Wes Westrum 1956 Game by Game Batting Logs

Wes Westrum appeared in 68 Major League games during the 1956 regular season. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games Westrum appeared in, specifically relating to his 1956 hitting statistics. Notes: The Date / Box field has a link to the box score from the game being described. If the Date is followed by an asterisk (*), Westrum started during that game at the first position listed in the Position(s) column. Cumulative monthly totals are provided where applicable.

"I had (while managing the New York Mets) one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel." - Wes Westrum (1967)
Wes Westrum 1956 Game by Game Batting Logs

In Chronological Order / Wes Westrum Stats

04-17-1956 *vs Pirates3000000000000.000.000.000c
04-18-1956 *vs Pirates4010000000000.143.143.143c
04-19-1956 *vs Pirates2000000101000.111.200.111c
04-20-1956 *at Phillies2000000000000.091.167.091c
04-22-1956 *at Phillies2000000001000.077.143.077c
04-22-1956 *at Phillies5000000000000.056.105.056c
04-25-1956 *vs Dodgers3000000001000.048.091.048c
04-27-1956 *vs Phillies2110000201000.087.192.087c
04-29-1956 *vs Phillies2000000100000.080.207.080c
 April 1956 Totals
25 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 .080 .207 .080 -
05-02-1956at Cubs1000000320000.077.273.077c
05-06-1956 *at Cardinals4130001001000.167.324.167c
05-06-1956at Cardinals0000000000000.167.324.167c
05-07-1956 *at Cardinals3000000002000.152.300.152c
05-09-1956at Redlegs0000000000000.152.300.152c
05-20-1956 *vs Cardinals2110000101100.171.341.171c
05-21-1956vs Cardinals0000000000000.171.341.171c
05-22-1956 *vs Redlegs2000000102000.162.340.162c
05-30-1956at Pirates1000000001000.158.333.158c
05-30-1956at Pirates0000000000000.158.333.158c
05-31-1956at Pirates0000000000000.158.333.158c
 May 1956 Totals
13 2 4 0 0 0 1 5 2 7 1 0 0 .308 .526 .308 -
06-01-1956at Redlegs0000000000000.158.333.158c
06-06-1956at Cardinals0000000000000.158.333.158c
06-08-1956 *at Braves3000000110000.146.327.146c
06-09-1956 *at Braves2000000001000.140.315.140c
06-12-1956at Cubs0000000000000.140.315.140c
06-14-1956at Braves1000000001000.136.309.136c
06-24-1956 *vs Braves2000000000000.130.298.130c
06-29-1956at Pirates0000000000000.130.298.130c
 June 1956 Totals
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .111 .000 -
07-01-1956 *at Pirates1000000100000.128.305.128c
07-04-1956vs Dodgers1000000000000.125.300.125c
07-08-1956 *vs Pirates4220022101000.154.323.269c
07-13-1956 *at Cardinals2000000100000.148.324.259c
07-15-1956 *at Redlegs3011000000000.158.324.281c
07-15-1956at Redlegs1010000000000.172.333.293c
07-17-1956at Braves2010000000000.183.338.300c
07-19-1956 *at Braves3010001101000.190.346.302c
07-20-1956 *at Cubs2000000000000.185.338.292c
07-22-1956 *at Cubs3000000002000.176.325.279c
07-29-1956vs Cardinals1000000001000.174.321.275c
07-31-1956 *vs Redlegs3110000101000.181.330.278c
 July 1956 Totals
26 3 7 1 0 2 3 5 0 6 0 0 0 .269 .387 .538 -
08-02-1956 *vs Redlegs2000000001000.176.322.270c
08-03-1956 *vs Cubs3010000000000.182.323.273c
08-03-1956vs Cubs0000000000000.182.323.273c
08-04-1956vs Cubs1000000000000.179.319.269c
08-07-1956vs Phillies0000000000000.179.319.269c
08-07-1956 *vs Phillies0000000210000.179.333.269c
08-12-1956 *at Pirates3020101100000.198.350.309c
08-19-1956 *vs Pirates3020100000000.214.359.345c
08-21-1956 *at Braves4021000000000.227.364.364c
08-22-1956at Braves1000000000000.225.361.360c
08-23-1956 *at Cubs3100000101000.217.357.348c
08-26-1956 *at Cardinals2010000110000.223.365.351c
08-29-1956at Redlegs1010000000000.232.371.358ph
 August 1956 Totals
23 1 9 1 2 0 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 .391 .500 .609 -
09-01-1956 *vs Dodgers2000000002000.227.364.351c
09-02-1956 *vs Dodgers4010000001000.228.361.347c
09-03-1956 *at Phillies3100000101000.221.357.337c
09-05-1956at Phillies0000000000000.221.357.337c
09-14-1956 *vs Cardinals3000000000000.215.349.327c
09-15-1956 *vs Cardinals3111000001000.218.348.336c
09-17-1956 *vs Braves2000000001000.214.343.330c
09-19-1956 *vs Cubs4000000001000.207.333.319c
09-19-1956vs Cubs1010000000000.214.338.325c
09-22-1956 *vs Phillies3010000000000.217.338.325c
09-23-1956 *vs Phillies2011000200000.221.349.336c
09-25-1956 *vs Pirates3110012100000.224.353.360c
09-29-1956 *at Phillies2000000101000.220.353.354c
09-30-1956 *at Phillies3011001000001.223.350.362c
09-30-1956 *at Phillies2000000000000.220.346.356c
 September 1956 Totals
37 3 7 3 0 1 3 5 0 8 0 0 1 .189 .279 .351 -
 1956 Yearly Totals 132 10 29 5 2 3 8 25 5 29 1 0 1 .220 .346 .356 -

Wes Westrum 1956 Game by Game Batting Logs



Did you know that Wes Westrum appeared in 31 games at home, had 67 at-bats, drove in 4 runs, scored 7 times, had 15 hits (2 doubles / 1 triples / 3 home runs), walked 13 times (1 intentional), struck out 16 times, was hit by a pitcher 1 times, sacrificed 0 times (0 hits & 0 flies), and finished at home with a .223 batting average, .358 on base percentage and .417 slugging average?

On the road, Wes Westrum appeared in 37 games, had 65 at-bats, drove in 4 runs, scored 3 times, had 14 hits (3 doubles / 1 triples / 0 home runs), walked 12 times (4 intentional), struck out 13 times, was hit by a pitcher 0 times, sacrificed 1 times (0 hits & 1 flies), and finished at home with a .215 batting average, .333 on base percentage and .292 slugging average?

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