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Alex Wilson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 227lb (183cm, 102kg)

Born: November 3, 1986 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia sa

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 10th round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) and the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texas A&M University (College Station, TX).

High School: Hurricane HS (Hurricane, WV)

School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)

Debut: April 11, 2013 (Age 26-159d, 20,353rd in major league history)
vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 27, 2019 (Age 32-175d)
vs. NYM 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2013 season

Agents: ISE Baseball • Previously: Ballengee Group, Relativity Baseball

Full Name: William Alexander Wilson

Nicknames: Dale or Willy

Twitter: @WillyWilson18

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

ERA

3.44

303

332.0

226

WHIP

1.220

Summary of 31 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 2 tying, 12 go ahead

3 Tms
DET	25
MIL	3
BOS	3

Platoon
vs RHB	16
vs LHB	15

Home/Road
Away	19
Home	12

Outs
0	17
2	8
1	6

15 Opps
TOR	6
CLE	4
CHW	3
MIN	2
KCR	2
TBR	2
PIT	2
OAK	2
SEA	2
NYM	1
ATL	1
STL	1
BOS	1
CHC	1
HOU	1

29 Batters
Edwin Encarnación	2
José Bautista	2
Eddie Rosario	1
Gregory Polanco	1
Kevin Kiermaier	1
Jorge Polanco	1
Richard Ureña	1
Corey Dickerson	1
Paul DeJong	1
Roberto Pérez	1
Jed Lowrie	1
Carlos Santana	1
Khris Davis	1
Steve Pearce	1
Jackie Bradley Jr.	1
Geovany Soto	1
Nick Markakis	1
Russell Martin	1
Jason Heyward	1
Adam Engel	1
Amed Rosario	1
Francisco Lindor	1
Tyler Saladino	1
Robinson Canó	1
Salvador Perez	1
Mike Zunino	1
Brandon Moss	1
Abraham Almonte	1
Jake Marisnick	1

14 Parks
Comerica Pk (DET)	9
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Progressive (CLE)	3
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	9
89	7
78	6
7	5
8	4

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	9
4	7
3	6
1	3
7+	3
5	2
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	27
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	20
1--	4
123	3
12-	2
-23	1
-2-	1

51 Runs
RISP	7
0 on	20
1 on	5
2 on	3
3 on	3
Any on	11

Inning
5	3
6	4
7	7
8	13
9	3
Extra	1

4-6	7
7-end	24

RelScore
+4..	6
+2	2
+1	3
Tied	10
-1	2
-2	4
-3	2
-4..	2

Ahead	11
Tied	10
Behind	10

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-1	7
1-2	3
0-0	3
2-1	3
2-2	3
2-0	3
3-2	2
1-0	2
1-1	2
0-2	1
3-1	1
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	7
C	5
SS	5
2B	4
CF	4
1B	2
DH	2
LF	2

OrderPos
5th	6
3rd	5
7th	4
9th	4
4th	3
8th	3
2nd	3
6th	2
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	8
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2014-05-31	Kevin Kiermaier	TBR	@	BOS	behind 0-7	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) .FBBX	1	7	9	0%	1%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	2014-08-26	José Bautista	TOR		BOS	behind 3-4	b 7	0	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	3	9	24%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
3	3	3	1	2014-09-05	Edwin Encarnación	TOR	@	BOS	ahead 4-3	t 8	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	4	3	18%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Reyes Scores
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	2015-04-24	Brandon Moss	CLE	@	DET	ahead 6-1	t 5	0	-23	1,(0-0) .X	3	5	9	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Brantley Scores; C. Santana Scores
5	5	2	1	2015-07-07	Robinson Canó	SEA		DET	tied 5-5	b 5	0	---	4,(1-2) BFFX	1	3	4	15%	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
6	6	3	1	2015-08-29	Edwin Encarnación	TOR		DET	ahead 9-1	b 7	2	123	3,(2-0) .BBX	4	4	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Tulowitzki Scores; C. Pennington Scores; J. Bautista Scores
7	7	4	2	2015-08-29	Russell Martin	TOR		DET	ahead 13-1	b 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Smoak Scores
8	8	5	1	2015-09-18	Salvador Perez	KCR	@	DET	behind 1-3	t 9	2	1--	2,(0-1) .CX	2	5	2	36%	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); E. Hosmer Scores
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2016-05-20	Steve Pearce	TBR	@	DET	ahead 6-5	t 8	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	4	4	12%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	2	1	2016-05-28	Khris Davis	OAK		DET	ahead 8-3	b 7	0	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	DH	1%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Lowrie Scores; D. Valencia Scores
11	11	3	1	2016-08-29	Tyler Saladino	CHW	@	DET	tied 2-2	t 7	0	---	4,(1-2) FSBX	1	9	4	19%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
12	12	4	1	2016-09-18	Carlos Santana	CLE		DET	behind 4-6	b 6	0	---	2,(0-1) ...SX	1	5	3	13%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
13	13	5	1	2016-10-01	Nick Markakis	ATL		DET	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	5	9	11%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2017-04-06	Geovany Soto	CHW		DET	ahead 10-1	b 7	0	---	4,(1-2) ....SCBX	1	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
15	15	2	1	2017-05-25	Jake Marisnick	HOU		DET	tied 6-6	b 8	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	8	30%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
16	16	3	1	2017-06-09	Jackie Bradley Jr.	BOS		DET	tied 3-3	b 8	2	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	7	8	37%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Moreland Scores
17	17	4	1	2017-06-19	Mike Zunino	SEA		DET	tied 2-2	b 6	1	1--	8,(3-2) B11FC1BF1B>F>X	2	8	2	26%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Dyson Scores
18	18	5	1	2017-09-08	Richard Ureña	TOR		DET	behind 2-5	b 8	0	---	7,(3-2) ...BBBCSFX	1	9	6	8%	17%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
19	19	6	2	2017-09-08	José Bautista	TOR		DET	behind 3-5	b 8	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	2	9	12%	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
20	20	7	1	2017-09-19	Jed Lowrie	OAK	@	DET	behind 5-8	t 8	0	123	2,(0-1) FX	4	3	4	43%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Wendle Scores; F. Barreto Scores; C. Pinder Scores
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2018-03-30	Gregory Polanco	PIT	@	DET	tied 10-10	t 13	2	12-	4,(3-0) BBBX	3	3	9	48%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Frazier Scores; J. Harrison Scores
22	22	2	1	2018-04-10	Roberto Pérez	CLE		DET	tied 1-1	b 8	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	8	2	26%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
23	23	3	1	2018-04-22	Abraham Almonte	KCR	@	DET	behind 1-2	t 6	1	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	6	8	35%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Cuthbert Scores; J. Soler Scores; P. Orlando Scores
24	24	4	1	2018-04-26	Corey Dickerson	PIT		DET	tied 0-0	b 9	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	7	43%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	5	1	2018-06-23	Francisco Lindor	CLE		DET	ahead 3-1	b 5	0	---	7,(2-2) .CCFFBBX	1	1	6	7%	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
26	26	6	1	2018-08-13	Adam Engel	CHW	@	DET	behind 4-6	t 8	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	8	9%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	7	1	2018-08-19	Eddie Rosario	MIN		DET	tied 4-4	b 8	0	---	3,(0-2) SSX	1	2	7	26%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	8	1	2018-09-17	Jorge Polanco	MIN	@	DET	ahead 5-1	t 9	2	---	6,(2-2) CFBBFX	1	2	6	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2019-04-06	Jason Heyward	CHC	@	MIL	ahead 7-5	t 8	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	7	9	7%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
30	30	2	1	2019-04-23	Paul DeJong	STL		MIL	tied 2-2	b 8	0	---	4,(2-1) .BCBX	1	3	6	26%	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
31	31	3	1	2019-04-27	Amed Rosario	NYM		MIL	behind 1-6	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	7	6	3%	7%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)