Wally Westlake Stats

Wally Westlake was born on Monday, November 8, 1920, in Gridley, California. Westlake was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 15, 1947, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Wally Westlake baseball stats page.

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"I owe my career in baseball to Casey Stengel. When I came out of the war (WWII), I was 24 years old, which was a little late to be trying to start a career in professional baseball. A friend of mine and I managed to talk our way into a tryout in spring training with the old Oklahoma team in the Pacific Coast League. In those days, the Pacific Coast League was a first class league, with lots of good ballplayers, many of whom went on to play in the majors. Stengel was the manager at Oakland and he did everything he could to discourage us. He assigned both of us to the 'B' squad, which meant that we worked out on a separate field, with none of the amenities that the 'A' squad enjoyed. We had rocks on the field, no drinking fountain, and worked out with used balls. It was miserable. Every once in awhile we would sneak into the 'A' squad batting practice — just so we could hit some decent balls — and he would always chase us back to the 'B' squad field. We were working our asses off trying to get him to notice us, but really felt we didn't have much of a chance, since he spent all his time with the 'A' squad. The day before we broke camp to go north, Stengel called us into his office and said, 'I know you guys have been working hard and I'm taking you both with me on the main roster. I'll pay you $400 a month and travel expense.' I was thrilled to death, but I told him I'd have to have $450 or I was going home! And you know what? He gave it to me! The thing about Stengel was: he made me work on my game at all times and taught me how rewarding it could be to work hard. He really knew the basics of the game, positioning, hitting, the cutoff man, bunting, and alert and intelligent base running. Lots of people think of him as a crackpot, but the man really knew his baseball." - Wally Westlake (Heyde, Jack. Trafford Publishing. Pop Flies and Line Drives: Visits with Players from Baseball's Golden Era: Wally Westlake. 6 July 2006. Page 32)

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Wally Westlake Autograph on a 1991 Topps Archives Baseball Card (#192 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1991top05' title='1991 Topps Archives Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)

Wally Westlake Autograph on a 1991 Topps Archives Baseball Card (#192 | Checklist)

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Birth Name:   Waldon Thomas Westlake
Nickname:   Wally
Born On:   11-08-1920  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Gridley, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-05-2019 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Sacramento, California
Cemetery:   St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Sacramento, California
High School:   Christian Brothers High School (Sacramento, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   186
First Game:   04-15-1947 (Age 26)
Last Game:   05-12-1956
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Wally Westlake Pitching Stats

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Wally Westlake Hitting Stats

1947 27 Pirates 112 407 59 111 17 4 17 2 69 27 0 63 5 - 4 16 .273 .324 .459
1948 28 Pirates 132 428 78 122 10 6 17 2 65 46 5 40 1 - 4 10 .285 .360 .456
1949 29 Pirates 147 525 77 148 24 8 23 1 104 45 1 69 1 - 6 15 .282 .345 .490
1950 30 Pirates 139 477 69 136 15 6 24 2 95 48 5 78 2 - 7 15 .285 .359 .493
1951 31 Pirates 50 181 28 51 4 0 16 0 45 9 2 26 0 - 2 4 .282 .323 .569
1951 31 Cardinals 73 267 36 68 8 5 6 0 39 24 2 42 4 - 4 7 .255 .325 .390
1952 32 Cardinals 21 74 7 16 3 0 0 0 10 8 0 11 1 - 0 3 .216 .293 .257
1952 32 Reds 59 183 29 37 4 0 3 0 14 31 0 29 1 - 2 10 .202 .324 .273
1952 32 Indians 29 69 11 16 4 1 1 0 9 8 0 16 3 - 0 2 .232 .312 .362
1953 33 Indians 82 218 42 72 7 1 9 0 46 35 0 29 4 - 2 6 .330 .427 .495
1954 34 Indians 85 240 36 63 9 2 11 0 42 26 2 37 4 2 2 8 .263 .337 .454
1955 35 Indians 16 20 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 1 .250 .348 .300
1955 35 Orioles 8 24 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 .125 .300 .167
1956 36 Phillies 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000
10 Years 958 3,117 474 848 107 33 127 7 539 317 18 453 26 2 33 98 .272 .345 .450

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Wally Westlake Fielding Stats

1947 Pirates CF 13 13 354 45 3.5 44 41 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .978 3.36
1947 Pirates LF 1 0 9 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1947 Pirates RF 95 91 2,382 204 2.1 202 197 5 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.29
1948 Pirates CF 70 65 1,695 191 2.7 186 183 3 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.96
1948 Pirates LF 2 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1948 Pirates RF 56 41 1,158 98 1.8 96 91 5 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.24
1949 Pirates CF 52 49 1,341 138 2.7 134 130 4 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.70
1949 Pirates RF 93 83 2,118 199 2.1 197 189 8 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.51
1950 Pirates CF 99 93 2,475 283 2.9 281 277 4 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .993 3.07
1950 Pirates LF 5 2 72 11 2.2 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.13
1950 Pirates RF 27 23 663 56 2.1 55 54 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.24
1951 Pirates 3B 34 34 900 131 3.9 119 32 87 12 12 n/a n/a n/a .908 3.57
1951 Pirates CF 1 1 24 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.38
1951 Pirates LF 10 10 237 15 1.5 15 13 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.71
1951 Cardinals CF 39 39 1,011 101 2.6 100 97 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.67
1951 Cardinals LF 12 9 264 21 1.8 20 19 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .952 2.05
1951 Cardinals RF 20 19 540 37 1.9 36 35 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .973 1.80
1952 Cardinals CF 20 20 525 63 3.2 63 59 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.24
1952 Reds CF 43 42 1,125 113 2.6 112 108 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .991 2.69
1952 Reds LF 5 0 21 25 5.0 25 25 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 32.14
1952 Reds RF 10 9 234 17 1.7 17 17 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.96
1952 Indians CF 4 2 75 5 1.3 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
1952 Indians LF 12 0 57 14 1.2 14 13 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.63
1952 Indians RF 20 18 399 44 2.2 44 40 4 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.98
1953 Indians CF 13 10 258 20 1.5 18 18 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .900 1.88
1953 Indians LF 35 13 459 41 1.2 39 39 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .951 2.29
1953 Indians RF 37 34 864 75 2.0 74 72 2 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .987 2.31
1954 Indians CF 10 2 123 15 1.5 14 14 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .933 3.07
1954 Indians LF 50 44 1,215 94 1.9 91 91 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.02
1954 Indians RF 14 14 363 28 2.0 27 26 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.01
1955 Indians CF 2 2 39 4 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.77
1955 Indians LF 4 3 63 7 1.8 7 6 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1955 Orioles LF 2 1 48 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.13
1955 Orioles RF 5 5 138 6 1.2 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.17
RF Totals 377 337 8,859 764 2.0 754 727 27 10 9 n/a n/a n/a .987 2.30
CF Totals 366 338 9,045 981 2.7 964 939 25 17 4 n/a n/a n/a .983 2.88
LF Totals 138 82 2,454 231 1.7 225 220 5 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.48
3B Totals 34 34 900 131 3.9 119 32 87 12 12 n/a n/a n/a .908 3.57
9 Years 915 791 21,258 2,107 2.3 2,062 1,918 144 45 27 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.62

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Wally Westlake Miscellaneous Stats

1947 Pirates 5 4 .556 3 0 n/a 23.9 6.5 5.9 - - -
1948 Pirates 2 6 .250 7 0 n/a 25.2 10.7 6.6 - - -
1949 Pirates 6 6 .500 4 0 n/a 22.8 7.6 5.0 - - -
1950 Pirates 1 7 .125 18 0 n/a 19.9 6.1 5.0 - - -
1951 Pirates 0 1 .000 5 0 n/a 11.3 7.0 4.0 - - -
1951 Cardinals 1 2 .333 5 0 n/a 44.5 6.4 6.8 - - -
1952 Cardinals 1 1 .500 1 0 n/a 0.0 6.7 7.4 - - -
1952 Reds 0 2 .000 3 2 n/a 61.0 6.3 13.1 - - -
1952 Indians 1 0 1.000 2 3 n/a 69.0 4.3 7.7 - - -
1953 Indians 2 0 1.000 9 5 n/a 24.2 7.5 4.7 - - -
1954 Indians 0 1 .000 13 5 n/a 21.8 6.5 5.7 - - -
1955 Indians 0 0 .000 6 4 n/a 0.0 4.0 20.0 - - -
1955 Orioles 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 0.0 4.8 0.0 - - -
1956 Phillies 0 0 .000 5 0 n/a 0.0 1.3 0.0 - - -
10 Years 19 30 .388 82 19 n/a 24.5 6.9 5.8 - - -

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Wally Westlake Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1947 Pittsburgh Pirates 15 Undetermined - -
1948 Pittsburgh Pirates 15 Undetermined - -
1949 Pittsburgh Pirates 15 Undetermined - -
1950 Pittsburgh Pirates 15 Undetermined - -
1951 Pittsburgh Pirates 15 $22,000.00 Stats -
1951 St. Louis Cardinals 17 Undetermined Stats -
1952 St. Louis Cardinals 17 Undetermined - -
1952 Cincinnati Reds 23 Undetermined - -
1952 Cleveland Indians 31 Undetermined - -
1953 Cleveland Indians 31 Undetermined - -
1954 Cleveland Indians 31 Undetermined - Stats
1955 Cleveland Indians 31 Undetermined - -
1955 Baltimore Orioles 14 Undetermined - -
1956 Philadelphia Phillies 15 Undetermined - -

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Waldon Thomas Westlake was a Major League Baseball player with the Pittsburgh Pirates (19471951), St. Louis Cardinals (19511952), Cincinnati Reds (1952), Cleveland Indians (19521955), Baltimore Orioles (1955), and Philadelphia Phillies (1956). Wally, his nickname, had a brother named Jim Westlake who had exactly one "cup of coffee" with the 1955 Phillies.

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Did you know that Wally Westlake was the first ballplayer from the tiny town of Gridley (California) to play in the majors? Did you know Westlake served in the United States Army during World War II, and his father, Wally Westlake (Sr.) also served, fighting in France during World War I?

On July 30, 1948, Wally Westlake hit for the cycle. On June 14, 1949, Wally Westlake hit for the cycle a second time! Westlake was the third Bucs player to hit for the cycle more than once, joining Fred Clarke (1901 & 1903) and Arky Vaughan (1933 & 1939), two hall of fame players.