Jim West

James West
(Shifty Jim)

Born: August 9, 1911 in Mobile, AL
Died: June 1970 in Philadelphia, PA
(58 years old)

Bats: B

Throws: R

Ht: 6'0"

Wt: 218

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Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1930	BBB/MRS	NNL	18	2B	43	166	147	31	37	7	2	1	11	3		14			0	5			.252	.317	.347	.664	82
1931	CCU	NNL	19	1B	33	125	113	12	15	5	0	1	9	1		11			0	1			.133	.210	.204	.413	14
1932	MRS/BBB	NSL	20	1B	36	132	120	19	32	6	2	2	12	4		12			0	0			.267	.333	.400	.733	131
1933	NEG	NN2	21	1B	37	142	125	13	28	4	1	0	11	1		8			2	7			.224	.281	.272	.553	52
1934	NEG	NN2	22	1B	33	117	104	12	25	2	2	0	13	1		8			1	4			.240	.301	.298	.599	64
1935	CEG	NN2	23	1B	31	129	111	18	27	3	4	4	17	0		13			1	4			.243	.328	.450	.778	88
1936	MULT	MULT	24	1B	47	189	165	29	55	8	3	5	41	0		19	0		2	3	0	0	.333	.409	.509	.918	137
1937	NAS/WEG	IND/NN2	25	1B	40	162	149	23	55	7	2	3	22	0		11			2	0			.369	.420	.503	.923	144
1938	BEG	NN2	26	1B	35	150	132	24	42	12	1	5	30	0		15			2	1			.318	.396	.538	.934	143
1939	PS/BEG	NLP/NN2	27	1B	39	164	147	24	38	7	1	3	27	0		15				2			.259	.327	.381	.708	88
1940	BEG/PS	NN2	28	1B	59	227	205	26	70	13	5	0	38	1		19				3			.341	.397	.454	.851	115
1941	PS	NN2	29	1B	52	195	173	18	39	1	2	2	19	1		20				2			.225	.306	.289	.595	68
1942	PS/EAS	NN2/EWA	30	1B	51	213	187	27	50	8	3	3	38	1	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	1	.267	.351	.390	.741	109
1943	NOS/PS	NSA/NN2	31	1B	50	218	191	38	58	4	8	2	43	2		26			1	0	0		.304	.390	.440	.830	114
1944	PS	NN2	32	1B	51	230	205	35	69	13	3	1	37	3		22				3			.337	.401	.444	.845	117
1945	PS	NN2	33	1B	48	212	194	26	51	4	2	2	34	0		14		0	0	4			.263	.313	.335	.648	75
1947	BBB/NBY	NAL/NN2	35	1B	8	28	24	3	5	1	0	0	2	0		4			0	0			.208	.321	.250	.571	63
1948	IC	NAL	36	1B	3	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.286	.286	.286	.571	55
18	10			1B	696	2806	2499	378	698	105	41	34	406	18	0	255	2	0	11	41	0	1	.279	.349	.395	.744	98
162 Game Average						653	582	88	162	24	10	8	95	5	0	59	108	0	4	10	0	54	.279	.349	.395	.744	98

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
18	Negro Leagues				693	2797	2491	378	697	104	41	34	405	18	0	255	2	0	10	41	0	1	.280	.349	.395	.744	99
1	vs Major Leagues				3	9	8	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0			1	0			.125	.222	.250	.472	56

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2	Memphis Red Sox			1B	63	240	215	35	54	11	3	0	16	5		22			0	3			.251	.321	.330	.651	92
3	Birmingham Black Barons			1B	17	60	54	15	15	2	1	3	7	2		4			0	2			.278	.328	.519	.846	144
1	Cleveland Cubs			-	33	125	113	12	15	5	0	1	9	1		11			0	1			.133	.210	.204	.413	14
8	Baltimore Elite Giants			1B	234	940	833	125	239	36	14	17	143	2		79			8	20			.287	.354	.425	.779	102
2	NNL All Stars II			1B	6	21	20	1	2	1	0	1	3	0		0			1	0			.100	.143	.300	.443	52
2	East All Stars			1B	3	15	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	.182	.357	.182	.539	29
7	Philadelphia Stars			1B	329	1368	1220	185	364	49	23	12	224	8		133		0	1	14	0		.298	.368	.406	.774	105
1	North All Stars			-	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1	New York Black Yankees			1B	7	26	22	3	5	1	0	0	2	0		4			0	0			.227	.346	.273	.619	78
1	Indianapolis Clowns			1B	3	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.286	.286	.286	.571	55

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1930	BBB/MRS	NNL	166	.302	.330	8.4%			7.8%			0.6%	1.1%	.095	.113
1931	CCU	NNL	125	.207	.345	8.8%	8.9%					0.8%	0.9%	.071	.097
1932	MRS/BBB	NSL	132	.348	.296	9.1%			5.8%			1.5%	0.4%	.133	.071
1933	NEG	NN2	142	.250	.326	5.6%	6.6%					0.0%	1.1%	.048	.119
1934	NEG	NN2	117	.281	.340	6.8%	8.0%					0.0%	0.8%	.058	.097
1935	CEG	NN2	129	.336	.366	10.1%	9.0%					3.1%	1.5%	.207	.141
1936	MULT	MULT	189	.411	.348	10.1%		0.0%	8.7%			2.6%	1.6%	.176	.125
1937	NAS/WEG	IND/NN2	162	.418	.336	6.8%			7.9%			1.9%	1.5%	.134	.128
1938	BEG	NN2	150	.417	.345	10.0%	9.4%					3.3%	1.6%	.220	.129
1939	PS/BEG	NLP/NN2	164	.326	.346	9.1%			8.6%			1.8%	1.9%	.122	.117
1940	BEG/PS	NN2	227	.389	.361	8.4%			9.9%			0.0%	1.4%	.112	.127
1941	PS	NN2	195	.285	.328	10.3%	8.4%					1.0%	1.2%	.064	.106
1942	PS/EAS	NN2/EWA	213	.353	.338	11.3%		0.9%	10.0%	12.00		1.4%	1.0%	.123	.096
1943	NOS/PS	NSA/NN2	218	.394	.367	11.9%			9.9%			0.9%	0.7%	.136	.108
1944	PS	NN2	230	.392	.360	9.6%	9.0%					0.4%	0.9%	.107	.109
1945	PS	NN2	212	.305	.347	6.6%	9.1%					0.9%	0.9%	.072	.103
1947	BBB/NBY	NAL/NN2	28	.293	.332	14.3%			8.7%			0.0%	1.0%	.042	.099
1948	IC	NAL	7	.273	.347	0.0%	8.9%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.112
18	10		2806	.344	.344	9.1%	8.7%	13.3%	6.5%	1.00	1.92	1.2%	1.1%	.116	.112

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
18	Negro Leagues		2797	.344	.344	9.1%	8.7%	13.3%	9.3%	1.00	1.18	1.2%	1.1%	.116	.112
1	vs Major Leagues		9	.232	.276	0.0%	6.3%					0.0%	0.7%	.125	.099

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
2	Memphis Red Sox		240	.308	.314	9.2%	6.8%					0.0%	0.8%	.079	.093
3	Birmingham Black Barons		60	.370	.321	6.7%	7.3%					5.0%	0.9%	.241	.101
1	Cleveland Cubs		125	.207	.345	8.8%	8.9%					0.8%	0.9%	.071	.097
8	Baltimore Elite Giants		940	.350	.345	8.4%	8.3%					1.8%	1.4%	.138	.124
2	NNL All Stars II		21	.201	.261	0.0%	6.0%					4.8%	0.7%	.200	.089
2	East All Stars		15	.289	.390	13.3%	11.0%	13.3%	9.3%	1.00	1.18	0.0%	0.0%	.000	.082
7	Philadelphia Stars		1368	.362	.351	9.7%	9.3%					0.9%	1.1%	.107	.110
1	North All Stars		4	.000	.301	0.0%	3.8%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.095
1	New York Black Yankees		26	.315	.330	15.4%	8.6%					0.0%	1.0%	.045	.099
1	Indianapolis Clowns		7	.273	.347	0.0%	8.9%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.112

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