Jim West

James West
(Shifty Jim)

Born: April 23, 1905 in Birmingham, AL
Died: September 2, 1969 in Philadelphia, PA
(64 years old)

Bats: B

Throws: R

Ht: 6'0"

Wt: 218

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Notes:

• Buried: Eden Cemetery (Collingdale, PA)

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	25	2B	43	166	147	31	37	7	2	1	11	3		14			0	5			.252	.317	.347	.664	82
1931	CCU	NNL	26	1B	33	125	113	12	15	5	0	1	9	1		11			0	1			.133	.210	.204	.413	14
1932	BBB/MRS	NSL	27	1B	36	132	120	19	32	6	2	2	12	4		12			0	0			.267	.333	.400	.733	130
1933	NEG	NN2	28	1B	37	142	125	13	28	4	1	0	11	1		8			2	7			.224	.281	.272	.553	52
1934	NEG	NN2	29	1B	33	117	104	12	25	2	2	0	13	1		8			1	4			.240	.301	.298	.599	64
1935	CEG	NN2	30	1B	31	129	111	18	27	3	4	4	17	0		13			1	4			.243	.328	.450	.778	88
1936	MULT	MULT	31	1B	47	189	165	29	55	8	3	5	41	0		19	0		2	3	0	0	.333	.409	.509	.918	139
1937	WEG/NAS	NN2/IND	32	1B	40	162	149	23	55	7	2	3	22	0		11			2	0			.369	.420	.503	.923	144
1938	BEG	NN2	33	1B	35	150	132	24	42	12	1	5	30	0		15			2	1			.318	.396	.538	.934	143
1939	BEG/PS	NN2/NLP	34	1B	39	164	147	24	38	7	1	3	27	0		15				2			.259	.327	.381	.708	89
1940	PS/BEG	NN2	35	1B	59	227	205	26	70	13	5	0	38	1		19				3			.341	.397	.454	.851	116
1941	PS	NN2	36	1B	52	195	173	18	39	1	2	2	19	1		20				2			.225	.306	.289	.595	70
1942	PS/EAS	NN2/EWA	37	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	PS/NOS	NN2/NSA	38	1B	50	218	191	38	58	4	8	2	43	2		26			1	0	0		.304	.390	.440	.830	114
1944	PS	NN2	39	1B	51	223	201	35	72	14	2	1	33	2		17			2	3		1	.358	.414	.463	.876	125
1945	PS	NN2	40	1B	51	225	208	26	56	5	3	2	36	0		13		0	0	4			.269	.312	.351	.663	81
1947	BBB/NBY	NAL/NN2	42	1B	8	28	24	3	5	1	0	0	2	0		4			0	0			.208	.321	.250	.571	62
1948	IC	NAL	43	1B	3	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.286	.286	.286	.571	54
18	10			1B	699	2812	2509	378	706	107	41	34	404	17	0	249	2	0	13	41	0	2	.281	.349	.397	.747	100
162 Game Average						652	581	88	164	25	10	8	94	5	0	58	108	0	4	10	0	6	.281	.349	.397	.747	100

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				696	2803	2501	378	705	106	41	34	403	17	0	249	2	0	12	41	0	2	.282	.350	.398	.748	100
1	vs Major Leagues				3	9	8	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0			1	0			.125	.222	.250	.472	58

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	103
2	NNL All Stars II			1B	6	21	20	1	2	1	0	1	3	0		0			1	0			.100	.143	.300	.443	53
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	30
7	Philadelphia Stars			1B	332	1374	1230	185	372	51	23	12	222	7		127		0	3	14	0	1	.302	.369	.411	.780	107
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	77
1	Indianapolis Clowns			1B	3	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.286	.286	.286	.571	54

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	BBB/MRS	NSL	132	.348	.297	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	.347	10.1%		0.0%	8.6%			2.6%	1.6%	.176	.124
1937	WEG/NAS	NN2/IND	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	BEG/PS	NN2/NLP	164	.326	.344	9.1%			8.5%			1.8%	1.9%	.122	.116
1940	PS/BEG	NN2	227	.389	.360	8.4%			9.8%			0.0%	1.4%	.112	.126
1941	PS	NN2	195	.286	.325	10.3%	8.3%					1.0%	1.2%	.064	.104
1942	PS/EAS	NN2/EWA	213	.353	.338	11.3%		0.9%	10.0%	12.00		1.4%	1.0%	.123	.096
1943	PS/NOS	NN2/NSA	218	.394	.367	11.9%			9.9%			0.9%	0.7%	.136	.108
1944	PS	NN2	223	.406	.360	7.6%	8.7%					0.4%	0.9%	.104	.109
1945	PS	NN2	225	.310	.343	5.8%	9.0%					0.9%	0.9%	.082	.102
1947	BBB/NBY	NAL/NN2	28	.292	.333	14.3%			8.7%			0.0%	1.0%	.042	.100
1948	IC	NAL	7	.273	.348	0.0%	8.9%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.114
18	10		2812	.345	.343	8.9%	8.7%	13.3%	6.6%	1.00	1.92	1.2%	1.1%	.116	.111

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
18	Negro Leagues		2803	.346	.343	8.9%	8.7%	13.3%	9.3%	1.00	1.18	1.2%	1.1%	.116	.111
1	vs Major Leagues		9	.232	.273	0.0%	6.3%					0.0%	0.7%	.125	.095

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
2	Memphis Red Sox		240	.308	.315	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	.344	8.4%	8.3%					1.8%	1.4%	.138	.124
2	NNL All Stars II		21	.201	.260	0.0%	6.0%					4.8%	0.8%	.200	.088
2	East All Stars		15	.289	.388	13.3%	11.0%	13.3%	9.3%	1.00	1.18	0.0%	0.0%	.000	.082
7	Philadelphia Stars		1374	.365	.349	9.2%	9.3%					0.9%	1.1%	.108	.109
1	North All Stars		4	.000	.301	0.0%	3.8%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.095
1	New York Black Yankees		26	.315	.331	15.4%	8.6%					0.0%	1.0%	.045	.100
1	Indianapolis Clowns		7	.273	.348	0.0%	8.9%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.114

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