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	161	147	31	37	7	2	1	11	3		14			0	0			.252	.317	.347	.664	80
1931	CCU	NNL	26	1B	33	125	114	13	16	6	0	1	11	1		10	0		0	1			.140	.210	.219	.429	18
1932	BBB/MRS	NSL	27	1B	36	132	120	19	32	6	2	2	12	4		12			0	0			.267	.333	.400	.733	131
1933	NEG	NN2	28	1B	36	138	121	13	27	4	1	0	11	1		8			2	7			.223	.282	.273	.555	53
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		1	4			.243	.328	.450	.778	89
1936	MULT	MULT	31	1B	47	188	164	29	55	8	3	5	41	0	0	19	1		2	3			.335	.411	.512	.923	139
1937	NAS/weg	IND/NN2	32	1B	40	162	149	23	55	7	2	3	22	0		11	0		2	0			.369	.420	.503	.923	144
1938	BEG	NN2	33	1B	35	150	132	24	42	12	1	5	30	0		15	0		2	1			.318	.396	.538	.934	143
1939	MULT	NN2/NSA	34	1B	40	165	146	21	35	6	1	2	23	0	0	16	3	0	0	2	1	0	.240	.313	.336	.648	69
1940	MULT	IND/NN2	35	1B	64	251	225	29	73	15	4	0	31	1	0	22	5	0	1	3		0	.324	.387	.427	.814	104
1941	NBY/PS	NN2	36	1B	56	209	177	19	44	1	2	3	22	1	0	25	2	1	2	5		1	.249	.348	.328	.676	83
1942	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	37	1B	59	244	213	30	59	10	4	3	42	1	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	2	.277	.366	.404	.770	112
1943	NOS/PS	NN2/NSA	38	1B	50	220	188	37	58	5	7	2	44	2	0	29	1	1	3	0			.309	.409	.441	.851	118
1944	PS	NN2	39	1B	50	219	198	34	72	14	2	1	33	2		16	1	0	2	3	0	1	.364	.417	.470	.886	125
1945	PS	NN2	40	1B	51	227	210	26	56	5	3	2	36	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	2		.267	.307	.348	.654	77
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	55
18	10			1B	715	2872	2550	381	720	112	40	34	403	17	0	265	17	2	18	36	3	4	.282	.354	.398	.751	99
162 Game Average						651	578	86	163	25	9	8	91	4	0	60	5	1	4	8	2	3	.282	.354	.398	.751	99

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				712	2863	2542	381	719	111	40	34	402	17	0	265	17	2	17	36	3	4	.283	.354	.398	.752	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	237	215	35	54	11	3	0	16	5		22			0	0			.251	.321	.330	.651	91
3	Birmingham Black Barons			1B	17	58	54	15	15	2	1	3	7	2		4			0	0			.278	.328	.519	.846	145
9	Baltimore Elite Giants			1B	269	1071	950	138	255	42	14	18	150	3		91	4	0	8	22	0	0	.268	.337	.399	.736	92
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	14	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0		1	.182	.357	.182	.539	40
2	North All Stars			1B	2	9	9	1	3	0	0	0	3	0		0			0	0			.333	.333	.333	.667	54
7	Philadelphia Stars			1B	343	1424	1258	186	381	55	22	12	220	7	0	141	10	2	8	14	3	3	.303	.376	.410	.786	106
1	Taylor's All Stars			-	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0		0	.000	.333	.000	.333	12
2	New York Black Yankees			1B	8	28	24	3	6	1	0	0	2	0		4		0	0	0		0	.250	.357	.292	.649	85
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	161	.312	.341	8.7%	0.2%		8.0%		35.29	0.6%	1.2%	.095	.115
1931	CCU	NNL	125	.211	.346	8.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.4%		20.45	0.8%	0.8%	.079	.096
1932	BBB/MRS	NSL	132	.348	.296	9.1%	0.1%		5.8%		90.16	1.5%	0.4%	.133	.071
1933	NEG	NN2	138	.250	.327	5.8%	6.6%		0.0%			0.0%	1.1%	.050	.120
1934	NEG	NN2	117	.281	.340	6.8%	8.0%		0.6%		13.74	0.0%	0.8%	.058	.097
1935	ceg	NN2	129	.336	.366	10.1%	9.0%	0.8%	0.9%	13.00	10.47	3.1%	1.5%	.207	.141
1936	MULT	MULT	188	.413	.348	10.1%	0.5%	0.5%	8.7%	19.00	30.12	2.7%	1.6%	.177	.125
1937	NAS/weg	IND/NN2	162	.419	.336	6.8%	0.4%	0.0%	7.9%		58.93	1.9%	1.5%	.134	.128
1938	BEG	NN2	150	.417	.345	10.0%	9.4%	0.0%	0.4%		24.61	3.3%	1.6%	.220	.129
1939	MULT	NN2/NSA	165	.304	.351	9.7%		1.8%	8.8%	5.33		1.2%	1.6%	.096	.119
1940	MULT	IND/NN2	251	.377	.368	8.8%		2.0%	10.4%	4.40		0.0%	1.3%	.102	.129
1941	NBY/PS	NN2	209	.316	.341	12.0%	1.6%	1.0%	8.7%	12.50	5.48	1.4%	1.2%	.079	.117
1942	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	244	.367	.344	12.3%	1.9%	1.2%	10.0%	10.00	7.47	1.2%	1.0%	.127	.104
1943	NOS/PS	NN2/NSA	220	.404	.369	13.2%		0.5%	10.2%	29.00		0.9%	0.7%	.133	.109
1944	PS	NN2	219	.410	.364	7.3%	8.8%	0.5%	0.3%	16.00	25.30	0.5%	0.9%	.106	.112
1945	PS	NN2	227	.308	.347	5.7%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%		15.18	0.9%	0.8%	.081	.103
1947	BBB/NBY	NAL/NN2	28	.293	.334	14.3%	0.1%		8.7%		64.29	0.0%	1.0%	.042	.100
1948	IC	NAL	7	.273	.347	0.0%	8.8%		0.3%		26.11	0.0%	1.0%	.000	.114
18	10		2872	.348	.347	9.2%	8.8%	0.8%	0.7%	12.82	25.59	1.2%	1.1%	.115	.114

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
18	Negro Leagues		2863	.349	.348	9.3%	8.8%	0.8%	0.7%	12.82	25.66	1.2%	1.1%	.115	.114
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		237	.312	.319	9.3%	7.0%					0.0%	0.8%	.079	.093
3	Birmingham Black Barons		58	.382	.327	6.9%	7.4%					5.2%	0.9%	.241	.102
9	Baltimore Elite Giants		1071	.333	.345	8.5%	8.5%	0.5%	0.4%	18.75	27.17	1.7%	1.4%	.131	.121
2	NNL All Stars II		21	.201	.262	0.0%	6.0%					4.8%	0.7%	.200	.089
2	East All Stars		14	.306	.376	14.3%	10.3%	21.4%	14.4%	0.67	0.75	0.0%	0.0%	.000	.090
2	North All Stars		9	.316	.359	0.0%	4.3%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.107
7	Philadelphia Stars		1424	.368	.356	9.9%	9.5%	0.7%	0.8%	14.10	17.32	0.8%	1.1%	.107	.113
1	Taylor's All Stars		3	.255	.293	33.3%	8.9%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.072
2	New York Black Yankees		28	.326	.331	14.3%	8.6%					0.0%	1.0%	.042	.101
1	Indianapolis Clowns		7	.273	.347	0.0%	8.8%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.114

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