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Lefty
West		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: September 3, 1915 in Usa, NC, GIBSONVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1945    1946    1950   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1944 28 BOS AL $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4
1945 29 BOS AL $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 3
1946 30 BOS AL $ 300,000 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1947 31 BOS AL $ 300,000 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4
1948 32 BOS AL $ 350,000 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 4
1949 33 BOS AL $ 350,000 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 4
1950 34 BOS AL $ 350,000 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3
1951 35 BSN NL $ 400,000 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1944 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 29 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 30 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 31 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 32 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 33 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 34 BOS AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 35 BSN NL $ 400,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1944 28 BOS AL 8 5 .615 91 0 0 0 5 118.3 123 64 9 65 43 4.87 .270 .357 .413 .770 9.6
1945 29 BOS AL 3 10 .231 50 0 0 0 17 70.0 62 33 6 41 24 4.24 .244 .348 .370 .718 8.6
1946 30 BOS AL 12 2 .857 37 11 1 1 7 104.7 92 47 7 54 45 4.04 .245 .339 .367 .706 11.2
    AAA   1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 3 4.0 1 0 0 0 5 0.00 .077 .077 .077 .154  
1947 31 BOS AL 2 3 .400 34 0 0 0 4 37.0 50 29 8 26 16 7.05 .327 .422 .549 .971 0.0
1948 32 BOS AL 4 2 .667 40 3 1 0 3 64.7 70 31 5 32 30 4.31 .277 .355 .383 .739 5.0
1949 33 BOS AL 6 2 .750 51 0 0 0 4 59.3 59 32 9 37 18 4.85 .261 .362 .434 .796 5.2
1950 34 BOS AL 7 2 .778 65 0 0 0 17 75.3 71 32 14 41 45 3.82 .248 .339 .451 .790 10.2
1951 35 AAA   1 0 1.000 24 0 0 0 1 24.3 19 3 2 13 12 1.11 .224 .327 .329 .656  
7 Years Sim 42 26 .618 368 14 2 1 57 529.3 527 268 58 296 221 4.56 .263 .355 .413 .769 49.9
2 Years AAA 2 0 1.000 28 0 0 0 4 28.3 20 3 2 13 17 0.95 .204 .297 .296 .593  
Season Average 6 3 .667 52 2 0 0 8 75.6 75 38 8 42 31 4.56 .263 .355 .413 .769  
Career Highs 12 10 .857 91 11 1 1 17 118.3 123 64 14 65 45 7.05 .327 .422 .549 .971  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   307 172 32 172 141   .271 .367 .411 .778
vs LH   220 96 26 124 80   .253 .346 .416 .762
Home 30 11 .732 210 7 1 1 29 303.7 308 156 35 161 121 4.62 .268 .358 .435 .793
Away 12 15 .444 158 7 1 0 28 225.7 219 112 23 135 100 4.47 .257 .358 .385 .743
Mar/Apr 5 4 .556 64 0 0 0 10 85.0 77 38 8 42 36 4.02 .244 .332 .377 .709
May 7 5 .583 51 0 0 0 6 66.7 67 29 6 37 28 3.92 .261 .354 .393 .747
June 7 3 .700 65 3 1 0 9 101.7 88 39 8 51 36 3.45 .240 .333 .354 .687
July 5 4 .556 52 5 0 0 5 80.7 82 45 13 54 40 5.02 .275 .386 .450 .836
August 7 6 .538 59 6 1 1 10 98.3 108 67 10 68 38 6.13 .287 .396 .441 .838
Sep/Oct 11 4 .733 77 0 0 0 17 97.0 105 50 13 44 43 4.64 .270 .344 .458 .802
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
1944 28 BOS AL 91 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1945 29 BOS AL 50 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .182 .273 -0.2 0.0
1946 30 BOS AL 37 27 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .148 .148 .148 .296 -0.1 0.0
1947 31 BOS AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1948 32 BOS AL 40 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0
1949 33 BOS AL 51 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1950 34 BOS AL 65 3 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.333 2.000 1.4 0.5
7 Years Sim 368 61 8 8 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 13 .131 .131 .180 .311 0.0 0.5
162 Game Average 26 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .131 .131 .180 .311 0.0  
Career Highs 91 27 4 4 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 8 .667 .667 1.333 2.000 1.4  
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   35 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .057 .057 .057 .114 -2.2
vs LH   26 4 6 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 .231 .231 .346 .577 1.7
Home 210 37 5 5 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 .135 .135 .216 .351 0.1
Away 145 24 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.5
RISP   12 0 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .500 .833 1.7
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Mar/Apr 45 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
May 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
June 48 17 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .118 .118 .176 .294 -0.2
July 24 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .154 .308 -0.1
August 59 17 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .176 .176 .235 .412 0.4
Sep/Oct 33 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1944 28 BOS AL P 91 0 118.3 9 25 0 1 1.000 2.59    
1945 29 BOS AL P 50 0 70.0 10 17 1 1 .964 3.47    
1946 30 BOS AL P 37 11 104.7 5 21 0 1 1.000 2.24    
1947 31 BOS AL P 34 0 37.0 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.43    
1948 32 BOS AL P 40 3 64.7 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.23    
1949 33 BOS AL P 51 0 59.3 4 20 0 2 1.000 3.64    
1950 34 BOS AL P 65 0 75.3 1 16 0 1 1.000 2.03    
Career Totals   368 14 529.3 35 119 1 7 .994 2.62    
Career Highs   91 11 118.3 10 25 1 2 1.000 3.64    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1948 32 BOS AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 4 2 2.25 .200 .368 .400 .768
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 4 2 2.25 .200 .368 .400 .768
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1945-2-17
1946-8-7
1950-2-17
 Games Pitched
1944-2-91
 Shutouts
1946-9-1
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  8. Lee Grissom (948)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 49th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1944
Earned first career win on 4/26/1944
Injured on 8/20/1944 with a Stiff Elbow, out for 2 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 6/21/1945, off Preacher Roe (TAM)
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Injured on 4/21/1947 with a Spasms Back, out for 6-7 weeks
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1948
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/15/1949 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 3-4 weeks
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/4/1951 to a 2-year deal worth $400,000 per year
 
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