Max Wilson

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Max Wilson (Maxie)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 7", Weight 160 lb.
• Debut September 10, 1940
• Final Game June 9, 1946
• Born June 3, 1916 in Haw River, NC USA
• Died January 2, 1977 in Greensboro, NC USA

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North Carolina native Max Wilson spent eight active seasons in professional baseball from 1938 to 1941 and 1946 to 1949. Max spent 1942 through 1945 in the service of his coutry with the United States Navy in the South Pacific during World War II.

During his eight seasons in the minor leagues he amassed five double-digit winning years, with three of those coming in a row (1939-40-41) with the Portsmouth Cubs, of the class B Piedmont League. In 1940 Max was 20-10 with a 3.02 ERA and in 1941 he got better with a 19-9 and a 2.39 ERA.

Returning from military duty did not seem to slow him down and he threw two more double-digit numbers with the Wilson Tobs of the Coastal Plain League going 15-4 in 1947 with a 2.20 ERA and 17-8 with a 3.63 ERA in 1948. These numbers finished up his minor league time and he finished out with a 99-61 record and a 2.68 ERA in 202 games and 1,358 innings.

Wilson received two chances at the Major Leagues. The first came with the 1940 Philadelphia Phillies when Max appeared in three games, pitching seven innings with no decisions. On November 1, 1945, Wilson was drafted by the Washington Senators from the Portsmouth Cubs in the Rule V Draft. Max appeared in nine games for the Senators in 1946, pitching 12.2 innings with an 0-1 record and this was it for Wilson in the Major Leagues.

Wilson also performed as a player-manager for three seasons in the Coastal Plain League in 1947-48-49.

Wilson called it quits after the 1949 season and moved to Greensboro, NC where he worked for the S&W Distributors for 23 years. Wilson died at his home on January 2, 1977 at 60 years of age.

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