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Wes
Westrum		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: November 28, 1922 in Usa, MN, CLEARBROOK
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 24 MON NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 7 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10 5 4 5
1948 25 MON NL $ 300,000   3 3 4 7 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10 5 4 5
1949 26 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10 6 5 5
1950 27 MON NL $ 300,000   3 3 4 7 6 6 4 3 3 10 10 10 5 5 5
1951 28 MON NL $ 400,000   3 3 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10 5 4 4
1952 29 MON NL $ 400,000   3 3 3 7 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10 5 4 4
1953 30 MON NL $ 400,000   3 3 3 7 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10 5 4 4
1954 31 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 6 5 5 3 3 3 10 10 10 5 4 4
1955 32 MON NL $ 310,000   2 2 2 6 5 5 4 3 3 10 10 10 5 4 4
1956 33 MON NL $ 310,000   2 2 2 6 5 5 3 3 3 10 10 10 5 4 4
1957 34 MON NL $ 310,000   2 2 2 6 5 5 3 3 3 10 10 10 4 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 6 5 5 3 3 3 10 10 10 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000   4 4 4 7 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10 6 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 24 MON NL 6 10 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .400 .571 .500 1.071 2.3 0.6
    A   135 444 120 115 7 1 44 81 8 14 193 98 .259 .484 .577 1.060 131.9  
1948 25 MON NL 21 50 9 12 2 1 1 3 0 0 12 11 .240 .381 .380 .761 8.9 1.6
    AAA   81 305 59 76 7 0 29 69 3 4 65 73 .249 .381 .557 .938 66.2  
1949 26 MON NL 50 151 24 33 3 0 11 34 0 0 26 37 .219 .331 .457 .788 23.2 3.0
1950 27 MON NL 74 220 30 45 3 0 9 32 1 0 51 50 .205 .353 .341 .694 33.2 4.4
1951 28 MON NL 53 155 30 28 3 0 10 25 0 0 49 39 .181 .376 .394 .769 26.1 3.2
1952 29 MON NL 77 222 30 41 3 0 10 33 0 0 52 56 .185 .339 .333 .673 30.4 3.1
1953 30 MON NL 76 235 35 43 5 0 12 41 0 0 47 64 .183 .317 .357 .674 30.6 3.4
1954 31 MON NL 80 177 31 33 5 0 4 17 0 0 44 40 .186 .348 .282 .631 21.6 1.7
1955 32 MON NL 98 227 24 31 1 0 7 18 0 0 42 73 .137 .271 .233 .505 17.2 0.0
1956 33 MON NL 37 87 9 10 0 0 3 9 0 0 15 26 .115 .245 .218 .463 5.4 0.0
1957 34 AAA   70 140 17 34 1 0 7 15 2 2 31 37 .243 .380 .400 .780 23.9  
10 Years Sim 572 1534 225 280 26 1 67 213 1 0 342 396 .183 .330 .332 .662 198.9 20.9
2 Years AAA 151 445 76 110 8 0 36 84 5 6 96 110 .247 .384 .508 .892 90.1  
1 Years A 135 444 120 115 7 1 44 81 8 14 193 98 .259 .484 .577 1.061 131.9  
3 Years Minors 286 889 196 225 15 1 80 165 13 20 289 208 .253 .438 .542 .980 222.0  
162 Game Average 434 63 79 7 0 18 60 0 0 96 112 .183 .330 .332 .662 56.3  
Career Highs 98 235 35 45 5 1 12 41 1 0 52 73 .400 .571 .500 1.071 33.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   513 79 87 7 0 21 66 0 0 100 130 .170 .304 .306 .610 57.9
vs LH   1021 146 193 19 1 46 147 1 0 242 266 .189 .343 .345 .688 147.4
Home 283 757 108 139 14 1 37 105 0 0 170 188 .184 .330 .351 .682 106.4
Away 289 777 117 141 12 0 30 108 1 0 172 208 .181 .331 .313 .643 98.9
RISP   358 0 72 5 0 22 148 0 0 96 94 .201 .360 .399 .759 63.0
Pinch Hitting   38 6 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 13 9 .158 .373 .263 .636 5.5
Close/Late   176 27 31 1 0 9 23 0 0 37 45 .176 .321 .335 .656 22.8
Mar/Apr 106 305 44 55 4 0 9 31 0 0 61 75 .180 .317 .282 .599 33.6
May 98 285 33 43 5 0 9 30 0 0 68 77 .151 .315 .263 .579 30.9
June 79 235 37 49 8 0 11 40 0 0 49 59 .209 .343 .383 .726 35.4
July 92 205 35 39 4 1 12 37 1 0 57 63 .190 .362 .395 .757 35.8
August 96 230 35 44 1 0 11 41 0 0 53 54 .191 .339 .339 .678 32.7
Sep/Oct 101 274 41 50 4 0 15 34 0 0 54 68 .182 .317 .361 .678 36.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1947 24 MON NL C 4 2 20.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 4.79 1 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 2 15.0 22 0 0 2 1.000 13.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1948 25 MON NL C 18 13 117.3 73 4 0 0 1.000 5.91 8 3 .375 0 0.7
    1B 3 3 19.0 20 2 0 5 1.000 10.42 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1949 26 MON NL C 42 41 361.7 182 10 1 0 .995 4.78 6 2 .333 2 2.5
    1B 4 0 10.0 13 1 0 1 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 27 MON NL C 69 68 597.0 320 21 2 0 .994 5.14 33 9 .273 3 6.6
    1B 3 1 13.0 15 3 0 1 1.000 12.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 28 MON NL C 52 52 450.0 226 21 2 0 .992 4.94 27 11 .407 1 4.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 29 MON NL C 75 67 611.0 347 32 0 2 1.000 5.58 34 16 .471 1 6.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 30 MON NL C 74 73 642.0 431 28 2 0 .996 6.43 33 10 .303 1 4.9
1954 31 MON NL C 54 45 405.3 223 19 1 0 .996 5.37 20 8 .400 2 3.1
    1B 7 5 46.0 62 6 1 4 .986 13.30 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1955 32 MON NL 1B 56 56 456.7 552 45 3 56 .995 11.77 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    C 30 18 173.3 97 6 0 0 1.000 5.35 3 0 .000 0 1.0
    CF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 33 MON NL C 28 23 206.7 129 9 0 0 1.000 6.01 6 1 .167 1 0.9
    1B 7 3 33.0 35 2 2 3 .949 10.09 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 446 402 3585.0 2039 150 8 2 .996 5.50 171 60 .351 11 29.7
  1B 85 70 597.7 724 59 6 72 .992 11.79 0 0 .000 0 1.5
  CF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   532 472 4185.0 2763 209 14 74 .995 6.39 171 60 .351 11 31.2
Career Highs   87 74 642.0 649 51 3 56 1.000 9.96 34 16 .471 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1949 26 MON NL 7 23 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 6 .043 .241 .043 .285
1950 27 MON NL 6 17 1 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .353 .389 .588 .977
1951 28 MON NL 8 26 3 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 7 .269 .364 .423 .787
1952 29 MON NL 2 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .429 .556 .429 .984
1953 30 MON NL 10 36 3 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 6 8 .250 .357 .361 .718
Career Post-Season Batting 33 109 13 26 3 0 3 11 0 0 19 23 .239 .351 .349 .700
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Jim Pagliaroni (956)
  2. Mark Bailey (939)
  3. Earl Averill (939)
  4. Ozzie Virgil (935)
  5. Gary Alexander (925)
  6. Ed Bailey (924)
  7. Bob Tillman (923)
  8. Joe Tipton (919)
  9. George Mitterwald (918)
  10. Greg Goossen (913)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 18th overall pick, by Montreal in 1947
Had first career hit on 9/1/1947, off Murry Dickson (PIT)
Injured on 6/19/1948 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 9/26/1948, off Ken Heintzelman (NYG)
Injured on 3/20/1949 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for one week
Won World Series with Montreal in 1949
7/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $400,000 per year, for 3 years
4/2/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
Won World Series with Montreal in 1953
10/3/1954: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $310,000 per year, for 3 years
4/2/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
 
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