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Hack Wilson
Lewis Robert Wilson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 6", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 29, 1923
Final Game August 25, 1934
Born April 26, 1900 in Ellwood City, PA
Died November 23, 1948 in Baltimore, MD

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1979.

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        One of baseball's greatest players playing for one of baseball's greatest franchises and holder of one of baseball’s greatest single season performances. Here’s to you Hack!

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1923 23 NYG NL   3   10    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .200    6    2   0           0    
 1924 24 NYG NL 107  383   62  113  19 12  10   57   4  3  44  46  .295  .369  .486  130  186   6           1    
 1925 25 NYG NL  62  180   28   43   7  4   6   30   5  2  21  33  .239  .322  .422   92   76   4           1    
 1926 26 CHC NL 142  529   97  170  36  8  21  109  10     69  61  .321  .406  .539  151  285   9           6     MVP-5
 1927 27 CHC NL 146  551  119  175  30 12  30  129  13     71  70  .318  .401  .579  160  319  18           6     MVP-12
 1928 28 CHC NL 145  520   89  163  32  9  31  120   4     77  94  .313  .404  .588  158  306  24           2     MVP-7
 1929 29 CHC NL 150  574  135  198  30  5  39  159   3     78  83  .345  .425  .618  155  355  16           2     MVP-8
 1930 30 CHC NL 155  585  146  208  35  6  56  191   3    105  84  .356  .454  .723  178  423  18           1    
 1931 31 CHC NL 112  395   66  103  22  4  13   61   1     63  69  .261  .362  .435  112  172   0           0    
 1932 32 BRO NL 135  481   77  143  37  5  23  123   2     51  85  .297  .366  .538  141  259   6           1     MVP-13
 1933 33 BRO NL 117  360   41   96  13  2   9   54   7     52  50  .267  .359  .389  117  140   1           0   8
 1934 34 TOT NL  74  192   24   47   5  0   6   30   0     43  37  .245  .383  .365  104   70   0           0   7
         BRO NL  67  172   24   45   5  0   6   27   0     40  33  .262  .401  .395  119   68   0           0   5
         PHI NL   7   20    0    2   0  0   0    3   0      3   4  .100  .217  .100  -16    2   0           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1348 4760  884 1461 266 67 244 1063  52  5 674 713  .307  .395  .545  144 2593 102   0   0  20  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        572  106  176  32  8  29  128   6  1  81  86  .307  .395  .545  144  312  12   0   0   2   2
 Career High    155  585  146  208  37 12  56  191  13  3 105  94  .356  .454  .723  178  423  24   0   0   6   8
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1923 23 NYG NL   10    8    0   0.0   106| .200  .292| .200  .351| .200  .406| .400  .757|   6  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1924 24 NYG NL  434  279   68   6.5   101| .295  .286| .369  .341| .486  .399| .855  .740| 130  .659  16.0   1.6  57%
 1925 25 NYG NL  206  143   24   4.5   111| .239  .295| .322  .352| .422  .421| .744  .774|  92  .440  -2.7  -0.2  71%
 1926 26 CHC NL  613  368  114   8.2   104| .321  .288| .406  .348| .539  .400| .945  .748| 151  .750  39.8   3.9     
 1927 27 CHC NL  646  394  126   8.6   104| .318  .290| .401  .349| .579  .400| .980  .749| 160  .759  46.3   4.5     
 1928 28 CHC NL  623  381  123   8.7   108| .313  .289| .404  .354| .588  .411| .992  .764| 158  .746  43.8   4.2     
 1929 29 CHC NL  670  392  150  10.2   121| .345  .304| .425  .368| .618  .443|1.043  .812| 155  .757  49.7   4.4     
 1930 30 CHC NL  709  395  192  12.9   127| .356  .313| .454  .372| .723  .466|1.177  .837| 178  .809  75.9   6.5     
 1931 31 CHC NL  458  292   62   5.6   105| .261  .288| .362  .347| .435  .406| .797  .753| 112  .593   7.9   0.8     
 1932 32 BRO NL  539  344   94   7.4   102| .297  .282| .366  .334| .538  .408| .904  .742| 141  .695  28.4   2.7     
 1933 33 BRO NL  413  273   50   4.9    88| .267  .269| .359  .322| .389  .369| .748  .690| 117  .584  10.0   1.0     
 1934 34 TOT NL  235  152   27   4.7   101| .245  .283| .383  .338| .365  .402| .748  .740| 104  .499   3.5   0.3     
         BRO NL  212  132   27   5.4   100| .262  .281| .401  .335| .395  .399| .796  .735| 119  .564   7.0   0.7     
         PHI NL   23   20    0   0.0   115| .100  .302| .217  .359| .100  .430| .317  .789| -16  .000  -3.5  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5556 3421 1030   8.0   108| .307  .291| .395  .350| .545  .414| .940  .764| 144  .715 317.3  29.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1923 23 NYG NL  OF    3      6    0    1    0  .857  .968  2.00  2.27                1    2    0
 1924 24 NYG NL  OF  103    230    8    8    2  .967  .965  2.31  2.24               14   90    1
 1925 25 NYG NL  OF   50     75    3    2    2  .975  .967  1.56  2.33               27   23    4
 1926 26 CHC NL  OF  140    348   11   10    5  .973  .965  2.56  2.26                0  140    0
 1927 27 CHC NL  OF  146    400   13   14    3  .967  .970  2.83  2.35                0  146    0
 1928 28 CHC NL  OF  143    321   11   14    2  .960  .972  2.32  2.31                0  143    0
 1929 29 CHC NL  OF  150    380   14   12    4  .970  .973  2.63  2.38                0  150    0
 1930 30 CHC NL  OF  155    357    9   19    2  .951  .968  2.36  2.28                0  155    0
 1931 31 CHC NL  OF  103    210    9    5    1  .978  .973  2.13  2.38               40   60    3
 1932 32 BRO NL  OF  125    220   14   11    4  .955  .976  1.87  2.41                1    8  116
 1933 33 BRO NL  OF   90    181    3    7    0  .963  .977  2.04  2.35               75    8    7
                 2B    5     11   18    3    3  .906  .967  5.80  5.40            
 1934 34 TOT NL  OF   49     82    3    2    3  .977  .973  1.73  2.26               32    0   17
         BRO NL  OF   43     71    3    2    3  .974  .972  1.72  2.26               27    0   16
         PHI NL  OF    6     11    0    0    0 1.000  .973  1.83  2.27                5    0    1

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1933 33 BRO NL  2B    5     11   18    3    3  .906  .967  5.80  5.40            

 1923 23 NYG NL  OF    3      6    0    1    0  .857  .968  2.00  2.27                1    2    0
 1924 24 NYG NL  OF  103    230    8    8    2  .967  .965  2.31  2.24               14   90    1
 1925 25 NYG NL  OF   50     75    3    2    2  .975  .967  1.56  2.33               27   23    4
 1926 26 CHC NL  OF  140    348   11   10    5  .973  .965  2.56  2.26                0  140    0
 1927 27 CHC NL  OF  146    400   13   14    3  .967  .970  2.83  2.35                0  146    0
 1928 28 CHC NL  OF  143    321   11   14    2  .960  .972  2.32  2.31                0  143    0
 1929 29 CHC NL  OF  150    380   14   12    4  .970  .973  2.63  2.38                0  150    0
 1930 30 CHC NL  OF  155    357    9   19    2  .951  .968  2.36  2.28                0  155    0
 1931 31 CHC NL  OF  103    210    9    5    1  .978  .973  2.13  2.38               40   60    3
 1932 32 BRO NL  OF  125    220   14   11    4  .955  .976  1.87  2.41                1    8  116
 1933 33 BRO NL  OF   90    181    3    7    0  .963  .977  2.04  2.35               75    8    7
 1934 34 TOT NL  OF   49     82    3    2    3  .977  .973  1.73  2.26               32    0   17
         BRO NL  OF   43     71    3    2    3  .974  .972  1.72  2.26               27    0   16
         PHI NL  OF    6     11    0    0    0 1.000  .973  1.83  2.27                5    0    1

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1257   2810   98  105   28  .965  .970  2.31  2.33              190  925  148
                 2B    5     11   18    3    3  .906  .967  5.80  5.40            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1262   2821  116  108   31  .965  .970  2.33  2.34
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1924   WS    NYG WSH     L   7  30   1   7  1  0  0   3   1   9  .233  .258  .267   0  0   1   0   0 
 1929   WS    CHC PHA     L   5  17   2   8  0  1  0   0   4   3  .471  .571  .588   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2  12  47   3  15  1  1  0   3   5  12  .319  .385  .383   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1926-NL-5-0.31
1927-NL-12-0.11
1928-NL-7-0.26
1929-NL-8-0.30
1932-NL-13-0.08
Car-220-1.06 shares

Batting Average
1930 NL-.356-10

On-base %
1926 NL-.406-6
1927 NL-.401-6
1928 NL-.404-8
1929 NL-.425-8
1930 NL-.454-3
Car-.395-74

Slugging %
1926 NL-.539-2
1927 NL-.579-3
1928 NL-.588-4
1929 NL-.618-6
1930 NL-.723-1
1932 NL-.538-7
Car-.545-32

OPS
1926 NL-.944-2
1927 NL-.980-4
1928 NL-.992-3
1929 NL-1.044-6
1930 NL-1.177-1
1932 NL-.904-9
Car-.940-32

Games
1929 NL-150-8
1930 NL-155-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1930 NL-709-6

Runs
1926 NL-97-7
1927 NL-119-3
1929 NL-135-4
1930 NL-146-4

Hits
1930 NL-208-8

Total Bases
1926 NL-285-3
1927 NL-319-3
1928 NL-306-7
1929 NL-355-4
1930 NL-423-2

Doubles
1926 NL-36-3

Triples
1927 NL-12-5

Home Runs
1926 NL-21-1
1927 NL-30-1
1928 NL-31-1
1929 NL-39-3
1930 NL-56-1
1931 NL-13-9
1932 NL-23-5

RBI
1926 NL-109-2
1927 NL-129-2
1928 NL-120-3
1929 NL-159-1
1930 NL-191-1
1932 NL-123-4

Bases on Balls
1926 NL-69-1
1927 NL-71-5
1928 NL-77-4
1929 NL-78-8
1930 NL-105-1
1931 NL-63-7
1933 NL-52-9

Strikeouts
1926 NL-61-4
1927 NL-70-1
1928 NL-94-1
1929 NL-83-1
1930 NL-84-1
1931 NL-69-4
1932 NL-85-1
1933 NL-50-10

Stolen Bases
1927 NL-13-10

Adjusted OPS+
1926 NL-151-2
1927 NL-160-2
1928 NL-158-3
1929 NL-155-5
1930 NL-178-1
1932 NL-141-8
Car-144-50

Runs Created
1926 NL-114-3
1927 NL-126-3
1928 NL-123-6
1929 NL-150-6
1930 NL-192-2

Adjusted Batting Runs
1926 NL-40-1
1927 NL-46-3
1928 NL-44-4
1929 NL-50-5
1930 NL-76-1
1932 NL-28-8

Batting Wins
1926 NL-3.9-1
1927 NL-4.5-3
1928 NL-4.2-4
1929 NL-4.4-5
1930 NL-6.5-1
1932 NL-2.7-8

Extra-Base Hits
1926 NL-65-2
1927 NL-72-1
1928 NL-72-4
1929 NL-74-7
1930 NL-97-2
1932 NL-65-8

Times on Base
1926 NL-245-4
1927 NL-252-7
1928 NL-242-10
1929 NL-278-7
1930 NL-314-2

Offensive Win%
1926 NL-.750-3
1927 NL-.759-4
1928 NL-.746-5
1929 NL-.757-6
1930 NL-.809-1
1932 NL-.695-9
Car-.715-56

Hit By Pitch
1926 NL-6-5
1927 NL-6-5

Sac. Hits
1928 NL-24-8

Power/Speed Number
1926 NL-13.5-2
1927 NL-18.1-1
1933 NL-7.9-7

At Bats per Home Run
1924 NL-38.3-8
1926 NL-25.2-2
1927 NL-18.4-2
1928 NL-16.8-1
1929 NL-14.7-3
1930 NL-10.4-1
1931 NL-30.4-6
1932 NL-20.9-3
1933 NL-40.0-10
Car-19.5-98

    

Black Ink: Batting - 31 (55) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 110 (190) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 39.0 (155) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 100.0 (148) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

September 6, 1923: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Portsmouth (Virginia).

August 8, 1925: Traded by the New York Giants with a player to be named later to the Toledo (American Association) for Earl Webb. The New York Giants sent Pip Koehler (February 15, 1926) to the Toledo (American Association) to complete the trade.

October 9, 1925: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the Toledo (American Association) in the 1925 rule 5 draft.

December, 1931: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Bud Teachout to the St. Louis Cardinals for Burleigh Grimes.

January 23, 1932: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Bob Parham (minors) and $45,000.

August 8, 1934: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

August 10, 1934: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

September 5, 1934: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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