Jim West - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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)

Fielding Breakdown by Position

						C			1B			2B			3B			SS			LF			CF			RF			PH	PR		P
Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Runs		G	Runs		G	Runs		G	Runs		G	Runs		G	Runs		G	Runs		G	Runs		G	G		G
1930	BBB/MRS	NNL	25	2B					17	1.2		28	-8.0																	1
1931	CCU	NNL	26	1B					36	-2.6
1932	BBB/MRS	NSL	27	1B					36	-0.2
1933	NEG	NN2	28	1B					37	-0.9
1934	NEG	NN2	29	1B					36	4.0
1935	CEG	NN2	30	1B					35	0.2
1936	MULT	MULT	31	1B					54	-11.1
1937	NAS/WEG	IND/NN2	32	1B					44	2.4
1938	BEG	NN2	33	1B					39	0.1
1939	MULT	MULT	34	1B					42	-3.2
1940	MULT	IND/NN2	35	1B					64	5.0
1941	NBY/PS	NN2	36	1B					56	-1.0
1942	EAS/PS	EWA/NN2	37	1B					58	7.7
1943	NOS/PS	NN2/NSA	38	1B					50	2.1
1944	PS	NN2	39	1B					50	-3.4
1945	PS	NN2	40	1B					51	-4.3
1947	BBB/NBY	NAL/NN2	42	1B					8	-1.4
1948	IC	NAL	43	1B					2	-0.4																				1
18	10			1B					715	-5.8		28	-8.0																	2

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos		C	Runs		1B	Runs		2B	Runs		3B	Runs		SS	Runs		LF	Runs		CF	Runs		RF	Runs		PH	PR		P
18	Negro Leagues								712	-5.5		28	-8.0																	2
1	vs Major Leaguers								3	-0.3

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos		C	Runs		1B	Runs		2B	Runs		3B	Runs		SS	Runs		LF	Runs		CF	Runs		RF	Runs		PH	PR		P
2	Memphis Red Sox			1B					39	1.1		27	-7.5
3	Birmingham Black Barons			1B					15	-0.3		1	-0.5																	1
9	Baltimore Elite Giants			1B					297	-11.8
2	NNL All Stars II			1B					6	0.4
2	East All Stars			1B					3	-0.5
2	North All Stars			1B					2	-0.4
7	Philadelphia Stars			1B					342	7.3
1	Taylor's All Stars			-					1	0.2
2	New York Black Yankees			1B					8	-1.5
1	Indianapolis Clowns			1B					2	-0.4																				1

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