Archie Wilson

Archibald Clifton Wilson

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 25, 1923 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Franklin HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Schools: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1951
Teams (by GP): Senators/RedSox/Yankees 1951-1952

Final Game: August 5, 1952
Died: April 28, 2007 in Decatur, AL
Cremated
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1947	23	NYY-min	C	90	360	360		117	19	10	6						.325	.325	.483	.808		174							VNT · CALL
1948	24	NYY-min	B	159	661	661		244	40	26	24						.369	.369	.617	.986		408							VIC · WINT
1949	25	NYY-min	AAA	122	485	451	64	129	13	10	6	47	16		21	56	.286	.322	.399	.721		180	13	3	10				KCY · AA
1950	26	NYY-min	AAA	144	543	518	66	135	27	6	5	46	8		18	54	.261	.288	.365	.653		189	12	2	5				KCY · AA
1951	27	NYY-min	AAA	160	668	626	102	199	40	7	30	115	7		32	41	.318	.352	.548	.900		343		1	9				BFL,SFR · IL,PCL
1951	27	NYY	AL	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	1	1	0			/O9
1952	28	BOS-min	AAA	11	31	29	2	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	6	.103	.161	.172	.334		5	0	0	0				LOU · AA
1952	28	TOT	AL	47	145	136	9	31	5	3	0	17	0	0	7	14	.228	.271	.309	.580	61	42	10	1	1			78/9
1952	28	NYY	AL	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	186	1	0	0	0
1952	28	WSH	AL	26	102	96	8	20	2	3	0	14	0	0	5	11	.208	.255	.292	.547	54	28	8	1	0			O78
1952	28	BOS	AL	18	41	38	1	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.263	.300	.342	.642	73	13	2	0	1			O/987
1953	29	PHI-min	AAA	150	625	585	76	176	29	6	13	79	3		28	52	.301	.336	.438	.774		256		3	9				BLT · IL
1954	30	TTO	AAA	116	371	344	48	97	15	7	12	63	4		20	42	.282	.317	.471	.788		162		0	2	5			TTO · IL
1955	31	TTO	AAA	150	623	561	87	179	21	8	16	119	3		35	55	.319	.357	.471	.828		264		3	16	8			TTO · IL
1956	32	TTO	AAA	139	581	532	83	160	22	3	19	84	5		32	45	.301	.342	.461	.803		245		5	5	7			TTO · IL
1957	33	DET-min	AAA	144	594	557	81	167	36	5	23	102	0		23	75	.300	.327	.506	.833		282		3	3	8	4		CHL,TTO · AA,IL
1958	34	TTO	AAA	131	488	457	60	125	26	4	18	74	0		21	34	.274	.307	.466	.773		213		3	2	5	2		TTO · IL
1959	35	TTO	AAA	150	588	561	70	166	25	8	17	100	3		18	37	.296	.317	.460	.777		258		2	1	6	6		TTO · IL
1960	36	CLE-min	AAA	52	124	112	13	25	5	1	2	9	0	0	8	18	.223	.276	.339	.616		38		1	1	2			TTO · IL
1961	37	TEX-min	D	16	40	40		14	3	0	3						.350	.350	.650	1.000		26							PSC · ALFL
2 Yrs				51	150	140	9	31	5	3	0	17	0	0	7	14	.221	.268	.300	.568	58	42	11	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	476	445	29	98	16	10	0	54	0	0	22	44	.221	.268	.300	.568	58	133	35	6	3

NYY (2 yrs)				7	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	28	1	1	1	0
WSH (1 yr)				26	102	96	8	20	2	3	0	14	0	0	5	11	.208	.255	.292	.547	54	28	8	1	0
BOS (1 yr)				18	41	38	1	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.263	.300	.342	.642	73	13	2	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1951	27	NYY	AL	4	5	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.474	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/O9
1952	28	NYY	AL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.507	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
1952	28	WSH	AL	26	102	-6	0	-2	0	-1	-8	-0.9	3	-5	-0.6	.466	.495	-0.6	-0.1	-5	$	O78
1952	28	BOS	AL	18	41	-1	-0	-0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.484	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	O/987
2 Seasons				51	150	-8	-0	-2	0	-1	-11	-1.2	4	-7	-0.9	.475	.498	-0.9	-0.1	-7	$

NYY (2 yrs)				7	7	-0	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.488	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
WSH (1 yr)				26	102	-6	0	-2	0	-1	-8	-0.9	3	-5	-0.6	.466	.495	-0.6	-0.1	-5	$
BOS (1 yr)				18	41	-1	-0	-0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.484	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1951	27	NYY	AL	5	5	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.263	.200	.343	.000	.385	.200	.728	-42	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
1952	28	TOT	AL	145	116	12	2.8	96	.254	.228	.260	.271	.339	.309	.379	.580	.719	61	.326	-7.8	-0.8	.435	.132	.081
1952	28	NYY	AL	2	1	1	27.0	91	.500	.500	.253	.500	.332	.500	.370	1.000	.701	186	.968	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1952	28	WSH	AL	102	84	7	2.2	94	.235	.208	.257	.255	.336	.292	.375	.547	.710	54	.246	-6.6	-0.7	.405	.135	.083
1952	28	BOS	AL	41	31	4	3.5	102	.286	.263	.268	.300	.349	.342	.391	.642	.740	73	.420	-1.4	-0.2	.500	.132	.079
2 Yrs				150	121	12	2.7	96	.246	.221	.260	.268	.340	.300	.379	.568	.719	58	.309	-8.6	-0.9	.425	.129	.079
162 Game Avg.				476	384	38	2.7	96	.246	.221	.260	.268	.340	.300	.379	.568	.719	58	.309	-8.6	-0.9	.425	.129	.079

NYY (2 yrs)				7	6	1	4.5	96	.167	.167	.260	.286	.340	.167	.380	.452	.720	28	.508	-0.6	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
WSH (1 yr)				102	84	7	2.2	94	.235	.208	.257	.255	.336	.292	.375	.547	.710	54	.246	-6.6	-0.7	.405	.135	.083
BOS (1 yr)				41	31	4	3.5	102	.286	.263	.268	.300	.349	.342	.391	.642	.740	73	.421	-1.4	-0.2	.500	.132	.079

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	27	NYY	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.00	80%
1952	28	TOT	AL	145	0.0%	9.7%	4.8%	5.5%	26%	2.00	9.7		8.0	1.06	84%
1952	28	NYY	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				2.0	0.00	100%
1952	28	WSH	AL	102	0.0%	10.8%	4.9%	4.9%	25%	2.20	8.7		6.9	1.03	83%
1952	28	BOS	AL	41	0.0%	7.3%	4.9%	7.3%	30%	1.50	12.7		19.0	1.25	85%
2 Yrs				150	0.0%	9.3%	4.7%	5.3%	26%	2.00	10.0		8.2	1.06	84%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.3%	9.4%	6.3%	27%	1.09	8.6	47.5	8.4	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1951	27	NYY	AL	-0.8	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.42	-0.1	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	1.19	-1.3	0.25	2
1952	28	TOT	AL	-7.8	-0.8	144	-1.9	1.8	-3.6	1.19	-0.9	-0.7	-12.4	-1.3	1.04	-9.8	1.30	8
1952	28	NYY	AL	0.2	0.0	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	2.60	0.1	-0.1	0.4	0.0	1.42	0.6	2.60	2
1952	28	WSH	AL	-6.6	-0.7	102	-1.2	1.4	-2.6	1.24	-0.8	-0.2	-8.7	-0.9	1.05	-8.8	1.00	2
1952	28	BOS	AL	-1.5	-0.2	40	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	.99	-0.1	-0.5	-4.2	-0.4	0.99	-1.6	0.81	4
2 Yrs				-8.6	-0.9	149	-1.9	1.8	-3.7	1.16	-1.0	-0.7	-14.7	-1.6	1.04	-11.1	1.09	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1951	27	NYY	AL	0%	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	28	TOT	AL	23%	49	2	50%	9	5	4	1	1	2	2
1952	28	NYY	AL	0%	4	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	28	WSH	AL	31%	29	1	50%	5	3	2	1	1	2	2
1952	28	BOS	AL	8%	16	1	50%	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				23%	50	2	50%	9	5	4	1	1	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1951	27	NYY	AL	5	60%	0			2	0	0	0	0.25	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1952	28	TOT	AL	145	60%	31			8	3	0	3	1.30	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	35	10	29%	17	5	29%	121	17	14%	12	6	50%	5	4	80%	0
1952	28	NYY	AL	2	100%	1			2	1	0	1	2.60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		0	0		0
1952	28	WSH	AL	102	54%	20			2	0	0	0	1.00	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		24	8	33%	9	4	44%	90	14	16%	10	6	60%	3	3	100%	0
1952	28	BOS	AL	41	75%	10			4	2	0	2	0.81	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	2	20%	8	1	13%	28	2	7%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
2 Yrs				150	60%	31			10	3	0	3	1.09	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	37	11	30%	18	5	28%	125	17	14%	13	6	46%	5	4	80%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			88%			12%			33%			14%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1951	27	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	1	1	0
1952	28	51	150	140	9	31	5	3	0	17	0	0	7	14	.221	.268	.300	.568	58	42	11	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1951	27	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	4
1952	28	49	154	144	10	34	5	3	19	8	15	.236	.281	.313	.594	13	47
2 Yrs		53	159	148	10	34	5	3	19	8	15	.230	.278	.304	.583	13	51
162 Game Avg.		162	486	452	31	104	15	9	58	24	46	.230	.278	.304	.583	40	51

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