Wally Westlake

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 186lb (183cm, 84kg)

Born: November 8, 1920 in Gridley, CA us

Died: September 5, 2019 in Sacramento, CA

Buried: St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Sacramento, CA

High School: Christian Brothers HS (Sacramento, CA)

Debut: April 15, 1947 (Age 26-158d, 10,283rd in major league history)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 12, 1956 (Age 35-186d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Waldon Thomas Westlake

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Relatives: Brother of Jim Westlake

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.7

3117

848

127

.272

474

RBI

539

OBP

.345

SLG

.450

OPS

.795

OPS+

111

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

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 15	CLE		DET	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 17	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 18	CLE		CHW	L,2-6	CG	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	6	Apr 21	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 22	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
8	10 (2)	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	W,10-9	GS	53	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF LF
9	11	Apr 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	13 (1)	May 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	14	May 2 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	15	May 2 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	16	May 4	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	17	May 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	18	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
16	19	May 8	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
17	20	May 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	38	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	21	May 10	CLE		NYY	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	22	May 11	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	23	May 12	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	47 (23)	Jun 6 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
22	50 (2)	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-8	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
23	51	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	52	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	53	Jun 13 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	54	Jun 13 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
27	55	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	56	Jun 15	CLE		WSH	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
29	57	Jun 16	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	58	Jun 17	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	59	Jun 18	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	60	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
33	66 (5)	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	L,0-11	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
34	67	Jun 26	CLE		NYY	L,9-11	GS	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF CF
35	68	Jun 27	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	73 (4)	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	54	15.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
37	74	Jul 4	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
38	75	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,13-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	76	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	37	10.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF
40	77	Jul 6	CLE		BAL	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	78	Jul 7	CLE		BAL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	79	Jul 8	CLE		BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	80	Jul 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	81	Jul 10	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
45	82	Jul 11 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
46	84 (1)	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	90 (5)	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	T,5-5	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	93 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
49	97 (3)	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	GF	10	2.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
50	99 (1)	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	L,2-10	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
51	100	Jul 30	CLE		WSH	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	102 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	104 (1)	Aug 3	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
54	110 (5)	Aug 8 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
55	119 (8)	Aug 18	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
56	121 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	124 (2)	Aug 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,12-1	GF	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	129 (4)	Aug 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
59	130	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	131	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	132	Aug 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	138 (5)	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
63	143 (4)	Sep 10	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
64	144	Sep 11	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
65	146 (1)	Sep 12 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	GF	26	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
66	147	Sep 14	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
67	150 (2)	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
68	151	Sep 20	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
69	152	Sep 21	CLE		CHW	L,7-9	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
70	153	Sep 22	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF CF
71	154	Sep 24	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
							74gm		567.0	131	1	5	137	0