Wally Westlake Stats

Wally Westlake was born on Monday, November 8, 1920, in Gridley, California. Westlake was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 15, 1947, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Wally Westlake baseball stats page.

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Wally Westlake

Wally Westlake Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archives (#192)

Wally Westlake Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archives (#192)
 

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Birth Name:   Waldon Thomas Westlake
Nickname:   Wally
Born On:   11-08-1920  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Gridley, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Christian Brothers High School (Sacramento, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   186
First Game:   04-15-1947 (Age 26)
Last Game:   05-12-1956
Draft:   Not Applicable
Wally Westlake

Wally Westlake Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Wally Westlake

Wally Westlake Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1947 27 Pirates 112 407 59 111 17 4 17 2 69 27 - 63 5 - 4 16 .273 .324 .459
1948 28 Pirates 132 428 78 122 10 6 17 2 65 46 - 40 1 - 4 10 .285 .360 .456
1949 29 Pirates 147 525 77 148 24 8 23 1 104 45 - 69 1 - 6 15 .282 .345 .490
1950 30 Pirates 139 477 69 136 15 6 24 2 95 48 - 78 2 - 7 15 .285 .359 .493
1951 31 Pirates 50 181 28 51 4 0 16 0 45 9 - 26 0 - 2 4 .282 .323 .569
1951 31 Cardinals 73 267 36 68 8 5 6 0 39 24 - 42 4 - 4 7 .255 .325 .390
1952 32 Cardinals 21 74 7 16 3 0 0 0 10 8 - 11 1 - 0 3 .216 .293 .257
1952 32 Reds 59 183 29 37 4 0 3 0 14 31 - 29 1 - 2 10 .202 .324 .273
1952 32 Indians 29 69 11 16 4 1 1 0 9 8 - 16 3 - 0 2 .232 .312 .362
1953 33 Indians 82 218 42 72 7 1 9 0 46 35 - 29 4 - 2 6 .330 .427 .495
1954 34 Indians 85 240 36 63 9 2 11 0 42 26 - 37 4 2 2 8 .263 .337 .454
1955 35 Indians 16 20 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 1 .250 .348 .300
1955 35 Orioles 8 24 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 .125 .300 .167
1956 36 Phillies 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 958 3,117 474 848 107 33 127 7 539 317 1 453 26 2 33 98 .272 .345 .450
Wally Westlake

Wally Westlake Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1947 Pirates CF 13 13 354 45 3.5 44 41 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .978 3.36
1947 Pirates LF 1 0 9 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1947 Pirates RF 95 91 2,382 204 2.1 202 197 5 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.29
1948 Pirates CF 70 65 1,695 191 2.7 186 183 3 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.96
1948 Pirates LF 2 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1948 Pirates RF 56 41 1,158 298 5.3 296 291 5 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .993 6.90
1949 Pirates CF 52 49 1,341 138 2.7 134 130 4 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.70
1949 Pirates RF 93 83 2,118 2,199 23.6 2,197 2,189 8 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .999 28.01
1950 Pirates CF 99 93 2,475 2,282 23.1 2,280 2,276 4 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .999 24.87
1950 Pirates LF 5 2 72 11 2.2 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.13
1950 Pirates RF 27 23 663 55 2.0 54 53 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.20
1951 Pirates 3B 34 34 900 131 3.9 119 32 87 12 12 n/a n/a n/a .908 3.57
1951 Cardinals CF 39 39 1,011 102 2.6 101 97 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.70
1951 Pirates CF 1 1 24 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.38
1951 Cardinals LF 12 9 264 21 1.8 20 19 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .952 2.05
1951 Pirates LF 10 10 237 215 21.5 215 213 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 24.49
1951 Cardinals RF 20 19 540 37 1.9 36 35 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .973 1.80
1952 Reds CF 43 42 1,125 1,113 25.9 1,112 1,108 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .999 26.69
1952 Cardinals CF 15 20 525 63 4.2 63 60 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.24
1952 Indians CF 4 2 75 5 1.3 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
1952 Indians LF 12 0 57 14 1.2 14 13 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.63
1952 Reds LF 5 0 21 25 5.0 25 25 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 32.14
1952 Indians RF 20 18 399 44 2.2 44 40 4 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.98
1952 Reds RF 10 9 234 16 1.6 16 16 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.85
1953 Indians CF 13 10 258 20 1.5 18 18 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .900 1.88
1953 Indians LF 35 13 459 41 1.2 39 39 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .951 2.29
1953 Indians RF 37 34 864 75 2.0 74 72 2 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .987 2.31
1954 Indians CF 10 2 123 15 1.5 14 14 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .933 3.07
1954 Indians LF 50 44 1,215 94 1.9 91 91 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.02
1954 Indians RF 14 14 363 28 2.0 27 26 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.01
1955 Indians CF 2 2 39 4 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.77
1955 Indians LF 4 3 63 7 1.8 7 6 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1955 Orioles LF 2 1 48 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.13
1955 Orioles RF 5 5 138 6 1.2 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.17
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
RF Totals 377 337 8,859 2,962 7.9 2,952 2,925 27 10 9 n/a n/a n/a .997 9.00
CF Totals 361 338 9,045 3,981 11.0 3,964 3,939 25 17 4 n/a n/a n/a .996 11.83
LF Totals 138 82 2,445 431 3.1 425 420 5 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .986 4.69
3B Totals 34 34 900 131 3.9 119 32 87 12 12 n/a n/a n/a .908 3.57
9 Years 910 791 21,249 7,505 8.2 7,460 7,316 144 45 27 n/a n/a n/a .994 9.48
Wally Westlake

Wally Westlake Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1947 Pirates 5 - - 3 0 n/a 23.9 6.5 5.9 - - -
1948 Pirates 2 - - 7 0 n/a 25.2 10.7 6.6 - - -
1949 Pirates 6 - - 4 0 n/a 22.8 7.6 5.0 - - -
1950 Pirates 1 - - 18 0 n/a 19.9 6.1 5.0 - - -
1951 Pirates 0 1 .000 5 0 n/a 11.3 7.0 4.0 - - -
1951 Cardinals 1 2 .333 5 0 n/a 44.5 6.4 6.8 - - -
1952 Cardinals 1 1 .500 1 0 n/a 0.0 6.7 7.4 - - -
1952 Reds 0 2 .000 3 2 n/a 61.0 6.3 13.1 - - -
1952 Indians 1 0 1.000 2 3 n/a 69.0 4.3 7.7 - - -
1953 Indians 2 0 1.000 9 5 n/a 24.2 7.5 4.7 - - -
1954 Indians 0 1 .000 13 5 n/a 21.8 6.5 5.7 - - -
1955 Indians 0 0 .000 6 4 n/a 0.0 4.0 20.0 - - -
1955 Orioles 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 0.0 4.8 0.0 - - -
1956 Phillies 0 0 .000 5 0 n/a 0.0 1.3 0.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 19 7 .731 82 19 n/a 24.5 6.9 5.8 - - -
Wally Westlake

Wally Westlake Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1947 Pittsburgh Pirates 15 Undetermined - -
1948 Pittsburgh Pirates 15 Undetermined - -
1949 Pittsburgh Pirates 15 Undetermined - -
1950 Pittsburgh Pirates 15 Undetermined - -
1951 Pittsburgh Pirates 15 Undetermined Stats -
1951 St. Louis Cardinals 17 Undetermined Stats -
1952 St. Louis Cardinals 17 Undetermined - -
1952 Cincinnati Reds 23 Undetermined - -
1952 Cleveland Indians 31 Undetermined - -
1953 Cleveland Indians 31 Undetermined - -
1954 Cleveland Indians 31 Undetermined - Stats
1955 Cleveland Indians 31 Undetermined - -
1955 Baltimore Orioles 14 Undetermined - -
1956 Philadelphia Phillies 48, 15 Undetermined - -


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