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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1927 WSH AL 22 OF 18 33 28 3 2 0 .939 1.72 .964 2.22 5-8-5
1928 WSH AL 23 OF 116 224 210 13 1 0 .996 1.92 .972 2.22 53-60-6
1929 WSH AL 24 OF 139 410 376 25 9 8 .978 2.88 .966 2.28 4-136-0
1930 WSH AL 25 OF 118 327 310 8 9 1 .972 2.69 .965 2.16 1-117-0
1931 WSH AL 26 OF 127 419 402 13 4 3 .990 3.27 .968 2.25 0-127-0 MVP-9
1932 WSH AL 27 OF 143 475 450 15 10 7 .979 3.25 .967 2.28 0-143-0
1933 SLB AL 28 OF 127 347 329 14 4 3 .988 2.70 .969 2.21 0-127-0 AS,MVP-11
1934 SLB AL 29 OF 120 326 303 14 9 3 .972 2.64 .968 2.16 0-120-0 AS,MVP-15
1935 SLB AL 30 OF 135 461 449 7 5 2 .989 3.38 .969 2.30 0-135-0 AS
1936 SLB AL 31 OF 148 460 442 10 8 2 .983 3.05 .968 2.29 0-148-0 MVP-18
1937 SLB AL 32 OF 105 319 298 17 4 6 .987 3.00 .968 2.28 0-105-0 AS
1938 TOT AL 33 OF 126 333 322 4 7 3 .979 2.59 .972 2.28 1-125-0
1938 SLB AL 33 OF 41 104 101 0 3 0 .971 2.46 .972 2.28 0-41-0
1938 WSH AL 33 OF 85 229 221 4 4 3 .983 2.65 .972 2.28 1-84-0
1939 WSH AL 34 OF 89 241 232 7 2 3 .992 2.69 .968 2.35 23-55-11
1939 WSH AL 34 1B 17 143 133 6 4 9 .972 8.18 .990 9.43
1940 WSH AL 35 1B 12 103 95 7 1 13 .990 8.50 .989 9.60
1940 WSH AL 35 OF 9 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .967 2.32 0-3-6
1941 WSH AL 36 OF 8 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.38 .974 2.33 4-1-3
1942 CHW AL 37 OF 45 115 112 1 2 1 .983 2.51 .976 2.31 1-44-0
16 Seasons OF 1573 4527 4300 151 76 42 .983 2.83 .968 2.26 92-1454-31
2 Seasons 1B 29 246 228 13 5 22 .980 8.31 .990 9.50
16 Seasons TOT 1602 4773 4528 164 81 64 .983 2.93 .952 2.39 92-1454-31
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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 - 12 (1142), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 35 (509), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (464), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

December 14, 1932: Traded by the Washington Senators with Lloyd Brown, Carl Reynolds and $20,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Goose Goslin, Fred Schulte and Lefty Stewart.

June 15, 1938: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Washington Senators for Mel Almada.

February 15, 1942: Released by the Washington Senators.

March, 1942: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

June 26, 1945: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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