Wally Westlake

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 186lb (183cm, 84kg)

Born: November 8, 1920 in Gridley, CA us

Died: September 5, 2019 in Sacramento, CA

Buried: St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Sacramento, CA

High School: Christian Brothers HS (Sacramento, CA)

Debut: April 15, 1947 (Age 26-158d, 10,283rd in major league history)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 12, 1956 (Age 35-186d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Waldon Thomas Westlake

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Relatives: Brother of Jim Westlake

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.7

3117

848

127

.272

474

RBI

539

OBP

.345

SLG

.450

OPS

.795

OPS+

111

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	2	Apr 17	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 21	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 22	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 23	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	6	Apr 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
7	7	Apr 25	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 27	PIT		CIN	L,5-7	GS	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	16 (7)	May 5	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	17	May 6 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
11	18	May 6 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	19	May 8	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
13	20	May 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	47	9.2	0	4	2	6	1	3B
14	21	May 10	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
15	22	May 11	PIT		CHC	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	2
16	23	May 12	PIT		CHC	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
17	24	May 13 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
18	25	May 13 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
19	26	May 15	PIT		NYG	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
20	27	May 16	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
21	28	May 17	PIT		NYG	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
22	29	May 18	PIT		BSN	L,3-12	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
23	30	May 19	PIT		BSN	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
24	31	May 20 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-17	CG	57	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
25	32	May 20 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,4-12	CG	49	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
26	33	May 22	PIT		BRO	L,8-17	CG	53	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
27	34	May 23	PIT		BRO	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	1	7	1	9	1	3B
28	35	May 25	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	36	May 26	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
30	37	May 28	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	1	3	0	4	1
31	38	May 30 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	39	May 30 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	40	Jun 1	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
34	41	Jun 2	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-14	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	42	Jun 3 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
36	43	Jun 3 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
37	44	Jun 4	PIT	@	PHI	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
38	45	Jun 5	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
39	46	Jun 6	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	47	Jun 7	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
41	48	Jun 9	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
42	49	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
43	50	Jun 10 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
44	51	Jun 12	PIT		BSN	L,3-13	CG	51	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
45	52	Jun 14	PIT		BSN	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Cardinals
46	55	Jun 16	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
47	56	Jun 17	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
48	57	Jun 18	STL		NYG	L,4-5	CG	54	12.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
49	58	Jun 19	STL		NYG	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	59	Jun 20	STL		NYG	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
51	60	Jun 21	STL		NYG	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	61	Jun 22	STL		BSN	L,7-8	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	62	Jun 24	STL		BSN	W,6-5	CG	57	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
54	63	Jun 26	STL		CHC	L,5-7	CG	0	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
55	64	Jun 27	STL		CHC	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	65	Jun 28	STL		CHC	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
57	66	Jun 29	STL		CHC	T,6-6	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
58	67	Jun 30	STL		PIT	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	68	Jul 1	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	0	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	69	Jul 2	STL	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	70	Jul 3	STL	@	CIN	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	71	Jul 4	STL	@	CHC	W,10-5	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
63	72	Jul 5	STL	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	73	Jul 6	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
65	74	Jul 7	STL	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
66	75	Jul 8 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	76	Jul 8 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,9-8	GS	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
68	77	Jul 12	STL	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
69	78	Jul 13	STL	@	NYG	L,4-14	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
70	79	Jul 14	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
71	80	Jul 15 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
72	81	Jul 15 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
73	82	Jul 16	STL	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
74	83	Jul 17	STL	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
75	84	Jul 18	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
76	85	Jul 20	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
77	86	Jul 21	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
78	88 (1)	Jul 24	STL		PHI	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	89	Jul 25	STL		PHI	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
80	90	Jul 26	STL		PHI	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
81	91	Jul 27	STL		BRO	L,9-12	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
82	94 (2)	Jul 30	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
83	95	Jul 31	STL		BSN	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	96	Aug 1	STL		BSN	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
85	99 (2)	Aug 4	STL		NYG	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
86	101 (1)	Aug 7	STL		PIT	W,16-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	102	Aug 8	STL		PIT	L,7-10	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	103	Aug 9	STL		PIT	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
89	104	Aug 10	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	105	Aug 11	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	27	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
91	106	Aug 12	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
92	107	Aug 13	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
93	108	Aug 14	STL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	109	Aug 15	STL	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	110	Aug 16	STL	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	111	Aug 17	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	112	Aug 18	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	115 (2)	Aug 22 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
99	118 (2)	Aug 24	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	131 (12)	Sep 5 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
101	136 (4)	Sep 9 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	137	Sep 11 (1)	STL		NYG	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
103	138	Sep 11 (2)	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
104	140 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	STL		BSN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
105	141	Sep 14	STL		BSN	L,5-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
106	143 (1)	Sep 16	STL		PHI	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
107	146 (2)	Sep 19	STL		BRO	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
108	149 (2)	Sep 22	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	150	Sep 23 (1)	STL		CHC	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	151	Sep 23 (2)	STL		CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	152	Sep 25	STL	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	53	13.1	1	0	0	1	0
112	154 (1)	Sep 30 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
113	155	Sep 30 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	0	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
							116gm		993.1	193	94	15	302	14