Wally Westlake
1947–1956 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, NLS, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
958G
.272AVG
.345OBP
.450SLG
More career statistics
848H
127HR
539RBI
19SB
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 · Caught stealing | 7 | 31 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 453 | 454 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,495 | 3,494 |
| Batting · RBI | 539 | 536 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 19 | 20 |
| Batting · Walks | 317 | 315 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 958 | 3,495 | 3,117 | 475 | 848 | 107 | 33 | 127 | 539 | 317 | 453 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 1,402 | .272 | .345 | .450 | .795 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1949-09-16 to 1949-09-30
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1948-07-30 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1947-07-15 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1953-07-31 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 485 | 1767 | 433 | 75 | 283 | 166 | 203 | .275 | .339 | .484 |
| Away | 473 | 1727 | 415 | 52 | 253 | 149 | 251 | .269 | .327 | .415 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 76 | 285 | 71 | 18 | 54 | 28 | 49 | .280 | .347 | .520 |
| May | 185 | 660 | 157 | 27 | 91 | 47 | 99 | .262 | .309 | .435 |
| June | 191 | 749 | 176 | 25 | 105 | 82 | 87 | .269 | .344 | .442 |
| July | 191 | 713 | 184 | 21 | 109 | 59 | 76 | .288 | .341 | .454 |
| August | 165 | 565 | 121 | 12 | 71 | 59 | 75 | .242 | .319 | .358 |
| September | 144 | 502 | 133 | 22 | 102 | 38 | 66 | .294 | .341 | .524 |
| October | 6 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .333 | .400 | .778 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 117 | 446 | 102 | 12 | 66 | 48 | 56 | .262 | .336 | .416 |
| chicago-cubs | 110 | 424 | 109 | 18 | 64 | 35 | 52 | .287 | .340 | .466 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 109 | 425 | 102 | 15 | 62 | 27 | 52 | .260 | .304 | .435 |
| boston-braves | 103 | 412 | 99 | 13 | 54 | 33 | 49 | .267 | .320 | .426 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 103 | 413 | 97 | 19 | 78 | 29 | 56 | .256 | .305 | .475 |
| cincinnati-reds | 93 | 325 | 81 | 17 | 59 | 30 | 46 | .280 | .342 | .522 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 81 | 289 | 78 | 11 | 43 | 23 | 42 | .294 | .349 | .460 |
| boston-red-sox | 41 | 137 | 33 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 16 | .270 | .343 | .385 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 112 | 407 | 111 | 17 | 69 | 5 | .273 | – | – |
| 1948 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 132 | 428 | 122 | 17 | 64 | 2 | .285 | – | – |
| 1949 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 147 | 525 | 148 | 23 | 104 | 7 | .282 | – | – |
| 1950 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 139 | 477 | 136 | 24 | 95 | 1 | .285 | – | – |
| 1951 | Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals | 123 | 448 | 119 | 22 | 83 | 1 | .266 | – | – |
| 1952 | Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Cardinals | 109 | 326 | 69 | 4 | 33 | 2 | .212 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Cleveland Guardians | 82 | 218 | 72 | 9 | 46 | 2 | .330 | – | – |
| 1954 | Cleveland Guardians | 85 | 240 | 63 | 11 | 41 | – | .263 | – | – |
| 1955 | Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians | 24 | 44 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .182 | – | – |
| 1956 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |