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Wally Westlake	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 186   Born: November 8, 1920 in Usa, CA, GRIDLEY

Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove	1949

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
1947	26	CIN	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1948	27	CIN	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1949	28	CIN	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1950	29	SDP	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1951	30	SDP	NL	$ 4,492,857	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1952	31	SDP	NL	$ 4,000,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1953	32	SDP	NL	$ 4,000,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1954	33	SDP	NL	$ 4,000,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1955	34	SDP	NL	$ 4,000,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1956	35	NYA	AL		0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1957	36	NYA	AL		0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1958	37	OAK	AL		0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
OOTP6 Min Ratings					0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 4,492,857	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3

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
1947	26	CIN	NL	$ 300,000				5	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	4	4	4	7	7	7
1948	27	CIN	NL	$ 300,000				6	6	6	7	7	7	6	5	6	4	4	4	7	6	7
1949	28	CIN	NL	$ 300,000				6	6	7	7	7	7	6	5	6	5	4	4	7	6	6
1950	29	SDP	NL	$ 300,000				6	6	7	8	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	6
1951	30	SDP	NL	$ 4,492,857				6	6	7	8	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7
1952	31	SDP	NL	$ 4,000,000				7	7	7	8	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7
1953	32	SDP	NL	$ 4,000,000				6	6	7	8	7	7	5	5	5	6	5	5	7	6	7
1954	33	SDP	NL	$ 4,000,000				6	6	7	8	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	6
1955	34	SDP	NL	$ 4,000,000				6	6	6	8	8	8	5	5	5	6	5	5	7	6	6
1956	35	NYA	AL					5	5	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
1957	36	NYA	AL					5	5	5	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
1958	37	OAK	AL					3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings								3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 4,492,857				7	7	7	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7

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
1957	36	NYA	AL	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	.333	.500	.333	.833	0.2
1 Years Sim				0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	.333	.500	.333	.833	0.2

Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
vs RH										1	0	0	0	0		.333	.333	.333	.667
vs LH										0	0	0	1	0		.000	1.000	.000	1.000
Home	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	.333	.500	.333	.833
May	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	.333	.500	.333	.833

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	26	CIN	NL	27	93	10	19	1	0	5	14	0	0	7	15	.204	.260	.376	.636	9.6	0.8
		AAA		81	292	61	92	13	2	26	76	5	4	44	41	.315	.405	.640	1.045	69.8
1948	27	CIN	NL	86	283	40	87	12	3	11	38	0	0	27	35	.307	.368	.488	.856	48.6	8.9
1949	28	CIN	NL	150	539	69	144	14	3	27	94	0	0	42	68	.267	.319	.455	.774	77.1	11.2
1950	29	SDP	NL	132	457	81	145	14	1	33	116	0	0	51	69	.317	.387	.569	.956	92.2	18.1
1951	30	SDP	NL	155	599	84	170	24	5	24	113	0	0	52	78	.284	.339	.461	.800	91.6	14.6
1952	31	SDP	NL	149	565	94	162	20	2	23	90	0	0	70	86	.287	.368	.451	.819	92.4	15.2
1953	32	SDP	NL	155	583	67	149	16	6	18	67	4	0	60	107	.256	.327	.396	.723	72.8	7.9
1954	33	SDP	NL	152	545	91	149	19	3	24	87	4	2	67	81	.273	.357	.451	.808	84.3	12.7
1955	34	SDP	NL	138	405	58	105	14	1	15	68	1	0	45	60	.259	.333	.410	.743	51.2	7.5
1956	35	NYA	AL	150	478	70	122	14	3	20	72	2	0	43	109	.255	.318	.423	.741	64.2	8.4
1957	36	NYA	AL	84	71	19	21	5	0	5	13	0	1	9	16	.296	.383	.577	.960	14.8	3.2
1958	37	AAA		137	565	76	144	15	0	40	91	7	5	41	152	.255	.305	.494	.799	86.1
11 Years Sim				1378	4618	683	1273	153	27	205	772	11	3	473	724	.276	.344	.454	.798	698.7	108.4
2 Years AAA				218	857	137	236	28	2	66	167	12	9	85	193	.275	.349	.544	.892	155.8
162 Game Average					542	80	149	17	3	24	90	1	0	55	85	.276	.344	.454	.798	82.1
Career Highs				155	599	94	170	24	6	33	116	4	2	70	109	.317	.387	.577	.960	92.4

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		2510	397	705	82	16	132	423	6	0	232	391	.281	.342	.484	.826	409.9
vs LH		2108	286	568	71	11	73	349	5	3	241	333	.269	.346	.417	.764	308.2
Home	681	2247	332	619	72	15	89	378	7	0	229	356	.275	.343	.440	.782	339.9
Away	697	2371	351	654	81	12	116	394	4	3	244	368	.276	.346	.467	.812	378.2
RISP		1257	0	341	45	9	58	551	0	0	157	199	.271	.345	.460	.805	205.2
Pinch Hitting		124	17	32	6	0	9	31	1	1	17	21	.258	.354	.524	.878	22.6
Close/Late		516	84	152	21	2	23	80	0	0	66	79	.295	.376	.477	.853	90.8
Mar/Apr	225	776	112	205	24	6	28	122	2	0	91	106	.264	.340	.419	.759	113.8
May	236	818	115	215	27	5	38	150	1	0	71	148	.263	.322	.447	.769	118.3
June	229	766	116	233	27	2	34	118	0	0	72	110	.304	.364	.478	.842	128.8
July	209	682	104	184	21	6	35	123	1	0	71	112	.270	.341	.472	.813	109.3
August	236	774	118	206	21	3	30	112	1	0	90	124	.266	.344	.417	.761	113.7
Sep/Oct	243	802	118	230	33	5	40	147	6	3	78	124	.287	.353	.490	.843	134.3

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
1947	26	CIN	NL	RF	20	18	160.7	36	1	0	0	1.000	2.07					0.6
				LF	7	7	49.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.29
				CF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1948	27	CIN	NL	LF	66	64	536.3	125	4	0	0	1.000	2.16					2.1
				RF	14	10	90.0	24	0	0	0	1.000	2.40
				CF	9	4	42.7	13	0	0	0	1.000	2.74
1949	28	CIN	NL	LF	147	146	1166.3	260	10	0	4	1.000	2.08					2.9
				CF	7	0	10.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.84
				1B	2	0	4.3	7	0	0	0	1.000	14.55					0.0
				RF	3	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
				SS	1	0	2.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
1950	29	SDP	NL	CF	72	66	580.7	172	2	5	1	.972	2.70					2.5
				1B	35	30	272.0	367	32	1	37	.998	13.20					0.7
				LF	18	14	118.3	28	1	0	1	1.000	2.21
				RF	6	3	37.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.70
1951	30	SDP	NL	1B	77	75	678.7	863	69	9	79	.990	12.36					1.6
				CF	48	47	414.3	124	4	2	1	.985	2.78					2.6
				LF	31	25	230.7	59	3	0	1	1.000	2.42
1952	31	SDP	NL	LF	142	139	1242.3	281	3	1	1	.996	2.06					3.5
				RF	1	0	7.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	7.71
				1B	3	0	5.0	2	0	0	1	1.000	3.60					0.0
1953	32	SDP	NL	1B	82	80	703.0	867	73	8	75	.992	12.03					0.8
				LF	60	59	529.3	134	2	0	1	1.000	2.31					2.9
				RF	10	9	79.0	21	0	0	0	1.000	2.39
				CF	4	2	22.7	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.59
1954	33	SDP	NL	CF	86	85	765.3	232	4	2	2	.992	2.78					5.0
				RF	59	56	492.7	129	1	1	0	.992	2.37
				1B	3	0	6.0	7	1	0	0	1.000	12.00					0.0
				LF	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
1955	34	SDP	NL	CF	61	56	501.7	167	3	1	2	.994	3.05					2.4
				1B	59	42	396.3	469	37	6	45	.988	11.49					1.1
				LF	5	0	12.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
				RF	8	0	11.3	4	0	0	0	1.000	3.18
1956	35	NYA	AL	CF	104	99	861.0	251	7	7	1	.974	2.70					2.7
				RF	29	27	231.7	53	0	0	0	1.000	2.06
				1B	2	0	5.0	6	1	0	0	1.000	12.60					0.0
				LF	1	0	2.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.38
1957	36	NYA	AL	CF	15	7	70.0	18	0	0	0	1.000	2.31					0.3
				LF	5	0	11.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.82
				RF	7	0	10.3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
				1B	1	0	4.0	10	0	0	1	1.000	22.50					0.0
				P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
				LF	483	454	3900.0	897	23	1	8	.999	2.12					11.4
				CF	407	366	3270.0	982	20	17	7	.983	2.76					15.6
				1B	264	227	2074.3	2598	213	24	238	.992	12.20					4.2
				RF	157	123	1123.6	281	2	1	0	.996	2.27					0.6
				SS	1	0	2.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
				P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Career Totals					1313	1170	10370.9	4758	260	43	253	.992	4.35					31.9
Career Highs					160	150	1334.0	1046	76	11	81	1.000	7.63

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
1947	26	CIN	NL	3	8	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.875	1.250
1948	27	CIN	NL	5	17	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	4	.176	.263	.235	.498
1950	29	SDP	NL	7	26	2	8	1	0	2	9	0	0	2	5	.308	.367	.577	.944
1951	30	SDP	NL	6	21	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	2	.333	.462	.381	.842
Career Post-Season Batting				21	72	8	21	4	0	3	18	0	0	8	11	.292	.373	.472	.846

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.

Batting Average 1950-5-.317 Slugging Pct 1950-1-.569 OPS 1950-3-.956 Games 1951-10-155 1953-5-155 At-Bats 1951-3-599 1953-5-583 Hits 1951-10-170 Total Bases 1951-10-276 Triples 1953-4-6 Homeruns 1949-5-27 1950-5-33 1951-10-24 RBIs 1949-10-94 1950-4-116 1951-6-113 Strikeouts 1949-9-68 1953-9-107

Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1947

Had first career hit (double) on 4/6/1947, off Bob Chipman (MIN)

Hit first career homerun on 4/18/1947, off Johnny Vander meer (NYG)

Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1947

Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1948, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 9 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1949, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 9 RBI

Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1949

Traded from Cincinnati to San Diego on 3/3/1950 (Going to SDP: LF Wally Westlake, SS Buddy Kerr. Going to CIN: P Sandy Ullrich)

Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1950, hitting .545 with 1 HR, 6 RBI

Hit 3 homeruns against Oakland, driving in 9 runs on 9/22/1950

Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1950, hitting .550 with 6 HR, 17 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1950, hitting .378 with 12 HR, 36 RBI

Won World Series with San Diego in 1950

2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,492,857 through salary arbitration

6/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years

Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1951, hitting .409 with 4 HR, 9 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1951, hitting .619 with 1 HR, 6 RBI

Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1951, hitting .419 with 7 HR, 24 RBI

Injured on 4/26/1952 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks

Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1954, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 10 RBI

Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Minnesota on 7/21/1954

Injured on 3/11/1955 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for one week

Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/4/1956 to a 1-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year

Released by New York (A) on 10/13/1956

Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/10/1957 to a 1-year deal worth $1,100,000 per year

Released by New York (A) on 10/16/1957

Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 3/2/1958 to a minor league contract

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