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	45	172	154	32	38	8	2	1	12	3		13			0	5			.247	.305	.344	.650	74
1931	CCU	NNL	26	1B	36	136	123	14	19	6	0	1	12	1		12			0	1			.154	.230	.228	.457	26
1932	BBB/MRS	NSL	27	1B	36	143	120	19	33	6	3	2	18	4		20			1	2			.275	.383	.425	.808	147
1933	NEG	NN2	28	1B	37	142	125	13	28	4	1	0	11	1		8			2	7			.224	.281	.272	.553	50
1934	NEG	NN2	29	1B	36	129	116	16	29	3	3	0	14	1		8			1	4			.250	.304	.328	.632	74
1935	CEG	NN2	30	1B	35	146	127	19	31	3	4	5	19	0		14			1	4			.244	.324	.449	.773	89
1936	MULT	MULT	31	1B	58	233	202	35	69	12	4	6	48	0	0	25	0		3	3			.342	.422	.530	.951	150
1937	NAS/WEG	IND/NN2	32	1B	45	184	169	25	62	7	2	4	26	0		13			2	0			.367	.418	.503	.921	140
1938	BEG	NN2	33	1B	39	167	148	26	46	12	1	5	32	0		16			2	1			.311	.386	.507	.892	132
1939	MULT	MULT	34	1B	43	175	155	21	37	6	1	2	24	0		18			0	2			.239	.318	.329	.647	69
1940	MULT	IND/NN2	35	1B	64	251	225	29	73	15	4	0	31	1		22		0	1	3		0	.324	.387	.427	.814	105
1941	NBY/PS	NN2	36	1B	56	209	177	19	44	1	2	3	22	1		25			2	5			.249	.348	.328	.676	85
1942	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	37	1B	58	241	211	30	59	10	4	3	42	1	0	29	3	0	0	1		1	.280	.367	.408	.774	116
1943	NOS/PS	NN2/NSA	38	1B	50	220	188	37	58	5	7	2	44	2		29			3	0			.309	.409	.441	.851	120
1944	PS	NN2	39	1B	50	219	198	34	72	14	2	1	33	2		16			2	3			.364	.417	.470	.886	128
1945	PS	NN2	40	1B	51	225	210	26	56	5	3	2	36	0		13			0	2			.267	.309	.348	.657	80
1947	BBB/NBY	NAL/NN2	42	1B	8	28	24	3	5	1	0	0	2	0		4			0	0			.208	.321	.250	.571	63
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	750	3027	2679	398	761	118	43	37	428	17	0	285	3	0	20	43		1	.284	.357	.402	.759	102
162 Game Average						654	579	86	164	25	9	8	92	4	0	62	162	0	4	9		54	.284	.357	.402	.759	102

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				747	3018	2671	398	760	117	43	37	427	17	0	285	3	0	19	43		1	.285	.358	.402	.760	102
1	vs Major Leagues				3	9	8	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0			1	0			.125	.222	.250	.472	50

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	65	255	222	36	56	12	4	0	24	5		27			1	5			.252	.336	.342	.678	96
3	Birmingham Black Barons			1B	17	62	54	15	15	2	1	3	6	2		6			0	2			.278	.350	.519	.869	150
9	Baltimore Elite Giants			1B	302	1206	1071	154	294	47	16	21	168	3		104			9	22			.275	.344	.407	.751	96
2	NNL All Stars II			1B	6	21	20	1	2	1	0	1	3	0		0			1	0			.100	.143	.300	.443	51
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	39
2	North All Stars			1B	2	9	9	1	3	0	0	0	3	0		0			0	0			.333	.333	.333	.667	39
7	Philadelphia Stars			1B	343	1422	1259	186	381	55	22	12	220	7		141			8	14			.303	.376	.410	.786	108
1	Taylor's All Stars			-	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0		0	.000	.333	.000	.333	45
2	New York Black Yankees			1B	8	28	24	3	6	1	0	0	2	0		4			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	172	.294	.336	7.6%			7.6%			0.6%	1.2%	.097	.121
1931	CCU	NNL	136	.227	.344	8.8%	8.9%					0.7%	0.8%	.073	.095
1932	BBB/MRS	NSL	143	.382	.309	14.0%			6.5%			1.4%	0.4%	.150	.076
1933	NEG	NN2	142	.250	.331	5.6%	6.8%					0.0%	1.1%	.048	.122
1934	NEG	NN2	129	.293	.339	6.2%	7.9%					0.0%	0.8%	.078	.096
1935	CEG	NN2	146	.335	.364	9.6%	9.0%					3.4%	1.5%	.205	.138
1936	MULT	MULT	233	.427	.345	10.7%		0.0%	8.7%			2.6%	1.6%	.188	.122
1937	NAS/WEG	IND/NN2	184	.418	.343	7.1%			8.0%			2.2%	1.5%	.136	.129
1938	BEG	NN2	167	.401	.346	9.6%	9.3%					3.0%	1.5%	.196	.128
1939	MULT	MULT	175	.305	.351	10.3%			8.7%			1.1%	1.7%	.090	.122
1940	MULT	IND/NN2	251	.378	.366	8.8%			10.3%			0.0%	1.3%	.102	.128
1941	NBY/PS	NN2	209	.320	.339	12.0%			8.6%			1.4%	1.2%	.079	.115
1942	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	241	.369	.342	12.0%		1.2%	10.0%	9.67		1.2%	1.0%	.128	.103
1943	NOS/PS	NN2/NSA	220	.408	.368	13.2%			10.2%			0.9%	0.7%	.133	.108
1944	PS	NN2	219	.411	.360	7.3%	8.7%					0.5%	0.9%	.106	.110
1945	PS	NN2	225	.310	.344	5.8%	9.0%					0.9%	0.9%	.081	.102
1947	BBB/NBY	NAL/NN2	28	.293	.333	14.3%			8.8%			0.0%	1.0%	.042	.099
1948	IC	NAL	7	.273	.347	0.0%	8.8%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.114
18	10		3027	.352	.347	9.4%	8.8%	21.4%	7.4%	0.67	1.73	1.2%	1.1%	.118	.114

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
18	Negro Leagues		3018	.352	.347	9.4%	8.8%	21.4%	9.3%	0.67	1.18	1.2%	1.1%	.118	.114
1	vs Major Leagues		9	.232	.286	0.0%	6.5%					0.0%	0.7%	.125	.097

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
2	Memphis Red Sox		255	.320	.323	10.6%	7.0%					0.0%	0.8%	.090	.100
3	Birmingham Black Barons		62	.381	.326	9.7%	7.3%					4.8%	1.0%	.241	.107
9	Baltimore Elite Giants		1206	.341	.346	8.6%	8.5%					1.7%	1.3%	.133	.120
2	NNL All Stars II		21	.202	.265	0.0%	6.0%					4.8%	0.7%	.200	.086
2	East All Stars		14	.307	.381	14.3%	10.7%	21.4%	14.3%	0.67	0.78	0.0%	0.0%	.000	.090
2	North All Stars		9	.316	.376	0.0%	4.8%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.104
7	Philadelphia Stars		1422	.370	.354	9.9%	9.5%					0.8%	1.1%	.107	.112
1	Taylor's All Stars		3	.255	.230	33.3%	7.1%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.067
2	New York Black Yankees		28	.326	.331	14.3%	8.7%					0.0%	1.0%	.042	.100
1	Indianapolis Clowns		7	.273	.347	0.0%	8.8%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.114

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