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Minnesota, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 17, 1947, for the New York Giants</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 29, 1957, for the New York Giants</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Batting 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href="/wiki/1967_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1967 Major League Baseball season">1967</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> (<a href="/wiki/1974_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1974 Major League Baseball season">1974</a>–<a href="/wiki/1975_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1975 Major League Baseball season">1975</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/1952_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1952 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1952</a>, <a href="/wiki/1953_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1953 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1953</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/1954_World_Series" title="1954 World Series">1954</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Wesley Noreen Westrum</b> (November 28, 1922 – May 28, 2002) was an American <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> <a href="/wiki/Baseball_player" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball player">player</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coach_(baseball)" title="Coach (baseball)">coach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">manager</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Scout_(sport)" title="Scout (sport)">scout</a>. He played for 11 seasons as a <a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">catcher</a> in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> from <a href="/wiki/1947_in_baseball" title="1947 in baseball">1947</a> to <a href="/wiki/1957_in_baseball" title="1957 in baseball">1957</a><sup id="cite_ref-Wes_Westrum_statistics_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wes_Westrum_statistics-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was known as a superb defensive catcher.<sup id="cite_ref-Wes_Westrun_New_York_Times_Obituary_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wes_Westrun_New_York_Times_Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as the second manager in the history of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, replacing <a href="/wiki/Casey_Stengel" title="Casey Stengel">Casey Stengel</a> in <a href="/wiki/1965_in_baseball" title="1965 in baseball">1965</a> after the latter fractured his hip and was forced to retire.<sup id="cite_ref-Wes_Westrum_Manager's_record_at_Baseball_Reference_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wes_Westrum_Manager's_record_at_Baseball_Reference-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_League_playing_career">Major League playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wes_Westrum&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Major League playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A native of <a href="/wiki/Clearbrook,_Minnesota" title="Clearbrook, Minnesota">Clearbrook, Minnesota</a>, Westrum was a stalwart defensive player for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> (1947–57) and, in his prime, a powerful right-handed hitter, although he had trouble making contact and hit for a low .217 career <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a>. He began his major league career as the Giants' reserve catcher, playing behind <a href="/wiki/Walker_Cooper" title="Walker Cooper">Walker Cooper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Cooper was traded in <a href="/wiki/1949_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season" title="1949 New York Giants (MLB) season">1949</a>, Westrum shared the catching duties with <a href="/wiki/Ray_Mueller" title="Ray Mueller">Ray Mueller</a> for the remainder of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became the full-time catcher for the Giants in <a href="/wiki/1950_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season" title="1950 New York Giants (MLB) season">1950</a>, leading <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> catchers with a .999 <a href="/wiki/Fielding_percentage" title="Fielding percentage">fielding percentage</a>, 31 baserunners <a href="/wiki/Caught_stealing" title="Caught stealing">caught stealing</a>, a 54.4% caught stealing percentage and 71 <a href="/wiki/Assist_(baseball)" title="Assist (baseball)">assists</a>, and finished second to <a href="/wiki/Roy_Campanella" title="Roy Campanella">Roy Campanella</a> with 608 <a href="/wiki/Putout" title="Putout">putouts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Westrum was a key player for the Giants’ during the remarkable <a href="/wiki/1951_in_baseball" title="1951 in baseball">1951</a> <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(sports)" title="Pennant (sports)">pennant</a> race in which the Giants, 13 games behind the <a href="/wiki/1951_Brooklyn_Dodgers_season" title="1951 Brooklyn Dodgers season">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> on August 12, fought back to win 16 games in a row and finished the season tied with the Dodgers for first place.<sup id="cite_ref-1951_New_York_Giants_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1951_New_York_Giants-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1951_The_Shot_Heard_’Round_the_World_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1951_The_Shot_Heard_’Round_the_World-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His two-run, eighth-inning home run against <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Branca" title="Ralph Branca">Ralph Branca</a> on August 13 snapped a 1–1 tie and gave the Giants a 3–1 victory over the Dodgers.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Westrum contributed 20 <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> with 70 <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs batted in</a>, and led National League catchers in baserunners caught stealing.<sup id="cite_ref-Wes_Westrum_statistics_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wes_Westrum_statistics-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two teams met in the <a href="/wiki/1951_National_League_tie-breaker_series" title="1951 National League tie-breaker series">1951 National League tie-breaker series</a> in which the Giants' season was climaxed by <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Thomson" title="Bobby Thomson">Bobby Thomson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Shot_Heard_%27Round_the_World_(baseball)" title="Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)"><i>Shot Heard 'Round the World</i></a>, a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 5–4 win of the third and final playoff game.<sup id="cite_ref-1951_New_York_Giants_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1951_New_York_Giants-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1951_The_Shot_Heard_’Round_the_World_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1951_The_Shot_Heard_’Round_the_World-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afterwards, the Giants would lose to the <a href="/wiki/1951_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1951 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1951_World_Series" title="1951 World Series">1951 World Series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His <a href="/wiki/1952_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season" title="1952 New York Giants (MLB) season">1952</a> season was plagued by injuries and he only managed to hit for a .220 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> in 114 games, although he still managed to finish second to <a href="/wiki/Del_Rice" title="Del Rice">Del Rice</a> among catchers in assists.<sup id="cite_ref-Wes_Westrum_statistics_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wes_Westrum_statistics-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Westrum remained the Giants' starting catcher throughout the <a href="/wiki/1954_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season" title="1954 New York Giants (MLB) season">1954</a> season, catching all four games in the <a href="/wiki/1954_World_Series" title="1954 World Series">1954 World Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/1954_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1954 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland Indians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Injuries continued to take their toll, and by <a href="/wiki/1955_New_York_Giants_(MLB)_season" title="1955 New York Giants (MLB) season">1955</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Katt" title="Ray Katt">Ray Katt</a> had replaced him as the starting catcher.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Westrum lasted three more seasons but never played more than 70 games a year.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 29, manager <a href="/wiki/Bill_Rigney" title="Bill Rigney">Bill Rigney</a> started all the Giants who had been on the 1954 World Series team in the ballclub's final game at the Polo Grounds; Westrum caught during the 9–1 loss to Pittsburgh.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the Giants moved to San Francisco in <a href="/wiki/1958_in_baseball" title="1958 in baseball">1958</a>, he was offered a role as a third-string catcher or as a coach.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He decided to retire as a player at the age of 34, and accepted the coaching job.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wes_Westrum&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sportsillustrated_firstissue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9d/Sportsillustrated_firstissue.jpg/150px-Sportsillustrated_firstissue.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9d/Sportsillustrated_firstissue.jpg/225px-Sportsillustrated_firstissue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/Sportsillustrated_firstissue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="360" /></a><figcaption>Westrum, along with third baseman <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mathews" title="Eddie Mathews">Eddie Mathews</a> and umpire <a href="/wiki/Augie_Donatelli" title="Augie Donatelli">Augie Donatelli</a>, appears on the first issue of <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i>, August 1954</figcaption></figure> <p>In his biography of Willie Mays, entitled <i>Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend</i>, writer <a href="/wiki/James_S._Hirsch" title="James S. Hirsch">James S. Hirsch</a> described Westrum as being "built like a block of granite" and praised his defensive abilities.<sup id="cite_ref-Wes_Westrum_statistics_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wes_Westrum_statistics-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an eleven-year major league career, Westrum played in 919 <a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">games</a>, accumulating 503 <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a> in 2,322 <a href="/wiki/At_bats" class="mw-redirect" title="At bats">at bats</a> for a .217 career batting average along with 96 home runs, 315 runs batted in, and a .356 <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wes_Westrum_statistics_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wes_Westrum_statistics-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ended his career with a .985 fielding percentage.<sup id="cite_ref-Wes_Westrum_statistics_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wes_Westrum_statistics-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made the National League <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star</a> teams in <a href="/wiki/1952_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1952 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1952</a> and <a href="/wiki/1953_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1953 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1953</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1950 season, Westrum committed only one <a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">error</a> in 139 <a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">games played</a>, and had 21 <a href="/wiki/Double_play" title="Double play">double plays</a>, the 11th highest season total for a catcher.<sup id="cite_ref-Turn_Back_The_Clock,_Former_Catcher_Wes_Westrum_Recalls_Career_With_Giants_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turn_Back_The_Clock,_Former_Catcher_Wes_Westrum_Recalls_Career_With_Giants-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His .999 fielding percentage for that season stood as a National League record for catchers, until it was surpassed by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Johnson_(baseball,_born_1971)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Johnson (baseball, born 1971)">Charles Johnson</a> in <a href="/wiki/1997_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1997 Major League Baseball season">1997</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Westrum's 49.29% career caught stealing percentage ranks 21st all-time among major league catchers.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played more games as a catcher than any other player in Giants history (902).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Westrum was pictured on the cover of the first issue of <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i> on August 16, 1954, along with Milwaukee Braves star <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mathews" title="Eddie Mathews">Eddie Mathews</a> and umpire <a href="/wiki/Augie_Donatelli" title="Augie Donatelli">Augie Donatelli</a>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coach_and_manager">Coach and manager</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wes_Westrum&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Coach and manager"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Westrum served as the Giants' <a href="/wiki/Bullpen" title="Bullpen">bullpen</a> coach and then became their first base coach through the <a href="/wiki/1963_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="1963 San Francisco Giants season">1963</a> season.<sup id="cite_ref-Wes_Westrun_New_York_Times_Obituary_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wes_Westrun_New_York_Times_Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He joined the Mets as a coach in <a href="/wiki/1964_New_York_Mets_season" title="1964 New York Mets season">1964</a>, working at first base and then in the bullpen, and became pitching coach on July 14, 1965, after the release of pitcher-coach <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Warren Spahn</a>. But only 11 days later, Westrum was named the Mets' interim manager when Stengel, 75, fractured his left hip getting out of a car on July 25.<sup id="cite_ref-Turn_Back_The_Clock,_Former_Catcher_Wes_Westrum_Recalls_Career_With_Giants_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turn_Back_The_Clock,_Former_Catcher_Wes_Westrum_Recalls_Career_With_Giants-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On that day, the Mets were 31–64, in tenth and last place in the National League.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They fared no better under Westrum for the rest of <a href="/wiki/1965_New_York_Mets_season" title="1965 New York Mets season">1965</a>, losing 48 of the 67 games under his leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-Wes_Westrum_Manager's_record_at_Baseball_Reference_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wes_Westrum_Manager's_record_at_Baseball_Reference-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hip fracture would end Stengel's Hall of Fame managerial career. </p><p>Westrum then was appointed the second full-time manager in the history of the perennial last-place club. But his <a href="/wiki/1966_New_York_Mets_season" title="1966 New York Mets season">1966 Mets</a> escaped the basement for the first time in the franchise's five-year history when they finished ninth, one notch above the cellar, posting a record of 66 wins and 95 losses, a 16-game improvement over the previous season.<sup id="cite_ref-Wes_Westrum_Manager's_record_at_Baseball_Reference_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wes_Westrum_Manager's_record_at_Baseball_Reference-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mets were slowly developing an array of young <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitchers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Minor_league_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor league baseball">minor leagues</a>; however, apart from <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a>, none arrived in time to help Westrum in <a href="/wiki/1967_New_York_Mets_season" title="1967 New York Mets season">1967</a>, when New York again finished tenth and last. Westrum resigned with 11 games to go in the season.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coach <a href="/wiki/Salty_Parker" title="Salty Parker">Salty Parker</a> took over the team for the remaining games of the 1967 season, and <a href="/wiki/Gil_Hodges" title="Gil Hodges">Gil Hodges</a> was named manager for <a href="/wiki/1968_New_York_Mets_season" title="1968 New York Mets season">1968</a>. </p><p>Westrum then rejoined the Giants as a coach (1968–71) and <a href="/wiki/Scout_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout (sports)">scout</a>. They eventually gave him a second managing opportunity on <a href="/wiki/1974_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="1974 San Francisco Giants season">June 28, 1974</a>, when he succeeded <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Fox_(baseball)" title="Charlie Fox (baseball)">Charlie Fox</a> with the club in fifth place. He was not able to post a winning record in his 1½ years as San Francisco's manager, although he came close when his team finished one game under .500 in <a href="/wiki/1975_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="1975 San Francisco Giants season">1975</a> and in third place in the National League <a href="/wiki/National_League_West_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="National League West Division">Western Division</a>. That marked his last year as a major league manager, although Westrum stayed in the game as a <a href="/wiki/Scout_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout (sports)">scout</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> for many years.<sup id="cite_ref-Turn_Back_The_Clock,_Former_Catcher_Wes_Westrum_Recalls_Career_With_Giants_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turn_Back_The_Clock,_Former_Catcher_Wes_Westrum_Recalls_Career_With_Giants-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His final record as a manager: 260 wins and 366 losses (.415).<sup id="cite_ref-Wes_Westrum_Manager's_record_at_Baseball_Reference_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wes_Westrum_Manager's_record_at_Baseball_Reference-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Westrum died from cancer at the age of 79 in Clearbrook, Minnesota on May 28, 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-Wes_Westrun_New_York_Times_Obituary_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wes_Westrun_New_York_Times_Obituary-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wes_Westrum&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_who_spent_their_entire_career_with_one_franchise" title="List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise">List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/westrwe01.shtml">"Wes Westrum statistics"</a>. Baseball-Reference.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 14,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Wes+Westrum+statistics&rft.pub=Baseball-Reference.com&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fplayers%2Fw%2Fwestrwe01.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWes+Westrum" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Wes_Westrun_New_York_Times_Obituary-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Wes_Westrun_New_York_Times_Obituary_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wes_Westrun_New_York_Times_Obituary_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wes_Westrun_New_York_Times_Obituary_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/30/sports/wes-westrum-79-longtime-giants-catcher.html?pagewanted=1">Wes Westrun New York Times Obituary, May 30, 2002</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Wes_Westrum_Manager's_record_at_Baseball_Reference-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Wes_Westrum_Manager's_record_at_Baseball_Reference_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wes_Westrum_Manager's_record_at_Baseball_Reference_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wes_Westrum_Manager's_record_at_Baseball_Reference_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wes_Westrum_Manager's_record_at_Baseball_Reference_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/westrwe01.shtml">Wes Westrum Manager's record at Baseball Reference</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Baseball_Biography_Project:_Wes_Westrum_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPeterson" class="citation web cs1">Peterson, Armand. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2029&pid=15047">"The Baseball Biography Project: Wes Westrum"</a>. 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href="http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=2029&pid=15047">Wes Westrum at The Baseball Biography Project</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Westrum.Wes.Obit.html">The Deadball Era</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13607241">Wes Westrum</a> at <a href="/wiki/Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Cookie_Lavagetto" title="Cookie Lavagetto">Cookie Lavagetto</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> <a href="/wiki/Coach_(baseball)" title="Coach (baseball)">first base coach</a> </b><br />1964 </td> <td 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