What years did David West play?

David West played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 1998.

Was David West a pitcher?

Yes. David West pitched in the major leagues, recording 31 wins and 437 strikeouts.

How many home runs did David West hit?

David West hit 1 career home runs with 10 hits.

What was David West's career batting average?

David West batted .182 over his career, with 10 hits in 55 at bats.

How many RBI did David West have?

David West drove in 5 runs in his career.

What was David West's career ERA?

David West finished with a 4.66 career ERA, going 31-38 with 437 strikeouts.

David West

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1988-1998)

David West was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 1998 for 4 teams, including the New York Mets, a span of 11 seasons. Across 204 career appearances, he went 31-38 with a 4.66 ERA and 437 strikeouts.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 31–38

ERA 4.66

WHIP 1.47

SO 437

Pitcher PIV -6804.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'6" / 205 lb
Born: 9/1/1964 in Memphis, TN, USA
Died: 5/14/2022 in Palm City, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 1988-09-24
Last Game: 1998-09-04

Full name: David Lee West

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Career Pitching Statistics

David West — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
31	38	204	78	2	0	3	569.1	525	295	65	311	437	4.66	-6804.2

Career ERA 4.66 vs. league average 4.11 across their career seasons — 13.4% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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David West Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1988	NYN	NL	1	0	2	1	0	0	6.0	6	2	3	3	3.00	—	0.0
1989	NYN	NL	0	2	11	2	0	0	24.1	25	20	14	19	7.40	3.71 (-99%)	-898.6
1989	MIN	AL	3	2	10	5	0	0	39.1	48	28	19	31	6.41	3.71 (-73%)	-718.3
1990	MIN	AL	7	9	29	27	2	0	146.1	142	83	78	92	5.10	3.86 (-32%)	-4522.8
1991	MIN	AL	4	4	15	12	0	0	71.1	66	36	28	52	4.54	3.91 (-16%)	-1917.7
1992	MIN	AL	1	3	9	3	0	0	28.1	32	22	20	19	6.99	3.75 (-87%)	-918.4
1993	PHI	NL	6	4	76	0	0	3	86.1	60	28	51	87	2.92	4.19 (+30%)	809.0
1994	PHI	NL	4	10	31	14	0	0	99.0	74	39	61	83	3.55	4.51 (+21%)	655.1
1995	PHI	NL	3	2	8	8	0	0	38.0	34	16	19	25	3.79	4.45 (+15%)	-594.6
1996	PHI	NL	2	2	7	6	0	0	28.1	31	15	11	22	4.76	4.61 (-3%)	1302.1
1998	BOS	AL	0	0	6	0	0	0	2.0	7	6	7	4	27.00	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			31	38	204	78	2	3	569.1	525	295	311	437	4.66	—	-6,804

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

David West — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
204	55	3	10	2	0	1	5	0	3	22	.182	.224	.273	.497	0

Career AVG .182 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — 30.5% below league average.

Career OBP .224 vs. league average .329 across their career seasons — 31.9% below league average.

Career SLG .273 vs. league average .399 across their career seasons — 31.7% below league average.

Career OPS .497 vs. league average .728 across their career seasons — 31.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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David West Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1988	NYN	NL	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	NYN	NL	11	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	MIN	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	MIN	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	MIN	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	MIN	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	PHI	NL	76	5	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	PHI	NL	31	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	12	.071	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	PHI	NL	8	8	1	1	0	1	3	1	4	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	PHI	NL	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	.286	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	BOS	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			204	55	3	10	2	1	5	3	22	.182	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

David West — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

David West — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
1993	NLCS	PHI	3	.000
1993	WS	PHI	3	.000
1991	ALCS	MIN	2	.000
1991	WS	MIN	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

David West — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	10	0	0	9.1	13	11	11	9	10.61

Playoff Pitching by Year

David West — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1993	NLCS	PHI	0	3	2.2	5	4	2	5	13.50
1993	WS	PHI	0	3	1.0	5	3	1	0	27.00
1991	ALCS	MIN	1	2	5.2	1	0	4	4	0.00
1991	WS	MIN	0	2	0.0	2	4	4	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

David West — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	97	24	0	2	0	2	.083
Away	107	31	3	8	1	3	.258

Pitching — Home / Away

David West — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	97	267.1	242	156	149	237	5.25
Away	107	302.0	283	139	162	200	4.14

Last 10 Games — Batting

David West — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H
1998-09-04	BOS	TOR	L	0	0
1998-09-01	BOS	SEA	L	0	0
1998-07-31	BOS	LAA	W	0	0
1998-07-28	BOS	OAK	W	0	0
1998-07-26	BOS	TOR	W	0	0
1998-07-24	BOS	TOR	L	0	0
1996-09-25	PHI	WSN	W	2	0
1996-09-19	PHI	NYN	L	0	0
1996-08-25	PHI	SDP	L	1	1
1996-08-20	PHI	LAD	W	2	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

David West — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1998-09-04	BOS	TOR	—	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0
1998-09-01	BOS	SEA	—	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	0
1998-07-31	BOS	LAA	—	0.0	2	1	1	1	0	0
1998-07-28	BOS	OAK	—	0.1	1	0	0	2	1	0
1998-07-26	BOS	TOR	—	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	1
1998-07-24	BOS	TOR	—	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0
1996-09-25	PHI	WSN	W	6.0	2	1	1	0	6	0
1996-09-19	PHI	NYN	—	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0
1996-08-25	PHI	SDP	L	1.0	6	5	4	2	2	0
1996-08-20	PHI	LAD	—	6.0	3	1	1	1	3	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

David West — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	204	78	13	50	9	5

Season-by-Season Fielding

David West — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1988	NYN	P	2	1	1	0	0	0
1989	NYN	P	11	2	0	1	0	0
1989	MIN	P	10	5	2	1	1	0
1990	MIN	P	29	27	3	16	2	2
1991	MIN	P	15	12	1	11	1	1
1992	MIN	P	9	3	0	5	2	0
1993	PHI	P	76	0	2	4	2	1
1994	PHI	P	31	14	3	6	0	1
1995	PHI	P	8	8	1	3	1	0
1996	PHI	P	7	6	0	3	0	0
1998	BOS	P	6	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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David West Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	204

Salary History

David West — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1996	PHI	NL	$500,000
1995	PHI	NL	$950,000
1994	PHI	NL	$600,000
1993	PHI	NL	$315,000
1991	MIN	AL	$160,000
1990	MIN	AL	$100,000
1989	NYN	NL	$68,000
Total Career Earnings			$2,693,000

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David West: the record in brief

David West played a first major league game on September 24, 1988 and a last one on September 4, 1998. West played for the New York Mets (1988 through 1989), the Minnesota Twins (1989 to 1992), the Philadelphia Phillies (1993 to 1996), and the Boston Red Sox (1998). West, a pitcher by primary position, both batted and threw left-handed. Height and weight on file: 205 pounds on a 6-foot-6 frame. West was born on September 1, 1964, in Memphis, TN, USA. West's death is recorded on May 14, 2022, in Palm City, FL, USA. The given name on file is David Lee West.

West went 31-38 with a 4.66 ERA in 204 games, 78 of them starts. West had 437 strikeouts. The league ERA over West's seasons was 4.11, so the 4.66 figure ran 13.4% worse than average. West won 7 games in 1990, the most of any season listed. In 1994, one of the busiest seasons, West posted a 3.55 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.51.

Frequently Asked Questions about David West

What years did David West play?: David West played in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 1998.
Was David West a pitcher?: Yes. David West pitched in the major leagues, recording 31 wins and 437 strikeouts.
How many home runs did David West hit?: David West hit 1 career home runs with 10 hits.
What was David West's career batting average?: David West batted .182 over his career, with 10 hits in 55 at bats.
How many RBI did David West have?: David West drove in 5 runs in his career.
What was David West's career ERA?: David West finished with a 4.66 career ERA, going 31-38 with 437 strikeouts.