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Sam
West		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: October 5, 1904 in Usa, TX, LONGVIEW
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1934    1935   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 25 DET AL $ 300,000   50 50 48 22 22 22 67 72 71 48 52 51 70 72 71
1931 26 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 7
1932 27 DET AL $ 1,278,571   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 9 9 6 6 6 7 8 8
1933 28 DET AL $ 2,195,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 9 9 5 6 6 7 8 8
1934 29 MIN AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 8 9 9 6 6 6 7 8 8
1935 30 MIN AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 8 9 8 5 6 6 7 8 7
1936 31 MIN AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6
1937 32 MIN AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6
1938 33 MIN AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 7 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5
1939 34 CIN NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 7 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 7 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   50 50 48 22 22 22 67 72 71 48 52 51 70 72 71
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
1930 25 DET AL 54 188 21 44 10 0 1 25 3 4 28 19 .234 .332 .303 .635 19.9 2.6
    AAA   92 370 68 112 19 2 10 48 9 8 49 33 .303 .384 .446 .830 61.6  
1931 26 DET AL 150 557 67 150 20 6 5 67 11 8 52 53 .269 .330 .354 .684 62.4 7.9
1932 27 DET AL 93 263 48 91 17 5 1 34 2 2 21 22 .346 .395 .460 .855 41.8 8.4
1933 28 DET AL 118 281 52 83 19 3 3 38 0 1 44 31 .295 .388 .416 .805 44.5 7.9
1934 29 MIN AL 147 519 70 157 35 10 3 67 1 0 57 56 .303 .370 .426 .796 76.6 14.6
1935 30 MIN AL 156 559 72 166 32 8 9 66 6 0 75 63 .297 .377 .431 .808 86.3 13.9
1936 31 MIN AL 153 494 62 133 30 4 3 45 1 1 44 56 .269 .328 .364 .693 53.9 4.7
1937 32 MIN AL 104 371 56 104 21 6 5 48 2 0 38 56 .280 .345 .410 .755 52.2 8.6
    AAA   54 208 26 63 14 5 2 34 3 0 34 31 .303 .401 .447 .848 37.3  
1938 33 MIN AL 35 46 5 11 2 1 1 5 0 2 4 8 .239 .300 .391 .691 3.9 0.0
1939 34 CIN NL 22 84 8 12 7 1 0 3 0 0 6 18 .143 .200 .250 .450 3.1 0.0
    AAA   111 413 42 102 23 3 3 47 8 12 43 81 .247 .318 .339 .657 42.9  
10 Years Sim 1032 3362 461 951 193 44 31 398 26 18 369 382 .283 .352 .394 .746 444.6 68.6
3 Years AAA 257 991 136 277 56 10 15 129 20 20 126 145 .280 .361 .402 .762 141.8  
162 Game Average 527 72 149 30 6 4 62 4 2 57 59 .283 .352 .394 .746 69.8  
Career Highs 156 559 72 166 35 10 9 67 11 8 75 63 .346 .395 .460 .855 86.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2498 350 727 140 33 21 283 18 16 282 251 .291 .361 .399 .760 355.8
vs LH   864 111 224 53 11 10 115 8 2 87 131 .259 .326 .381 .707 107.9
Home 518 1671 229 465 103 22 14 177 14 8 173 190 .278 .345 .391 .737 223.2
Away 514 1691 232 486 90 22 17 221 12 10 196 192 .287 .359 .397 .756 240.6
RISP   852 0 238 41 15 10 338 0 0 121 106 .279 .363 .398 .761 127.7
Pinch Hitting   146 21 42 10 0 2 29 0 0 19 16 .288 .367 .397 .765 21.6
Close/Late   426 60 120 26 4 5 51 0 0 52 46 .282 .358 .397 .755 60.9
Mar/Apr 153 505 69 137 35 7 3 68 4 3 61 61 .271 .349 .386 .735 68.0
May 147 474 54 125 25 4 7 46 4 2 49 46 .264 .333 .378 .710 60.0
June 166 533 65 139 23 8 4 53 3 1 62 72 .261 .336 .356 .693 66.1
July 177 596 75 179 34 3 5 69 4 5 62 78 .300 .364 .393 .757 83.5
August 204 695 111 211 49 13 5 88 6 1 60 67 .304 .357 .433 .790 102.7
Sep/Oct 185 559 87 160 27 9 7 74 5 6 75 58 .286 .368 .404 .773 83.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 25 DET AL 1B 32 32 277.0 415 31 2 37 .996 14.49   0.9
    CF 17 16 149.0 44 2 0 1 1.000 2.78   0.3
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1931 26 DET AL 1B 149 148 1327.0 1822 133 18 163 .991 13.26   2.1
1932 27 DET AL CF 39 38 316.0 79 0 2 0 .975 2.25   0.9
    1B 27 21 198.0 259 21 1 30 .996 12.73   0.3
    LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1933 28 DET AL 1B 18 17 160.7 198 20 1 23 .995 12.21   0.3
    RF 17 17 147.0 39 0 2 0 .951 2.39   0.3
    CF 14 14 117.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.31    
    LF 14 14 116.0 21 0 4 0 .840 1.63    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1934 29 MIN AL CF 138 131 1151.3 375 10 5 3 .987 3.01   3.4
    1B 7 0 14.0 18 2 0 2 1.000 12.86   0.0
1935 30 MIN AL CF 143 142 1253.0 418 11 7 5 .984 3.08   6.4
    1B 9 0 17.0 21 1 0 2 1.000 11.65   0.0
1936 31 MIN AL CF 123 113 1001.3 304 4 4 0 .987 2.77   3.2
    1B 10 3 36.7 37 4 0 5 1.000 10.07   0.1
1937 32 MIN AL LF 102 96 846.0 234 5 1 2 .996 2.54   2.7
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 1 0 .667 18.00   0.0
1938 33 MIN AL CF 14 11 98.0 23 3 0 0 1.000 2.39   0.4
    LF 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1939 34 CIN NL CF 20 20 164.7 51 0 0 0 1.000 2.79   0.7
    1B 3 0 5.0 5 2 0 0 1.000 12.60   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  CF 508 485 4250.3 1324 30 18 9 .987 2.87   15.2
  1B 256 221 2036.3 2777 214 23 262 .992 13.22   3.7
  LF 122 112 984.3 258 5 5 2 .981 2.40   2.7
  RF 18 18 156.0 41 0 2 0 .953 2.37   0.3
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   905 836 7428.0 4400 249 48 273 .990 5.63   21.9
Career Highs   152 148 1327.0 1822 133 18 163 1.000 13.26    
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
1932 27 DET AL 11 48 14 15 3 1 0 3 1 0 7 5 .313 .400 .417 .817
1933 28 DET AL 6 21 4 8 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 2 .381 .364 .429 .792
Career Post-Season Batting 17 69 18 23 4 1 0 11 1 0 7 7 .333 .390 .420 .810
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1935-7-156
 Triples
1934-5-10
1935-10-8
 Stolen Bases
1931-6-11
1935-9-6
 Caught Stealing
1931-4-8
 Walks
1935-10-75
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Harry Walker (960)
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  3. Dave Harris (957)
  4. Wattie Holm (954)
  5. R.J. Reynolds (953)
  6. Showboat Fisher (952)
  7. Harry Rice (948)
  8. Peanuts Lowrey (943)
  9. Wally Moses (942)
  10. Kiddo Davis (942)
History
4/1/1930: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
Had first career hit (double) on 7/17/1930, off Fay Thomas (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 7/28/1930, off Jumbo Elliott (BRK)
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (A) on 10/4/1932
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,195,000 through salary arbitration
10/15/1933: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $3,000,000 per year, for 7 years
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 2/17/1934 (Going to DET: LF Chuck Klein. Going to MIN: P Dave Keefe, 1B Sam West)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1934, hitting .441 with 0 HR, 14 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1934
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1935
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Montreal on 4/8/1936
Traded from Minnesota to Cincinnati on 2/1/1939 (Going to MIN: LF Ernie Koy, 1B Zeke Bonura, CF Wally Moses. Going to CIN: RF Tommy Henrich, 1B Lou Gehrig, CF Sam West)
Injured on 8/2/1939 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for 5 days
Released by Cincinnati on 10/3/1939
 
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