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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• Buried: Eden Cemetery (Collingdale, PA)

Compared to Contemporary First Basemen (Top 50)

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	Career	HoF	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Jud Wilson	1B	24	1922-1945	✔	48.9	47.4	3.4	0.0	-1.7
2	Mule Suttles	1B	22	1923-1944	✔	38.9	41.1	2.2	-0.1	-3.9
3	Buck Leonard	1B	16	1933-1948	✔	34.3	33.9	3.3	0.0	-2.9
4	Lennie Pearson	1B	12	1937-1948		15.6	11.7	5.6	-0.1	-1.6
5	Buck O'Neil	1B	10	1937-1948	✔	4.9	6.1	0.7	0.0	-1.9
6	Jim West	1B	18	1930-1948		4.8	8.7	-1.2	0.0	-2.7
7	Ed Young	1B	9	1936-1947		4.2	4.2	0.6	0.0	-0.6
8	Johnny Washington	1B	9	1936-1948		4.0	7.9	-2.3	0.0	-1.6
9	Dave Thomas	1B	15	1929-1946		3.5	4.2	2.1	-0.4	-2.3
10	Ed Mayweather	1B	7	1935-1942		3.4	4.0	0.2	0.0	-0.8
11	Red Moore	1B	5	1936-1940		1.7	1.6	0.8	0.0	-0.7
12	Jelly Taylor	1B	10	1936-1946		1.2	1.6	0.6	0.0	-1.5
13	Henry McCall	1B	6	1936-1945		1.1	1.7	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
14	Fran Matthews	1B	5	1938-1945		0.6	1.7	-0.6	0.0	-0.4
15	Johnny Mize	1B	3	1936-1943		0.5	0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.1
16	Mint Jones	1B	5	1937-1941		0.5	0.3	0.4	0.0	-0.2
17	Leonard Lindsay	1B	4	1935-1947		0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3
18	Nat Trammell	1B	2	1930-1941		0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
19	Jimmy Cockerham	1B	2	1937-1944		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
20	Curtis Harris	1B	10	1931-1940		-0.1	0.6	0.0	-0.3	-0.3
21	Luther Gilyard	1B	4	1937-1942		-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.3
22	Fred McBride	1B	2	1931-1940		-0.2	0.2	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
23	Bobby Scott	1B	2	1938-1941		-0.3	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
24	Alphonse Dunn	1B	3	1937-1943		-0.5	0.8	-1.1	0.0	-0.2
25	Jim Starks	1B	14	1927-1946		-0.8	2.0	-2.1	0.0	-0.7
26	Jim Canada	1B	6	1937-1945		-1.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.4
27	Zack Clayton	1B	8	1932-1945		-1.4	-1.4	0.7	-0.2	-0.4
28	Granville Lyons	1B	7	1932-1942		-1.5	0.1	-0.6	-0.5	-0.5
29	Bud Barbee	1B	9	1937-1948		-3.6	0.7	-1.0	-2.9	-0.4