Sam West stats

Last played for the Chicago White Sox, 1942

Age 122

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Sam West played 16 MLB seasons, 1927 to 1942.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,753
AB
6,148
R
934
H
1,838
HR
75
RBI
838
SB
53
AVG
.299
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1927MIN3867916061.239
1928MIN125378591143405.302
1929MIN142510601363759.267
1930MIN120411751356675.328
1931MIN132526771753916.333
1932MIN146554881596834.287
1933BAL13351793155114810.300
1934BAL122482901579553.326
1935BAL1385279315810701.300
1936BAL152533781487702.278
1937BAL122457681507581.328
1938BAL/MIN136509681556742.305
1939MIN115390521103521.282
1940MIN57997251180.253
1941MIN2637310061.270
1942CHW4915114350252.232

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
6,972
TB
2,612
XBH
523
HBP
5
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1927MIN752250000
1928MIN405167401000
1929MIN577177270000
1930MIN458195381000
1931MIN559253590000
1932MIN612228451000
1933BAL582237481000
1934BAL554226410000
1935BAL615233511000
1936BAL637203370000
1937BAL506216480000
1938BAL/MIN567214400000
1939MIN471155310000
1940MIN1173680000
1941MIN491000000
1942CHW1884050000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
26.1
RC
1,011.6
RC/27
6.10
ISOP
.126
SECA
.239
BB/K
1.29
AB/HR
82.0
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1927MIN-0.27.94.2.0900.2100
1928MIN0.556.35.5.1400.20.91260
1929MIN0.161.44.1.0800.21.11700
1930MIN3.075.37.1460.21.168.50
1931MIN3.990.86.8.1480.20.8175.30
1932MIN2.481.25.4.1250.20.892.30
1933BAL2.690.56.5.1590.31.2470
1934BAL2.692.67.4.1430.31.153.60
1935BAL3.1946.6.1420.31.652.70
1936BAL1.088.66.1.1030.31.376.10
1937BAL2.885.47.4.1440.21.665.30
1938BAL/MIN1.681.46.1160.21.684.80
1939MIN2.266.96.1.1150.32.31300
1940MIN0.113.74.7.1110.31.2990
1941MIN0.26.56.3.0000.35.500
1942CHW0.219.14.2.0330.31.700

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
122 yearsOct 5, 1904
Debut
1927

What were Sam West's career stats?

Sam West played 16 seasons for the Twins, the Orioles and the White Sox. He was a career .299 hitter with 1,838 hits, 75 home runs and 838 RBI. His best season was 1931: a .333 batting average, 3 home runs and 91 RBI.

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