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	32-37 / in Starts: 23-28
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 166 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	93 (53-28-12) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 166 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	106 (56-33-16)

Most Driven In
Self	4
H Thompson	3
G Harris	3
D Mueller	3
A Dark	2
M Irvin	1
W Mays	1
S Gordon	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
A Dark	2
W Mays	1
D Williams	1
J Hearn	1

1955 Batting Game Log

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1955 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	721	1	Apr 13	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	8	.69	0.032	1.88	0.05%	0.12	C
2	722	2	Apr 14	NYG		BRO	L,8-10	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	8	.95	-0.050	2.39	-0.08%	-0.34	C
3	723	3	Apr 15	NYG		BRO	L,3-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	8	.59	-0.030	1.27	-0.04%	-0.27	C
4	724	4	Apr 16	NYG		PHI	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	8	.34	-0.038	.65	-0.04%	-0.92	C
5	725	5	Apr 17 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298	8	1.04	-0.012	2.20	-0.02%	-0.10	C
6	726	6	Apr 17 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.200	.077	.277	8	1.32	-0.030	2.50	-0.04%	-0.37	C
7	727	7	Apr 18	NYG		PIT	W,12-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.211	.118	.328	8	.38	-0.040	.57	-0.04%	0.13	C
8	728	8	Apr 22	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.190	.105	.296	8	1.43	-0.074	2.72	-0.09%	-0.70	C
9	729	10 (1)	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-10	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.174	.095	.269	8	.79	-0.043	1.58	-0.05%	-0.41	C
10	730	13 (2)	Apr 28	NYG		STL	W,6-4	4-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.087	.154	.087	.241	8	.74	-0.032	1.38	-0.04%	-0.63	C
11	731	14	Apr 30	NYG		STL	L,2-6	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.179	.083	.262	8	1.61	-0.054	3.30	-0.07%	-0.18	C
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
12	732	16 (1)	May 3	NYG		CHC	L,0-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.172	.080	.252	8	.76	-0.020	1.39	-0.02%	-0.24	C
13	733	17	May 4	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	7-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.167	.077	.244	8	2.27	-0.058	3.78	-0.06%	-0.24	C
14	734	18	May 5	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.235	.107	.342	8	.85	0.022	1.54	0.02%	0.27	C
15	735	19	May 6	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.100	.222	.100	.322	8	1.28	-0.095	2.27	-0.10%	-0.78	C
16	736	20	May 7	NYG		PIT	W,11-3	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.091	.244	.091	.335	8						C
17	737	21	May 8 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,5-7	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.256	.114	.370	8	1.45	-0.033	2.39	-0.03%	-0.20	C
18	738	25 (3)	May 13	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	7-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.273	.114	.387	8	2.32	0.082	4.87	0.10%	0.39	C
19	739	28 (2)	May 15 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.292	.132	.423	8	.59	0.083	1.03	0.09%	1.15	C
20	740	29	May 17	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.119	.269	.119	.388	8	1.39	-0.028	2.63	-0.03%	-0.04	C
21	741	30	May 18	NYG	@	MLN	W,4-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.119	.269	.119	.388	8						C
22	742	31	May 19	NYG	@	MLN	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.119	.269	.119	.388	8						C
23	743	35 (3)	May 22 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS-8	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.304	.156	.459	8	1.07	0.084	2.86	0.13%	0.48	C
24	744	36	May 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.298	.152	.450	8	.18	-0.005	.52	-0.01%	-0.29	C
25	745	38 (1)	May 25 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.293	.149	.442	8	1.43	-0.043	3.83	-0.07%	-0.60	C
26	746	39	May 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	6-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.288	.146	.434	7	1.80	-0.045	4.30	-0.06%	-0.16	C
27	747	40	May 27	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.323	.180	.503	8	.97	0.109	2.83	0.19%	0.79	C
28	748	41	May 28	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.323	.245	.568	8	1.80	-0.047	6.29	-0.10%	0.01	C
29	749	42	May 29	NYG		BRO	L,5-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.313	.236	.550	8	.83	-0.043	2.44	-0.08%	-0.55	C
30	750	43	May 30 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.300	.224	.524	8	.71	-0.075	1.12	-0.07%	-0.86	C
31	751	45 (1)	May 31	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.301	.217	.518	8	1.15	0.022	1.62	0.02%	0.06	C
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
32	752	46	Jun 1	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.293	.210	.503	8	1.37	-0.065	2.26	-0.07%	-0.53	C
33	753	48 (1)	Jun 3	NYG		CHC	L,1-4	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.293	.210	.503	8						C
34	754	49	Jun 4	NYG		CHC	L,8-9	9-GF(12)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.312	.210	.521	8	3.37	0.109	4.39	0.09%	0.50	C
35	755	50	Jun 5 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.300	.200	.500	8	1.57	-0.127	1.63	-0.08%	-0.92	C
36	756	51	Jun 5 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.289	.191	.480	8	1.14	-0.088	1.38	-0.06%	-0.93	C
37	757	52	Jun 7	NYG		MLN	L,4-13	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.155	.299	.197	.496	8	.48	-0.021	.39	-0.01%	-0.15	C
38	758	54 (1)	Jun 10	NYG		STL	W,2-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.295	.194	.490	8	.54	-0.014	.33	-0.01%	-0.24	C
39	759	55	Jun 12 (1)	NYG		STL	W,8-3	5-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.151	.289	.192	.481	8	.54	-0.016	.34	-0.01%	-0.11	C
40	760	56	Jun 12 (2)	NYG		STL	L,5-6	GS-11	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.305	.197	.503	8	1.09	0.074	.75	0.03%	0.77	C
41	761	57	Jun 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.313	.192	.505	8	.19	0.010	.13	0.00%	0.12	C
42	762	58	Jun 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.307	.188	.494	8	1.41	-0.066	1.02	-0.03%	-0.53	C
43	763	59	Jun 16	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.311	.207	.518	8	.89	0.025	.84	0.01%	0.18	C
44	764	60	Jun 17	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.311	.212	.523	8	.98	-0.050	.78	-0.02%	-0.26	C
45	765	61	Jun 18	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-7	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.315	.218	.533	8	1.49	-0.011	.90	0.00%	-0.05	C
46	766	62	Jun 19	NYG	@	MLN	L,7-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.313	.220	.532	8	1.39	-0.074	.81	-0.03%	-0.29	C
47	767	63	Jun 20	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.307	.215	.522	8	.74	-0.038	.29	-0.01%	-0.36	C
48	768	64	Jun 21	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-10	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.177	.308	.219	.526	8	1.14	-0.045	.41	-0.01%	-0.87	C
49	769	68 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-9	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.314	.219	.532	8	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.13	C
50	770	70 (1)	Jun 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.177	.314	.219	.532	6						C
51	771	72 (1)	Jun 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	7-GF(11)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.317	.216	.533	8	.95	0.018	.25	0.00%	-0.04	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
52	772	73	Jul 1	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.317	.216	.533	8						C
53	773	76 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.182	.320	.222	.542	8						C
54	774	77	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	0-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.178	.315	.218	.532	4						C
55	775	79 (1)	Jul 6	NYG		PHI	W,4-2	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.312	.216	.528	8	1.05	-0.027	.19	0.00%	-0.24	C
56	776	80	Jul 7	NYG		PHI	W,8-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.310	.214	.523	9	.57	-0.014	.11	0.00%	-0.17	C
57	777	81	Jul 8	NYG		BRO	L,8-12	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.318	.219	.537	7	1.06	0.111	.34	0.02%	0.91	C
58	778	82	Jul 9	NYG		BRO	W,10-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.185	.323	.222	.546	8	.48	-0.054	.09	-0.01%	0.73	C
59	779	83	Jul 10	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.331	.227	.558	8	1.28	0.085	.35	0.01%	0.41	C
60	780	84	Jul 14	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.195	.331	.230	.561	8	.83	0.019	.21	0.00%	0.14	C
61	781	85	Jul 15	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.336	.233	.568	8	.35	-0.001	.10	0.00%	0.05	C
62	782	86	Jul 16	NYG		MLN	W,8-7	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.336	.261	.596	8	1.31	0.075	.39	0.01%	1.13	C
63	783	87	Jul 17 (1)	NYG		MLN	L,7-8	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.347	.301	.647	8	1.77	0.507	.56	0.10%	4.44	C
64	784	88	Jul 17 (2)	NYG		MLN	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.344	.298	.643	9	3.51	-0.071	.87	-0.01%	-0.31	PH
65	785	89	Jul 18	NYG		MLN	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.211	.335	.289	.625	7	1.01	-0.157	.13	-0.01%	-1.48	C
66	786	90	Jul 19 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.331	.285	.616	7	1.23	-0.066	.20	-0.01%	-0.61	C
67	787	91	Jul 19 (2)	NYG		STL	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.211	.329	.286	.615	7	.92	0.029	.11	0.00%	0.18	C
68	788	92	Jul 20	NYG		STL	L,2-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.327	.307	.634	7	.65	-0.060	.10	-0.01%	-0.05	C
69	789	93	Jul 21	NYG		STL	W,6-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.327	.307	.634	8						C
							32-37		166	137	11	29	1	0	4	18	24	3	18	1	1	3	1	8	0	1	.212	.327	.307	.634		1.03	-0.464	1.28	-0.60%	-2.94

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