Max West

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 182lb (185cm, 82kg)

Born: November 28, 1916 in Dexter, MO us

Died: December 31, 2003 in Sierra Madre, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Alhambra HS (Alhambra, CA)

Debut: April 19, 1938 (Age 21-142d, 8,444th in major league history)
vs. NYG 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1948 (Age 31-308d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Max Edward West

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.1

2676

681

.255

338

RBI

380

OBP

.344

SLG

.407

OPS

.751

OPS+

114

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 77 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 9 tying, 25 go ahead, 1 lacking some details

3 Tms
BSN	64
PIT	8
CIN	5

Platoon
vs RHP	71
vs LHP	6

Home/Road
Away	49
Home	28

Outs
0	30
2	25
1	21
Unk	1

8 Opps
BRO	14
PHI	13
CHC	11
NYG	10
STL	10
CIN	10
PIT	7
BSN	2

58 Pitchers
Curt Davis	6
Harry Gumbert	3
Max Butcher	3
Rube Melton	2
Tot Pressnell	2
Boom-Boom Beck	2
Cy Blanton	2
Bucky Walters	2
Bill Fleming	2
Bill Lohrman	2
Claude Passeau	2
Johnny Vander Meer	2
Tex Carleton	2
Elmer Riddle	1
Ray Starr	1
Johnny Podgajny	1
Bill Voiselle	1
Ray Harrell	1
Mace Brown	1
Ralph Branca	1
Jim Tobin	1
Joe Bowman	1
Vallie Eaves	1
Marv Grissom	1
Murry Dickson	1
Danny MacFayden	1
Bill Lee	1
Luke Hamlin	1
Ike Pearson	1
Hal Schumacher	1
Jean-Pierre Roy	1
Carl Hubbell	1
Hugh Mulcahy	1
Lee Grissom	1
Red Evans	1
Vern Bickford	1
Hiram Bithorn	1
Syl Johnson	1
Charlie Root	1
Bill Swift	1
Larry Jansen	1
Sheldon Jones	1
Kirby Higbe	1
Bob Bowman	1
Paul Dean	1
Sam Nahem	1
Howie Fox	1
Tommy Hughes	1
Lon Warneke	1
Ed Head	1
Bill McGee	1
Jess Dobernic	1
Bill Crouch	1
Paul Derringer	1
Paul Erickson	1
Ernie White	1
Preacher Roe	1
Freddie Fitzsimmons	1

8 Parks
Braves Fld (BOS)	26
Crosley Fld (CIN)	11
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	11
Polo Grounds (NYC)	8
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	6
Forbes Fld (PIT)	5
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	4

Where Hit
9	47
8	3
7	2
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	69
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	36
1--	22
12-	8
--3	3
-2-	3
1-3	2
123	1
-23	1

132 RBI
RISP	18
0 on	36
1 on	28
2 on	11
3 on	1
Any on	40

Inning
1	4
2	9
3	8
4	15
5	7
6	9
7	6
8	9
9	6
Extra	4

1-3	21
4-6	31
7-end	25

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	3
+2	10
+1	6
Tied	20
-1	9
-2	7
-3	3
-4..	13
Unk	1

Ahead	24
Tied	20
Behind	32
Unk	1

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	31
1B	24
RF	13
CF	6
PH	3

OrderPos
4th	33
5th	17
6th	13
7th	10
2nd	2
8th	1
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	21
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	27

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1938-04-20	BSN	@	NYG	Hal Schumacher	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	3	0.108	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1938-05-06	BSN	@	CHC	Charlie Root	behind 7-13	t 8	0	-2-	2	5	7	0.019	4%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Cuccinello Scores
3	3	3	1	1938-05-21	BSN		STL	Curt Davis	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	7	0.200	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. DiMaggio Scores
4	4	4	2	1938-05-21	BSN		STL	Curt Davis	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	1	4	7	0.075	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1938-07-08	BSN	@	NYG	Harry Gumbert	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	7	0.186	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. English Scores
6	6	6	1	1938-07-09	BSN	@	NYG	Carl Hubbell	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	---	1	5	7	0.070	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	7	1	1938-07-13	BSN	@	STL	Ray Harrell	ahead 8-5	t 9	2	---	1	5	7	0.023	98%		Home Run
8	8	8	1	1938-07-18	BSN	@	CHC	Tex Carleton	behind 2-5	t 6	0	---	1	5	7	0.084	22%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	1938-07-20	BSN	@	CIN	Johnny Vander Meer	behind 1-3	t 9	1	12-	3	6	9	0.666	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. English Scores; T. Cuccinello Scores
10	10	10	1	1938-10-02	BSN	@	NYG	Harry Gumbert	behind 0-2	t 6	2	1--	2	5	9
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1939-05-20	BSN	@	PIT	Joe Bowman	behind 2-10	t 7	1	1--	2	2	8	0.006	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Warstler Scores
12	12	2	1	1939-05-28	BSN	@	BRO	Freddie Fitzsimmons	behind 10-16	t 9	0	---	1	5	7	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	3	1	1939-05-30 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	Max Butcher	tied 7-7	t 10	0	1--	2	5	7	0.350	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Hassett Scores
14	14	4	1	1939-05-30 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	Syl Johnson	behind 0-3	t 4	2	-2-	2	5	7	0.164	32%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Garms Scores
15	15	5	1	1939-06-05	BSN		STL	Bob Bowman	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	12-	3	4	7	0.118	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Garms Scores; B. Hassett Scores
16	16	6	2	1939-06-05	BSN		STL	Paul Dean	ahead 6-4	b 8	0	---	1	4	7	0.031	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	7	1	1939-06-15	BSN	@	PIT	Jim Tobin	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	4	7
18	18	8	1	1939-06-25 (1)	BSN	@	STL	Bill McGee		t 3			3	4	7
19	19	9	1	1939-06-25 (2)	BSN	@	STL	Curt Davis	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	---	1	4	7
20	20	10	1	1939-07-27 (2)	BSN	@	CIN	Lee Grissom	behind 0-5	t 4	0	1--	2	4	9	0.085	18%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Hassett Scores
21	21	11	1	1939-07-28	BSN	@	PIT	Mace Brown	ahead 4-0	t 5	1	1--	2	4	8	0.060	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Hassett Scores
22	22	12	1	1939-07-30	BSN	@	PIT	Bill Swift	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	1	4	8	0.091	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	13	1	1939-08-06	BSN	@	CHC	Claude Passeau	tied 8-8	t 12	0	---	1	6	9	0.336	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	14	1	1939-08-07	BSN	@	BRO	Tot Pressnell	tied 0-0	t 2	0	12-	3	6	9	0.181	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Hassett Scores; T. Cuccinello Scores
25	25	15	1	1939-08-09 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	Bill Lohrman	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	1--	2	6	9	0.137	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Hassett Scores
26	26	16	1	1939-08-12	BSN	@	BRO	Tot Pressnell	behind 1-10	t 8	2	1--	2	5	8	0.001	0%		Home Run; R. Warstler Scores
27	27	17	1	1939-08-13 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	Red Evans	ahead 8-1	t 4	1	---	1	5	9	0.014	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	18	1	1939-09-03 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	Hugh Mulcahy	ahead 4-0	t 5	2	--3	2	5	9	0.059	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Rowell Scores/unER; M. West Scores/unER
29	29	19	1	1939-09-04 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	Luke Hamlin	behind 2-3	t 7	2	---	1	4	9	0.197	43%		Home Run
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1940-04-23	BSN	@	BRO	Tex Carleton	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1-3	3	4	9	0.184	75%		Home Run; B. Loane Scores; B. Hassett Scores
31	31	2	1	1940-05-09	BSN	@	CIN	Bucky Walters	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	3	8	0.134	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	3	1	1940-05-18	BSN		PIT	Max Butcher	behind 1-2	b 4	0	--3	2	4	9	0.151	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Hassett Scores
33	33	4	1	1940-08-22	BSN	@	CIN	Bucky Walters	behind 0-2	t 6	2	--3	2	4	3	0.247	44%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Moore Scores
34	34	5	1	1940-08-23	BSN	@	CIN	Paul Derringer	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	1-3	3	4	3	0.175	86%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Cooney Scores; B. Rowell Scores
35	35	6	1	1940-09-07 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	Ike Pearson	behind 0-1	t 3	0	12-	3	4	3	0.233	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cooney Scores; B. Rowell Scores
36	36	7	1	1940-09-17	BSN		PIT	Danny MacFayden	ahead 4-2	b 5	2	---	1	4	3	0.080	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1941-04-15	BSN	@	PHI	Cy Blanton	behind 0-5	t 7	2	1--	2	4	7	0.041	6%		Home Run (CF-RF); B. Rowell Scores
38	38	2	1	1941-04-17	BSN	@	PHI	Rube Melton	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--	2	5	7	0.152	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Averill Scores/unER; M. West Scores/unER
39	39	3	1	1941-04-21	BSN		PHI	Bill Crouch	ahead 3-1	b 3	0	---	1	4	7
40	40	4	1	1941-05-05	BSN		STL	Ernie White	behind 0-5	b 8	2	---	1	2	PH	0.009	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	5	1	1941-05-10 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	Harry Gumbert	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	7	0.108	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	6	1	1941-05-19	BSN	@	CIN	Johnny Vander Meer	behind 1-6	t 8	0	---	1	4	8	0.017	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	7	1	1941-06-21	BSN	@	CHC	Bill Lee	behind 2-3	t 9	1	---	1	7	PH
44	44	8	1	1941-06-24	BSN	@	STL	Lon Warneke	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	4	7	0.104	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	9	1	1941-08-11	BSN		PHI	Boom-Boom Beck	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	1	4	7	0.069	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	10	1	1941-08-28	BSN		CHC	Vallie Eaves	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1	5	7	0.106	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	11	1	1941-09-06	BSN		PHI	Rube Melton	behind 2-3	b 8	0	---	1	5	7	0.319	60%		Home Run
48	48	12	1	1941-09-07 (1)	BSN		PHI	Cy Blanton	tied 2-2	b 3	1	1--	2	4	7	0.210	77%		Home Run; B. Hassett Scores
1942	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1942-05-25	BSN		NYG	Bill Lohrman	tied 1-1	b 11	2	1--	2	7	3	0.443	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); C. Kluttz Scores
50	50	2	1	1942-05-28	BSN		BRO	Kirby Higbe	behind 2-6	b 9	2	1--	2	7	3	0.008	1%		Home Run; C. Kluttz Scores
51	51	3	1	1942-05-30 (1)	BSN		PHI	Johnny Podgajny	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	1--	2	7	3	0.116	92%		Home Run; C. Ross Scores
52	52	4	2	1942-05-30 (1)	BSN		PHI	Boom-Boom Beck	ahead 7-0	b 5	2	-2-	2	7	3	0.006	100%		Home Run; C. Ross Scores; M. West Scores
53	53	5	1	1942-05-30 (2)	BSN		PHI	Sam Nahem	tied 2-2	b 5	1	1--	2	7	3	0.256	82%		Home Run; P. Waner Scores
54	54	6	1	1942-05-31 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	Curt Davis	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	1	6	3	0.102	39%		Home Run
55	55	7	1	1942-06-14 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	Paul Erickson	ahead 6-0	t 4	2	12-	3	5	7	0.028	99%		Home Run; T. Holmes Scores; P. Waner Scores
56	56	8	1	1942-06-17 (2)	BSN		CIN	Ray Starr	behind 2-4	b 11	0	---	1	4	3	0.099	17%		Home Run
57	57	9	1	1942-06-21	BSN		PIT	Max Butcher	tied 0-0	b 7	0	---	1	4	3	0.226	81%		Home Run
58	58	10	1	1942-06-26	BSN		CHC	Bill Fleming	behind 2-4	b 4	0	---	1	4	3	0.127	40%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	11	1	1942-08-02 (1)	BSN		CIN	Elmer Riddle	tied 0-0	b 1	0	123	4	4	3	0.171	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Holmes Scores; J. Cooney Scores; N. Fernandez Scores
60	60	12	1	1942-09-13 (1)	BSN		CHC	Claude Passeau	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1	6	3	0.108	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	13	1	1942-09-13 (2)	BSN		CHC	Bill Fleming	behind 6-7	b 6	1	1--	2	4	3
62	62	14	1	1942-09-14	BSN		CHC	Hiram Bithorn	tied 2-2	b 8	1	1--	2	6	3	0.345	94%		Home Run; P. Waner Scores
63	63	15	1	1942-09-25	BSN	@	BRO	Curt Davis	behind 1-4	t 4	0	12-	3	6	3	0.235	50%		Home Run; E. Lombardi Scores; P. Waner Scores/unER
64	64	16	2	1942-09-25	BSN	@	BRO	Curt Davis	tied 4-4	t 8	2	---	1	6	3	0.306	73%		Home Run
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	1946-05-09	CIN		BRO	Jean-Pierre Roy	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	2	7	7	0.219	74%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Haas Scores
66	66	2	1	1946-06-01	CIN		BRO	Ed Head	behind 3-4	b 6	0	---	1	7	7	0.202	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	3	1	1946-08-11 (1)	CIN		STL	Murry Dickson	behind 2-12	b 8	2	---	1	4	7	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	4	1	1946-09-13	CIN	@	NYG	Marv Grissom	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	7	7	0.177	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Haas Scores
69	69	5	1	1946-09-14	CIN	@	NYG	Sheldon Jones	ahead 2-0	t 7	1	---	1	7	7	0.080	90%		Home Run
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
70	70	1	1	1948-04-24	PIT	@	CIN	Tommy Hughes	tied 1-1	t 6	1	---	1	4	9	0.176	64%		Home Run
71	71	2	1	1948-05-08	PIT		NYG	Larry Jansen	behind 2-8	b 6	0	1--	2	4	9	0.051	10%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Kiner Scores
72	72	3	1	1948-05-18	PIT	@	BSN	Bill Voiselle	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	6	3	0.113	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
73	73	4	1	1948-05-19	PIT	@	BSN	Vern Bickford	behind 0-4	t 7	1	---	1	6	3	0.038	8%		Home Run (Deep RF)
74	74	5	1	1948-05-21	PIT	@	BRO	Preacher Roe	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	12-	3	6	3	0.125	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Gustine Scores; R. Kiner Scores
75	75	6	1	1948-06-29	PIT	@	CIN	Howie Fox	tied 2-2	t 9	2	12-	3	8	PH	0.484	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Westlake Scores; E. Stevens Scores
76	76	7	1	1948-07-30	PIT	@	BRO	Ralph Branca	behind 0-2	t 2	0	-23	3	6	3	0.154	60%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Kiner Scores; W. Westlake Scores
77	77	8	1	1948-09-11	PIT	@	CHC	Jess Dobernic	ahead 6-5	t 6	1	1--	2	5	7	0.192	86%		Home Run; D. Walker Scores

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