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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 (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1947
Final Game: September 29, 1957
Died: May 28, 2002 in Clearbrook, MN
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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 86 106 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 28 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

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

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 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 (1665), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 17 (876), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1949), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Gary Alexander (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  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

Transactions

Before 1941 Season: Sent from Crookston (Northern) to the New York Giants in an unknown transaction.

December 18, 1957: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

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