Max
West
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 182
 
Born: November 28, 1916 in Usa, MO, DEXTER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1944   
All-Star Selections 1944   
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
1938 21 SLC NL     5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 7
1939 22 SLC NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 6
1940 23 SLC NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1941 24 SLC NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1942 25 SLC NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 7 7 7 7 7
1943 26 STL NL $ 882,143   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 6 6 6
1944 27 STL NL $ 1,450,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 6 6 6 6
1945 28 BSN NL $ 2,985,714   6 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1946 29 BSN NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6 5 6 5
1947 30 MON NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6
1948 31 CIN NL $ 369,238   6 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6
1949 32 CIN NL $ 369,238   5 5 5 5 6 5 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 5 5
1950 33 CIN NL $ 369,238   5 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 4 5 4 5 5 5
1951 34 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 5 3 4 4 4 5 5
1952 35 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 7 7 7 8 7
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
1938 21 AAA   137 512 81 148 23 1 25 88 4 2 69 39 .289 .373 .484 .858 91.7  
1939 22 SLC NL 102 360 45 92 18 3 13 78 0 0 25 55 .256 .302 .431 .733 44.4 6.1
    AAA   40 152 17 45 9 0 5 18 2 1 24 23 .296 .392 .454 .846 27.1  
1940 23 SLC NL 104 217 26 42 12 0 2 21 0 0 16 27 .194 .251 .276 .528 12.0 0.0
1941 24 SLC NL 108 213 20 52 5 0 6 33 0 0 20 36 .244 .306 .352 .658 24.1 2.7
1942 25 SLC NL 98 144 22 37 7 2 6 32 0 0 14 21 .257 .317 .458 .775 21.1 3.6
1943 26 STL NL 146 419 56 90 27 4 9 54 0 0 42 74 .215 .284 .363 .647 42.4 4.0
1944 27 STL NL 155 542 78 150 32 7 25 84 0 0 84 82 .277 .372 .500 .872 97.1 15.9
1945 28 BSN NL 117 371 47 81 19 0 17 54 2 0 48 61 .218 .306 .407 .713 46.3 6.4
1946 29 BSN NL 102 260 31 60 14 2 6 40 0 0 20 48 .231 .287 .369 .656 27.4 3.1
1947 30 MON NL 63 186 33 50 12 1 9 33 0 0 23 22 .269 .348 .489 .837 31.3 5.4
    AAA   81 322 67 97 23 1 28 73 0 3 48 62 .301 .392 .640 1.032 74.2  
1948 31 CIN NL 18 42 6 11 1 1 3 10 0 0 4 6 .262 .326 .548 .874 6.9 1.1
    AAA   106 364 75 120 26 2 38 98 4 6 44 71 .330 .402 .725 1.127 92.9  
1949 32 CIN NL 112 199 31 58 9 3 8 40 0 0 18 40 .291 .352 .487 .839 33.0 5.8
1950 33 CIN NL 90 225 24 55 9 2 6 28 0 0 20 48 .244 .302 .382 .685 25.5 1.8
1951 34 CIN NL 102 280 35 67 14 2 15 51 1 0 18 54 .239 .282 .464 .747 37.8 4.0
1952 35 NYG NL 37 33 2 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 3 .273 .314 .424 .739 3.3 0.3
14 Years Sim 1354 3491 456 854 181 27 126 563 3 0 354 577 .245 .313 .420 .733 452.4 60.2
4 Years AAA 364 1350 240 410 81 4 96 277 10 12 185 195 .304 .388 .583 .971 285.8  
162 Game Average 417 54 102 21 3 15 67 0 0 42 69 .245 .313 .420 .733 54.1  
Career Highs 155 542 78 150 32 7 25 84 2 0 84 82 .291 .372 .548 .874 97.1  
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   2527 349 644 140 18 102 456 3 0 271 393 .255 .325 .446 .771 370.3
vs LH   964 107 210 41 9 24 107 0 0 83 184 .218 .278 .354 .632 97.3
Home 678 1753 220 445 90 13 59 282 0 0 180 290 .254 .322 .421 .743 240.4
Away 676 1738 236 409 91 14 67 281 3 0 174 287 .235 .304 .419 .723 227.2
RISP   939 0 254 62 6 35 405 0 0 107 156 .271 .337 .461 .799 147.4
Pinch Hitting   424 51 98 18 4 10 69 1 0 41 75 .231 .298 .363 .661 47.3
Close/Late   503 50 127 30 4 19 83 0 0 60 71 .252 .332 .441 .774 74.4
Mar/Apr 224 591 72 139 37 6 24 107 0 0 49 103 .235 .291 .440 .731 76.7
May 227 549 56 150 35 6 20 88 1 0 45 80 .273 .327 .468 .795 81.9
June 228 627 81 147 33 1 22 101 0 0 53 118 .234 .293 .396 .688 73.9
July 222 557 72 124 25 3 21 81 1 0 76 87 .223 .313 .391 .705 73.3
August 217 577 95 146 27 5 21 104 0 0 60 97 .253 .322 .426 .749 80.4
Sep/Oct 235 590 80 148 24 6 18 82 1 0 71 92 .251 .331 .403 .734 81.3
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
1939 22 SLC NL RF 98 96 816.3 179 2 12 0 .938 2.00   1.5
    CF 2 1 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    1B 1 0 3.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
1940 23 SLC NL CF 20 14 134.0 36 3 1 1 .975 2.62   0.7
    RF 14 14 114.3 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.81    
    1B 13 11 97.0 127 19 1 13 .993 13.55   0.2
    LF 18 4 60.0 14 2 0 1 1.000 2.40    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1941 24 SLC NL RF 29 26 231.0 52 1 3 0 .946 2.06   0.5
    1B 15 13 119.0 138 12 2 16 .987 11.34   0.4
    CF 4 3 28.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.81    
    LF 6 0 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1942 25 SLC NL 1B 17 16 129.0 158 10 1 18 .994 11.72   0.2
    RF 25 2 63.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.1
    CF 5 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1943 26 STL NL RF 85 75 665.3 153 8 6 0 .964 2.18   2.4
    CF 20 16 146.0 40 2 3 1 .933 2.59    
    1B 11 8 70.0 86 8 4 8 .959 12.09   0.0
    LF 8 0 14.3 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.14    
1944 27 STL NL RF 147 145 1263.7 298 16 4 3 .987 2.24   5.2
    1B 5 1 32.0 48 3 0 8 1.000 14.34   0.1
1945 28 BSN NL RF 68 67 591.0 154 2 1 1 .994 2.38   1.5
    LF 28 22 216.0 50 1 3 0 .944 2.13    
    1B 8 0 25.0 29 3 0 1 1.000 11.52   0.0
    CF 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1946 29 BSN NL RF 54 47 429.0 106 1 1 1 .991 2.24   1.5
    CF 6 5 44.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 3.07    
    1B 9 4 44.0 50 5 1 4 .982 11.25   0.0
    LF 10 2 30.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.78    
1947 30 MON NL RF 42 40 344.7 71 2 2 1 .973 1.91   0.7
    CF 5 2 21.0 9 0 1 0 .900 3.86    
    1B 6 0 14.7 19 3 0 3 1.000 13.51   0.0
    LF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1948 31 CIN NL RF 10 7 65.0 14 0 2 0 .875 1.94   0.3
    LF 3 3 25.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 4.68    
    1B 2 1 8.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1949 32 CIN NL RF 52 17 203.7 41 1 1 1 .977 1.86   0.7
    LF 27 11 118.7 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.97    
    CF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    1B 2 0 6.0 9 2 1 1 .917 16.50   0.0
1950 33 CIN NL RF 44 40 332.3 78 0 3 0 .963 2.11   1.2
    LF 15 12 104.0 23 0 2 0 .920 1.99    
    CF 8 3 32.3 7 0 1 0 .875 1.95    
    1B 2 2 14.0 18 2 0 0 1.000 12.86   0.0
1951 34 CIN NL 1B 73 68 582.7 660 59 8 74 .989 11.11   1.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1952 35 NYG NL 1B 4 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    LF 4 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    CF 4 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  RF 670 576 5123.3 1181 34 35 7 .972 2.13   15.7
  1B 168 124 1150.3 1361 126 18 146 .988 11.63   2.2
  LF 125 54 596.3 137 6 5 1 .966 2.16   0.1
  CF 83 45 442.7 127 6 6 2 .957 2.70   0.7
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1048 799 7314.6 2806 173 64 156 .979 3.67   18.6
Career Highs   152 146 1295.7 661 60 13 74 1.000 11.08    
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.
Slugging Pct
1944-6-.500
OPS
1944-7-.872
XR
1944-6-97.1
Games
1944-8-155
Total Bases
1944-7-271
Doubles
1944-9-32
Triples
1944-6-7
Homeruns
1944-6-25
Walks
1944-9-84
Strikeouts
1943-8-74
1944-6-82
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by St. Louis (C) in 1938
Injured on 8/24/1938 with a Bruised Hand, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 6/2/1939, off Al Milnar (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/7/1939, off Dizzy Trout (BSN)
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $882,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1944, hitting .400 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1944, hitting .300 with 8 HR, 25 RBI
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1944
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,985,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from St. Louis to Boston (N) on 3/3/1945 (Going to STL: RF Al Zarilla. Going to BSN: RF Max West)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Brooklyn on 5/6/1945
6/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $3,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 8/3/1945 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Boston (N) to Montreal on 7/1/1947 (Going to BSN: P Bill Voiselle. Going to MON: LF Max West)
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/19/1948 to a 3-year deal worth $369,238 per year
4/2/1948: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cincinnati
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Pittsburgh on 6/17/1950
Injured on 6/29/1950 with a Fractured Hip, out for 4-5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/2/1952 to a minor league deal