Sam West
1927–1942 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,753G
.299AVG
.371OBP
.425SLG
More career statistics
1,838H
75HR
838RBI
53SB
4Rare feats
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 · At bats | 6,148 | 6,146 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 56 | 62 |
| Batting · Doubles | 347 | 348 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,838 | 1,839 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 540 | 544 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,972 | 6,973 |
| Batting · RBI | 838 | 840 |
| Batting · Walks | 696 | 699 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,753 | 6,972 | 6,148 | 934 | 1,838 | 347 | 101 | 75 | 838 | 696 | 540 | 53 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 2,612 | .299 | .371 | .425 | .796 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1932-04-16 to 1932-05-08
31longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Six for Six | 1933-04-13 | 1 in 2,457 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Six-Hit Game | 1933-04-13 | 1 in 1,644 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1933-08-05 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 873 | 3490 | 965 | 40 | 434 | 352 | 229 | .314 | .377 | .462 |
| Away | 880 | 3483 | 874 | 35 | 406 | 347 | 315 | .285 | .351 | .388 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 139 | 571 | 151 | 9 | 69 | 46 | 54 | .293 | .345 | .447 |
| May | 311 | 1198 | 317 | 11 | 135 | 123 | 109 | .302 | .367 | .419 |
| June | 330 | 1272 | 332 | 15 | 163 | 139 | 89 | .298 | .370 | .429 |
| July | 368 | 1496 | 394 | 21 | 179 | 150 | 114 | .298 | .364 | .439 |
| August | 373 | 1550 | 422 | 13 | 197 | 142 | 116 | .307 | .364 | .428 |
| September | 229 | 874 | 220 | 6 | 97 | 97 | 62 | .289 | .363 | .387 |
| October | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .300 | .417 | .300 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 257 | 1033 | 261 | 13 | 122 | 94 | 106 | .285 | .344 | .404 |
| cleveland-guardians | 246 | 976 | 247 | 6 | 103 | 105 | 87 | .288 | .361 | .397 |
| detroit-tigers | 246 | 945 | 249 | 6 | 100 | 102 | 80 | .303 | .371 | .408 |
| boston-red-sox | 245 | 970 | 237 | 7 | 110 | 84 | 69 | .275 | .331 | .400 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 240 | 941 | 282 | 10 | 135 | 103 | 77 | .341 | .409 | .473 |
| chicago-white-sox | 238 | 978 | 269 | 17 | 119 | 97 | 49 | .310 | .374 | .461 |
| st-louis-browns | 167 | 637 | 156 | 10 | 84 | 63 | 41 | .279 | .344 | .417 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 114 | 493 | 138 | 6 | 67 | 51 | 35 | .319 | .383 | .457 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 38 | 67 | 16 | – | 6 | 1 | .239 | – | – |
| 1928 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 125 | 376 | 114 | 3 | 40 | 5 | .303 | – | – |
| 1929 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 142 | 510 | 136 | 3 | 77 | 9 | .267 | – | – |
| 1930 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 120 | 411 | 135 | 6 | 67 | 5 | .328 | – | – |
| 1931 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 132 | 526 | 175 | 3 | 90 | 6 | .333 | – | – |
| 1932 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 146 | 554 | 159 | 6 | 84 | 4 | .287 | – | – |
| 1933 |  St. Louis Browns | 133 | 517 | 155 | 11 | 47 | 10 | .300 | – | – |
| 1934 | St. Louis Browns | 122 | 482 | 157 | 9 | 57 | 3 | .326 | – | – |
| 1935 | St. Louis Browns | 138 | 527 | 158 | 10 | 71 | 1 | .300 | – | – |
| 1936 | St. Louis Browns | 152 | 533 | 149 | 7 | 70 | 2 | .280 | – | – |
| 1937 | St. Louis Browns | 122 | 457 | 150 | 7 | 58 | 1 | .328 | – | – |
| 1938 | St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 136 | 509 | 155 | 6 | 74 | 2 | .305 | – | – |
| 1939 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 115 | 390 | 110 | 3 | 53 | 1 | .282 | – | – |
| 1940 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 57 | 99 | 25 | 1 | 16 | – | .253 | – | – |
| 1941 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 26 | 37 | 10 | – | 6 | 1 | .270 | – | – |
| 1942 |  Chicago White Sox | 49 | 151 | 35 | – | 24 | 2 | .232 | – | – |