Wally Westlake

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Full Name: Waldon Thomas Westlake	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/186	First Game: April 15, 1947
Birthdate: November 8, 1920	Final Game: May 12, 1956
Birthplace: Gridley, California	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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Wally Westlake (Waldon Thomas Westlake) was born on November 8, 1920 in Gridley, California. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1947 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1947, his rookie year, he hit .273 with 17 home runs and 69 RBI. Westlake played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Wally Westlake's best season was 1949, when he slugged 23 home runs, hit for a .282 average and knocked in 104 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1947	PIT	N	112	407	59	111	17	69	.273	.324	.459	17	4	27	63	4	5	5	0	16
1948	PIT	N	132	428	78	122	17	65	.285	.360	.456	10	6	46	40	4	1	2	0	10
1949	PIT	N	147	525	77	148	23	104	.282	.345	.490	24	8	45	69	6	1	6	0	15
1950	PIT	N	139	477	69	136	24	95	.285	.359	.493	15	6	48	78	7	2	1	0	15
1951	STL	N	73	267	36	68	6	39	.255	.325	.390	8	5	24	42	4	4	1	0	7
1951	PIT	N	50	181	28	51	16	45	.282	.323	.569	4	0	9	26	2	0	0	0	4
1951	TOT	N	123	448	64	119	22	84	.266	.324	.462	12	5	33	68	6	4	1	0	11
1952	STL	N	21	74	7	16	0	10	.216	.293	.257	3	0	8	11	0	1	1	0	3
1952	CLE	A	29	69	11	16	1	9	.232	.312	.362	4	1	8	16	0	3	1	0	2
1952	CIN	N	59	183	29	37	3	14	.202	.324	.273	4	0	31	29	2	1	0	0	10
1952	Total		109	326	47	69	4	33	.212	.315	.288	11	1	47	56	2	5	2	0	15
1952	TOT	N	80	257	36	53	3	24	.206	.315	.268	7	0	39	40	2	2	1	0	13
1953	CLE	A	82	218	42	72	9	46	.330	.427	.495	7	1	35	29	2	4	2	0	6
1954	CLE	A	85	240	36	63	11	42	.262	.337	.454	9	2	26	37	2	4	0	0	8
1955	CLE	A	16	20	2	5	0	1	.250	.348	.300	1	0	3	5	0	0	0	1	1
1955	BAL	A	8	24	0	3	0	0	.125	.300	.167	1	0	6	5	0	0	0	0	1
1955	TOT	A	24	44	2	8	0	1	.182	.321	.227	2	0	9	10	0	0	0	1	2
1956	PHI	N	5	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		738	2546	383	689	106	441	.271	.340	.452	85	29	239	361	29	15	16	0	80
Total	AL		220	571	91	159	21	98	.278	.368	.441	22	4	78	92	4	11	3	1	18
Total			958	3117	474	848	127	539	.272	.345	.450	107	33	317	453	33	26	19	1	98

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1947	PIT	N	OF	109	0	0	239	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1948	PIT	N	OF	125	0	0	274	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1949	PIT	N	OF	143	0	0	319	12	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1950	PIT	N	OF	123	0	0	329	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1951	STL	N	OF	68	0	0	154	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1951	PIT	N	3B	34	0	0	32	87	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	.908
1951	PIT	N	OF	11	0	0	17	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	TOT	N	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1951	TOT	N	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1951	TOT	N	OF	79	0	0	171	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1952	STL	N	OF	15	0	0	60	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	CLE	A	OF	28	0	0	44	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	CIN	N	OF	56	0	0	127	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1952	Total		LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1952	Total		OF	99	0	0	231	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.996
1952	Total		CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1952	Total		RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1952	TOT	N	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1952	TOT	N	OF	71	0	0	187	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1953	CLE	A	OF	72	0	0	128	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1954	CLE	A	OF	70	0	0	131	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1955	CLE	A	OF	7	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	BAL	A	OF	7	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	TOT	A	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1955	TOT	A	OF	14	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	834	0	0	1840	58	33	15	0	0	0	0	0	.983
Total			3B	34	0	0	32	87	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	.908

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (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).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Cleveland Indians (August 7, 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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