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Sam West
Samuel Filmore West

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 17, 1927
Final Game September 24, 1942
Born October 5, 1904 in Longview, TX
Died November 23, 1985 in Lubbock, TX

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1927 22 WSH AL  38   67    9   16   4  1   0    6   1  0   8   8  .239  .320  .328   69   22   0           0    
 1928 23 WSH AL 125  378   59  114  30  7   3   40   5  6  20  23  .302  .338  .442  104  167   6           1    
 1929 24 WSH AL 142  510   60  136  16  8   3   75   9  8  45  41  .267  .326  .347   73  177  22           0    
 1930 25 WSH AL 120  411   75  135  22 10   6   67   5  5  37  34  .328  .385  .474  117  195   9           1    
 1931 26 WSH AL 132  526   77  175  43 13   3   91   6  8  30  37  .333  .369  .481  121  253   3           0     MVP-9
 1932 27 WSH AL 146  554   88  159  27 12   6   83   4  5  48  57  .287  .345  .412   96  228   9           1    
 1933 28 SLB AL 133  517   93  155  25 12  11   48  10  8  59  49  .300  .373  .458  114  237   5           1     MVP-11,AS
 1934 29 SLB AL 122  482   90  157  22 10   9   55   3  5  62  55  .326  .403  .469  117  226  10           0     MVP-15,AS
 1935 30 SLB AL 138  527   93  158  37  4  10   70   1  6  75  46  .300  .388  .442  111  233  12           1     AS
 1936 31 SLB AL 152  533   78  148  26  4   7   70   2  0  94  70  .278  .386  .381   88  203  10           0     MVP-18
 1937 32 SLB AL 122  457   68  150  37  4   7   58   1  1  46  28  .328  .390  .473  116  216   3           0     AS
 1938 33 TOT AL 136  509   68  155  27  7   6   74   2  1  47  30  .305  .363  .420  100  214  11           0    
         SLB AL  44  165   17   51   8  2   1   27   1  0  14   9  .309  .363  .400   91   66   2           0    
         WSH AL  92  344   51  104  19  5   5   47   1  1  33  21  .302  .363  .430  104  148   9           0    
 1939 34 WSH AL 115  390   52  110  20  8   3   52   1  1  67  29  .282  .387  .397  107  155  14           0   5
 1940 35 WSH AL  57   99    7   25   6  1   1   18   0  2  16  13  .253  .357  .364   92   36   2           0   0
 1941 36 WSH AL  26   37    3   10   0  0   0    6   1  0  11   2  .270  .438  .270   95   10   1           0   0
 1942 37 CHW AL  49  151   14   35   5  0   0   25   2  0  31  18  .232  .363  .265   79   40   6           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons         6148      1838    101      838     56     540  .299  .371  .425  104      123   0   0   5   6
               1753       934      347     75       53    696                            2612
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        568   86  170  32  9   7   77   5  5  64  50  .299  .371  .425  104  241  11   0   0   0   1
 Career High    152  554   93  175  43 13  11   91  10  8  94  70  .333  .403  .481  121  253  22   0   0   1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1927 22 WSH AL   75   51    7   3.7   110| .239  .292| .320  .360| .328  .409| .648  .769|  69  .374  -3.0  -0.3 100%
 1928 23 WSH AL  405  276   55   5.3   107| .302  .287| .338  .352| .442  .408| .780  .761| 104  .553   1.4   0.1  45%
 1929 24 WSH AL  577  404   57   3.8   113| .267  .293| .326  .360| .347  .423| .673  .783|  73  .377 -22.0  -2.1  52%
 1930 25 WSH AL  458  290   74   6.8   116| .328  .295| .385  .359| .474  .434| .859  .793| 117  .615  10.2   0.9  50%
 1931 26 WSH AL  559  362   91   6.7   109| .333  .288| .369  .355| .481  .411| .850  .766| 121  .640  14.4   1.4  42%
 1932 27 WSH AL  612  409   77   5.0   110| .287  .284| .345  .355| .412  .417| .757  .772|  96  .503  -4.5  -0.4  44%
 1933 28 SLB AL  582  375   87   6.2   111| .300  .288| .373  .360| .458  .415| .831  .775| 114  .621   9.6   0.9  55%
 1934 29 SLB AL  554  340   90   7.0   119| .326  .298| .403  .373| .469  .429| .872  .802| 117  .651  12.6   1.2  37%
 1935 30 SLB AL  615  387   88   6.1   115| .300  .292| .388  .366| .442  .423| .830  .788| 111  .587  10.5   1.0  14%
 1936 31 SLB AL  637  395   79   5.3   124| .278  .302| .386  .379| .381  .444| .767  .823|  88  .481  -8.0  -0.7 100%
 1937 32 SLB AL  506  311   84   7.1   117| .328  .290| .390  .365| .473  .432| .863  .797| 116  .636  12.3   1.1  50%
 1938 33 TOT AL  567  366   78   5.6   114| .305  .284| .363  .362| .420  .423| .783  .785| 100  .528   0.0   0.0  66%
         SLB AL  181  116   24   5.4   118| .309  .290| .363  .369| .400  .432| .763  .801|  91  .515  -2.4  -0.2 100%
         WSH AL  386  250   54   5.7   112| .302  .281| .363  .359| .430  .419| .793  .778| 104  .534   2.4   0.2  50%
 1939 34 WSH AL  471  300   60   5.3   107| .282  .277| .387  .351| .397  .410| .784  .762| 107  .520   7.5   0.7  50%
 1940 35 WSH AL  117   78   12   4.1   106| .253  .272| .357  .344| .364  .412| .721  .756|  92  .412  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1941 36 WSH AL   49   28    5   4.8   102| .270  .269| .438  .345| .270  .397| .708  .742|  95  .504   0.8   0.1 100%
 1942 37 CHW AL  188  123   15   3.3    93| .232  .263| .363  .337| .265  .368| .628  .706|  79  .396  -2.2  -0.2 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     6972 4495  959   5.7   113| .299  .289| .371  .361| .425  .421| .796  .782| 104  .554  39.4   3.7  48%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1927 22 WSH AL OF 18 28 3 2 0 .939 .963 1.72 2.22 5 8 5 1928 23 WSH AL OF 116 210 13 1 0 .996 .973 1.92 2.22 53 60 6 1929 24 WSH AL OF 139 376 25 9 8 .978 .966 2.88 2.28 4 136 0 1930 25 WSH AL OF 118 310 8 9 1 .972 .965 2.69 2.16 1 117 0 1931 26 WSH AL OF 127 402 13 4 3 .990 .969 3.27 2.25 0 127 0 1932 27 WSH AL OF 143 450 15 10 7 .979 .967 3.25 2.28 0 143 0 1933 28 SLB AL OF 127 329 14 4 3 .988 .970 2.70 2.21 0 127 0 AS 1934 29 SLB AL OF 120 303 14 9 3 .972 .968 2.64 2.16 0 120 0 AS 1935 30 SLB AL OF 135 449 7 5 2 .989 .970 3.38 2.30 0 135 0 AS 1936 31 SLB AL OF 148 442 10 8 2 .983 .968 3.05 2.29 0 148 0 1937 32 SLB AL OF 105 298 17 4 6 .987 .969 3.00 2.28 0 105 0 AS 1938 33 TOT AL OF 126 322 4 7 3 .979 .972 2.59 2.28 1 125 0 SLB AL OF 41 101 0 3 0 .971 .972 2.46 2.28 0 41 0 WSH AL OF 85 221 4 4 3 .983 .972 2.65 2.28 1 84 0 1939 34 WSH AL OF 89 232 7 2 3 .992 .969 2.69 2.35 23 55 11 1B 17 133 6 4 9 .972 .990 8.18 9.43 1940 35 WSH AL 1B 12 95 7 1 13 .990 .989 8.50 9.60 OF 9 18 0 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 2.32 0 3 6 1941 36 WSH AL OF 8 19 0 0 0 1.000 .974 2.38 2.33 4 1 3 1942 37 CHW AL OF 45 112 1 2 1 .983 .976 2.51 2.31 1 44 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1939 34 WSH AL 1B 17 133 6 4 9 .972 .990 8.18 9.43 1940 35 WSH AL 1B 12 95 7 1 13 .990 .989 8.50 9.60 1927 22 WSH AL OF 18 28 3 2 0 .939 .963 1.72 2.22 5 8 5 1928 23 WSH AL OF 116 210 13 1 0 .996 .973 1.92 2.22 53 60 6 1929 24 WSH AL OF 139 376 25 9 8 .978 .966 2.88 2.28 4 136 0 1930 25 WSH AL OF 118 310 8 9 1 .972 .965 2.69 2.16 1 117 0 1931 26 WSH AL OF 127 402 13 4 3 .990 .969 3.27 2.25 0 127 0 1932 27 WSH AL OF 143 450 15 10 7 .979 .967 3.25 2.28 0 143 0 1933 28 SLB AL OF 127 329 14 4 3 .988 .970 2.70 2.21 0 127 0 1934 29 SLB AL OF 120 303 14 9 3 .972 .968 2.64 2.16 0 120 0 1935 30 SLB AL OF 135 449 7 5 2 .989 .970 3.38 2.30 0 135 0 1936 31 SLB AL OF 148 442 10 8 2 .983 .968 3.05 2.29 0 148 0 1937 32 SLB AL OF 105 298 17 4 6 .987 .969 3.00 2.28 0 105 0 1938 33 TOT AL OF 126 322 4 7 3 .979 .972 2.59 2.28 1 125 0 SLB AL OF 41 101 0 3 0 .971 .972 2.46 2.28 0 41 0 WSH AL OF 85 221 4 4 3 .983 .972 2.65 2.28 1 84 0 1939 34 WSH AL OF 89 232 7 2 3 .992 .969 2.69 2.35 23 55 11 1940 35 WSH AL OF 9 18 0 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 2.32 0 3 6 1941 36 WSH AL OF 8 19 0 0 0 1.000 .974 2.38 2.33 4 1 3 1942 37 CHW AL OF 45 112 1 2 1 .983 .976 2.51 2.31 1 44 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1573 4300 151 76 42 .983 .969 2.83 2.26 92 1454 31 1B 29 228 13 5 22 .980 .990 8.31 9.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1602 4528 164 81 64 .983 .970 2.93 2.39
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1933   SLB AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1934   SLB AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1935   SLB AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1937   SLB AL   *   4   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/4      1   4   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .250  .250  .250 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1933 *
1934 *
1935
1937 (LF)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1931-AL-9-0.20
1933-AL-11-0.14
1934-AL-15-0.06
1936-AL-18-0.02
Car-478-0.42 shares

Batting Average
1931 AL-.333-8
1934 AL-.326-10

Doubles
1931 AL-43-5
1935 AL-37-6

Triples
1931 AL-13-6
1932 AL-12-8
1933 AL-12-7
1934 AL-10-3

Bases on Balls
1936 AL-94-6

Strikeouts
1932 AL-57-10
1936 AL-70-5

Stolen Bases
1933 AL-10-10

Sac. Hits
1929 AL-22-7
1938 AL-11-7
1939 AL-14-9

Power/Speed Number
1933 AL-10.5-9

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 20 (998) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 23.9 (461) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 35.0 (510) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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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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