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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 16	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 17	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
4	4	Apr 18	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	CF
5	5	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	6	Apr 20	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
7	7	Apr 22	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
8	8	Apr 25	STL	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	9	Apr 26	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 27	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	13 (2)	Apr 30	STL		BRO	W,14-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	14	May 1	STL		PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	15	May 2	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	16	May 3	STL		PHI	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	17	May 4 (1)	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
16	18	May 4 (2)	STL		BSN	L,1-5	GS	0	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	19	May 6	STL		NYG	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
18	20	May 7	STL		NYG	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	21	May 8	STL		NYG	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	25 (3)	May 13	STL	@	BRO	L,8-14	CG	50	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Cincinnati Reds
21	25	May 14	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	26	May 15	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
23	27	May 16	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	28	May 17	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
25	29	May 21	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-19	CG	51	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	30	May 22	CIN	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	31	May 23	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
28	32	May 24	CIN		STL	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	33	May 25	CIN		STL	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	34	May 26	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
31	35	May 27	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	56	14.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
32	36	May 28	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
33	37	May 29	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
34	38	May 30 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	40	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	CF
35	39	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-11	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	40	Jun 1 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	41	Jun 1 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,4-9	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	42	Jun 2	CIN		BSN	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	43	Jun 3	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
40	44	Jun 4	CIN		PHI	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
41	45	Jun 5	CIN		PHI	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
42	46	Jun 6	CIN		BRO	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
43	47	Jun 7	CIN		BRO	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
44	48	Jun 8 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,7-11	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
45	49	Jun 8 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,4-10	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	50	Jun 10	CIN		NYG	W,6-5	CG	60	14.0	6	0	0	6	0
47	51	Jun 11	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	52	Jun 14 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
49	53	Jun 14 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
50	54	Jun 15	CIN	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
51	55	Jun 17	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
52	56	Jun 18 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
53	57	Jun 18 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
54	58	Jun 19	CIN	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
55	59	Jun 20	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
56	60	Jun 22 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
57	61	Jun 22 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	62	Jun 24 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
59	63	Jun 24 (2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
60	64	Jun 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
61	65	Jun 27	CIN		CHC	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	67 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,8-9	GF	23	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	79 (11)	Jul 11	CIN		BSN	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	81 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,10-2	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	82	Jul 13 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	83	Jul 14	CIN		NYG	L,2-6	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	85 (1)	Jul 17	CIN		BRO	L,1-2	GS	44	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
68	88 (2)	Jul 20 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	GS	46	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	90 (1)	Jul 22	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
70	96 (5)	Jul 27	CIN	@	NYG	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
71	97	Jul 29 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
72	98	Jul 29 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	GF	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	100 (1)	Aug 1	CIN	@	BSN	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
74	101	Aug 2	CIN	@	BSN	W,8-3	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
75	102	Aug 3 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
76	105 (2)	Aug 6	CIN		CHC	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to Cleveland Indians
77	110	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
78	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
79	114 (2)	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	GS	34	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
80	115	Aug 16	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
81	116	Aug 17 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	GF	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
82	117	Aug 17 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
83	118	Aug 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	119	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,18-8	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
85	123 (3)	Aug 24	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-9	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
86	124	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
87	125	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	GS	40	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF LF
88	126	Aug 27	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
89	127	Aug 28 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-3	GS	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
90	128	Aug 28 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
91	129	Aug 29	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	130	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-11	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF
93	131	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	132	Sep 1 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-3	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
95	134 (1)	Sep 3	CLE		DET	L,8-11	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
96	135	Sep 4	CLE		DET	W,2-0	GS	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
97	136	Sep 5	CLE		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
98	137	Sep 6	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	GS	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
99	139 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
100	140	Sep 9	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
101	141	Sep 10	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
102	142	Sep 11	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
103	143	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	W,5-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
104	144	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
							114gm		815.1	226	12	1	239	2