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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1947 NYG NL 24 C 2 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 5.00 .980 4.35 0
1948 NYG NL 25 C 63 208 179 25 4 4 .981 3.24 .980 4.41 2
1949 NYG NL 26 C 62 247 224 18 5 4 .980 3.90 .982 4.39 4
1950 NYG NL 27 C 139 680 608 71 1 21 .999 4.88 .982 4.53 8 MVP-32
1951 NYG NL 28 C 122 624 554 62 8 9 .987 5.05 .981 4.43 5
1952 NYG NL 29 C 112 557 481 64 12 11 .978 4.87 .984 4.84 13 AS
1953 NYG NL 30 C 106 503 441 53 9 9 .982 4.66 .984 4.66 6 AS
1953 NYG NL 30 3B 1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 .933 2.70 AS
1954 NYG NL 31 C 98 83 726.2 471 419 45 7 8 .985 3.0 5.0 3 5.75 4.73 .986 5.36 4.57 3 13 14 19 58%
1955 NYG NL 32 C 68 51 439.1 311 280 27 4 5 .987 1.0 2.7 1 6.29 4.51 .987 5.65 4.82 4 5 10 8 44%
1956 NYG NL 33 C 67 45 411.1 330 297 27 6 7 .982 -4.0 -11.7 -4 7.09 4.84 .985 5.83 5.01 13 6 14 5 26%
1957 NYG NL 34 C 63 41 333.1 175 148 21 6 4 .966 1.0 3.6 1 4.56 2.68 .988 5.98 4.99 3 6 11 10 48%
11 Seasons C 902 220 1910.2 4116 3639 415 62 82 .985 1.0 0.6 1 19.10 4.49 .984 5.64 4.65 61 30 49 42 46%
1 Season 3B 1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 .933 2.70
11 Seasons TOT 903 220 1910.2 4119 3639 418 62 82 .985 1.0 0.6 1 19.11 4.49 .968 5.64 4.64 61 30 49 42 46%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 NYG NL 24 6 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 NYG NL 25 66 66 66 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 NYG NL 26 64 64 64 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 NYG NL 27 140 140 140 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 NYG NL 28 124 124 124 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 NYG NL 29 114 114 114 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYG NL 30 107 107 107 0 106 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYG NL 31 98 83 98 98 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYG NL 32 69 51 69 69 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 NYG NL 33 68 45 68 68 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 NYG NL 34 63 41 63 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 919 220 919 919 0 902 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 NYG NL 31 2979 3.03 3.48 54 96% 0 0 406 44 4 6 352 39 6 1 0 9 7 1 3 3 0 7 1 0 1 4 100%
1955 NYG NL 32 1575 4.22 4.99 38 97% 0 0 217 29 0 5 183 19 7 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 100%
1956 NYG NL 33 1325 3.87 4.24 36 97% 0 0 207 28 1 6 172 19 6 0 0 3 5 1 1 3 0 6 0 0 1 5 80%
1957 NYG NL 34 1318 4.28 4.77 21 86% 0 0 142 12 3 5 122 19 3 0 0 4 4 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 2 4 100%
4 Seasons 7197 3.67 4.18 149 95% 0 0 972 113 8 22 829 96 22 2 0 17 19 2 9 8 1 20 1 1 4 17 94%
MLB Averages 3.95 4.45 96% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 NYG NL 31 3 13 1085 14 19 19 58% 13 17 1 1 0 1 2 0 46 26 1.09 1.38
1955 NYG NL 32 3 5 611 10 8 8 44% 8 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 8 0.76 1.58
1956 NYG NL 33 10 6 487 14 5 5 26% 10 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 42 8 1.36 1.74
1957 NYG NL 34 3 6 494 11 10 9 48% 11 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 30 13 0.88 1.15
4 Seasons 19 30 2677 49 42 41 46% 42 39 5 1 2 2 4 0 146 55 1.06 1.40
MLB Averages 45% 1.17 1.16

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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