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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	May 1	DET	@	NYY	L,2-9	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	14 (2)	May 4	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
3	17 (2)	May 6 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	18	May 7	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	41	8.1	6	1	0	7	0	C
5	22 (3)	May 12	DET		CHW	L,6-7	GF	30	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	PR C
6	23	May 13	DET		CHW	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	24	May 15	DET		BOS	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	26 (1)	May 18	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	27	May 19	DET		BAL	L,4-5	GS	44	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
10	28	May 20 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
11	30 (1)	May 22	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
12	31	May 23	DET		NYY	L,5-13	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	37 (5)	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
14	39 (1)	May 30 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,5-1	GS	27	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	40	Jun 1	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	41	Jun 3 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	48 (6)	Jun 10 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
18	59 (10)	Jun 22	DET		BAL	L,2-3	GS	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	61 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
20	63 (1)	Jun 26	DET		WSH	T,2-2	CG	23	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	64	Jun 27	DET		WSH	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
22	65	Jun 28	DET	@	KCA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
23	66	Jun 29	DET	@	KCA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	67	Jun 30	DET	@	KCA	W,14-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	68	Jul 1	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
26	69	Jul 2	DET		CHW	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	71 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
28	74 (2)	Jul 6	DET	@	CHW	L,0-14	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	77 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
30	78	Jul 12	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
31	79	Jul 13	DET	@	WSH	L,11-12	GF	26	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	80	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
33	81	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
34	85 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	86	Jul 19	DET	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	91 (4)	Jul 24 (2)	DET		BAL	L,5-11	GS	21	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
37	93 (1)	Jul 26	DET		BAL	L,6-11	GS	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
38	94	Jul 27	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
39	96 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	DET		WSH	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	101 (4)	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,3-18	CG	56	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
41	102	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
42	103	Aug 4	DET		NYY	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
43	105 (1)	Aug 6	DET		CLE	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
44	108 (2)	Aug 9	DET		KCA	L,3-5	GS	20	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	111 (2)	Aug 12	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
46	114 (2)	Aug 16	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
47	115	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	117 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
49	120 (2)	Aug 22	DET	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
50	122 (1)	Aug 24	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
51	123	Aug 25	DET	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	125 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	126	Aug 28	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
54	128 (1)	Aug 31	DET		KCA	W,6-1	GF	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	129	Sep 1	DET		KCA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
56	130	Sep 2	DET		KCA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	131	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
58	132	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
59	133	Sep 4	DET	@	CHW	L,4-11	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
60	134	Sep 6	DET	@	KCA	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
61	135	Sep 7	DET	@	KCA	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	136	Sep 8	DET	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
63	137	Sep 9	DET	@	KCA	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
64	138	Sep 11	DET		WSH	W,12-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	140 (1)	Sep 13	DET		WSH	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	142 (1)	Sep 15	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
67	143	Sep 16 (1)	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	144	Sep 16 (2)	DET		BOS	W,8-4	GF	13	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
69	145	Sep 18	DET		BAL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
70	146	Sep 19	DET		BAL	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	147	Sep 21	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
72	148	Sep 22	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
73	149	Sep 23	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	150	Sep 24	DET		CHW	L,11-14	CG	52	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
75	151	Sep 25	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
76	152	Sep 26	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
77	153	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	154	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
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