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	131
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	138
1937	NAS/WEG	IND/NN2	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	PS/BEG	NLP/NN2	34	1B	39	164	147	24	38	7	1	3	27	0		15				2			.259	.327	.381	.708	88
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	104
1941	NBY/PS	NN2	36	1B	56	209	177	19	44	1	2	3	22	1		25		1	2	5		1	.249	.348	.328	.676	84
1942	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	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	122
1945	PS	NN2	40	1B	51	225	208	26	56	5	3	2	36	0		13		0	0	4			.269	.312	.351	.663	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	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	11			1B	708	2850	2533	382	714	109	40	35	400	17	0	257	2	1	16	44	0	3	.282	.352	.398	.750	99
162 Game Average						652	580	87	163	25	9	8	92	5	0	59	108	1	4	10	0	3	.282	.352	.398	.750	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				705	2841	2525	382	713	108	40	35	399	17	0	257	2	1	15	44	0	3	.282	.352	.398	.751	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	235	943	836	125	239	36	14	17	143	2		79		0	8	20		0	.286	.353	.423	.777	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	30
7	Philadelphia Stars			1B	338	1404	1247	189	379	53	22	13	218	7		134		1	6	17	0	2	.304	.374	.413	.787	107
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	North All Stars			-	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
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	.331	8.4%			7.8%			0.6%	1.1%	.095	.114
1931	CCU	NNL	125	.207	.345	8.8%	8.9%					0.8%	0.9%	.071	.097
1932	BBB/MRS	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	MULT	IND/NN2	251	.377	.368	8.8%			10.3%			0.0%	1.3%	.102	.129
1941	NBY/PS	NN2	209	.316	.338	12.0%			8.7%			1.4%	1.2%	.079	.115
1942	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	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	.365	7.6%	8.9%					0.4%	0.9%	.104	.111
1945	PS	NN2	225	.310	.347	5.8%	9.1%					0.9%	0.9%	.082	.103
1947	BBB/NBY	NAL/NN2	28	.292	.333	14.3%			8.7%			0.0%	1.0%	.042	.100
1948	IC	NAL	7	.273	.347	0.0%	8.8%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.114
18	11		2850	.347	.346	9.0%	8.8%	13.3%	6.6%	1.00	1.92	1.2%	1.1%	.116	.113

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
18	Negro Leagues		2841	.347	.346	9.0%	8.8%	13.3%	9.3%	1.00	1.18	1.2%	1.1%	.116	.113
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		943	.349	.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	.388	13.3%	11.0%	13.3%	9.3%	1.00	1.18	0.0%	0.0%	.000	.082
7	Philadelphia Stars		1404	.368	.354	9.5%	9.5%					0.9%	1.1%	.109	.112
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	North All Stars		4	.000	.301	0.0%	3.8%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.095
1	Indianapolis Clowns		7	.273	.347	0.0%	8.8%					0.0%	1.0%	.000	.114

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