Wes Westrum

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: November 28, 1922 in Clearbrook, MN us

Died: May 28, 2002 in Clearbrook, MN

Buried: Silver Creek Cemetery, Clearbrook, MN

High School: Clearbrook-Gonvick HS (Clearbrook, MN)

School: Bemidji State University (Bemidji, MN)

Debut: September 17, 1947 (Age 24-293d, 10,362nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 34-305d)
vs. PIT 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Wesley Noreen Westrum

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.6

2322

503

.217

302

RBI

315

OBP

.356

SLG

.373

OPS

.729

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 18	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
3	3	Apr 19	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 20	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	7	Apr 25	NYG		BRO	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
8	8	Apr 27	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
9	10 (1)	Apr 29 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,4-5	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	13 (2)	May 2	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-5		38	10.0	12	1	1	14	0
11	15 (1)	May 6 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	37	7.0	1	2	1	4	1	C
12	16	May 6 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
13	17	May 7	NYG	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
14	19 (1)	May 9	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
15	28 (8)	May 20 (2)	NYG		STL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
16	29	May 21	NYG		STL	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
17	30	May 22	NYG		CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
18	34 (3)	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	GF	15	3.1	2	1	0	3	0	C
19	35	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
20	36	May 31	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-3	GF	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	37	Jun 1	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
22	43 (5)	Jun 6	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	12	2.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
23	44	Jun 8	NYG	@	MLN	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
24	45	Jun 9	NYG	@	MLN	L,0-4	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	47 (1)	Jun 12	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-8		15	2.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
26	49 (1)	Jun 14	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
27	59 (9)	Jun 24 (2)	NYG		MLN	L,1-7	GS	33	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
28	63 (3)	Jun 29	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	66 (2)	Jul 1 susp	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-6	GS	24	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
30	68 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,2-15	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
31	71 (2)	Jul 8 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	74 (2)	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	L,5-7	GS	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	76 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	77	Jul 15 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	17	3.1	1	1	0	2	0	C
35	79 (1)	Jul 17	NYG	@	MLN	W,8-6	GF	0	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	81 (1)	Jul 19	NYG	@	MLN	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
37	82	Jul 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-7	GS	29	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
38	84 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
39	90 (5)	Jul 29	NYG		STL	L,2-3	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	92 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	94 (1)	Aug 2	NYG		CIN	L,2-10	GS	36	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	95	Aug 3 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,7-1	GS	31	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
43	96	Aug 3 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,0-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
44	97	Aug 4	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	GF	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	98	Aug 7 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
46	99	Aug 7 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	GS	33	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
47	105 (5)	Aug 12 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
48	112 (6)	Aug 19 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
49	114 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	115	Aug 22	NYG	@	MLN	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
51	117 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	30	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
52	121 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	126 (4)	Sep 1 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,0-5	GS	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
54	128 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	130 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
56	132 (1)	Sep 5	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	140 (7)	Sep 14	NYG		STL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
58	141	Sep 15	NYG		STL	L,4-9	GS	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
59	143 (1)	Sep 17 (2)	NYG		MLN	L,1-4	GS	23	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
60	146 (2)	Sep 19 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
61	147	Sep 19 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	GF	0	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	149 (1)	Sep 22	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	150	Sep 23	NYG		PHI	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
64	151	Sep 25	NYG		PIT	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
65	152	Sep 29	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	153	Sep 30 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
67	154	Sep 30 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	GS	24	4.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
							67gm		411.2	297	27	6	330	7