David West

Q: When was David West born?

David West was born on September 1, 1964.

Q: Where was David West born?

David West was born in Memphis, TN .

Q: How tall was David West?

David West was 6-6 (198 cm) tall.

Q: How much did David West weigh when playing?

David West weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing.

Q: Is David West in the Hall of Fame?

David West has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was David West drafted?

David West was drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from Craigmont HS (Memphis, TN) .

Q: How many strikeouts did David West have?

David West had 437 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has David West played for?

David West played for 4 teams; the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox.

Q: When did David West retire?

David West last played in 1998.

Q: What are David West's nicknames?

Westy, Big Bird are nicknames for David West.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-6, 205lb (198cm, 92kg)

Born: September 1, 1964 in Memphis, TN us

Died: May 14, 2022 in Palm City, FL

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from Craigmont HS (Memphis, TN).

High School: Craigmont HS (Memphis, TN)

Debut: September 24, 1988 (Age 24-023d, 15,572nd in major league history)
vs. STL 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 4, 1998 (Age 34-003d)
vs. TOR 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Full Name: David Lee West

Nicknames: Westy or Big Bird

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.8

ERA

4.66

204

569.1

437

WHIP

1.468

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1983	18	NYM-min	Rk	2	4	.333	2.85	12	10	2	0	0	0	53.2	41	28	17	1	52	1	56	1	1	10				1.733	6.9	0.2	8.7	9.4	1.08	MET GULF
1984	19	NYM-min	A-,A	9	9	.500	4.77	25	23	1	0	0	0	122.2	84	82	65	3	130	1	139	3	3	30				1.745	6.2	0.2	9.5	10.2	1.07	LFA,CLM NYPL,SALL
1985	20	NYM-min	A	10	9	.526	4.56	26	25	0	5	2	0	150.0	105	97	76	6	111	1	194	9	3	23				1.440	6.3	0.4	6.7	11.6	1.75	CLM SALL
1986	21	NYM-min	A	11	9	.550	3.92	26	26	0	4	1	0	167.2	150	91	73	7	109	1	171	6	3	18				1.545	8.1	0.4	5.9	9.2	1.57	CLM,LBG SALL,CARL
1987	22	NYM-min	AA	10	7	.588	2.81	25	25	0	4	2	0	166.2	152	67	52	5	81	1	186	4	3	5				1.398	8.2	0.3	4.4	10.0	2.30	JAC TL
1988	23	NYM-min	AAA	12	4	.750	1.80	23	23	0	7	1	0	160.1	106	42	32	5	97	1	143	9	3	5				1.266	6.0	0.3	5.4	8.0	1.47	TID IL
1988	23	NYM	NL	1	0	1.000	3.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	25	116	3.27	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
1989	24	NYM-min	AAA	7	4	.636	2.37	12	12	0	5	1	0	87.1	60	31	23	9	29	0	69	2	1	3				1.019	6.2	0.9	3.0	7.1	2.38	TID IL
1989	24	TOT	MLB	3	4	.429	6.79	21	7	4	0	0	0	63.2	73	49	48	9	33	3	50	3	0	2	294	57	4.73	1.665	10.3	1.3	4.7	7.1	1.52
1989	24	NYM	NL	0	2	.000	7.40	11	2	0	0	0	0	24.1	25	20	20	4	14	2	19	1	0	1	112	45	5.19	1.603	9.2	1.5	5.2	7.0	1.36
1989	24	MIN	AL	3	2	.600	6.41	10	5	4	0	0	0	39.1	48	29	28	5	19	1	31	2	0	1	182	66	4.44	1.703	11.0	1.1	4.3	7.1	1.63
1990	25	MIN	AL	7	9	.438	5.10	29	27	0	2	0	0	146.1	142	88	83	21	78	1	92	4	1	4	646	82	5.10	1.503	8.7	1.3	4.8	5.7	1.18
1991	26	MIN-min	AAA,AA	1	1	.500	6.19	5	5	0	0	0	0	16.0	12	11	11	3	12	0	15	0	0	0	69			1.500	6.8	1.7	6.8	8.4	1.25	POR,ORL PCL,SOUL
1991	26	MIN	AL	4	4	.500	4.54	15	12	0	0	0	0	71.1	66	37	36	13	28	0	52	1	0	3	305	94	4.99	1.318	8.3	1.6	3.5	6.6	1.86
1992	27	MIN-min	AAA	7	6	.538	4.43	19	18	0	1	0	0	101.2	88	51	50	6	65	1	87	2	1	7	444			1.505	7.8	0.5	5.8	7.7	1.34	POR PCL
1992	27	MIN	AL	1	3	.250	6.99	9	3	1	0	0	0	28.1	32	24	22	3	20	0	19	1	0	2	139	58	5.04	1.835	10.2	1.0	6.4	6.0	0.95
1993	28	PHI	NL	6	4	.600	2.92	76	0	27	0	0	3	86.1	60	37	28	6	51	4	87	5	0	3	375	136	3.82	1.286	6.3	0.6	5.3	9.1	1.71
1994	29	PHI	NL	4	10	.286	3.55	31	14	7	0	0	0	99.0	74	44	39	7	61	2	83	1	0	9	429	122	4.25	1.364	6.7	0.6	5.5	7.5	1.36
1995	30	PHI-min	AAA,AA	1	0	1.000	0.69	2	2	0	1	1	0	13.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	14	0	0	0	45			0.538	2.8	0.7	2.1	9.7	4.67	SWB,REA IL,EL
1995	30	PHI	NL	3	2	.600	3.79	8	8	0	0	0	0	38.0	34	17	16	5	19	0	25	1	0	1	163	111	5.08	1.395	8.1	1.2	4.5	5.9	1.32
1996	31	PHI-min	A+,AAA	2	0	1.000	3.86	7	7	0	0	0	0	35.0	35	16	15	4	13	0	29	1	0	5	151			1.371	9.0	1.0	3.3	7.5	2.23	CLW,SWB FLOR,IL
1996	31	PHI	NL	2	2	.500	4.76	7	6	0	0	0	0	28.1	31	17	15	0	11	0	22	0	1	1	126	91	2.78	1.482	9.8	0.0	3.5	7.0	2.00

1998	33	HOU-BOS-min	AAA	6	1	.857	1.94	36	2	14	0	0	3	55.2	45	15	12	3	34	1	56	3	0	4	242			1.419	7.3	0.5	5.5	9.1	1.65	NOR,PAW PCL,IL
1998	33	BOS	AL	0	0		27.00	6	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	7	6	6	1	7	0	4	0	0	1	20	20	16.14	7.000	31.5	4.5	31.5	18.0	0.57
1999	34	LAD-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.43	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	9	5	5	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	29			1.286	11.6	1.3	0.0	9.0		ABQ PCL
10 Yrs				31	38	.449	4.66	204	78	39	2	0	3	569.1	525	321	295	65	311	10	437	16	4	26	2522	89	4.60	1.468	8.3	1.0	4.9	6.9	1.41
162 Game Avg.				7	9	.449	4.66	49	19	9	0	0	1	137	127	77	71	16	75	2	105	4	1	6	608	89	4.60	1.468	8.3	1.0	4.9	6.9	1.41

MIN (4 yrs)				15	18	.455	5.33	63	47	5	2	0	0	285.1	288	178	169	42	145	2	194	8	1	10	1272	79	4.97	1.518	9.1	1.3	4.6	6.1	1.34
PHI (4 yrs)				15	18	.455	3.50	122	28	34	0	0	3	251.2	199	115	98	18	142	6	217	7	1	14	1093	120	4.06	1.355	7.1	0.6	5.1	7.8	1.53
NYM (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	6.53	13	3	0	0	0	0	30.1	31	22	22	4	17	2	22	1	2	1	137	51	4.81	1.582	9.2	1.2	5.0	6.5	1.29
BOS (1 yr)				0	0		27.00	6	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	7	6	6	1	7	0	4	0	0	1	20	20	16.14	7.000	31.5	4.5	31.5	18.0	0.57

NL (6 yrs)				16	20	.444	3.83	135	31	34	0	0	3	282.0	230	137	120	22	159	8	239	8	3	15	1230	107	4.14	1.379	7.3	0.7	5.1	7.6	1.50
AL (5 yrs)				15	18	.455	5.48	69	47	5	2	0	0	287.1	295	184	175	43	152	2	198	8	1	11	1292	77	5.05	1.556	9.2	1.3	4.8	6.2	1.30

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1988	23	NYM	NL	0.2	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	627	1.107	690	3	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1989	24	NYM	NL	0.0	11	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	18	.181	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

1993	28	PHI	NL	0.1	76	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.600	1.000	167	.436	168	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	29	PHI	NL	-0.3	31	29	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.071	.071	.071	.143	-63	.064	-110	2	1	0	1	0	0	1
1995	30	PHI	NL	0.1	8	15	8	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	4	.125	.222	.500	.722	85	.305	54	4	1	0	6	0	0	/1
1996	31	PHI	NL	0.1	7	11	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.286	.444	.286	.730	100	.359	113	2	0	0	2	0	0	/1
6 Yrs				0.2	135	67	55	3	10	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	22	.182	.224	.273	.497	31	.225	7	15	2	0	9	0	0	1
162 Game Avg				0.3	162	80	66	4	12	2	0	1	6	0	0	4	26	.182	.224	.273	.497	31	.225	7	18	2	0	11	0	0

PHI (4 Yrs)				0.1	122	60	48	2	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	20	.146	.196	.229	.425	11	.195	-15	11	2	0	9	0	0	1
NYM (2 Yrs)				0.2	13	7	7	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.571	1.000	191	.446	194	4	0	0	0	0	0	1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1991	26	MIN	AL,WS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1993	28	PHI	NL,WS	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0			/1
2 Yrs				10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
162 Game Avg				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0

PHI (1 Yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0			/1
MIN (1 Yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

WS (2 Yrs)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0			/1
NL (1 Yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0			/1
AL (1 Yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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					Standard											Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1988	23	NYM	NL	P	2	1	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.950	1.50	1.95	0.50	1.95	0	0	0			0
1989	24	2TM	2LG	P	21	7	0	63.2	5	2	2	1	0	.800	.958	0.57	1.87	0.19	1.86	2	1	1	50.0	32.0	0
1989	24	NYM	NL	P	11	2	0	24.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	.950	0.37	1.85	0.09	1.87	1	1	1	50.0	32.0	0
1989	24	MIN	AL	P	10	5	0	39.1	4	2	1	1	0	.750	.960	0.69	1.88	0.30	1.85	1	0	0			0
1990	25	MIN	AL	P	29	27	2	146.1	21	3	16	2	2	.905	.953	1.17	1.78	0.66	1.76	4	5	5	50.0	34.3	1
1991	26	MIN	AL	P	15	12	0	71.1	13	1	11	1	1	.923	.956	1.51	1.80	0.80	1.80	3	3	2	40.0	34.0	0
1992	27	MIN	AL	P	9	3	0	28.1	7	0	5	2	0	.714	.953	1.59	1.72	0.56	1.71	2	2	0	0.0	33.5	0
1993	28	PHI	NL	P	76	0	0	86.1	8	2	4	2	1	.750	.953	0.63	1.83	0.08	1.83	3	5	3	37.5	31.5	0
1994	29	PHI	NL	P	31	14	0	99.0	9	3	6	0	1	1.000	.958	0.82	1.86	0.29	1.85	9	10	2	16.7	31.7	0
1995	30	PHI	NL	P	8	8	0	38.0	5	1	3	1	0	.800	.956	0.95	1.85	0.50	1.83	1	5	2	28.6	29.6	0
1996	31	PHI	NL	P	7	6	0	28.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	.953	0.95	1.84	0.43	1.83	1	0	0			0

1998	33	BOS	AL	P	6	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	1.80	0.00	1.77	1	0	0			0
10 Yrs					204	78	2	569.1	72	13	50	9	5	.875	.955	1.00	1.82	0.31	1.82	26	31	15	32.6	32.2	1

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					Standard									Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	Awards
1991	26	MIN	AL,WS	P	4	0	11.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0	0

1993	28	PHI	NL,WS	P	6	0	5.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.38	0.33	0	0
2 Yrs					10	0	16.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.08	0.20	0	0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was David West born?

David West was born on September 1, 1964.

Where was David West born?

David West was born in Memphis, TN.

How tall was David West?

David West was 6-6 (198 cm) tall.

How much did David West weigh when playing?

David West weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did David West play?

David West played 10 seasons.

Is David West in the Hall of Fame?

David West has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was David West drafted?

David West was drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from Craigmont HS (Memphis, TN).

What position did David West play?

David West was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did David West have?

David West had 437 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has David West played for?

David West played for 4 teams; the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox.

How many World Series has David West won?

David West won 1 World Series.

When did David West retire?

David West last played in 1998.

What are David West's nicknames?

Westy, Big Bird are nicknames for David West.

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