Jim West
1931–1948 · bats B / throws R · ASE, AST, Birmingham Black Barons, Baltimore Elite Giants, CV6, Indianapolis Clowns, Memphis Red Sox, NAS
701G
.293AVG
.365OBP
.413SLG
More career statistics
734H
35HR
410RBI
16SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 701 | 559 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,507 | 1,943 |
| Batting · Doubles | 111 | 85 |
| Batting · Hits | 734 | 602 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 18 | 11 |
| Batting · Home runs | 35 | 42 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,836 | 2,187 |
| Batting · Runs | 380 | 307 |
| Batting · RBI | 410 | 225 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 16 | 10 |
| Batting · Triples | 43 | 33 |
| Batting · Walks | 269 | 210 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | 2,836 | 2,507 | 380 | 734 | 111 | 43 | 35 | 410 | 269 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1,036 | .293 | .365 | .413 | .778 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1945-06-09 to 1945-07-26
33longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1939-06-19 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1943-06-06 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1938-07-04 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 287 | 1112 | 310 | 17 | 116 | 111 | 11 | .315 | .379 | .455 |
| Away | 272 | 1075 | 292 | 25 | 109 | 99 | 9 | .305 | .364 | .450 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .118 | .250 | .176 |
| May | 132 | 492 | 133 | 7 | 45 | 48 | 5 | .304 | .368 | .434 |
| June | 145 | 576 | 169 | 14 | 51 | 54 | 5 | .329 | .387 | .490 |
| July | 141 | 566 | 161 | 12 | 73 | 54 | 4 | .320 | .380 | .463 |
| August | 95 | 370 | 89 | 6 | 30 | 37 | 6 | .275 | .341 | .404 |
| September | 38 | 150 | 42 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 0 | .309 | .367 | .463 |
| October | 3 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .545 | .538 | .636 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| homestead-grays | 103 | 407 | 92 | 3 | 44 | 35 | 6 | .253 | .312 | .341 |
| newark-eagles | 79 | 300 | 81 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 1 | .307 | .367 | .477 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 74 | 300 | 95 | 4 | 21 | 32 | 2 | .358 | .423 | .475 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 66 | 270 | 77 | 1 | 31 | 33 | 3 | .332 | .407 | .448 |
| new-york-cubans | 59 | 238 | 68 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 2 | .312 | .357 | .422 |
| philadelphia-stars | 58 | 234 | 71 | 8 | 33 | 19 | 1 | .333 | .385 | .531 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 46 | 164 | 47 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 1 | .329 | .396 | .587 |
| NW1 | 20 | 75 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .297 | .400 | .438 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | CV6 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1933 | NSH | 36 | 117 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .265 | – | – |
| 1934 | NSH | 29 | 88 | 21 | – | 3 | 1 | .239 | – | – |
| 1935 | NSH | 36 | 125 | 33 | 5 | 9 | – | .264 | – | – |
| 1936 | WEG | 55 | 194 | 71 | 6 | 17 | – | .366 | – | – |
| 1937 | WEG | 45 | 154 | 59 | 8 | 16 | – | .383 | – | – |
| 1938 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 36 | 130 | 43 | 5 | 17 | – | .331 | – | – |
| 1939 | Baltimore Elite Giants, NAS, Philadelphia Stars | 41 | 142 | 40 | 3 | 25 | – | .282 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Philadelphia Stars | 52 | 184 | 59 | – | 18 | 1 | .321 | – | – |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Stars | 46 | 148 | 40 | 3 | 16 | – | .270 | – | – |
| 1942 | Philadelphia Stars | 44 | 150 | 44 | 3 | 23 | 1 | .293 | – | – |
| 1943 | Philadelphia Stars | 43 | 166 | 51 | 2 | 26 | 3 | .307 | – | – |
| 1944 | Philadelphia Stars | 46 | 168 | 63 | 2 | 31 | 3 | .375 | – | – |
| 1945 | Philadelphia Stars | 38 | 146 | 39 | 2 | 15 | – | .267 | – | – |
| 1947 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 8 | 22 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .273 | – | – |
| 1948 | ICIndianapolis Clowns | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | .400 | – | – |