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+

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

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 24	NYG		PHI	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
2	10	Apr 25 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	11	Apr 25 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	12	Apr 27	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-3	GS	21	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	13	Apr 28	NYG	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
6	14	Apr 30	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	51	14.0	5	1	0	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	15	May 1	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	16	May 2 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
9	17	May 2 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,9-7	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
10	18	May 3	NYG	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
11	19	May 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	20	May 6	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
13	23 (2)	May 11	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	27 (3)	May 15	NYG		CHC	L,3-4		15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
15	28	May 16 (1)	NYG		MLN	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	31 (2)	May 19	NYG		STL	L,0-3	GS	32	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
17	34 (2)	May 23	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-4	GF	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	35	May 24	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	44 (8)	Jun 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
20	46 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	47	Jun 6 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS	22	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	48	Jun 7	NYG	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
23	49	Jun 8	NYG	@	MLN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
24	50	Jun 9	NYG	@	MLN	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	51	Jun 10	NYG	@	MLN	W,1-0	CG	39	10.0	4	1	1	6	1	C
26	52	Jun 11	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	29	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
27	53	Jun 12	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-0	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	54	Jun 13 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-3	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	55	Jun 13 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	56	Jun 15	NYG		CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
31	60 (3)	Jun 19	NYG		STL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
32	61	Jun 20	NYG		STL	W,7-6	CG	50	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
33	62	Jun 21	NYG		STL	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
34	63	Jun 22	NYG		MLN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	64	Jun 23	NYG		MLN	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	65	Jun 24	NYG		MLN	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
37	66	Jun 25	NYG		CHC	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	67	Jun 26	NYG		CHC	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
39	68	Jun 27	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	69	Jun 29	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	GS	40	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
41	70	Jun 30	NYG		BRO	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	71	Jul 1	NYG		BRO	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
43	72	Jul 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
44	73	Jul 3	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-6	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	74	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	76 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	77	Jul 5 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
48	78	Jul 6	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	79	Jul 7	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
50	80	Jul 8	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	81	Jul 9	NYG		PIT	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	82	Jul 10	NYG		PIT	L,7-10	GS	44	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
53	83	Jul 11 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,13-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	84	Jul 11 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,1-5	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
55	85	Jul 15	NYG	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
56	86	Jul 16	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	30	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
57	87	Jul 17	NYG	@	STL	W,10-9	CG	56	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
58	88	Jul 18 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-14	CG	48	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
59	89	Jul 18 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
60	90	Jul 19	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	44	11.1	3	1	0	4	1	C
61	91	Jul 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	92	Jul 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
63	93	Jul 22	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-13	CG	43	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
64	95 (1)	Jul 24	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
65	96	Jul 25	NYG	@	MLN	L,5-7	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	97	Jul 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-9	GS	35	6.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
67	98	Jul 27	NYG		STL	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	101 (2)	Jul 30	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
69	102	Jul 31	NYG		CIN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	103	Aug 1 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,9-4	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	104	Aug 1 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
72	105	Aug 3	NYG		CHC	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
73	106	Aug 4	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	107	Aug 5	NYG		CHC	L,4-6	GS	24	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	110 (2)	Aug 8	NYG		MLN	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	111	Aug 10	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
77	112	Aug 13	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	113	Aug 14	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS	36	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	114	Aug 15	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-9	GS	29	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
80	119 (4)	Aug 22 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
81	123 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
82	124	Aug 27	NYG	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
83	125	Aug 28	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
84	126	Aug 29 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	25	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
85	127	Aug 29 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,7-4	GS	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	130 (2)	Sep 1	NYG	@	CIN	L,7-9	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
87	131	Sep 3	NYG		BRO	W,7-4	GF	13	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
88	137 (5)	Sep 9 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,7-6	GS	37	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
89	140 (2)	Sep 11	NYG		CIN	W,7-5	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
90	141	Sep 12	NYG		STL	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
91	143 (1)	Sep 14	NYG		MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
92	144	Sep 16 (1)	NYG		MLN	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
93	145	Sep 16 (2)	NYG		MLN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
94	146	Sep 17	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
95	148 (1)	Sep 20	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
96	153 (4)	Sep 25	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	45	10.1	8	0	1	9	0	C
97	154	Sep 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	29	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
							98gm		726.2	419	45	7	471	8