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Red Wilson

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: March 7, 1929 in Milwaukee, WI us

Died: August 8, 2014 in Fitchburg, WI

Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI

High School: Washington HS (Milwaukee, WI)

School: University of Wisconsin at Madison (Madison, WI)

Debut: September 22, 1951 (Age 22-199d, 10,854th in major league history)
vs. SLB 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1960 (Age 31-201d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: Robert James Wilson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.6

1765

455

.258

206

RBI

189

OBP

.338

SLG

.355

OPS

.694

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	34-27 / in Starts: 30-25
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	46 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	1 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 225 PAs	23
Actual Runners on Base	175 (91-61-23)
Avg. MLBer w/ 225 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	145 (76-46-23)

Most Driven In
W Belardi	4
Self	3
R Boone	3
A Kaline	2
W Dropo	2
F Bolling	2
H Kuenn	1
C King	1

Most Driven In By
J Delsing	3
F Bolling	3
B Tuttle	3
Self	3
B Hoeft	1
B Nieman	1
W Dropo	1
R Boone	1

1954 Batting Game Log

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1954 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	78	5 (4)	Apr 18	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG(6)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.96	-0.088	2.11	-0.12%	-0.88	C
2	79	11 (5)	Apr 25 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	GS-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.99	0.040	2.99	0.07%	0.38	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	80	15 (3)	May 1	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	5						C
4	81	17 (1)	May 2 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.714	1.000	8	1.09	0.065	4.47	0.16%	0.55	C
5	82	19 (1)	May 4	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.545	.879	8	.60	0.005	2.35	0.01%	-0.17	C
6	83	24 (4)	May 9 (2)	CHW		DET	T,0-0	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.400	.650	8	2.00	-0.216	8.23	-0.53%	-1.10	C
7	84	28 (3)	May 14	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.333	.544	6	1.14	-0.107	4.64	-0.26%	-0.89	C
8	85	39 (10)	May 28 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,11-6	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.350	.588	6	.02	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.47	C
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers
9	86	38	May 31 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.320	.435	.755	8	2.02	0.190	4.07	0.23%	1.00	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	87	40 (1)	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.310	.385	.695	8	.74	0.041	1.54	0.05%	-0.37	C
11	88	41	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.364	.414	.777	8	1.45	0.174	2.79	0.20%	0.78	C
12	89	43 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.342	.382	.724	7	.47	-0.046	.84	-0.05%	-0.42	C
13	90	44	Jun 5 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.333	.371	.705	9	1.44	-0.038	2.80	-0.04%	-0.11	PH
14	91	45	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.333	.371	.705	8						C
15	92	47 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-9	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.357	.361	.718	8	1.55	0.068	1.74	0.05%	0.64	C
16	93	48	Jun 8	DET	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.340	.366	.706	8	.63	-0.045	.76	-0.03%	-0.59	C
17	94	49	Jun 9	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.327	.349	.675	8	1.34	-0.071	1.89	-0.06%	-0.52	C
18	95	51 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,16-5	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.340	.364	.704	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.73	C
19	96	54 (2)	Jun 13 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.340	.348	.687	8	1.05	0.082	.58	0.03%	0.40	C
20	97	56 (1)	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.271	.386	.375	.761	7	1.01	0.201	.38	0.05%	2.49	C
21	98	61 (4)	Jun 22	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.377	.365	.742	8	.83	0.035	.17	0.01%	-0.16	C
22	99	62	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,4-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.255	.369	.345	.715	8	1.13	-0.136	.21	-0.02%	-1.62	C
23	100	64 (1)	Jun 25	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.362	.339	.701	7	2.02	-0.038	.22	0.00%	0.46	C
24	101	67 (2)	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.378	.349	.728	2	.89	0.195	.06	0.01%	1.18	C
25	102	69 (1)	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	3-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.377	.348	.725	6	1.08	0.004	.09	0.00%	-0.36	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	103	70	Jul 2	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.363	.333	.696	7	1.54	-0.171	.11	-0.01%	-1.18	C
27	104	71	Jul 3	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.357	.329	.686	7	1.44	-0.145	.08	-0.01%	-1.36	C
28	105	74 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG(11)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.356	.320	.676	7	1.70	-0.121	.03	0.00%	-0.56	C
29	106	80 (5)	Jul 11	DET		BAL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.352	.316	.668	6	1.02	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.79	C
30	107	82 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.337	.301	.638	6	1.32	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-0.95	C
31	108	85 (2)	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS-5	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.344	.321	.665	8	.65	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.40	C
32	109	86	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	5	4	1	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.366	.364	.730	8	.70	0.267	.00	0.00%	2.75	C
33	110	87	Jul 19	DET	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.356	.352	.707	7	.64	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.77	C
34	111	88	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,12-0	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.274	.367	.358	.725	7	.21	0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.57	C
35	112	90 (1)	Jul 21	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.357	.347	.704	7	1.74	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-1.23	C
36	113	91	Jul 22	DET	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.353	.337	.690	7	1.04	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.42	C
37	114	92	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.248	.342	.324	.665	7	.73	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-1.70	C
38	115	93	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.331	.312	.643	7	1.58	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-0.89	C
39	116	95 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.239	.328	.310	.638	7	1.43	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-1.68	C
40	117	97 (1)	Jul 28	DET		PHA	W,10-2	CG	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.248	.338	.333	.672	7	.50	0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
41	118	98	Jul 29 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.333	.328	.661	7	1.53	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.51	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	119	102 (3)	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,8-10	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.343	.328	.671	7	.70	0.126	.00	0.00%	1.98	C
43	120	103	Aug 2	DET		WSH	L,6-11	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.352	.328	.680	7	.38	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.86	C
44	121	104	Aug 3	DET		WSH	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.345	.320	.665	7	.85	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-1.18	C
45	122	109 (4)	Aug 8	DET		NYY	W,10-8	CG(10)	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.346	.326	.672	7	1.23	-0.110	.00	0.00%	-0.33	C
46	123	113 (3)	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG(16)	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.350	.326	.676	7	2.24	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.04	C
47	124	116 (2)	Aug 15 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-7	GS-7	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.350	.326	.676	8	1.08	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.78	C
48	125	120 (3)	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.248	.347	.324	.671	8	.62	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.60	C
49	126	123 (2)	Aug 22	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	.252	.353	.327	.679	7	.92	0.170	.00	0.00%	2.16	C
50	127	124	Aug 24	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.353	.327	.679	2	1.27	0.188	.00	0.00%	1.78	C
51	128	127 (2)	Aug 27	DET	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.349	.322	.671	8	1.27	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.49	C
52	129	129 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,14-3	CG	5	5	3	3	1	0	2	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.356	.376	.731	8	.44	0.022	.00	0.00%	5.26	C
53	130	131 (1)	Aug 31	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.362	.385	.747	2	1.72	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.18	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
54	131	132	Sep 1	DET	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.354	.376	.730	2	.66	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.83	C
55	132	138 (5)	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-10	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.358	.391	.748	8	.99	0.086	.00	0.00%	0.17	C
56	133	143 (4)	Sep 12 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-0	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.364	.390	.753	2	.81	0.211	.00	0.00%	1.73	C
57	134	146 (2)	Sep 16	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.366	.389	.755	2	1.14	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.53	C
58	135	149 (2)	Sep 19	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.364	.385	.750	8	1.04	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.54	C
59	136	150	Sep 20	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.273	.367	.388	.755	8	.75	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.16	C
60	137	152 (1)	Sep 22	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.371	.398	.769	8	1.46	0.009	.00	0.00%	1.02	C
61	138	153	Sep 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.275	.364	.392	.756	8	.51	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.84	C
62	139	154	Sep 25	DET	@	CLE	L,1-11	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.365	.389	.755	8	.43	-0.014	.00	0.00%	0.10	C
							34-27		225	190	24	52	11	1	3	23	28	2	15	0	6	1	1	8	3	1	.274	.365	.389	.755		1.05	-0.052	.63	-0.26%	3.71

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