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Wes Westrum
Wesley Noreen Westrum (November 28, 1922 – May 28, 2002) was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager, and scout. He played for 11 seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants from to .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wes Westrum statistics )〕 He was known as a superb defensive catcher.〔(Wes Westrun New York Times Obituary, May 30, 2002 )〕 He served as the second manager in the history of the New York Mets, replacing Casey Stengel in 1965 after the latter fractured his hip and was forced to retire.〔(Wes Westrum Manager's record at Baseball Reference )〕
==Major League playing career==
A native of Clearbrook, Minnesota, Westrum was a stalwart defensive player for the New York Giants (1947–57) and, in his prime, a powerful right-handed hitter, although he had trouble making contact and hit for a low .217 career batting average. He began his major league career as the Giants' reserve catcher, playing behind Walker Cooper. When Cooper was traded in 1949, Westrum shared the catching duties with Ray Mueller for the remainder of the season.〔 He became the full-time catcher for the Giants in 1950, leading National League catchers with a .999 fielding percentage, 31 baserunners caught stealing, a 54.4% caught stealing percentage and 71 assists, and finished second to Roy Campanella with 608 putouts.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1950 National League Fielding Leaders )〕
Westrum was a key player for the Giants’ during the remarkable pennant race in which the Giants, 13 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 12, fought back to win 16 games in a row and finished the season tied with the Dodgers for first place.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1951 New York Giants )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1951 The Shot Heard ’Round the World )〕 Westrum contributed 20 home runs with 70 runs batted in, and led National League catchers in baserunners caught stealing.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1951 National League Fielding Leaders )〕 The two teams met in the 1951 National League tie-breaker series in which the Giants' season was climaxed by Bobby Thomson’s ''Shot Heard 'Round the World'', a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 5–4 win of the third and final playoff game.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=October 3, 1951 Dodgers-Giants box score )〕 Afterwards, the Giants would lose to the New York Yankees in the 1951 World Series.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1951 World Series )〕
His 1952 season was plagued by injuries and he only managed to hit for a .220 batting average in 114 games, although he still managed to finish second to Del Rice among catchers in assists.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1952 National League Fielding Leaders )〕 Westrum remained the Giants' starting catcher throughout the 1954 season, catching all four games in the 1954 World Series against the Cleveland Indians.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1954 World Series )〕 Injuries continued to take their toll, and by 1955, Ray Katt had replaced him as the starting catcher.〔 When the Giants moved to San Francisco in , he was offered a role as a third-string catcher or as a coach.〔 He decided to retire as a player at the age of 34, and accepted the coaching job.〔
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