Career Statistics
In an 11-year career, Westrum played in 919 games, accumulating 503 hits in 2322 at bats for a .217 career batting average along with 96 home runs, 315 runs batted in, and a .356 on base percentage. He ended his career with a .985 fielding percentage. In the 1950 season, he committed only one error in 139 games played, and had 21 double plays, the 11th highest season total for a catcher.
Westrum's 1950 fielding percentage of .999 stood as a National League record for catchers, until it was surpassed by Charles Johnson in 1997. He made the National League All-Star teams in 1952 and 1953. Over his career, Westrum threw out 47% of the base runners who tried steal a base on him, ranking him 9th on the all-time list. He played more games as a catcher than any other player in Giants history (902). Westrum was pictured on the cover of the first issue of Sports Illustrated on August 16, 1954, along with Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews.
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