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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 14	NYG		BRO	L,8-10	GS	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 15	NYG		BRO	L,3-6	GS	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	4	Apr 16	NYG		PHI	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
5	5	Apr 17 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
6	6	Apr 17 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	GS	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	7	Apr 18	NYG		PIT	W,12-3	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	8	Apr 22	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	10 (1)	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-10	GS	29	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	13 (2)	Apr 28	NYG		STL	W,6-4	GF	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
11	14	Apr 30	NYG		STL	L,2-6	GS	24	4.2	2	1	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	16 (1)	May 3	NYG		CHC	L,0-6	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	17	May 4	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	GF	17	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	18	May 5	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	19	May 6	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	20	May 7	NYG		PIT	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
17	21	May 8 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,5-7	GS	27	6.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
18	25 (3)	May 13	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	GF	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	28 (2)	May 15 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
20	29	May 17	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
21	30	May 18	NYG	@	MLN	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	31	May 19	NYG	@	MLN	W,3-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
23	35 (3)	May 22 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	36	May 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-6	GF	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	38 (1)	May 25 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	GS	23	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	39	May 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	GF	24	5.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
27	40	May 27	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	41	May 28	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
29	42	May 29	NYG		BRO	L,5-8	GS	26	4.1	2	0	1	3	0	C
30	43	May 30 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	45 (1)	May 31	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	46	Jun 1	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	48 (1)	Jun 3	NYG		CHC	L,1-4		9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	49	Jun 4	NYG		CHC	L,8-9	GF	21	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	50	Jun 5 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
36	51	Jun 5 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	52	Jun 7	NYG		MLN	L,4-13	CG	47	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
38	54 (1)	Jun 10	NYG		STL	W,2-1	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
39	55	Jun 12 (1)	NYG		STL	W,8-3	GF	21	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	56	Jun 12 (2)	NYG		STL	L,5-6	GS	45	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
41	57	Jun 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	58	Jun 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-2	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	59	Jun 16	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
44	60	Jun 17	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	61	Jun 18	NYG	@	MLN	L,4-7	GS	38	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
46	62	Jun 19	NYG	@	MLN	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
47	63	Jun 20	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	64	Jun 21	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	68 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-9	GF	14	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
50	70 (1)	Jun 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
51	72 (1)	Jun 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	GF	20	4.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	73	Jul 1	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-9	GF	9	1.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
53	76 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	0	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	77	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	GF	0	3.0	3	1	0	4	0
55	79 (1)	Jul 6	NYG		PHI	W,4-2	GS	22	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	80	Jul 7	NYG		PHI	W,8-5	GF	13	3.0	7	0	0	7	0
57	81	Jul 8	NYG		BRO	L,8-12	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	82	Jul 9	NYG		BRO	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	83	Jul 10	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
60	84	Jul 14	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	C
61	85	Jul 15	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
62	86	Jul 16	NYG		MLN	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
63	87	Jul 17 (1)	NYG		MLN	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
64	89 (1)	Jul 18	NYG		MLN	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
65	90	Jul 19 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-3	GS	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
66	91	Jul 19 (2)	NYG		STL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	92	Jul 20	NYG		STL	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	93	Jul 21	NYG		STL	W,6-5	GS	10	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
							68gm		439.2	280	27	4	311	5