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Wes Westrum
Wesley Noreen Westrum

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 17, 1947
Final Game September 29, 1957
Born November 28, 1922 in Clearbrook, MN
Died May 28, 2002 in Clearbrook, MN

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Batting Glossary / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 24 NYG NL   6   12    1    5   1  0   0    2   0      0   2  .417  .417  .500  141    6   0           0   0
 1948 25 NYG NL  66  125   14   20   3  1   4   16   3     20  36  .160  .276  .296   54   37   0           0   1
 1949 26 NYG NL  64  169   23   41   4  1   7   28   1     37  39  .243  .385  .402  111   68   1           2   5
 1950 27 NYG NL 140  437   68  103  13  3  23   71   2     92  73  .236  .371  .437  111  191   1           2  14 MVP-32
 1951 28 NYG NL 124  361   59   79  12  0  20   70   1  0 104  93  .219  .400  .418  119  151   4           5  10
 1952 29 NYG NL 114  322   47   71  11  0  14   43   1  2  76  68  .220  .374  .385  110  124   2           3   5 AS
 1953 30 NYG NL 107  290   40   65   5  0  12   30   2  0  56  73  .224  .352  .366   86  106   0           1   8 AS
 1954 31 NYG NL  98  246   25   46   3  1   8   27   0  1  45  60  .187  .315  .305   63   75   1   4       3   2
 1955 32 NYG NL  69  137   11   29   1  0   4   18   0  1  24  18  .212  .327  .307   70   42   1   3   3   1   8
 1956 33 NYG NL  68  132   10   29   5  2   3    8   0  0  25  28  .220  .346  .356   91   47   0   1   5   1   6
 1957 34 NYG NL  63   91    4   15   1  0   1    2   0  1  10  24  .165  .255  .209   28   19   1   0   1   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     919 2322  302  503  59  8  96  315  10  5 489 514  .217  .356  .373   94  866  11   8   9  19  60
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        409   53   89  10  1  17   56   2  1  86  91  .217  .356  .373   94  153   2   1   2   3  11
 Career High    140  437   68  103  13  3  23   71   3  2 104  93  .236  .400  .437  119  191   4   4   5   5  14

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 24 NYG NL   12    7    3  11.4   107| .417  .275| .417  .351| .500  .408| .917  .759| 141  .838   0.7   0.1     
 1948 25 NYG NL  145  106   10   2.5   103| .160  .270| .276  .345| .296  .400| .572  .744|  54  .258  -8.4  -0.8     
 1949 26 NYG NL  209  134   26   5.2   104| .243  .270| .385  .344| .402  .405| .787  .749| 111  .557   4.2   0.4     
 1950 27 NYG NL  532  349   70   5.4   109| .236  .271| .371  .348| .437  .420| .808  .768| 111  .557   8.8   0.9     
 1951 28 NYG NL  474  296   60   5.4   104| .219  .269| .400  .343| .418  .407| .818  .750| 119  .585  15.7   1.6 100%
 1952 29 NYG NL  403  260   45   4.6    98| .220  .263| .374  .336| .385  .391| .759  .727| 110  .550   7.9   0.8  33%
 1953 30 NYG NL  347  233   37   4.2   112| .224  .276| .352  .348| .366  .431| .718  .779|  86  .436  -5.0  -0.5 100%
 1954 31 NYG NL  299  208   23   3.0   110| .187  .275| .315  .347| .305  .426| .620  .772|  63  .293 -13.1  -1.3   0%
 1955 32 NYG NL  166  121   14   3.1   106| .212  .267| .327  .338| .307  .422| .634  .760|  70  .319  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 1956 33 NYG NL  159  110   16   3.9   102| .220  .263| .346  .330| .356  .415| .702  .745|  91  .437  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1957 34 NYG NL  103   79    5   1.7   102| .165  .267| .255  .331| .209  .414| .464  .744|  28  .140  -9.4  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2849 1903  309   4.3   106| .217  .270| .356  .343| .373  .413| .729  .756|  94  .474  -4.8  -0.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1947 24 NYG NL   C    2      8    2    0    0 1.000  .980  5.00  4.35                           0             
 1948 25 NYG NL   C   63    179   25    4    4  .981  .980  3.24  4.41                           2             
 1949 26 NYG NL   C   62    224   18    5    4  .980  .982  3.90  4.39                           4             
 1950 27 NYG NL   C  139    608   71    1   21  .999  .982  4.88  4.53                           8             
 1951 28 NYG NL   C  122    554   62    8    9  .987  .981  5.05  4.43                           5             
 1952 29 NYG NL   C  112    481   64   12   11  .978  .984  4.87  4.84                          13              AS
 1953 30 NYG NL   C  106    441   53    9    9  .982  .984  4.66  4.66                           6              AS
                 3B    1      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  3.00  2.70                                          AS
 1954 31 NYG NL   C   98    419   45    7    8  .985  .986  4.73  4.57                           3             
 1955 32 NYG NL   C   68    280   27    4    5  .987  .987  4.51  4.82                           4             
 1956 33 NYG NL   C   67    297   27    6    7  .982  .985  4.84  5.01  7.09  5.83   45  411.3  13   6   14   5
 1957 34 NYG NL   C   63    148   21    6    4  .966  .988  2.68  4.99  4.56  5.98   41  333.3   3   6   11  10
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1953 30 NYG NL  3B    1      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  3.00  2.70                                         

 1947 24 NYG NL   C    2      8    2    0    0 1.000  .980  5.00  4.35                           0             
 1948 25 NYG NL   C   63    179   25    4    4  .981  .980  3.24  4.41                           2             
 1949 26 NYG NL   C   62    224   18    5    4  .980  .982  3.90  4.39                           4             
 1950 27 NYG NL   C  139    608   71    1   21  .999  .982  4.88  4.53                           8             
 1951 28 NYG NL   C  122    554   62    8    9  .987  .981  5.05  4.43                           5             
 1952 29 NYG NL   C  112    481   64   12   11  .978  .984  4.87  4.84                          13             
 1953 30 NYG NL   C  106    441   53    9    9  .982  .984  4.66  4.66                           6             
 1954 31 NYG NL   C   98    419   45    7    8  .985  .986  4.73  4.57                           3             
 1955 32 NYG NL   C   68    280   27    4    5  .987  .987  4.51  4.82                           4             
 1956 33 NYG NL   C   67    297   27    6    7  .982  .985  4.84  5.01  7.09  5.83   45  411.3  13   6   14   5
 1957 34 NYG NL   C   63    148   21    6    4  .966  .988  2.68  4.99  4.56  5.98   41  333.3   3   6   11  10
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total   C* 902   3639  415   62   82  .985  .984  4.49  4.65               86  744.7  61  12   25  15
                 3B    1      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  3.00  2.70                                         
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total       903   3639  418   62   82  .985  .984  4.49  4.64

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1951   WS    NYG NYY     L   6  17   1   4  1  0  0   0   5   3  .235  .409  .294   0  0   0   0   0 
 1954   WS    NYG CLE     W   4  11   0   3  0  0  0   3   1   3  .273  .286  .273   0  1   1   2   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  10  28   1   7  1  0  0   3   6   6  .250  .361  .286   0  1   1   2   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1952   NYG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1953   NYG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

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
1952
1953

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1950-NL-32-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

Bases on Balls
1950 NL-92-4
1951 NL-104-3
1952 NL-76-10

Strikeouts
1950 NL-73-9
1951 NL-93-3

Hit By Pitch
1951 NL-5-10

At Bats per Home Run
1950 NL-19.0-7
1951 NL-**18.1-9

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Gray Ink: Batting - 6 (1642) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1920) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 17.0 (866) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1941 Season: Sent from the Crookston (Northern) to the New York Giants in an unknown transaction.
December 18, 1957: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Wes Westrum's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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