Sam West

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: October 5, 1904 in Longview, TX us

Died: November 23, 1985 in Lubbock, TX

Buried: Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, TX

High School: Rule HS (Rule, TX)

Debut: April 17, 1927 (Age 22-194d, 6,534th in major league history)
vs. PHA 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1942 (Age 37-354d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Samuel Filmore West

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.6

6148

1838

.299

934

RBI

838

OBP

.371

SLG

.425

OPS

.796

OPS+

104

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 75 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 20 go ahead

2 Tms
SLB	45
WSH	30

Platoon
vs RHP	64
vs LHP	11

Home/Road
Home	40
Away	35

Outs
1	33
2	23
0	19

8 Opps
CHW	17
NYY	13
PHA	10
SLB	10
BOS	7
WSH	6
CLE	6
DET	6

56 Pitchers
Ted Lyons	4
Red Ruffing	3
Danny MacFayden	3
Harry Kelley	2
Rube Walberg	2
Bump Hadley	2
Vern Kennedy	2
Monte Pearson	2
Wes Ferrell	2
Milt Gaston	2
Sugar Cain	2
Sad Sam Jones	2
George Blaeholder	2
Lefty Stewart	2
Les Tietje	2
Schoolboy Rowe	1
Roy Mahaffey	1
Lefty Grove	1
Jack Quinn	1
Bobo Newsom	1
Howard Mills	1
Johnny Murphy	1
Pat Malone	1
Slim Harriss	1
Lloyd Brown	1
Luke Hamlin	1
Lee Stine	1
Sam Gray	1
General Crowder	1
Rip Collins	1
Willis Hudlin	1
Mel Harder	1
Alex McColl	1
Ed Durham	1
Jack Ogden	1
Bob Harris	1
Harry Smythe	1
Ed Wells	1
Johnny Broaca	1
Elden Auker	1
Tommy Thomas	1
Monty Stratton	1
Monte Weaver	1
Roxie Lawson	1
Carl Fischer	1
Lynn Nelson	1
Lefty Gomez	1
Jimmie DeShong	1
Herman Fink	1
Jack Russell	1
Clint Brown	1
Art Smith	1
Oral Hildebrand	1
Waite Hoyt	1
Ivy Andrews	1
Johnny Rigney	1

8 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	37
GriffithStad (WAS)	11
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	9
Yankee Stad (NYC)	7
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
League Pk II (CLE)	2

Where Hit
9	59
8	2
89	2
7	1

3 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	73
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	40
1--	14
12-	8
--3	5
-23	3
-2-	3
123	2

125 RBI
RISP	21
0 on	40
1 on	22
2 on	11
3 on	2
Any on	35

Inning
1	6
2	5
3	9
4	6
5	12
6	6
7	9
8	12
9	9
Extra	1

1-3	20
4-6	24
7-end	31

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	2
+2	7
+1	13
Tied	17
-1	6
-2	2
-3	5
-4..	14

Ahead	31
Tied	17
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	69
1B	2
PH	2
LF	2

OrderPos
2nd	35
5th	15
1st	9
3rd	5
6th	5
7th	4
4th	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	30

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1928	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1928-04-22	WSH		BOS	Red Ruffing	behind 4-7	b 4	2	---	1	1	8			IPHR
2	2	2	1	1928-05-02	WSH		NYY	Waite Hoyt	tied 0-0	b 3	1	-2-	2	1	8	0.170	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Jones Scores
3	3	3	1	1928-06-20	WSH		BOS	Slim Harriss	ahead 7-0	b 7	0	---	1	4	PH	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1929	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1929-04-27	WSH	@	BOS	Danny MacFayden	behind 1-2	t 9	2	1--	2	9	PH	0.711	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Stewart Scores
5	5	2	1	1929-07-20 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	Jack Ogden	tied 1-1	t 7	2	---	1	7	8	0.201	63%		Home Run
6	6	3	1	1929-08-06 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	Ed Wells	ahead 4-0	t 3	2	-2-	2	5	8	0.080	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Myer Scores/unER; S. West Scores/unER
1930	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1930-04-16	WSH	@	BOS	Milt Gaston	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.089	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	2	1	1930-04-25	WSH		PHA	Jack Quinn	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---	1	1	8	0.093	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	3	1	1930-05-15	WSH		CLE	Willis Hudlin	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	1--	2	1	8	0.128	82%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run; S. Jones Scores
10	10	4	1	1930-05-17	WSH		PHA	Roy Mahaffey	ahead 7-5	b 5	2	12-	3	1	8	0.154	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Bluege Scores/unER; R. Spencer Scores/unER; S. West Scores/unER
11	11	5	1	1930-06-16	WSH	@	SLB	Sam Gray	ahead 7-6	t 9	0	---	1	1	8	0.097	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	6	1	1930-08-21	WSH		SLB	Rip Collins	ahead 3-2	b 8	2	1--	2	6	8	0.128	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Judge Scores
1931	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1931-05-17 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	George Blaeholder	behind 1-2	t 9	0	---	1	5	8
14	14	2	1	1931-07-25	WSH		SLB	Lefty Stewart	behind 0-1	b 5	1	---	1	6	8	0.143	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	3	1	1931-07-30	WSH		CLE	Mel Harder	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	-23	3	5	8	0.201	89%		Home Run (Deep CF); S. Rice Scores; J. Cronin Scores
1932	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1932-04-18	WSH	@	PHA	Jimmie DeShong	ahead 10-7	t 9	1	12-	3	3	8	0.032	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Myer Scores; H. Manush Scores
17	17	2	1	1932-05-19 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	Red Ruffing	tied 2-2	t 3	1	-2-	2	3	8	0.165	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Manush Scores
18	18	3	1	1932-06-09	WSH	@	CHW	Art Smith	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	---	1	3	8	0.102	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
19	19	4	1	1932-06-14	WSH	@	SLB	George Blaeholder	tied 0-0	t 1	1	--3	2	3	8	0.112	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Myer Scores
20	20	5	1	1932-07-02 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	Rube Walberg	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	8	0.087	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	6	1	1932-07-28	WSH	@	SLB	Lefty Stewart	behind 0-6	t 7	2	---	1	6	8	0.011	2%		Home Run
1933	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1933-04-29	SLB		DET	Schoolboy Rowe	ahead 4-3	b 7	1	1--	2	2	8	0.148	93%		Home Run; A. Scharein Scores
23	23	2	1	1933-04-30 (2)	SLB		DET	Carl Fischer	behind 0-5	b 9	0	---	1	2	8	0.013	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	3	1	1933-05-03	SLB		BOS	Ivy Andrews	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	1	2	8	0.093	33%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	4	1	1933-06-18 (2)	SLB		WSH	Tommy Thomas	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	8
26	26	5	1	1933-08-01	SLB		CLE	Clint Brown	ahead 4-2	b 8	2	---	1	2	8	0.044	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	6	1	1933-08-05	SLB		CHW	Ed Durham	tied 1-1	b 3	1	1--	2	2	8	0.176	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Storti Scores
28	28	7	1	1933-08-16	SLB		NYY	Danny MacFayden	ahead 8-0	b 5	2	--3	2	2	8	0.006	100%		Home Run; J. Levey Scores
29	29	8	1	1933-08-22	SLB		PHA	Rube Walberg	behind 2-6	b 8	0	12-	3	2	8	0.190	34%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Storti Scores; A. Scharein Scores
30	30	9	1	1933-09-13	SLB	@	BOS	Lloyd Brown	tied 0-0	t 6	2	---	1	2	8	0.164	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	10	1	1933-09-23	SLB	@	DET	Luke Hamlin	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	2	8	0.100	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	11	1	1933-09-30	SLB	@	CHW	Ted Lyons	behind 0-4	t 9	0	---	1	2	8	0.020	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1934-05-27	SLB		NYY	Harry Smythe	ahead 15-6	b 8	2	---	1	2	8	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	2	1	1934-05-28	SLB		NYY	Danny MacFayden	ahead 4-3	b 5	0	---	1	2	8	0.098	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	3	1	1934-06-03	SLB		CLE	Oral Hildebrand	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.089	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	4	1	1934-06-05 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	Sad Sam Jones	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.091	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	5	1	1934-07-04 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	Sad Sam Jones	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	1	2	8	0.090	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	6	1	1934-07-20	SLB		WSH	Alex McColl	ahead 4-3	b 7	1	---	1	2	8	0.108	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	7	1	1934-07-30	SLB		CHW	Milt Gaston	behind 1-3	b 8	0	--3	2	2	8	0.273	62%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Clift Scores
40	40	8	1	1934-08-02	SLB		CHW	Les Tietje	behind 3-8	b 8	0	1--	2	2	8	0.061	11%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Clift Scores
41	41	9	1	1934-08-24	SLB	@	PHA	Sugar Cain	behind 0-1	t 8	1	1--	2	2	8	0.438	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Clift Scores
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1935-04-20	SLB		CHW	Lee Stine	ahead 8-4	b 8	1	---	1	1	8	0.009	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	2	1	1935-04-25	SLB	@	CLE	Monte Pearson	behind 2-5	t 6	1	123	4	1	8	0.350	62%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Melillo Scores; A. Strange Scores/unER; D. Garms Scores
44	44	3	1	1935-05-08	SLB		WSH	Monte Weaver	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.094	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	4	2	1935-05-08	SLB		WSH	Jack Russell	behind 4-8	b 5	0	---	1	2	8	0.072	21%		Home Run (CF-RF)
46	46	5	1	1935-06-30 (2)	SLB		DET	General Crowder	behind 4-6	b 4	0	---	1	2	8
47	47	6	1	1935-07-18	SLB	@	NYY	Red Ruffing	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	5	8	0.134	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	7	1	1935-07-19	SLB	@	NYY	Lefty Gomez	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	-23	3	2	8	0.173	87%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; H. Clift Scores/unER; I. Andrews Scores/unER; S. West Scores/unER
49	49	8	1	1935-07-28 (1)	SLB		CHW	Ted Lyons	behind 5-13	b 7	0	---	1	5	8
50	50	9	1	1935-07-29	SLB		CHW	Les Tietje	behind 1-6	b 7	1	---	1	5	8	0.030	6%		Home Run
51	51	10	1	1935-08-02	SLB	@	CHW	Vern Kennedy	tied 8-8	t 8	2	1--	2	5	8	0.382	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Pepper Scores
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1936-06-20	SLB		BOS	Lefty Grove	ahead 4-1	b 3	2	--3	2	6	8	0.093	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bell Scores
53	53	2	1	1936-07-23	SLB		NYY	Monte Pearson	behind 2-8	b 6	1	---	1	5	8	0.027	6%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	3	1	1936-08-02 (2)	SLB		PHA	Harry Kelley	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	8
55	55	4	1	1936-08-05 (1)	SLB		CHW	Vern Kennedy	ahead 5-3	b 5	1	12-	3	5	8	0.127	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Solters Scores; B. Bell Scores
56	56	5	1	1936-08-06 (1)	SLB		CHW	Sugar Cain	behind 3-6	b 5	2	---	1	5	8	0.088	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
57	57	6	1	1936-08-09	SLB	@	DET	Elden Auker	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	8	0.090	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
58	58	7	1	1936-09-10 (2)	SLB		PHA	Herman Fink	behind 1-4	b 4	1	1--	2	5	8
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	1937-06-04 (2)	SLB		PHA	Harry Kelley	tied 2-2	b 5	2	---	1	2	8	0.141	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	2	1	1937-06-22	SLB	@	NYY	Pat Malone	behind 3-8	t 7	1	1--	2	2	8	0.056	10%		Home Run; E. Allen Scores
61	61	3	1	1937-07-11 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	Ted Lyons	ahead 3-1	t 5	0	---	1	3	8	0.084	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	4	1	1937-07-17	SLB		PHA	Lynn Nelson	ahead 7-2	b 8	1	-23	3	2	8	0.003	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Koupal Scores; T. Carey Scores
63	63	5	1	1937-07-22	SLB		NYY	Johnny Murphy	ahead 11-2	b 7	2	---	1	2	8	0.001	100%		Home Run
64	64	6	1	1937-07-25 (1)	SLB		WSH	Wes Ferrell	behind 0-7	b 2	2	123	4	2	8
65	65	7	1	1937-07-31	SLB	@	NYY	Bump Hadley	tied 6-6	t 10	2	12-	3	2	8	0.482	95%		Home Run; O. Hildebrand Scores; H. Davis Scores
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1938-05-08	SLB	@	WSH	Wes Ferrell	behind 4-8	t 8	1	12-	3	5	8	0.142	21%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Sullivan Scores; B. Bell Scores
67	67	2	1	1938-06-17 (2)	WSH	@	DET	Roxie Lawson	behind 0-4	t 9	1	1--	2	2	8	0.027	5%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Stone Scores
68	68	3	1	1938-06-26 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	Howard Mills	tied 1-1	t 5	2	1--	2	2	8	0.232	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Kelley Scores
69	69	4	1	1938-06-26 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	Bobo Newsom	ahead 5-0	t 9	1	1--	2	2	8
70	70	5	1	1938-09-04	WSH	@	NYY	Bump Hadley	behind 3-7	t 9	2	---	1	7	8	0.003	1%		Home Run
71	71	6	1	1938-09-13 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	Monty Stratton	ahead 3-1	t 6	2	1--	2	7	8	0.154	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Myer Scores
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1939-06-03	WSH	@	CHW	Johnny Rigney	tied 2-2	t 4	1	12-	3	7	3	0.234	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Wright Scores; B. Myer Scores
73	73	2	1	1939-07-16 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	Ted Lyons	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	---	1	2	7	0.122	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
74	74	3	1	1939-07-22	WSH	@	CLE	Johnny Broaca	ahead 7-3	t 8	1	--3	2	2	7	0.020	99%		Home Run (CF-RF); G. Case Scores
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1940-07-21 (2)	WSH		SLB	Bob Harris	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	12-	3	5	3	0.174	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Walker Scores; C. Travis Scores

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