Wes Westrum

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: November 28, 1922 in Clearbrook, MN us

Died: May 28, 2002 in Clearbrook, MN

Buried: Silver Creek Cemetery, Clearbrook, MN

High School: Clearbrook-Gonvick HS (Clearbrook, MN)

School: Bemidji State University (Bemidji, MN)

Debut: September 17, 1947 (Age 24-293d, 10,362nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 34-305d)
vs. PIT 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Wesley Noreen Westrum

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.6

2322

503

.217

302

RBI

315

OBP

.356

SLG

.373

OPS

.729

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-40 / in Starts: 22-25
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 209 PAs	28
Actual Runners on Base	129 (67-33-29) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 209 PAs	23
Avg. Runners on Base	140 (73-44-22)

Most Driven In
Self	7
B Rigney	5
B Thomson	4
S Gordon	3
W Marshall	2
J Lafata	2
J Mize	1

Most Driven In By
Self	7
H Thompson	5
W Lockman	2
B Rigney	2
C Hartung	1
P Milne	1
B Kerr	1
B Haas	1

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 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	74	54 (53)	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	1.28	-0.014	2.90	-0.02%	-0.23	C
2	75	55	Jun 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	7	1.35	0.055	3.32	0.08%	0.82	C
3	76	56	Jun 18	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.583	.500	1.083	7	1.23	0.181	2.51	0.22%	1.37	C
4	77	58 (1)	Jun 20	NYG	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.500	.364	.864	7	.59	-0.044	1.53	-0.07%	-0.52	C
5	78	59	Jun 21	NYG	@	STL	W,6-5	CG(12)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.455	.313	.767	6	1.86	-0.073	3.91	-0.09%	-1.13	C
6	79	60	Jun 22	NYG	@	STL	L,8-11	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.286	.444	.429	.873	6						C
7	80	62 (1)	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.280	.419	.400	.819	7	.58	-0.054	.81	-0.05%	-1.16	C
8	81	63	Jun 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.357	.757	7	.85	-0.055	1.08	-0.04%	-0.63	C
9	82	64	Jun 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.273	.400	.364	.764	6						C
10	83	65	Jun 28	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.243	.364	.324	.688	6	.99	-0.153	1.50	-0.14%	-1.78	C
11	84	66	Jun 29	NYG		BSN	W,9-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.354	.341	.696	6	.50	-0.008	.78	-0.01%	1.07	C
12	85	67	Jun 30 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.327	.311	.638	6	1.33	-0.138	2.06	-0.13%	-1.41	C
13	86	68	Jun 30 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,2-6	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.213	.315	.298	.613	6						C
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
14	87	70 (1)	Jul 2	NYG		BRO	L,8-13	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.315	.298	.613	7						C
15	88	75 (4)	Jul 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.315	.298	.613	7						C
16	89	77 (1)	Jul 10	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-7	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.327	.313	.640	7	.24	0.010	.47	0.01%	0.27	C
17	90	78	Jul 14	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.310	.294	.604	7	.57	-0.044	.59	-0.03%	-0.59	C
18	91	79	Jul 16 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.290	.273	.563	7	.68	-0.073	.70	-0.05%	-1.16	C
19	92	80	Jul 16 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,6-7	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0			0	0	0	.183	.269	.250	.519	7						C
20	93	81	Jul 17	NYG		STL	L,1-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.175	.268	.238	.506	7	.51	-0.044	.50	-0.03%	-0.45	C
21	94	86 (4)	Jul 22	NYG		CHC	L,5-6	5-GF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.288	.238	.526	8	1.25	0.093	1.12	0.05%	0.53	C
22	95	89 (2)	Jul 24 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-6	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.289	.288	.577	8	.69	0.077	.49	0.03%	0.47	C
23	96	91 (1)	Jul 27	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.300	.343	.643	8	1.49	0.237	.66	0.06%	1.91	C
24	97	92	Jul 28	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.333	.627	8	1.22	-0.100	.60	-0.03%	-0.99	C
25	98	93	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.292	.321	.613	8	1.08	-0.035	.56	-0.01%	-0.56	C
26	99	94	Jul 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7	GS-10	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.298	.317	.615	8	1.22	-0.073	.51	-0.02%	-0.47	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
27	100	100 (5)	Aug 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.305	.325	.631	9	2.85	0.115	2.75	0.07%	0.38	C
28	101	101	Aug 5	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.305	.325	.631	8						C
29	102	103 (1)	Aug 7	NYG	@	STL	L,2-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.202	.302	.321	.624	8	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.17	C
30	103	104	Aug 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.302	.321	.624	8						C
31	104	109 (4)	Aug 14 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,8-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.202	.297	.315	.612	8	.37	-0.048	.02	0.00%	-1.33	C
32	105	110	Aug 14 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,1-0	5-GF	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.211	.304	.322	.626	8	.72	-0.023	.06	0.00%	-0.37	C
33	106	111	Aug 16	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.321	.326	.647	8	1.16	0.033	.09	0.00%	0.24	C
34	107	112	Aug 17	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-13	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.318	.316	.634	8	.64	-0.067	.09	-0.01%	-0.67	C
35	108	113	Aug 18	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-10	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.316	.323	.639	8	.56	0.032	.06	0.00%	-0.80	C
36	109	114	Aug 19	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.314	.320	.634	8	.37	-0.018	.03	0.00%	-0.11	C
37	110	115	Aug 20	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.320	.321	.640	8	.60	0.027	.03	0.00%	0.25	C
38	111	116	Aug 21 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.328	.324	.652	8	1.08	0.028	.03	0.00%	0.35	C
39	112	118 (1)	Aug 23	NYG		CHC	L,5-7	6-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.331	.321	.652	8	.20	0.006	.01	0.00%	0.42	C
40	113	119	Aug 24	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.344	.384	.727	8	.54	0.170	.02	0.00%	1.96	C
41	114	120	Aug 25	NYG		STL	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.341	.374	.715	8	1.14	0.016	.05	0.00%	0.03	C
42	115	121	Aug 26	NYG		STL	W,4-2	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.338	.371	.709	8	.37	-0.010	.01	0.00%	-0.11	C
43	116	122	Aug 27 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	.225	.336	.367	.702	7	1.33	0.166	.03	0.00%	1.65	C
44	117	123	Aug 27 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-11	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.228	.340	.366	.706	6						C
45	118	124	Aug 28 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,3-10	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.345	.360	.705	7	.53	-0.021	.00	0.00%	0.12	C
Sep/Oct		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
46	119	128 (3)	Sep 1	NYG		PIT	W,9-5	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.346	.362	.708	7	.57	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.09	C
47	120	130 (1)	Sep 3	NYG		BRO	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.344	.353	.697	8	.83	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.90	C
48	121	131	Sep 4	NYG		BRO	L,2-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.224	.342	.351	.693	8	.51	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.53	C
49	122	135 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.348	.375	.723	7	1.83	0.287	.00	0.00%	2.50	C
50	123	136	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-12	CG	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.361	.372	.734	8	.27	0.037	.00	0.00%	1.21	C
51	124	141 (4)	Sep 14	NYG	@	STL	L,3-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.359	.370	.729	9	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.49	PH
52	125	142	Sep 16	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.366	.394	.761	8	1.98	0.087	.00	0.00%	0.34	C
53	126	143	Sep 17	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.375	.396	.771	8	1.65	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.35	C
54	127	144	Sep 18 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,13-4	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.242	.376	.423	.799	8	.15	0.075	.00	0.00%	2.46	C
55	128	145	Sep 18 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.374	.420	.794	9	1.26	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
56	129	146	Sep 19	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG(10)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.380	.418	.798	8	2.48	0.165	.00	0.00%	1.59	C
57	130	147	Sep 21 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.380	.418	.798	8						C
58	131	148	Sep 21 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG(7)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.239	.379	.413	.792	8	.84	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-1.29	C
59	132	149	Sep 22 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.242	.387	.414	.801	5	1.54	0.180	.00	0.00%	1.39	C
60	133	151 (1)	Sep 24	NYG		BSN	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.384	.410	.794	6	1.40	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-0.45	C
61	134	152	Sep 25 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0			0	0	0	.239	.386	.405	.791	6						C
62	135	153	Sep 25 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	0-GF(6)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.244	.389	.409	.798	8						C
63	136	154	Sep 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.386	.405	.791	6	1.38	-0.124	.00	0.00%	-0.72	C
64	137	156 (1)	Oct 2	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.243	.385	.402	.787	8						C
							24-40		209	169	23	41	4	1	7	28	37	2	39	2	1		4	5	1	0	.243	.385	.402	.787		1.00	0.665	.63	-0.17%	2.56

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