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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 18	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-8	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	3	Apr 19 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	C
4	4	Apr 19 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,12-13	GS	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 20	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
6	6	Apr 21	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
7	7	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
8	8	Apr 23	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
9	9	Apr 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	10	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	22	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
11	11	Apr 26	NYG		BSN	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
12	13 (1)	Apr 28	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	GS	29	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
13	14	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-6	GS	29	6.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
14	15	Apr 30	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	16	May 1	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	GS	24	5.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	32 (15)	May 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
17	33	May 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
18	34	May 20	NYG	@	STL	L,7-8	GS	30	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
19	35	May 21	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	36	May 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	37	May 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
22	38	May 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
23	39	May 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
24	40	May 28	NYG		BSN	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
25	41	May 30 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	43 (1)	Jun 1	NYG		PIT	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	44	Jun 2	NYG		PIT	W,14-3	GS	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
28	45	Jun 3 (1)	NYG		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
29	46	Jun 3 (2)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	GS	42	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
30	47	Jun 4	NYG		STL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
31	48	Jun 5	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	49	Jun 6	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
33	50	Jun 7	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
34	51	Jun 9	NYG		CHC	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	52	Jun 10 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
36	53	Jun 10 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	54	Jun 12	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	41	10.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
38	55	Jun 13	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	56	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
40	57	Jun 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	58	Jun 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	59	Jun 17 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-11	GS	0	6.0	8	0	0	8	0
43	60	Jun 17 susp	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
44	61	Jun 18	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	55	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	62	Jun 19	NYG	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	63	Jun 20	NYG	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
47	64	Jun 21	NYG	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	65	Jun 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-6	GS	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	67 (1)	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	68	Jun 26	NYG		BRO	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	69	Jun 27	NYG		BRO	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
52	70	Jun 28	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	71	Jun 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,7-19	CG	50	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	72	Jul 1	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	73	Jul 2	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	74	Jul 3	NYG		PHI	W,9-8	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	76 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
58	77	Jul 5	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	78	Jul 6	NYG		BSN	W,12-10	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	79	Jul 7	NYG		BSN	W,7-6	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	80	Jul 8	NYG		BSN	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
62	81	Jul 12	NYG		STL	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	82	Jul 13	NYG		STL	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
64	83	Jul 14	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
65	84	Jul 15 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,6-7	CG	53	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
66	86 (1)	Jul 16	NYG		PIT	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	87	Jul 17	NYG		CHC	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
68	88	Jul 18	NYG		CHC	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
69	92 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	93	Jul 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
71	94	Jul 25	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
72	95	Jul 27	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	96	Jul 28	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	97	Jul 29 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	98	Jul 29 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
76	99	Jul 30	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	101 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	22	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	103 (1)	Aug 2	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
79	104	Aug 3	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
80	107 (2)	Aug 8 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	9	2	1	12	0	C
81	108	Aug 8 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7	GF	23	5.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	109	Aug 9	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
83	111 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
84	112	Aug 12 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
85	113	Aug 13	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	114	Aug 14	NYG		BRO	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	115	Aug 15	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
88	116	Aug 16	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
89	117	Aug 17	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	118	Aug 18	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	119	Aug 19	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
92	120	Aug 21	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
93	121	Aug 22	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
94	122	Aug 24	NYG		STL	W,6-5	GS	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
95	123	Aug 26 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
96	124	Aug 26 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
97	125	Aug 27 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	45	12.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
98	126	Aug 27 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	130 (3)	Sep 1	NYG		BRO	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
100	131	Sep 2	NYG		BRO	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
101	132	Sep 3 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
102	134 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
103	135	Sep 5 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-1	GS	23	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
104	136	Sep 7	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
105	137	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
106	138	Sep 9	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
107	139	Sep 11 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
108	140	Sep 11 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
109	141	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	GS	21	4.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
110	142	Sep 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-2	GS	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
111	146 (3)	Sep 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
112	147	Sep 20	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
113	148	Sep 22	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
114	149	Sep 23	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
115	150	Sep 24	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
116	151	Sep 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
117	152	Sep 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
118	153	Sep 29	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
119	154	Sep 30	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
120	155	Oct 1	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
121	156	Oct 2	NYG		BRO	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
122	157	Oct 3	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
							122gm		1027.0	554	62	8	624	9