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Wally Westlake
Full name Waldon Thomas Westlake Born November 8, 1920, Gridley, California Died September 6, 2019, Sacramento, California Buried at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Sacramento, California First Game: April 15, 1947 ; Final Game: May 12, 1956 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 186 Brother of Jim Westlake Ejections: 1956 (1) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1947 PIT N Daily Splits 112 407 59 111 17 4 17 69 27 0 63 4 5 0 6 16 5 4 .273 .324 .459 -0.1 1947 PIT N
1948 PIT N Daily Splits 132 428 78 122 10 6 17 65 46 5 40 4 1 0 4 10 2 6 .285 .360 .456 0.5 1948 PIT N
1949 PIT N Daily Splits 147 525 77 148 24 8 23 104 45 1 69 6 1 0 8 15 6 6 .282 .345 .490 1.0 1949 PIT N
1950 PIT N Daily Splits 139 477 69 136 15 6 24 95 48 5 78 7 2 0 5 15 1 7 .285 .359 .493 0.8 1950 PIT N
1951 PIT N Daily Splits 50 181 28 51 4 0 16 45 9 2 26 2 0 0 3 4 0 1 .282 .323 .569 0.9 1951 PIT N
1951 STL N Daily Splits 73 267 36 68 8 5 6 39 24 2 42 4 4 0 7 7 1 2 .255 .325 .390 -0.8 1951 STL N
1951 TOT N 123 448 64 119 12 5 22 84 33 4 68 6 4 0 10 11 1 3 .266 .324 .462 0.1 1951 TOT N
1952 STL N Daily Splits 21 74 7 16 3 0 0 10 8 0 11 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 .216 .293 .257 -0.3 1952 STL N
1952 CIN N Daily Splits 59 183 29 37 4 0 3 14 31 0 29 2 1 0 3 10 0 2 .202 .324 .273 -1.1 1952 CIN N
1952 CLE A Daily Splits 29 69 11 16 4 1 1 9 8 0 16 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 .232 .312 .362 0.2 1952 CLE A
1952 TOT N 80 257 36 53 7 0 3 24 39 0 40 2 2 1 5 13 1 3 .206 .315 .268 -1.4 1952 TOT N
1952 Total 109 326 47 69 11 1 4 33 47 0 56 2 5 1 6 15 2 3 .212 .315 .288 -1.2 1952 Total
1953 CLE A Daily Splits 82 218 42 72 7 1 9 46 35 0 29 2 4 0 6 6 2 0 .330 .427 .495 1.3 1953 CLE A
1954 CLE A Daily Splits 85 240 36 63 9 2 11 42 26 2 37 2 4 2 0 1 8 0 1 .263 .337 .454 -0.6 1954 CLE A
1955 CLE A Daily Splits 16 20 2 5 1 0 0 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .348 .300 0.0 1955 CLE A
1955 BAL A Daily Splits 8 24 0 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .125 .300 .167 -0.4 1955 BAL A
1955 TOT A 24 44 2 8 2 0 0 1 9 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .182 .321 .227 -0.4 1955 TOT A
1956 PHI N Daily Splits 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 -0.1 1956 PHI N
Total NL ( 7 Years) 738 2546 383 689 85 29 106 441 239 15 361 29 15 0 1 38 80 16 29 .271 .340 .452 0.8 Total NL
Total AL ( 4 Years) 220 571 91 159 22 4 21 98 78 3 92 4 11 2 0 8 18 3 1 .278 .368 .441 0.5 Total AL
Total (10 Years) Splits 958 3117 474 848 107 33 127 539 317 18 453 33 26 2 1 46 98 19 30 .272 .345 .450 1.3 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1954 CLE A Daily Splits 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 1954 CLE A
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1951 NL Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1951 NL
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1947 PIT N Daily Splits OF 109 104 102 916 239 8 3 0 0 .988 1 13 95
1947 PIT N RF 95 91 89 795 194 5 2 0 0 .990
1947 PIT N CF 13 13 13 118 41 2 1 0 0 .977
1947 PIT N LF 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1948 PIT N Daily Splits OF 125 106 103 997.1 274 8 7 2 0 .976 2 70 56
1948 PIT N CF 70 65 62 588 178 3 5 1 0 .973
1948 PIT N RF 56 41 41 406.1 92 6 2 2 0 .980
1948 PIT N LF 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
1949 PIT N Daily Splits OF 143 132 127 1196 319 12 6 4 0 .982 0 52 93
1949 PIT N RF 93 83 79 745 182 8 2 2 0 .990
1949 PIT N CF 52 49 48 451 137 4 4 2 0 .972
1950 PIT N Daily Splits OF 123 118 110 1070.2 329 4 3 3 0 .991 5 99 27
1950 PIT N CF 99 93 88 825.2 281 4 2 2 0 .993
1950 PIT N RF 27 23 20 221 54 1 1 1 0 .982
1950 PIT N LF 5 2 2 24 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 PIT N Daily Splits 3B 34 34 34 300.2 32 87 12 12 0 .908
1951 PIT N OF 11 11 10 87.2 17 2 0 1 0 1.000 10 1 0
1951 PIT N LF 10 10 9 79.2 14 2 0 1 0 1.000
1951 PIT N CF 1 1 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 STL N Daily Splits OF 68 67 63 605 154 7 3 1 0 .982 12 39 20
1951 STL N CF 39 39 35 337 102 3 1 0 0 .991
1951 STL N RF 20 19 19 180 36 1 1 0 0 .974
1951 STL N LF 12 9 9 88 19 1 1 1 0 .952
1951 TOT N LF 22 19 18 167.2 33 3 1 2 0 .973
1951 TOT N CF 40 40 36 345 105 3 1 0 0 .991
1951 TOT N OF 79 78 73 692.2 171 9 3 2 0 .984 22 40 20
1952 STL N Daily Splits OF 20 20 19 175 60 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 20 0
1952 STL N CF 20 20 19 175 59 4 0 0 0 1.000
1952 CIN N Daily Splits OF 56 51 47 462 127 5 1 0 0 .992 5 43 10
1952 CIN N CF 43 42 42 375.1 108 4 1 0 0 .991
1952 CIN N RF 10 9 5 79 17 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 CIN N LF 5 0 0 7.2 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 CLE A Daily Splits OF 28 20 8 177.1 44 4 0 2 0 1.000 12 4 20
1952 CLE A RF 20 18 6 133 40 4 0 2 0 1.000
1952 CLE A LF 12 0 0 19.1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1952 CLE A CF 4 2 2 25 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 TOT N CF 63 62 61 550.1 167 8 1 0 0 .994
1952 TOT N OF 76 71 66 637 187 8 1 0 0 .995 5 63 10
1952 Total LF 17 0 0 27 3 1 0 0 0 1.000
1952 Total CF 67 64 63 575.1 172 8 1 0 0 .994
1952 Total RF 30 27 11 212 57 4 0 2 0 1.000
1952 Total OF 104 91 74 814.1 231 12 1 2 0 .996 17 67 30
1953 CLE A Daily Splits OF 72 57 38 528 128 3 5 2 0 .963 35 13 37
1953 CLE A RF 37 34 23 288 72 2 1 2 0 .987
1953 CLE A LF 35 13 10 154 39 0 2 0 0 .951
1953 CLE A CF 13 10 5 86 18 0 2 0 0 .900
1954 CLE A Daily Splits OF 71 60 52 567 131 1 5 0 0 .964 50 10 14
1954 CLE A LF 50 44 39 405 91 0 3 0 0 .968
1954 CLE A RF 14 14 11 121 26 1 1 0 0 .964
1954 CLE A CF 10 2 2 41 14 0 1 0 0 .933
1955 CLE A Daily Splits OF 6 5 3 34 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 4 2 0
1955 CLE A LF 4 3 2 21 6 1 0 0 0 1.000
1955 CLE A CF 2 2 1 13 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 BAL A Daily Splits OF 7 6 6 62 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 5
1955 BAL A RF 5 5 5 46 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 BAL A LF 2 1 1 16 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 TOT A LF 6 4 3 37 8 1 0 0 0 1.000
1955 TOT A OF 13 11 9 96 18 1 0 0 0 1.000 6 2 5
Total ( 9 Years) Splits OF 839 757 688 6878 1840 58 33 15 0 .983 138 366 377
Total ( 9 Years) RF 377 337 298 3014.1 719 28 10 9 0 .987
Total ( 9 Years) CF 366 338 318 3043 950 24 17 5 0 .983
Total ( 8 Years) LF 138 82 72 820.2 181 5 6 2 0 .969
Total ( 1 Year ) 3B 34 34 34 300.2 32 87 12 12 0 .908
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1954 CLE A Daily Splits OF 2 2 2 17 6 0 1 0 0 .857 0 0 2
1954 CLE A RF 2 2 2 17 6 0 1 0 0 .857
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1951 NL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1951 NL LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
5- 6-1956(1) BOX PHI N Frank Secory Called third strike
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1940).
Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (June 16, 1940 ).
Traded by Oakland (PCL) to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for $35000 and a player to
be named later (September 25, 1946 ); Oakland (PCL) received Johnny Hutchings
(December 5, 1946 ).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Cliff Chambers to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange
for Bill Howerton , Howie Pollet , Ted Wilks , Joe Garagiola and Dick Cole (June 15,
1951 ).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Eddie Kazak to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for
Dick Sisler and Virgil Stallcup (May 13, 1952 ).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Cleveland Indians in exchange for $ plus two players to
be named (August 7, 1952 ); Cincinnati Reds received Dick Kinaman (October 9, 1952 ).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Dave Pope to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Gene
Woodling and Billy Cox (June 15, 1955 ); Billy Cox refused to report to Cleveland
Indians and Baltimore Orioles sent $15000 (June 15, 1955 ) to complete trade.
Released by Baltimore Orioles (July 9, 1955 ).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (November 7, 1955 ).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (May 18, 1956 ).
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