Dick West

Positions: Catcher and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: November 24, 1915 in Louisville, KY us

Died: March 13, 1996 in Fort Wayne, IN

Buried: Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN

High School: DuPont Manual HS (Louisville, KY)

School: Georgia Southwestern State University (Americus, GA)

Debut: September 28, 1938 (Age 22-308d, 8,543rd in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 9, 1943 (Age 27-166d)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Richard Thomas West

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.1

299

.221

RBI

OBP

.253

SLG

.298

OPS

.551

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-21 / in Starts: 9-9
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 85 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	67 (34-17-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 85 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	55 (28-17-8)

Most Driven In
F McCormick	4
B Haas	2
G Walker	1
Self	1
E Joost	0

Most Driven In By
E Joost	4
G Walker	2
D Phillips	1
Self	1
I Goodman	1
R Hemsley	0
L Frey	0

1942 Batting Game Log

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1942 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	84	15 (14)	Apr 30	CIN		BRO	L,8-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	.43	-0.013	.70	-0.01%	-0.20	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	85	40 (24)	May 29	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-6	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	3.75	-0.084	4.98	-0.07%	-0.26	PH
3	86	42 (1)	May 30 (2)	CIN		STL	L,5-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.45	-0.013	.72	-0.01%	-0.56	LF
4	87	43	May 31 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	7	.77	-0.077	1.04	-0.06%	-0.44	LF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	88	46 (2)	Jun 3	CIN		PHI	L,1-2	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8						PR
6	89	47	Jun 5 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
7	90	54 (6)	Jun 10	CIN		NYG	L,1-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.17	-0.004	.21	0.00%	-0.26	PH
8	91	70 (15)	Jun 28 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	3						PR
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	92	73 (2)	Jul 4	CIN	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455	8	1.09	0.001	1.01	0.00%	0.13	LF
10	93	74	Jul 5 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.214	.414	8	1.64	-0.144	1.69	-0.09%	-0.56	LF
11	94	75	Jul 5 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.211	.176	.387	7	.56	-0.034	.42	-0.02%	-0.43	LF
12	95	78 (2)	Jul 11 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,0-5	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.167	.367	9	.71	-0.020	.80	-0.01%	-0.30	PH
13	96	82 (3)	Jul 14	CIN		PHI	L,1-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.105	.190	.158	.348	9	2.43	-0.059	.78	-0.01%	-0.21	PH
14	97	84 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,2-7	5-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.095	.174	.143	.317	9	.37	-0.021	.09	0.00%	-0.41	PH C
15	98	85	Jul 16	CIN		BSN	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.120	.185	.160	.345	8	1.67	0.021	.27	0.00%	-0.24	LF
16	99	96 (10)	Jul 28 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.138	.194	.276	.469	6	.55	0.184	.03	0.01%	1.05	C
17	100	97	Jul 30	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-4	2-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.156	.206	.281	.487	6	1.72	-0.047	.09	0.00%	-0.49	C
18	101	98	Jul 31	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.237	.286	.523	8	.46	0.031	.01	0.00%	0.69	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	102	99	Aug 1	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.262	.289	.551	8	1.83	0.027	.08	0.00%	0.65	C
20	103	100	Aug 2 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.244	.268	.513	8	.44	-0.031	.01	0.00%	-0.66	C
21	104	102 (1)	Aug 4	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.245	.250	.495	8	.60	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.33	C
22	105	103	Aug 5	CIN		STL	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.149	.231	.234	.465	8	.55	-0.037	.01	0.00%	-0.56	C
23	106	105 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.140	.218	.220	.438	8	1.45	-0.102	.03	0.00%	-0.87	C
24	107	106	Aug 9 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,8-10	CG(18)	9	8	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1		1	0	1	0	.172	.238	.259	.497	8	2.59	0.442	.04	0.00%	2.32	C
25	108	108 (1)	Aug 11	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.164	.227	.246	.473	8	1.44	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-1.28	C
26	109	111 (2)	Aug 16 (1)	CIN	@	STL	L,5-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.169	.229	.246	.475	8	2.14	-0.138	.00	0.00%	-1.35	C
27	110	114 (2)	Aug 18	CIN		PIT	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.164	.222	.239	.461	8	1.19	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.67	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	111	129 (14)	Sep 1	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.164	.222	.239	.461	9	3.32	0.052	.00	0.00%	0.16	PR
29	112	135 (5)	Sep 7 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.227	.257	.484	7	.64	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.14	C
30	113	136	Sep 7 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.169	.224	.254	.477	9	1.02	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.14	PH
31	114	144 (7)	Sep 17	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-11	7-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.221	.250	.471	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.27	PR C
32	115	146 (1)	Sep 19	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.210	.237	.447	6	.88	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.91	C
33	116	148 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	T,3-3	CG(7)	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.177	.226	.253	.479	8	1.57	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.81	C
							11-21		85	79	9	14	3	0	1	8	5	1	13	0	1		1	0	1	1	.177	.226	.253	.479		1.30	-0.336	.32	-0.28%	-5.70

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