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Highball Wilson
Howard Paul Wilson

Bats Unknown, Throws Right

Debut September 13, 1899
Final Game May 17, 1904
Born August 9, 1878 in Philadelphia, PA
Died October 16, 1934 in Havre De Grace, MD

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1899 20 CLV NL   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    8.0   12    8    8   0    5    1   0   0     0       0  9.00  3.69   41 2.125
 1902 23 PHA AL   7   5  13  10   8   0   3  0   96.3  103   44   26   1   19   18   9   0     0       0  2.43  3.68  151 1.266
 1903 24 WSH AL   7  18  30  28  25   1   2  0  242.3  269  123   89   7   43   56  10   2  1037       1  3.31  3.11   94 1.287
 1904 25 WSH AL   0   3   3   3   3   0   0  0   25.0   33   17   13   0    4   11   2   1   109       0  4.68  2.65   57 1.480
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .341  14  27  47  42  37   1   5  0  371.7  417  192  136   8   71   86  21   3  1146       1  3.29  3.24   98 1.313
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  20  35  32  28   0   3  0  283.7  318  146  103   6   54   65  16   2   875   0   0  3.29  3.24   98 1.313
 Career High      7  18  30  28  25   1   3  0  242.3  269  123   89   7   43   56  10   2  1037   0   1  2.43  3.68  151 1.266

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1899 20 CLV NL   1    3    0    1   1  0   0    0   0      0      .333  .333  .667  185    2   0           0    
 1902 23 PHA AL  13   35    2    6   0  0   0    4   0      3      .171  .237  .171   12    6   1           0    
 1903 24 WSH AL  31   85    8   17   3  3   0    2   1      5      .200  .253  .306   65   26   2           1    
 1904 25 WSH AL   4    9    0    2   2  0   0    0   0      1      .222  .300  .444  136    4   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       49  132   10   26   6  3   0    6   1  0   9   0  .197  .254  .288   57   38   4   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        436   33   86  20 10   0   20   3  0  30   0  .197  .254  .288   57  126  13   0   0   3   0
 Career High     31   85    8   17   3  3   0    4   1  0   5   0                          26   2   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1899 20 CLV NL    3    2    1  12.9    90| .333  .276| .333  .337| .667  .359|1.000  .696| 185  .882   0.3   0.0     
 1902 23 PHA AL   39   30    1   0.9   101| .171  .289| .237  .346| .171  .389| .408  .736|  12  .053  -4.2  -0.4     
 1903 24 WSH AL   93   70    6   2.3    84| .200  .265| .253  .315| .306  .359| .559  .674|  65  .303  -3.8  -0.4     
 1904 25 WSH AL   11    8    1   3.3    72| .222  .249| .300  .301| .444  .327| .744  .628| 136  .521   0.5   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       146  110    9   2.2    88| .197  .271| .254  .323| .288  .365| .542  .688|  57  .268  -7.3  -0.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1899 20 CLV NL P 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.20 2.25 2.70 1 8.0 1902 23 PHA AL P 13 5 21 0 1 1.000 .929 2.00 2.65 2.43 3.10 10 96.3 1903 24 WSH AL P 30 11 58 2 0 .972 .948 2.30 2.73 2.56 3.19 28 242.3 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1904 25 WSH AL P 3 2 8 1 0 .909 .952 3.33 3.00 3.60 3.46 3 25.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1903 24 WSH AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1899 20 CLV NL P 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.20 2.25 2.70 1 8.0 1902 23 PHA AL P 13 5 21 0 1 1.000 .929 2.00 2.65 2.43 3.10 10 96.3 1903 24 WSH AL P 30 11 58 2 0 .972 .948 2.30 2.73 2.56 3.19 28 242.3 1904 25 WSH AL P 3 2 8 1 0 .909 .952 3.33 3.00 3.60 3.46 3 25.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 47 19 88 3 1 .973 .943 2.28 2.71 42 371.7 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 48 19 88 3 1 .973 .943 2.23 2.70
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Won-Loss %
1902 AL-.583-7

Home Runs Allow.
1903 AL-7-6

Losses
1903 AL-18-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1903 AL-89-8

Hit Batsmen
1903 AL-10-7

Youngest Player
1899 NL-20-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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