Sam West
Samuel Filmore West
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 5, 1904 in Longview, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1927
Final Game: September 24, 1942
Died: November 23, 1985 in Lubbock, TX
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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
1927 22 WSH AL 38 75 67 9 16 4 1 0 6 1 0 8 8 .239 .320 .328 .648 69 22 0 0 O
1928 23 WSH AL 125 405 378 59 114 30 7 3 40 5 6 20 23 .302 .338 .442 .780 104 167 1 6 *O
1929 24 WSH AL 142 577 510 60 136 16 8 3 75 9 8 45 41 .267 .326 .347 .673 73 177 0 22 *O
1930 25 WSH AL 120 458 411 75 135 22 10 6 67 5 5 37 34 .328 .385 .474 .860 117 195 1 9 *O
1931 26 WSH AL 132 559 526 77 175 43 13 3 91 6 8 30 37 .333 .369 .481 .850 121 253 0 3 *O MVP-9
1932 27 WSH AL 146 612 554 88 159 27 12 6 83 4 5 48 57 .287 .345 .412 .756 96 228 1 9 *O
1933 28 SLB AL 133 582 517 93 155 25 12 11 48 10 8 59 49 .300 .373 .458 .831 114 237 1 5 *O AS,MVP-11
1934 29 SLB AL 122 554 482 90 157 22 10 9 55 3 5 62 55 .326 .403 .469 .871 117 226 0 10 *O AS,MVP-15
1935 30 SLB AL 138 615 527 93 158 37 4 10 70 1 6 75 46 .300 .388 .442 .830 111 233 1 12 *O AS
1936 31 SLB AL 152 637 533 78 148 26 4 7 70 2 0 94 70 .278 .386 .381 .767 88 203 0 10 *O MVP-18
1937 32 SLB AL 122 506 457 68 150 37 4 7 58 1 1 46 28 .328 .390 .473 .862 116 216 0 3 *O AS
1938 33 TOT AL 136 567 509 68 155 27 7 6 74 2 1 47 30 .305 .363 .420 .784 100 214 0 11 *O
1938 33 SLB AL 44 181 165 17 51 8 2 1 27 1 0 14 9 .309 .363 .400 .763 91 66 0 2 O
1938 33 WSH AL 92 386 344 51 104 19 5 5 47 1 1 33 21 .302 .363 .430 .794 104 148 0 9 O
1939 34 WSH AL 115 471 390 52 110 20 8 3 52 1 1 67 29 .282 .387 .397 .785 107 155 5 0 14 O3
1940 35 WSH AL 57 117 99 7 25 6 1 1 18 0 2 16 13 .253 .357 .364 .720 92 36 0 0 2 3/O
1941 36 WSH AL 26 49 37 3 10 0 0 0 6 1 0 11 2 .270 .438 .270 .708 95 10 0 0 1 /O
1942 37 CHW AL 49 188 151 14 35 5 0 0 25 2 0 31 18 .232 .363 .265 .628 79 40 1 0 6 O
16 Seasons 1753 6972 6148 934 1838 347 101 75 838 53 56 696 540 .299 .371 .425 .796 104 2612 6 5 123
162 Game Avg. 162 644 568 86 170 32 9 7 77 5 5 64 50 .299 .371 .425 .796 104 241 0 11
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
WSH (10 yrs) 993 3709 3316 481 984 187 65 30 485 33 36 315 265 .297 .358 .419 .778 101 1391 5 3 75
SLB (6 yrs) 711 3075 2681 439 819 155 36 45 328 18 20 350 257 .305 .386 .441 .827 107 1181 2 42
CHW (1 yr) 49 188 151 14 35 5 0 0 25 2 0 31 18 .232 .363 .265 .628 79 40 1 0 6

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
1927 22 WSH AL 75 51 7 3.7 110 .271 .239 .292 .320 .360 .328 .409 .648 .769 69 .374 -3.0 -0.3 .608 .224 .090 .0
1928 23 WSH AL 405 276 55 5.3 107 .315 .302 .287 .338 .352 .442 .408 .780 .761 104 .553 1.4 0.1 .693 .190 .140 3.8
1929 24 WSH AL 577 404 57 3.8 113 .285 .267 .293 .326 .360 .347 .423 .673 .783 73 .377 -22.0 -2.1 .584 .171 .080 4.5
1930 25 WSH AL 458 290 74 6.8 116 .348 .328 .295 .385 .359 .474 .434 .860 .793 117 .615 10.2 0.9 .829 .236 .146 5.5
1931 26 WSH AL 559 362 91 6.7 109 .354 .333 .288 .369 .355 .481 .411 .850 .766 121 .640 14.4 1.4 .783 .202 .148 4.0
1932 27 WSH AL 612 409 77 5.0 110 .312 .287 .284 .345 .355 .412 .417 .756 .772 96 .503 -4.5 -0.4 .690 .209 .125 4.8
1933 28 SLB AL 582 375 87 6.2 111 .315 .300 .288 .373 .360 .458 .415 .831 .775 114 .621 9.6 0.9 .808 .277 .159 10.5
1934 29 SLB AL 554 340 90 7.0 119 .354 .326 .298 .403 .373 .469 .429 .871 .802 117 .651 12.6 1.2 .867 .268 .143 4.5
1935 30 SLB AL 615 387 88 6.1 115 .314 .300 .292 .388 .366 .442 .423 .830 .788 111 .587 10.5 1.0 .811 .275 .142 1.8
1936 31 SLB AL 637 395 79 5.3 124 .309 .278 .302 .386 .379 .381 .444 .767 .823 88 .481 -8.0 -0.7 .777 .283 .103 3.1
1937 32 SLB AL 506 311 84 7.1 117 .339 .328 .290 .390 .365 .473 .432 .862 .797 116 .636 12.3 1.1 .851 .245 .144 1.8
1938 33 TOT AL 567 366 78 5.6 114 .315 .305 .284 .363 .362 .420 .423 .784 .785 100 .528 0.0 0.0 .738 .210 .116 3.0
1938 33 SLB AL 181 116 24 5.4 118 .323 .309 .290 .363 .369 .400 .432 .763 .801 91 .514 -2.4 -0.2 .711 .182 .091 1.0
1938 33 WSH AL 386 250 54 5.7 112 .311 .302 .281 .363 .359 .430 .419 .794 .778 104 .534 2.4 0.2 .751 .224 .128 1.7
1939 34 WSH AL 471 300 60 5.3 107 .299 .282 .277 .387 .351 .397 .410 .785 .762 107 .520 7.5 0.7 .776 .287 .115 1.5
1940 35 WSH AL 117 78 12 4.1 106 .282 .253 .272 .357 .344 .364 .412 .720 .756 92 .412 -0.4 -0.0 .658 .253 .111 .0
1941 36 WSH AL 49 28 5 4.8 102 .286 .270 .269 .438 .345 .270 .397 .708 .742 95 .504 0.8 0.1 .815 .324 .000 .0
1942 37 CHW AL 188 123 15 3.3 93 .263 .232 .263 .363 .337 .265 .368 .628 .706 79 .396 -2.2 -0.2 .624 .252 .033 .0
16 Seasons 6972 4495 959 5.7 113 .319 .299 .289 .371 .361 .425 .421 .796 .782 104 .554 39.4 3.6 .757 .239 .126 62.1
162 Game Avg. 644 415 89 5.7 113 .319 .299 .289 .371 .361 .425 .421 .796 .782 104 .554 4 0 .757 .239 .126 6
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
WSH (10 yrs) 3709 2448 492 5.4 110 .316 .297 .286 .358 .355 .419 .417 .778 .772 101 .530 6.9 0.6 .719 .217 .123 31.4
SLB (6 yrs) 3075 1924 452 6.3 117 .325 .305 .294 .386 .369 .441 .429 .827 .797 107 .590 34.6 3.3 .813 .265 .135 25.7
CHW (1 yr) 188 123 15 3.3 93 .263 .232 .263 .363 .337 .265 .368 .628 .706 79 .396 -2.2 -0.2 .624 .252 .033 .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
1933 SLB AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1934 SLB AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 SLB AL 30 DNP
1937 SLB AL 32 as LF 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (3 Appearances) 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0

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
1927 22 38 75 67 9 16 4 1 0 6 1 0 8 8 .239 .320 .328 .648 69 22 0 0
1928 23 163 480 445 68 130 34 8 3 46 6 6 28 31 .292 .335 .425 .760 99 189 1 6
1929 24 305 1057 955 128 266 50 16 6 121 15 14 73 72 .279 .330 .383 .714 85 366 1 28
1930 25 425 1515 1366 203 401 72 26 12 188 20 19 110 106 .294 .347 .411 .758 94 561 2 37
1931 26 557 2074 1892 280 576 115 39 15 279 26 27 140 143 .304 .353 .430 .783 102 814 2 40
1932 27 703 2686 2446 368 735 142 51 21 362 30 32 188 200 .300 .351 .426 .777 100 1042 3 49
1933 28 836 3268 2963 461 890 167 63 32 410 40 40 247 249 .300 .355 .432 .787 103 1279 4 54
1934 29 958 3822 3445 551 1047 189 73 41 465 43 45 309 304 .304 .362 .437 .799 105 1505 4 64
1935 30 1096 4437 3972 644 1205 226 77 51 535 44 51 384 350 .303 .366 .438 .803 106 1738 5 76
1936 31 1248 5074 4505 722 1353 252 81 58 605 46 51 478 420 .300 .368 .431 .799 103 1941 5 86
1937 32 1370 5580 4962 790 1503 289 85 65 663 47 52 524 448 .303 .370 .435 .805 105 2157 5 89
1938 33 1506 6147 5471 858 1658 316 92 71 737 49 53 571 478 .303 .369 .433 .803 104 2371 5 100
1939 34 1621 6618 5861 910 1768 336 100 74 789 50 54 638 507 .302 .371 .431 .802 104 2526 5 5 114
1940 35 1678 6735 5960 917 1793 342 101 75 807 50 56 654 520 .301 .370 .430 .800 104 2562 5 5 116
1941 36 1704 6784 5997 920 1803 342 101 75 813 51 56 665 522 .301 .371 .429 .800 104 2572 5 5 117
1942 37 1753 6972 6148 934 1838 347 101 75 838 53 56 696 540 .299 .371 .425 .796 104 2612 6 5 123

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1927 22 40 78 70 9 17 4 1 0 6 1 8 8 .243 .321 .329 .649 7 38
1928 23 131 412 391 58 113 30 7 3 39 5 20 24 .289 .325 .425 .750 54 125
1929 24 150 572 528 56 132 16 8 3 70 9 44 43 .250 .308 .328 .635 53 142
1930 25 126 449 414 64 124 20 9 6 57 5 34 36 .300 .354 .435 .789 63 120
1931 26 138 558 530 68 163 40 12 3 81 6 28 39 .308 .342 .445 .788 80 132
1932 27 154 614 567 79 151 26 11 6 75 4 46 60 .266 .322 .383 .705 69 146
1933 28 142 589 532 82 146 24 11 10 42 9 56 52 .274 .345 .417 .762 77 133
1934 29 128 540 484 75 142 20 9 8 46 3 56 58 .293 .367 .421 .788 75 122
1935 30 146 610 539 83 148 35 4 9 62 1 70 49 .275 .359 .404 .763 78 138
1936 31 159 616 533 62 131 23 4 6 56 2 83 73 .246 .347 .338 .685 63 152
1937 32 127 502 459 60 140 35 4 7 51 1 43 29 .305 .365 .444 .809 74 122
1938 33 144 570 525 62 150 26 7 6 68 2 45 32 .286 .342 .396 .738 71 136
1939 34 121 472 405 50 110 20 8 3 50 1 67 31 .272 .375 .383 .758 58 115
1940 35 60 118 102 7 25 6 1 1 18 0 16 14 .245 .347 .353 .700 13 57
1941 36 27 51 39 3 11 0 0 0 7 1 12 2 .282 .451 .282 .733 5 26
1942 37 52 197 162 16 39 6 0 0 28 2 35 19 .241 .376 .278 .653 17 49
16 Seasons 1845 6948 6280 834 1742 331 96 71 756 52 663 569 .277 .347 .395 .741 857 1753
162 Game Avg. 162 610 551 73 153 29 8 6 66 5 58 50 .277 .347 .395 .741 75 1753

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1933 *
1934 *
1935
1937 (LF)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1931-AL-9-20%
1933-AL-11-14%
1934-AL-15-6%
1936-AL-18-2%
0.42 Career Shares (482nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1931 AL--.333--8th
1934 AL--.326--10th
Career--.299--220th

On-Base% s c a p y
Career--.371--249th

Doubles s c a p y
1931 AL--43--5th
1935 AL--37--6th

Triples s c a p y
1931 AL--13--6th
1932 AL--12--8th
1933 AL--12--7th
1934 AL--10--3rd
Career--101--154th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1936 AL--94--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1932 AL--57--10th
1936 AL--70--5th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1933 AL--10--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1929 AL--22--7th
1938 AL--11--7th
1939 AL--14--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1933 AL--10.5--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 20 (1004), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 35 (517), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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