Wes Westrum Baseball player

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 1947 to 1957. He was known as a superb defensive catcher. 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.

Personal facts

Wes Westrum
Birth dateNovember 28, 1922
Date of deathMay 28, 2002

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 17, 1947
Career endSeptember 29, 1957
batting sideRight
former teams
San Francisco Giants
position
Catcher
teams
New York Mets
San Francisco Giants
throwing sideRight

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External resources

  1. http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2029&pid=15047
  2. http://books.google.com/books?id=AywDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA84&dq=wes+westrum+baseball+digest&cd=1#v=onepage&q=wes%20westrum%20baseball%20digest&f=false
  3. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13607241
  4. http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Westrum.Wes.Obit.html