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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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
2	2	Apr 17	NYG		PHI	L,3-5	GS	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 18	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	51	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	4	Apr 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
5	5	Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
6	6	Apr 21	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
7	7	Apr 22	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
8	8	Apr 23	NYG		BSN	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
9	9	Apr 24	NYG		BSN	L,3-6	CG	46	10.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
10	10	Apr 29	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
11	11	Apr 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	NYG	@	PIT	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	May 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	43	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
14	14	May 3	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
15	15	May 4	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	44	10.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
16	16	May 5	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
17	17	May 6	NYG	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	46	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
18	18	May 7	NYG	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
19	19	May 8	NYG	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 10	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 13	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	22	May 14	NYG		CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	23	May 16 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	5	2	1	8	1	C
24	24	May 16 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
25	25	May 17	NYG		CHC	W,9-8	GS	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	26	May 19	NYG		PIT	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	28 (1)	May 21 (2)	NYG		STL	W,8-1	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	29	May 22	NYG		STL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	30	May 23	NYG		BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
30	31	May 24	NYG		BSN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
31	32	May 26	NYG		BRO	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
32	33	May 27	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
33	34	May 28	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
34	35	May 29	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
35	36	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
36	37	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	38	Jun 1 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,7-8	GS	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	39	Jun 1 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-8	GS	0	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	40	Jun 2	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	41	Jun 3	NYG	@	CHC	W,17-4	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
41	42	Jun 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	43	Jun 5	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
43	44	Jun 6	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	6	2	1	9	0
44	45	Jun 7	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
45	46	Jun 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-1	GS	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	47	Jun 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	57	13.1	10	2	0	12	1
47	48	Jun 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
48	49	Jun 14	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
49	50	Jun 15 (1)	NYG		STL	L,12-14	GS	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
50	51	Jun 15 (2)	NYG		STL	W,3-0	CG	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
51	52	Jun 16	NYG		STL	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
52	53	Jun 17	NYG		PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	54	Jun 18	NYG		PIT	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
54	55	Jun 19	NYG		PIT	L,1-8	GS	15	2.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	71 (15)	Jul 5	NYG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
56	72	Jul 6 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
57	73	Jul 6 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	74	Jul 10	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-6	GS	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	76 (1)	Jul 12	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
60	77	Jul 13 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-10	GS	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	78	Jul 13 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
62	79	Jul 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	80	Jul 15	NYG	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
64	81	Jul 16	NYG	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	48	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
65	82	Jul 17	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	28	6.1	3	2	0	5	0	C
66	89 (6)	Jul 27	NYG		CIN	L,4-11	GF	36	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	90	Jul 29	NYG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	C
68	91	Jul 30 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
69	92	Jul 30 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
70	93	Jul 31	NYG		CHC	L,8-11	GF	18	2.2	5	0	1	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	94	Aug 1	NYG		PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	95	Aug 2	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	25	6.0	5	1	0	6	0
73	96	Aug 3 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
74	97	Aug 3 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,8-10	CG	37	6.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
75	98	Aug 5	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	GS	55	14.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
76	99	Aug 7 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
77	100	Aug 7 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,5-7	GS	27	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
78	103 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,10-11	GS	32	7.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
79	104	Aug 11 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	105	Aug 13 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
81	106	Aug 13 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-4	GS	25	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	107	Aug 14	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS	25	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	108	Aug 15 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	109	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
85	110	Aug 17 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
86	112 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	113	Aug 19 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	114	Aug 21 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
89	115	Aug 21 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
90	116	Aug 22	NYG	@	STL	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
91	117	Aug 23	NYG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
92	118	Aug 24 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
93	120 (1)	Aug 25	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
94	121	Aug 26	NYG	@	PIT	W,14-7	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
95	122	Aug 27	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
96	123	Aug 28	NYG	@	PIT	W,14-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	124	Aug 30	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
98	125	Aug 31	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-9	GS	36	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	126	Sep 1 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
100	127	Sep 1 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-5	GS	27	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
101	128	Sep 3	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
102	129	Sep 4	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
103	130	Sep 5	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
104	131	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	C
105	132	Sep 6 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
106	133	Sep 7	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
107	134	Sep 8 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,2-10	CG	48	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
108	141 (6)	Sep 13	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	GF	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
109	143 (1)	Sep 15	NYG		STL	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
110	144	Sep 16	NYG		CHC	L,0-9	GS	18	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
111	147 (2)	Sep 20	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	GF	20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
112	148	Sep 21	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS	30	6.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
							112gm		911.1	481	64	12	557	11