| Wes Westrum Wesley Noreen Westrum Position: Catcher
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Born: November 28, 1922 in Clearbrook, MN
High School: Clearbrook-Gonvick HS (Clearbrook, MN)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1947 (Age 24)
Team: Giants 1947-1957
Final Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 34)
Died: May 28, 2002 in Clearbrook, MN
Buried: Silver Creek Cemetery, Clearbrook, MN
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| Year | Tm | Lg | Age | Pos | G | GS | CG | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | RF/9 | RF/G | lgFld% | lgRF9 | lgRFG | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | lgCS% | PO | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | NYG | NL | 24 | C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.00 | .981 | 4.95 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 44% | ||||||||
| 1948 | NYG | NL | 25 | C | 63 | 37 | 27 | 208 | 179 | 25 | 4 | 4 | .981 | 3.24 | .980 | 5.15 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 33% | 40% | 0 | ||||||
| 1949 | NYG | NL | 26 | C | 62 | 47 | 45 | 247 | 224 | 18 | 5 | 4 | .980 | 3.90 | .982 | 4.98 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 27% | 43% | 0 | ||||||
| 1950 | NYG | NL | 27 | C | 139 | 134 | 109 | 1136.2 | 680 | 608 | 71 | 1 | 21 | .999 | 5.38 | 4.88 | .982 | 5.38 | 5.33 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 29 | 54% | 38% | 2 | MVP-32 | ||
| 1951 | NYG | NL | 28 | C | 122 | 119 | 97 | 1027.0 | 624 | 554 | 62 | 8 | 9 | .987 | 5.40 | 5.05 | .981 | 5.18 | 5.16 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 31 | 52% | 41% | 3 | |||
| 1952 | NYG | NL | 29 | C | 112 | 108 | 82 | 911.1 | 557 | 481 | 64 | 12 | 11 | .978 | 5.38 | 4.87 | .984 | 5.52 | 5.47 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 63% | 44% | 4 | AS | ||
| 1953 | NYG | NL | 30 | C | 106 | 101 | 67 | 803.0 | 503 | 441 | 53 | 9 | 9 | .982 | 3 | 4 | 5.54 | 4.66 | .984 | 5.53 | 5.42 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 18 | 55% | 40% | 2 | AS |
| 1953 | NYG | NL | 30 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 3.00 | .950 | 3.06 | 3.00 | AS | |||||||||
| 1954 | NYG | NL | 31 | C | 98 | 83 | 59 | 726.2 | 471 | 419 | 45 | 7 | 8 | .985 | 3 | 5 | 5.75 | 4.73 | .986 | 5.36 | 5.33 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 59% | 44% | 2 | |
| 1955 | NYG | NL | 32 | C | 68 | 51 | 23 | 439.1 | 311 | 280 | 27 | 4 | 5 | .987 | 1 | 3 | 6.29 | 4.51 | .987 | 5.65 | 5.60 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 46% | 46% | 0 | |
| 1956 | NYG | NL | 33 | C | 67 | 45 | 26 | 411.2 | 330 | 297 | 27 | 6 | 7 | .982 | -4 | -12 | 7.08 | 4.84 | .985 | 5.83 | 5.77 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 36% | 40% | 1 | |
| 1957 | NYG | NL | 34 | C | 63 | 41 | 16 | 333.1 | 175 | 148 | 21 | 6 | 4 | .966 | 1 | 4 | 4.56 | 2.68 | .988 | 5.98 | 6.02 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 43% | 40% | 1 | |
| 11 Seasons | C | 902 | 768 | 553 | 5789.0 | 4116 | 3639 | 415 | 62 | 82 | .985 | 4 | 1 | 5.59 | 4.49 | .984 | 5.47 | 5.40 | 61 | 115 | 180 | 173 | 49% | 41% | 15 | ||||
| 1 Season | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 3.00 | .950 | 3.06 | 3.00 | |||||||||||||
| 11 Seasons | TOT | 903 | 768 | 553 | 5794.0 | 4119 | 3639 | 418 | 62 | 82 | .985 | 4 | 1 | 5.59 | 4.49 | .984 | 5.47 | 5.40 | 61 | 115 | 180 | 173 | 49% | 41% | 15 | ||||
| Year | Tm | Lg | Age | Pos | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzhm | Rtzrd | Rdp | Rof | Rctch | Rdrs | Rdrs/yr | Rpm | Rdp | Rbnt | Rof | Rhr | RerC | RsbC | RsbP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | NYG | NL | 24 | C | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | NYG | NL | 25 | C | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1949 | NYG | NL | 26 | C | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 | NYG | NL | 27 | C | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1951 | NYG | NL | 28 | C | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | NYG | NL | 29 | C | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1953 | NYG | NL | 30 | C | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 1953 | NYG | NL | 30 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1954 | NYG | NL | 31 | C | 3 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 1955 | NYG | NL | 32 | C | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1956 | NYG | NL | 33 | C | -4 | -12 | -4 | |||||||||||||||
| 1957 | NYG | NL | 34 | C | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 11 Seasons | C | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Season | 3B | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 Seasons | TOT | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1948 | NYG | NL | 25 | 67 | 36 | 67 | 64 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1949 | NYG | NL | 26 | 64 | 47 | 64 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1950 | NYG | NL | 27 | 140 | 134 | 140 | 139 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1951 | NYG | NL | 28 | 124 | 119 | 124 | 122 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1952 | NYG | NL | 29 | 114 | 108 | 114 | 112 | 0 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1953 | NYG | NL | 30 | 107 | 101 | 107 | 106 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1954 | NYG | NL | 31 | 98 | 83 | 98 | 98 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | NYG | NL | 32 | 69 | 51 | 69 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1956 | NYG | NL | 33 | 68 | 45 | 68 | 67 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 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 | 0 |
| 11 Seasons | 920 | 767 | 920 | 903 | 0 | 902 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |||
| Pitching Stats | Putouts | Assists | Errors | Double Plays | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Tm | Lg | Age | PA | 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% | ||
| 1948 | NYG | NL | 25 | 580 | 5.01 | 5.43 | 12 | 92% | 0 | 0 | 66 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0% |
| 1949 | NYG | NL | 26 | 1037 | 4.83 | 5.62 | 27 | 93% | 0 | 1 | 116 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 91 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50% |
| 1950 | NYG | NL | 27 | 3724 | 3.80 | 4.26 | 79 | 99% | 0 | 0 | 487 | 64 | 4 | 20 | 398 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 67% |
| 1951 | NYG | NL | 28 | 3848 | 3.60 | 4.16 | 86 | 98% | 1 | 0 | 507 | 71 | 6 | 13 | 416 | 57 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 100% |
| 1952 | NYG | NL | 29 | 3251 | 3.58 | 4.16 | 55 | 91% | 0 | 1 | 438 | 33 | 3 | 16 | 386 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 78% |
| 1953 | NYG | NL | 30 | 3480 | 4.11 | 4.72 | 72 | 99% | 0 | 0 | 442 | 51 | 6 | 22 | 362 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 89% |
| 1954 | NYG | NL | 31 | 2956 | 3.02 | 3.46 | 55 | 96% | 0 | 0 | 411 | 45 | 4 | 6 | 356 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 100% |
| 1955 | NYG | NL | 32 | 1684 | 4.40 | 5.29 | 43 | 98% | 0 | 0 | 244 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 205 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100% |
| 1956 | NYG | NL | 33 | 1570 | 3.92 | 4.32 | 48 | 94% | 0 | 0 | 254 | 32 | 1 | 9 | 212 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 80% |
| 1957 | NYG | NL | 34 | 1330 | 4.25 | 4.71 | 23 | 87% | 0 | 0 | 144 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 123 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 100% |
| 10 Seasons | 23460 | 3.83 | 4.38 | 500 | 96% | 1 | 2 | 3109 | 371 | 29 | 106 | 2600 | 342 | 74 | 8 | 2 | 52 | 49 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 75 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 55 | 85% | |||
| MLB Averages | 4.05 | 4.56 | 95% | 86% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Tm | Lg | Age | PB | WP | SBO | SB | CS | CSctch | CS% | SB2 | CS2 | SB3 | CS3 | SBH | CSH | PO | PCS | RBA | RK | SBlev | CSlev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | NYG | NL | 25 | 0 | 4 | 234 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 53% | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 0.90 | 0.94 |
| 1949 | NYG | NL | 26 | 1 | 10 | 421 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 24% | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 0.94 | 0.94 |
| 1950 | NYG | NL | 27 | 6 | 16 | 1380 | 23 | 30 | 26 | 57% | 19 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 32 | 1.23 | 1.27 |
| 1951 | NYG | NL | 28 | 4 | 16 | 1383 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 50% | 22 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 36 | 1.41 | 1.23 |
| 1952 | NYG | NL | 29 | 10 | 9 | 1178 | 14 | 23 | 22 | 62% | 11 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 36 | 1.11 | 1.29 |
| 1953 | NYG | NL | 30 | 5 | 28 | 1320 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 55% | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 24 | 1.32 | 1.27 |
| 1954 | NYG | NL | 31 | 3 | 13 | 1099 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 59% | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 27 | 1.09 | 1.38 |
| 1955 | NYG | NL | 32 | 4 | 6 | 661 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 41% | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 0.88 | 1.54 |
| 1956 | NYG | NL | 33 | 12 | 7 | 594 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 36% | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 12 | 1.37 | 1.73 |
| 1957 | NYG | NL | 34 | 3 | 6 | 511 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 48% | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 0.89 | 1.13 |
| 10 Seasons | 48 | 115 | 8781 | 156 | 160 | 152 | 51% | 123 | 141 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 466 | 203 | 1.16 | 1.28 | |||
| MLB Averages | 45% | 1.19 | 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 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.
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