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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 22	WSH		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	4	Apr 23	WSH		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	5	Apr 24	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-9	CG	52	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	6	Apr 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	18	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
5	7	Apr 27	WSH		PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	9 (1)	Apr 30	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	10	May 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-7	GF	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	11	May 3	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-10	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	12	May 4	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	14 (1)	May 6	WSH	@	CHW	L,12-14	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	15	May 7	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS	32	7.0	4	0	1	5	0
12	17 (1)	May 10	WSH	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	21 (3)	May 16	WSH		DET	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	22	May 17	WSH		DET	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	27 (4)	May 23	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	32 (4)	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	34 (1)	May 29	WSH		PHA	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
18	35	May 30 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
19	36	May 30 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,8-4	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	37	Jun 1	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
21	38	Jun 2	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	39	Jun 3	WSH	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
23	40	Jun 4 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	41	Jun 4 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
25	42	Jun 6	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
26	44 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,13-9	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
27	45	Jun 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	7	2	1	10	1
28	46	Jun 9	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	12	0	0	12	1
29	47	Jun 10 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	7	0	1	8	1
30	49 (1)	Jun 11	WSH	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	15	0	1	16	1
31	58 (8)	Jun 21	WSH		CLE	L,8-9	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	59	Jun 22	WSH		CLE	W,8-5	GF	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	60	Jun 23	WSH		DET	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	61	Jun 24	WSH		DET	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	62	Jun 25	WSH		DET	L,5-6	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	64 (1)	Jun 27	WSH		BOS	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	65	Jun 29 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	45	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	67 (1)	Jun 30	WSH		NYY	L,2-10	CG	38	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	68	Jul 1	WSH		PHA	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	69	Jul 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	71 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	73 (1)	Jul 5	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	74	Jul 6	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	75	Jul 8 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	8	0	1	9	2
45	77 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
46	79 (1)	Jul 13	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	80	Jul 14	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-9	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	81	Jul 15	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	82	Jul 16 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	84 (1)	Jul 18	WSH	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	85	Jul 19	WSH	@	DET	L,0-11	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	86	Jul 20	WSH	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	88 (1)	Jul 22	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	89	Jul 23 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	90	Jul 23 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	91	Jul 25	WSH		DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
57	92	Jul 26	WSH		DET	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	93	Jul 27	WSH		DET	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	94	Jul 28	WSH		CLE	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	97 (2)	Aug 1	WSH		SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	98	Aug 2	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	100 (1)	Aug 4	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	101	Aug 5	WSH		CHW	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	102	Aug 6	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	103	Aug 8	WSH		NYY	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	104	Aug 9	WSH		NYY	L,8-13	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	105	Aug 10	WSH		NYY	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	106	Aug 12	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	107	Aug 13 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	108	Aug 13 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	109	Aug 15	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
72	110	Aug 16	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	111	Aug 17	WSH	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	50	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
74	112	Aug 18	WSH		BOS	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	115 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	117 (1)	Aug 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	118	Aug 24	WSH	@	DET	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	119	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
79	121 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
80	122	Aug 27 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	123	Aug 28	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	124	Aug 30 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	125	Aug 30 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	127 (1)	Sep 2	WSH		PHA	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	128	Sep 3	WSH		PHA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	131 (2)	Sep 6	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	132	Sep 7	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	133	Sep 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
89	134	Sep 9	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	136 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	137	Sep 12	WSH		CHW	T,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	138	Sep 13 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-3	CG	49	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	139	Sep 13 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	140	Sep 14	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	141	Sep 15	WSH		SLB	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	142	Sep 16	WSH		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	143	Sep 17	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	144	Sep 18	WSH		DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	145	Sep 19	WSH		CLE	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	146	Sep 20	WSH		CLE	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	148 (1)	Sep 23	WSH		NYY	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	149	Sep 24	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	150	Sep 26	WSH		PHA	L,4-15	CG	52	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	151	Sep 28 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
105	152	Sep 28 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	153	Sep 30	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							106gm		133.0	312	11	6	329	12