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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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 19	DET		CLE	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
2	13 (7)	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	GF	21	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	15 (1)	Apr 30	DET	@	NYY	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16	May 2	DET	@	BOS	L,0-6	GS	29	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
5	18 (1)	May 4 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	27 (8)	May 15	DET		CLE	L,5-8	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	28	May 16	DET	@	KCA	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
8	29	May 17	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.1	7	3	0	10	1	C
9	30	May 18	DET	@	KCA	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	33 (2)	May 22	DET		NYY	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
11	34	May 23	DET		NYY	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
12	35	May 24	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	36	May 25 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	38 (1)	May 27	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
15	39	May 28	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	40	May 30 (1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
17	42 (1)	May 31	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	43	Jun 3	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	44	Jun 4	DET	@	BAL	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
20	45	Jun 5	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	46	Jun 6	DET	@	WSH	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	47	Jun 7	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	48	Jun 8	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
24	51 (2)	Jun 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
25	52	Jun 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
26	53	Jun 13	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
27	55 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	57 (1)	Jun 17	DET		WSH	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	58	Jun 19	DET		WSH	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
30	59	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	C
31	60	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	61	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,0-15	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
33	62	Jun 23	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	63	Jun 24	DET		BAL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	64	Jun 26	DET		BAL	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
36	65	Jun 27	DET		BOS	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
37	66	Jun 28	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	49	12.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
38	67	Jun 29	DET		BOS	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
39	68	Jun 30	DET		KCA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	69	Jul 1	DET		KCA	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
41	76 (6)	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	12	0	0	12	0	C
42	77	Jul 12	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
43	78	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	80 (1)	Jul 14	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	81	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	82	Jul 16	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
47	83	Jul 17	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
48	84	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	L,9-11	CG	49	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
49	86 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
50	89 (2)	Jul 23	DET		NYY	L,4-16	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
51	90	Jul 24	DET		NYY	L,7-10	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	91	Jul 25	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	92	Jul 26	DET		WSH	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	93	Jul 27 (1)	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
55	94	Jul 27 (2)	DET		WSH	L,1-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
56	96 (1)	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,8-11	GF	24	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	99 (2)	Aug 1	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
58	100	Aug 2	DET		BAL	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	101	Aug 3 (1)	DET		BAL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	102	Aug 3 (2)	DET		BAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
61	103	Aug 5	DET		CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	104	Aug 8	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
63	105	Aug 9	DET		CHW	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
64	107 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
65	111 (3)	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	113 (1)	Aug 15	DET	@	KCA	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
67	115 (1)	Aug 17	DET	@	KCA	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
68	116	Aug 19	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
69	117	Aug 20	DET	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
70	118	Aug 21	DET	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
71	119	Aug 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
72	120	Aug 23	DET	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	122 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	123	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	24	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
75	124	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
76	125	Aug 29	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	126	Aug 30	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	127	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	129 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
80	130	Sep 2	DET	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
81	131	Sep 3	DET		CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
82	132	Sep 4	DET		CHW	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
83	133	Sep 5	DET		KCA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
84	134	Sep 6	DET		KCA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
85	135	Sep 7	DET		KCA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	136	Sep 9	DET		WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
87	137	Sep 10	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
88	138	Sep 11	DET		WSH	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
89	139	Sep 12	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	140	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,13-2	GS	30	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
91	141	Sep 14 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
92	142	Sep 14 (2)	DET		BOS	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
93	143	Sep 16	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
94	144	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
95	145	Sep 19	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
96	146	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS	13	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
97	150 (3)	Sep 24	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
98	151	Sep 25	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
99	152	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
100	153	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
101	154	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
							101gm		797.1	565	34	5	604	6