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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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	PIT	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 20	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 21	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 22	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
5	5	Apr 24 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 24 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,3-1	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 25	PIT		CHC	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 27	PIT	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 28	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	12 (2)	May 1 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	13	May 1 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
12	14	May 3	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	16 (1)	May 5	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	17	May 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
15	18	May 7	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	19	May 8 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	20	May 8 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	21	May 9	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	22	May 11	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	23	May 12	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-11	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	24	May 13	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	25	May 14	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	26	May 15	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	27	May 17	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	28	May 18	PIT		NYG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	29	May 19	PIT		BSN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	30	May 20	PIT		BSN	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	31	May 21	PIT		BSN	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	34 (2)	May 25	PIT		BRO	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	35	May 26	PIT	@	STL	L,6-13	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	36	May 27	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	37	May 28	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	38	May 29	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	39	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
35	40	May 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	41	Jun 1	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	42	Jun 2	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	43	Jun 4	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	44	Jun 5	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	45	Jun 6	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
41	46	Jun 7	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
42	47	Jun 8	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	48	Jun 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	69	17.2	3	1	0	4	0
44	49	Jun 10	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	50	Jun 11	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	51	Jun 12	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	52	Jun 14	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
48	53	Jun 15	PIT		BSN	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
49	54	Jun 16	PIT		BSN	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	55	Jun 17	PIT		NYG	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	56	Jun 18	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	57	Jun 19	PIT		NYG	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	58	Jun 20	PIT		PHI	L,1-7	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	59	Jun 21	PIT		PHI	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	60	Jun 22	PIT		PHI	W,12-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	61	Jun 23	PIT		PHI	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
57	62	Jun 24	PIT		BRO	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	63	Jun 25	PIT		BRO	L,10-17	CG	51	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	64	Jun 26	PIT		BRO	L,3-15	CG	53	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	65	Jun 29	PIT		CIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
61	66	Jun 30	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	67	Jul 1	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	68	Jul 2	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	69	Jul 3	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	70	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	71	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
67	72	Jul 6	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	73	Jul 7	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	74	Jul 8	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	75	Jul 9	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	CG	55	13.0	2	1	0	3	0
71	76	Jul 10 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,6-8	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	77	Jul 10 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,6-9	CG	0	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	78	Jul 14	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	79	Jul 16 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	80	Jul 16 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG	0	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
76	81	Jul 17	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	82	Jul 18	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	83	Jul 19	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	84	Jul 20	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	85	Jul 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	38	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
81	86	Jul 22	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	87	Jul 23	PIT	@	BSN	W,12-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	88	Jul 24 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	89	Jul 24 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	90	Jul 26	PIT		NYG	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	91	Jul 27	PIT		NYG	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	92	Jul 28	PIT		NYG	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
88	93	Jul 31 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
89	94	Jul 31 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	95	Aug 1	PIT		BRO	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	96	Aug 2	PIT		BRO	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	97	Aug 3	PIT		BRO	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	98	Aug 4	PIT		BRO	L,3-11	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	100 (1)	Aug 6	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	101	Aug 7 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,3-7	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	102	Aug 7 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	103	Aug 9	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	104	Aug 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	107 (2)	Aug 13	PIT	@	STL	W,6-3	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	108	Aug 14	PIT	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	109	Aug 15	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	110	Aug 16	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	GF	15	3.1	1	0	0	1	0
103	111	Aug 18	PIT		CHC	W,2-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	112	Aug 19	PIT		STL	W,8-2	GF	0	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	113	Aug 20	PIT		STL	L,3-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	115 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	PIT		STL	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	116	Aug 23	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-5	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	117	Aug 24	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	118	Aug 25 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	119	Aug 25 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
111	120	Aug 26	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	121	Aug 27	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	123 (1)	Aug 29	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	124	Aug 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
115	125	Aug 31	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	126	Sep 1	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-9	GF	20	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	127	Sep 3	PIT	@	CHC	L,7-11	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	129 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-9	GF	22	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
119	130	Sep 5 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	131	Sep 6	PIT		CIN	L,3-6	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	132	Sep 7	PIT		CIN	L,2-5	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
122	133	Sep 8	PIT		CIN	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
123	134	Sep 9	PIT		CHC	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	135	Sep 10	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	GS	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	136	Sep 11	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	137	Sep 13	PIT		PHI	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
127	138	Sep 14	PIT		PHI	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	139	Sep 16	PIT		BRO	W,9-2	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
129	140	Sep 17	PIT		BRO	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	141	Sep 18 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
131	142	Sep 18 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,7-2	CG	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	143	Sep 19	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	CG	47	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	144	Sep 20	PIT		BSN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
134	145	Sep 21	PIT		BSN	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	146	Sep 22	PIT		BSN	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
136	147	Sep 24	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
137	148	Sep 25 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	149	Sep 25 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	150	Sep 27	PIT		STL	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
140	151	Sep 29	PIT		STL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
141	152	Sep 30	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
142	153	Oct 2 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
143	154	Oct 2 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							144gm		1191.0	304	12	6	322	4