%	6	3	50%	50	7	14%	5	3	60%	3	2	67%	0
1949	26	NYG	NL	209	26%	41			0	0	0	0		7	0	4	1	1	4	3	0	1	1	100%	20	5	25%	10	2	20%	74	9	12%	8	3	38%	1	1	100%	0
1950	27	NYG	NL	532	42%	103			0	0	0	0	1.54	23	1	16	9	10	12	11	1	1	1	100%	88	14	16%	36	7	19%	269	34	13%	40	15	38%	14	8	57%	0
1951	28	NYG	NL	474	30%	79			3	1	0	1	1.07	20	2	12	10	7	14	6	0	5	4	80%	82	10	12%	46	7	15%	276	45	16%	32	8	25%	15	3	20%	0
1952	29	NYG	NL	403	23%	71			1	0	0	0	3.80	14	0	9	9	4	8	6	0	2	2	100%	68	5	7%	28	5	18%	202	28	14%	12	7	58%	6	3	50%	0
1953	30	NYG	NL	348	29%	65			1	0	0	0	0.02	12	0	4	11	1	8	4	0	0	0		69	8	12%	20	0	0%	198	18	9%	16	5	31%	8	1	13%	0
1954	31	NYG	NL	299	28%	46			0	0	0	0		8	1	8	5	3	5	3	0	1	1	100%	53	2	4%	21	5	24%	179	19	11%	17	7	41%	9	4	44%	0
1955	32	NYG	NL	168	35%	29			1	0	0	0	3.51	4	0	3	3	1	4	0	0	1	1	100%	36	8	22%	16	5	31%	80	15	19%	8	5	63%	4	3	75%	-2
1956	33	NYG	NL	158	27%	29			1	1	0	0	2.88	3	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	0		18	6	33%	6	2	33%	78	5	6%	7	1	14%	2	1	50%	0
1957	34	NYG	NL	103	28%	15			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	12	1	8%	6	1	17%	48	1	2%	0	0		3	0	0%	0
11 Yrs				2839	31%	503			7	2	0	1	1.92	96	4	63	52	28	58	38	1	12	11	92%	461	60	13%	195	37	19%	1454	181	12%	145	54	37%	65	26	40%	-2
MLB Averages					50%																			101%			13%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

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	2123	1716	252	384	49	5	80	260	10	2	385	384	.224	.370	.398	.768	104	683	43	13	8
1954	31	719	2422	1962	277	430	52	6	88	287	10	3	430	444	.219	.363	.386	.750	99	758	45	16	9	4
1955	32	788	2588	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	12	12	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	.417	.417	.500	.917	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	216	175	23	42	4	1	7	28	1	38	40	.240	.381	.394	.776	26	64
1950	27	146	547	452	67	103	13	3	23	70	2	92	76	.228	.361	.423	.783	69	140
1951	28	129	490	374	60	81	12	0	21	71	1	107	97	.217	.397	.417	.814	60	124
1952	29	119	424	338	51	76	12	0	15	47	1	81	71	.225	.379	.393	.773	50	114
1953	30	111	352	297	37	63	5	0	12	28	2	54	76	.212	.335	.350	.685	34	107
1954	31	103	311	257	25	47	3	1	8	27	0	46	63	.183	.310	.296	.605	23	98
1955	32	73	172	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	108	95	4	16	1	0	1	2	0	11	25	.168	.262	.211	.472	5	63
11 Yrs		959	2952	2413	304	514	60	8	98	318	10	501	536	.213	.352	.366	.718	311	919
162 Game Avg.		162	499	408	51	87	10	1	17	54	2	85	91	.213	.352	.366	.718	53	919

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1964 BBWAA ( 1.0%)	All-Star Games 1952 1953	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1950 NL (32, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1950 NL 0.9 (9th)
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 19.0 (7th) 1951 NL 18.1 (9th)**
Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1951 NL 2.6 (10th)

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.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 6 (1702), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 17 (903), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Ron Karkovice (945) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Karkovice (948) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Yeager (922) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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