Max West Max Edward West Bats Left Throws Right Height 6'1.5 Weight 182 Born November 28, 1916 Dexter, MO Died December 31, 2003 Sierra Madre, CA (Brain cancer)

Batting  

 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 21 BRK    5    6    2   0   0   0    0    0    1    0   0   0   0   0  .333  .272  .333  .411    2       
 1941 24 BRK   73   78   22   3   1   1   12    7   13   13   2   0   0   1  .282  .266  .385  .403   30      
 1942 25 BRK   79   95   30   3   0   6   15   20   11   16   1   0   0   0  .316  .265  .537  .394   51       
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
  3 Seasons   157  179   54   6   1   7   27   27   25   29   3   0   0   1  .302  .266  .464  .399   83 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  154  176   53   6   1   7   26   26   25   28   3   0   0   1  .302  ----  .464  ----   81
 Career High   79   95   30   3   1   6   12    7   13   16   2   0   0   1  .316  ----  .537  ----   51
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 

Shaded Text indicates partial season results.

Transactions January 1, 1938: Drafted 5th round (31st overall) by Brooklyn.

Biography A Dexter, Mo., native, his family moved to California in the 1920s. He was a pitcher in high school and spent three years in the Pacific Coast League before his contract was purchased by the Boston Bees. He played in 824 games in his 7-year career in the major leagues. West's career totals include 77 home runs and 380 RBI. His most productive season was 1939 when he hit .285 with 19 home runs and 82 RBI. He appeared in the 1940 All-Star Game at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis as a substitute for ailing Mel Ott of the Giants. West hit a home run off the Yankees' Red Ruffing. His career was interrupted during World War II as he served as part of a B-29 crew in the Pacific. He returned to Boston in 1946, but was traded to the Reds that April for Jim Konstanty. Following his career in the major leagues, West returned to the PCL and played there until the mid-1950s. He was inducted into the PCL Hall of Fame in 2003. Following his playing career, he ran a sporting goods business that he purchased in 1950 along with high school friend and former major leaguer, Ralph Kiner. West eventually bought out Kiner and ran the store until he retired in 1980.