Wes Westrum

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: November 28, 1922 in Clearbrook, MN us

Died: May 28, 2002 in Clearbrook, MN

Buried: Silver Creek Cemetery, Clearbrook, MN

High School: Clearbrook-Gonvick HS (Clearbrook, MN)

School: Bemidji State University (Bemidji, MN)

Debut: September 17, 1947 (Age 24-293d, 10,362nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 34-305d)
vs. PIT 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Wesley Noreen Westrum

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.6

2322

503

.217

302

RBI

315

OBP

.356

SLG

.373

OPS

.729

OPS+

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

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 21	NYG		BRO	W,9-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	3	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
3	7 (3)	Apr 25 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
4	10 (2)	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-17	CG	52	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	11	Apr 30	NYG		BSN	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	15 (3)	May 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	20 (4)	May 15	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-7	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	24 (3)	May 20	NYG		CIN	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
9	25	May 21	NYG		CHC	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
10	26	May 22	NYG		CHC	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	27	May 23	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
12	28	May 26	NYG		STL	W,10-7	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	29	May 27	NYG		STL	L,6-9	CG	50	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
14	30	May 28	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
15	31	May 29	NYG		PHI	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
16	32	May 30	NYG		PHI	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	33	May 31 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	35 (1)	Jun 1	NYG	@	BRO	T,4-4	GF	15	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	38 (2)	Jun 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	39	Jun 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	41 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	42	Jun 7	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	44 (1)	Jun 9 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
24	45	Jun 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	47 (1)	Jun 12	NYG	@	STL	W,7-5	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	49 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	50	Jun 15	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	52 (1)	Jun 17	NYG		PIT	L,8-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	54 (1)	Jun 19	NYG		STL	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	56 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	NYG		STL	W,6-4	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	58 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	62 (3)	Jun 29	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	80 (17)	Jul 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,14-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	83 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,6-7	GF	18	3.1	1	0	0	1	0
35	86 (2)	Jul 24 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	88 (1)	Jul 26	NYG	@	BRO	W,13-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	93 (4)	Jul 31 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,14-9	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	95 (1)	Aug 2	NYG		STL	L,5-21	GF	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	96	Aug 4 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-7	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	99 (2)	Aug 7	NYG		PIT	L,4-5	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	104 (4)	Aug 13	NYG	@	PHI	L,7-12	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
42	106 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	107	Aug 15 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-7	GF	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	113 (5)	Aug 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	114	Aug 25	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
46	117 (2)	Aug 28 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5		20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	120 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	24	4.2	3	0	0	3	0
48	121	Aug 31	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	125 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
50	128 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	129	Sep 6 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-0	GS	21	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
52	131 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-6	GS	0	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	134 (2)	Sep 11 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	135	Sep 11 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,6-4	GS	26	5.0	6	0	0	6	0
55	138 (2)	Sep 15	NYG		PIT	L,3-8	GS	35	7.0	6	0	1	7	0
56	139	Sep 16	NYG		PIT	L,6-10	GF	27	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	140	Sep 17	NYG		CIN	L,3-5	GS	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
58	142 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	143	Sep 19 (2)	NYG		STL	L,1-3	CG	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	145 (1)	Sep 21 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	146	Sep 22 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	148 (1)	Sep 23	NYG		BRO	L,1-7	GF	12	2.0	2	0	1	3	0
63	152 (3)	Sep 28 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	30	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	154 (1)	Oct 2 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
							63gm		346.0	179	25	4	208	4