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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	13 (12)	Apr 28	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	14	Apr 29	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	15	Apr 30	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16	May 1	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	17	May 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
6	18	May 3 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	19	May 3 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	20	May 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	21	May 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	22	May 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	34	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
11	23	May 9	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	24	May 10 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	25	May 10 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	26	May 13	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	27	May 14	CHW		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	28	May 16	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	29	May 17 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	30	May 17 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	43 (12)	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,12-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	45 (1)	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	46	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	47	Jun 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
23	48	Jun 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	49	Jun 7 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
25	54 (4)	Jun 14 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
26	60 (5)	Jun 21 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	62 (1)	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	63	Jun 25	CHW		WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	66 (2)	Jun 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	72 (5)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
31	74 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,14-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	82 (7)	Jul 15 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	83	Jul 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS	19	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	85 (1)	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	47	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
35	86	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS	32	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
36	93 (6)	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	96 (2)	Jul 29 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	99 (2)	Aug 4	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	101 (1)	Aug 6	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	102	Aug 9 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	103	Aug 9 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	106 (2)	Aug 12	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	107	Aug 13	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	146 (38)	Sep 24 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
45	147	Sep 24 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
							45gm			88	1	2	91	1