David West
[edit] Biography
Born on September 1, 1964 in Memphis, Tennessee, David West (David Lee West) played for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 10 year career. West broke into the bigs on September 24, 1988 with the New York Mets, and put up a 6.79 ERA in 63.2 innings pitched in 1989, his rookie year.
Most people believe that David West's best season was 1993, when he posted a 2.92 ERA and struck out 87 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1988
| NY
| N
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3.00
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| NY
| N
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 7.40
| 19
| 20
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 24.1
| 25
| 4
| 14
| 2
| 1
| 1
|
| 1989
| MIN
| A
| 10
| 5
| 3
| 2
| 6.41
| 31
| 29
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.1
| 48
| 5
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 2
|
| 1989
| Total
|
| 21
| 7
| 3
| 4
| 6.79
| 50
| 49
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 63.2
| 73
| 9
| 33
| 3
| 2
| 3
|
| 1990
| MIN
| A
| 29
| 27
| 7
| 9
| 5.10
| 92
| 88
| 83
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 146.1
| 142
| 21
| 78
| 1
| 4
| 4
|
| 1991
| MIN
| A
| 15
| 12
| 4
| 4
| 4.54
| 52
| 37
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 71.1
| 66
| 13
| 28
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1992
| MIN
| A
| 9
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 6.99
| 19
| 24
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 28.1
| 32
| 3
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1993
| PHI
| N
| 76
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 2.92
| 87
| 37
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 86.1
| 60
| 6
| 51
| 4
| 3
| 5
|
| 1994
| PHI
| N
| 31
| 14
| 4
| 10
| 3.55
| 83
| 44
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 99
| 74
| 7
| 61
| 2
| 9
| 1
|
| 1995
| PHI
| N
| 8
| 8
| 3
| 2
| 3.79
| 25
| 17
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 38
| 34
| 5
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1996
| PHI
| N
| 7
| 6
| 2
| 2
| 4.76
| 22
| 17
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 28.1
| 31
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1998
| BOS
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27.00
| 4
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 135
| 31
| 16
| 20
| 3.83
| 239
| 137
| 120
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 282
| 230
| 22
| 159
| 8
| 15
| 8
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 69
| 47
| 15
| 18
| 5.48
| 198
| 184
| 175
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 287.1
| 295
| 43
| 152
| 2
| 11
| 8
|
| Total
|
|
| 204
| 78
| 31
| 38
| 4.66
| 437
| 321
| 295
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 569.1
| 525
| 65
| 311
| 10
| 26
| 16
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1988
| NY
| N
| P
| 2
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| NY
| N
| P
| 11
| 2
| 24.1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| MIN
| A
| P
| 10
| 5
| 39.1
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1989
| Total
|
| P
| 21
| 7
| 63.2
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .800
|
| 1990
| MIN
| A
| P
| 29
| 27
| 146.1
| 3
| 16
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 1
| .905
|
| 1991
| MIN
| A
| P
| 15
| 12
| 71.1
| 1
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| .923
|
| 1992
| MIN
| A
| P
| 9
| 3
| 28.1
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .714
|
| 1993
| PHI
| N
| P
| 76
| 0
| 86.1
| 2
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 0
| .750
|
| 1994
| PHI
| N
| P
| 31
| 14
| 99
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| PHI
| N
| P
| 8
| 8
| 38
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| .800
|
| 1996
| PHI
| N
| P
| 7
| 6
| 28.1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| BOS
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 204
| 78
| 569.1
| 13
| 50
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 31
| 15
| 1
| .875
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1988
| NY
| N
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.500
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| NY
| N
| 11
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| MIN
| A
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| Total
|
| 21
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| MIN
| A
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| MIN
| A
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| MIN
| A
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| PHI
| N
| 76
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .400
| .400
| .600
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1994
| PHI
| N
| 31
| 28
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .071
| .071
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1995
| PHI
| N
| 8
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 3
| .125
| .222
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1996
| PHI
| N
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .286
| .444
| .286
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| BOS
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 135
| 55
| 3
| 10
| 1
| 5
| .182
| .224
| .273
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 22
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 204
| 55
| 3
| 10
| 1
| 5
| .182
| .224
| .273
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 22
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by New York Mets in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1983 - signed June 8, 1983).
- Traded by New York Mets with Rick Aguilera, Kevin Tapani, Tim Drummond and a player to be named later to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Frank Viola (July 31, 1989); Minnesota Twins received Jack Savage (October 16, 1989).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Mike Hartley (December 5, 1992).
- Granted free agency (October 31, 1996).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (February 2, 1998).
- Released by Cincinnati Reds (March 9, 1998).
- Signed by Houston Astros (April 6, 1998).
- Traded by Houston Astros to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Mike Blais (June 18, 1998).
- Released by Boston Red Sox (September 8, 1998).
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