Claude Westmoreland

Claude William Westmoreland

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.
• School University of California
• High School Washington Union High School

• Born April 21, 1953 in Aurora, CO USA

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Biographical Information

OF/1B Claude Westmoreland was drafted in the 9th round of the 1971 amateur draft by the Minnesota Twins. Opting for college, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the January 1974 amateur draft.

Westmoreland hit 21 HR with 74 RBI in 129 games for the Orangeburg Dodgers in 1974. He then led the 1975 California League with 20 HR, but was 31 RBI behind Butch Wynegar with 81. Hitting only .180 in 37 games for the Waterbury Dodgers in 1976, he was sent back to the California League where he hit .306 in 76 games. Westmoreland was listed on the Dodgers' 1977 spring training roster, but never made the majors.

In 1977 he set a Pacific Coast League record for consecutive games with hitting at least one home run, when he homered nine times in a span of seven games from June 27 to July 3, 1977 for the Albuquerque Dukes. 31 years later, his record was tied by another Albuquerque player, Dallas McPherson.