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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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 21	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	4	Apr 22	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	5	Apr 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	6	Apr 24	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	7	Apr 25 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	40	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
6	8	Apr 25 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,13-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
7	9	Apr 29	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	10	Apr 30	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	11	May 1	PIT		CIN	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	12	May 2	PIT		CIN	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	13	May 5	PIT		BSN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	14	May 6	PIT		NYG	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
13	15	May 8	PIT		NYG	L,5-12	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
14	16	May 9 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,2-14	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	17	May 9 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	18	May 10	PIT		BRO	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	20 (1)	May 13	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	21	May 14	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	22	May 15	PIT	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	26 (3)	May 20	PIT	@	BSN	W,13-0	GF	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	27	May 21	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	31 (3)	May 27	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
23	32	May 28	PIT		STL	T,1-1	CG	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	34 (1)	May 30 (1)	PIT		STL	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	35	May 30 (2)	PIT		STL	W,7-6	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	36	May 31 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
27	37	May 31 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	40 (2)	Jun 4	PIT		BSN	L,7-10	GF	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	41	Jun 5	PIT		BSN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
30	42	Jun 6 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,4-16	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	43	Jun 6 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
32	44	Jun 7	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	45	Jun 9	PIT		BRO	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	46	Jun 10	PIT		BRO	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	47	Jun 11	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	CG	51	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	48	Jun 13 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	49	Jun 13 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	50	Jun 15	PIT	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	51	Jun 16	PIT	@	NYG	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	52	Jun 17	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	53	Jun 18	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	54	Jun 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	55	Jun 20 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-9	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	56	Jun 20 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	60 (3)	Jun 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-12	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
46	63 (2)	Jun 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	63	13.2	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	64	Jul 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
48	65	Jul 2	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	66	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	67	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	68	Jul 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	69	Jul 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
53	70	Jul 6	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	71	Jul 7	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	72	Jul 8	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	11	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
56	73	Jul 9	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	74	Jul 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	75	Jul 11	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
59	76	Jul 15 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	77	Jul 15 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	78	Jul 17	PIT		NYG	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
62	79	Jul 18 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	80	Jul 18 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,1-3	GF	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	82 (1)	Jul 20	PIT		PHI	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	83	Jul 21	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	45	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
66	84	Jul 22 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	85	Jul 22 (2)	PIT		PHI	T,1-1	CG	0	5.0	4	1	0	5	1
68	86	Jul 23	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	87	Jul 25 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	88	Jul 25 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,7-4	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	89	Jul 27	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	90	Jul 28	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	91	Jul 29	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	92	Jul 30	PIT	@	BRO	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	93	Jul 31	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	95 (1)	Aug 7	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	50	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	96	Aug 8 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	97	Aug 8 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	98	Aug 10	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	99	Aug 11	PIT		CHC	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	100	Aug 12	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	101	Aug 13	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	102	Aug 14	PIT		STL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	103	Aug 15 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	104	Aug 15 (2)	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
86	105	Aug 16	PIT		CIN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	108 (2)	Aug 19	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	109	Aug 20	PIT	@	STL	L,4-7	GF	21	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	111 (1)	Aug 22	PIT	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	112	Aug 24	PIT		BRO	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
91	113	Aug 25 susp	PIT		BRO	W,12-11	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	114	Aug 26 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
93	115	Aug 26 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	116	Aug 27	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	117	Aug 28 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	118	Aug 28 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,7-11	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	119	Aug 29 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	120	Aug 29 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	121	Aug 30	PIT		BSN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
100	122	Aug 31	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	123	Sep 1	PIT		NYG	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	124	Sep 2	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
103	125	Sep 3	PIT		CHC	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	126	Sep 5 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	129 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	PIT		STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	130	Sep 7	PIT		STL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	132 (1)	Sep 9	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	133	Sep 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-12	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	134	Sep 12	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-3	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	135	Sep 13	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	137 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	138	Sep 15	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-3	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	139	Sep 16	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-6	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	141 (1)	Sep 18	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	2	5	0
115	145 (3)	Sep 20 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	146	Sep 21	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
117	147	Sep 22	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	148	Sep 24	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
119	149	Sep 25	PIT		CIN	W,16-6	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	150	Sep 26 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	151	Sep 26 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,8-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	152	Sep 29	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	GF	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	154 (1)	Sep 30 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	155	Oct 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	156	Oct 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
							128gm		990.1	253	9	7	269	3