Wes Westrum
1947–1957 · bats R / throws R · NLS, New York Giants
920G
.217AVG
.356OBP
.373SLG
More career statistics
503H
96HR
315RBI
10SB
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 | 5 | 7 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 514 | 513 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 920 | 2,849 | 2,322 | 302 | 503 | 59 | 8 | 96 | 315 | 489 | 514 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 866 | .217 | .356 | .373 | .729 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1950-04-22 to 1950-05-07
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1950-06-24 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1950-06-24 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1950-06-24 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 442 | 1339 | 224 | 58 | 159 | 229 | 256 | .205 | .338 | .387 |
| Away | 478 | 1510 | 279 | 38 | 156 | 260 | 257 | .227 | .357 | .361 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 85 | 270 | 39 | 4 | 21 | 51 | 50 | .183 | .333 | .277 |
| May | 139 | 399 | 75 | 10 | 34 | 71 | 68 | .231 | .366 | .370 |
| June | 190 | 615 | 118 | 32 | 81 | 103 | 112 | .235 | .359 | .467 |
| July | 187 | 584 | 106 | 23 | 79 | 80 | 93 | .213 | .318 | .372 |
| August | 165 | 515 | 95 | 16 | 53 | 84 | 102 | .225 | .348 | .362 |
| September | 148 | 452 | 70 | 11 | 47 | 95 | 85 | .198 | .365 | .323 |
| October | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .000 | .357 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 142 | 433 | 77 | 16 | 59 | 71 | 71 | .220 | .342 | .394 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 138 | 411 | 76 | 4 | 25 | 69 | 68 | .225 | .353 | .284 |
| chicago-cubs | 135 | 428 | 82 | 23 | 61 | 78 | 68 | .238 | .374 | .484 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 132 | 411 | 67 | 12 | 42 | 89 | 89 | .211 | .380 | .356 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 123 | 401 | 84 | 16 | 56 | 60 | 64 | .248 | .359 | .419 |
| cincinnati-reds | 112 | 336 | 49 | 14 | 30 | 60 | 55 | .181 | .324 | .373 |
| boston-braves | 72 | 245 | 36 | 7 | 26 | 41 | 59 | .180 | .314 | .320 |
| milwaukee-braves | 66 | 184 | 32 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 39 | .198 | .288 | .278 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 |  New York Giants | 6 | 12 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .417 | – | – |
| 1948 | New York Giants | 67 | 125 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 3 | .160 | – | – |
| 1949 | New York Giants | 64 | 169 | 41 | 7 | 28 | 1 | .243 | – | – |
| 1950 | New York Giants | 140 | 437 | 103 | 23 | 71 | 2 | .236 | – | – |
| 1951 | New York Giants | 124 | 361 | 79 | 20 | 70 | 1 | .219 | – | – |
| 1952 | New York Giants | 114 | 322 | 71 | 14 | 43 | 1 | .220 | – | – |
| 1953 | New York Giants | 107 | 290 | 65 | 12 | 30 | 2 | .224 | – | – |
| 1954 | New York Giants | 98 | 246 | 46 | 8 | 27 | – | .187 | – | – |
| 1955 | New York Giants | 69 | 137 | 29 | 4 | 18 | – | .212 | – | – |
| 1956 | New York Giants | 68 | 132 | 29 | 3 | 8 | – | .220 | – | – |
| 1957 | New York Giants | 63 | 91 | 15 | 1 | 2 | – | .165 | – | – |