Sam West

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: October 5, 1904 in Longview, TX us

Died: November 23, 1985 in Lubbock, TX

Buried: Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, TX

High School: Rule HS (Rule, TX)

Debut: April 17, 1927 (Age 22-194d, 6,534th in major league history)
vs. PHA 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1942 (Age 37-354d)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Samuel Filmore West

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.6

6148

1838

.299

934

RBI

838

OBP

.371

SLG

.425

OPS

.796

OPS+

104

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

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 15	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 17	SLB		CLE	L,10-13	CG	54	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 18	SLB		CLE	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 19	SLB		CLE	L,6-13	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 20	SLB	@	DET	W,9-6	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 22	SLB		DET	W,12-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 23	SLB		DET	L,0-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 24	SLB		DET	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 25	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 26	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	65	15.2	6	0	0	6	0
12	12	Apr 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 28	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	Apr 29	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
15	15	Apr 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,8-12	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-17	CG	48	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	19 (2)	May 5	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	20	May 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	21	May 7	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
20	22	May 9	SLB		CHW	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
21	23	May 11	SLB		CHW	L,6-19	CG	61	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	24	May 12	SLB		NYY	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	25	May 13	SLB		NYY	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	26	May 14	SLB		NYY	L,1-6	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
25	27	May 15	SLB		WSH	L,5-10	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	28	May 16	SLB		WSH	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	29	May 17	SLB		PHA	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	30	May 19	SLB		PHA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	31	May 20	SLB		BOS	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	2	4	0
30	32	May 21	SLB		BOS	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	33	May 22	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
32	35 (1)	May 23 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	36	May 24	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	37	May 26	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	38	May 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-12	CG	52	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	39	May 28	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	40	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	41	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,5-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	43 (1)	Jun 2	SLB	@	WSH	L,11-15	GF	32	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
40	44	Jun 3	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	45	Jun 4	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	46	Jun 6 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	47	Jun 6 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	48	Jun 7	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	49	Jun 8	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	51 (1)	Jun 11	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	52	Jun 16	SLB		PHA	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	53	Jun 17	SLB		PHA	W,14-13	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	54	Jun 18	SLB		PHA	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	55	Jun 20	SLB		BOS	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
51	56	Jun 21 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	57	Jun 21 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	58	Jun 23	SLB		WSH	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	59	Jun 24	SLB		WSH	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	60	Jun 25	SLB		WSH	L,5-12	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	61	Jun 27	SLB		NYY	L,6-10	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
57	62	Jun 28 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	63	Jun 28 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	64	Jul 1 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,16-12	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	65	Jul 1 (2)	SLB		CLE	T,5-5	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
61	66	Jul 2 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,6-14	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	67	Jul 2 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
63	68	Jul 3	SLB		DET	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	69	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		DET	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	70	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		DET	W,13-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	71	Jul 5	SLB		DET	L,9-18	CG	54	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	72	Jul 9	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	73	Jul 11 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-10	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	74	Jul 11 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	75	Jul 12	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	76	Jul 13	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	77	Jul 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-13	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	78	Jul 15 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
74	80 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
75	81	Jul 16 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
76	82	Jul 17	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	40	8.2	3	2	0	5	0
77	83	Jul 18 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	84	Jul 18 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-15	CG	48	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	85	Jul 19 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	86	Jul 19 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	87	Jul 21	SLB		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	88	Jul 22	SLB		NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
83	89	Jul 23	SLB		NYY	L,3-15	CG	55	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	90	Jul 24	SLB		WSH	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	91	Jul 25	SLB		WSH	L,1-9	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	92	Jul 26 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	93	Jul 26 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
88	94	Jul 27	SLB		BOS	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	95	Jul 28	SLB		BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
90	96	Jul 29	SLB		BOS	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	97	Jul 30	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	98	Jul 31	SLB		PHA	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	99	Aug 1	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
94	100	Aug 2 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	101	Aug 2 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
96	102	Aug 4	SLB		CHW	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	103	Aug 5 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,16-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
98	104	Aug 5 (2)	SLB		CHW	T,9-9	CG	37	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	105	Aug 6 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
100	106	Aug 6 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	107	Aug 8 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
102	108	Aug 8 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
103	109	Aug 9	SLB	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	110	Aug 11	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
105	111	Aug 12	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	112	Aug 13	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
107	113	Aug 14	SLB		CLE	L,10-12	CG	45	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
108	114	Aug 15	SLB		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
109	115	Aug 16	SLB		CLE	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
110	116	Aug 18 (1)	SLB		DET	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
111	117	Aug 18 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-15	CG	54	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	118	Aug 19	SLB		DET	W,13-8	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
113	119	Aug 20	SLB		DET	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	120	Aug 21	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
115	121	Aug 22	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	122	Aug 23	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	123	Aug 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-13	CG	50	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	124	Aug 26	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
119	125	Aug 27	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	126	Aug 28 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	127	Aug 28 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
122	128	Aug 30 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
123	129	Aug 30 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	130	Sep 1	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
125	131	Sep 2	SLB	@	PHA	W,13-11	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
126	132	Sep 3	SLB	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
127	133	Sep 5	SLB	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	134	Sep 7 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
129	135	Sep 7 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
130	136	Sep 10 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,7-12	CG	52	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
131	137	Sep 10 (2)	SLB		PHA	T,4-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	138	Sep 11	SLB		BOS	L,2-6	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	139	Sep 12 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
134	140	Sep 12 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
135	141	Sep 13 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,7-10	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
136	142	Sep 13 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,1-13	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
137	143	Sep 15 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,7-13	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	144	Sep 15 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,1-6	CG	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	145	Sep 17	SLB		CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
140	146	Sep 18	SLB		CHW	W,6-5	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	147	Sep 20 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
142	148	Sep 20 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
143	149	Sep 22 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-12	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
144	150	Sep 22 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,0-14	CG	48	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
145	151	Sep 23	SLB	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
146	152	Sep 25 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
147	154 (1)	Sep 26 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
148	155	Sep 26 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-8	CG	37	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
							148gm			377	9	8	394	2