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Bill Wilson

William Donald Wilson

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 6, 1928 in Central City, NE (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1950
Teams (by GP): Athletics/WhiteSox 1950-1955

Final Game: September 13, 1955
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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	18	ANH	C	137	609	537	102	155	25	6	23	116	10		53	115	.289	.363	.486	.849		261		10	9				ANH · SUSE
1948	19	WEN,SAC	B,AAA	169	630	620	1	190	36	4	34	7	0		10	14	.306	.317	.542	.859		336		0	0				WEN,SAC · WINT,PCL
1949	20	SAC	AAA	106	294	267	36	66	13	3	11	44	5		21	57	.247	.304	.442	.746		118		1	5				SAC · PCL
1950	21	CHW-min	AA	153	585	585		182	40	2	36						.311	.311	.571	.882		334							MEM · SOUA
1950	21	CHW	AL	3	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-31	0	0	0	0			/8O

1953	24	CHW-min	AA	112	402	402		125	19	2	34						.311	.311	.622	.933		250							MEM · SOUA
1953	24	CHW	AL	9	18	17	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.059	.111	.059	.170	-54	1	1	1	0			/8O
1954	25	TOT	AL	114	415	358	47	83	11	1	17	38	1	3	46	64	.232	.332	.411	.742	102	147	7	8	1	1		*87/9
1954	25	CHW	AL	20	43	35	4	6	1	0	2	5	0	1	7	5	.171	.310	.371	.681	83	13	3	0	1	0		7/9
1954	25	PHA	AL	94	372	323	43	77	10	1	15	33	1	2	39	59	.238	.334	.415	.749	104	134	4	8	0	1		8
1955	26	KCA	AL	98	300	273	39	61	12	0	15	38	1	1	24	63	.223	.288	.432	.720	92	118	8	1	1	1	0	87/91
1956	27	TTO	AAA	100	295	250	34	68	13	2	14	50	2		37	46	.272	.371	.508	.879		127		3	4	1			TTO · IL
1957	28	DET-min	AAA,AA	108	351	322	28	84	12	3	11	35	1		19	56	.261	.308	.419	.728		135		4	4	2	2		CHL,BIR,TTO · AA,SOUA,IL
1958	29	SFG-min	AAA	102	340	312	47	95	20	3	14	56	2		21	52	.304	.349	.522	.872		163	6	2	2	3			PHX · PCL
1959	30	SFG-min	AAA	146	594	540	74	144	30	4	23	82	2	2	47	112	.267	.329	.465	.794		251		4	1	2			PHX · PCL
1960	31	SFG-min	AAA	118	434	385	61	100	19	3	22	65	1	2	49	110	.260	.343	.496	.839		191							TAC,POR · PCL
1961	32	STL-min	AAA	64	191	167	14	34	5	0	6	22	0	0	24	44	.204	.304	.341	.645		57							POR · PCL
4 Yrs				224	741	654	87	145	23	1	32	77	2	4	72	136	.222	.308	.407	.714	93	266	16	10	2	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	536	473	63	105	17	1	23	56	1	3	52	98	.222	.308	.407	.714	93	192	12	7	1

CHW (3 yrs)				32	69	58	5	7	1	0	2	6	0	1	9	14	.121	.250	.241	.491	32	14	4	1	1	0
KCA (2 yrs)				192	672	596	82	138	22	1	30	71	2	3	63	122	.232	.313	.423	.736	99	252	12	9	1	2	0

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
1950	21	CHW	AL	3	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.461	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/8O

1953	24	CHW	AL	9	18	-4	0	-0	1	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.465	.498	-0.4	0.1	-3	$	/8O
1954	25	CHW	AL	20	43	-1	-0	-1	4	-1	0	0.0	1	2	0.2	.502	.500	-0.2	0.3	-2	$	7/9
1954	25	PHA	AL	94	372	3	0	1	-6	-1	-2	-0.3	10	8	0.7	.497	.498	1.4	-0.8	14	$	8
1955	26	KCA	AL	98	300	-3	1	-1	-4	-1	-8	-0.8	8	0	0.0	.491	.495	0.4	-0.5	4	$	87/91
4 Seasons				224	741	-5	1	-1	-5	-3	-14	-1.5	20	6	0.5	.493	.498	1.1	-0.8	11	$

CHW (3 yrs)				32	69	-6	-0	-1	5	-1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.488	.499	-0.7	0.4	-6	$
KCA (2 yrs)				192	672	1	1	-1	-10	-2	-10	-1.1	18	8	0.7	.494	.497	1.8	-1.2	18	$

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	PwrSpd
1950	21	CHW	AL	8	6	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.275	.250	.361	.000	.412	.250	.773	-31	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.333	.333	.000

1953	24	CHW	AL	18	17	0	0.0	105	.100	.059	.273	.111	.350	.059	.402	.170	.752	-54	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.118	.000	.000
1954	25	TOT	AL	415	287	46	4.3	100	.237	.232	.267	.332	.343	.411	.390	.742	.733	102	.504	0.3	0.0	.698	.302	.179	1.9
1954	25	CHW	AL	43	34	4	3.2	102	.143	.171	.270	.310	.346	.371	.395	.681	.741	83	.367	-0.9	-0.1	.576	.371	.200	.0
1954	25	PHA	AL	372	253	42	4.4	100	.248	.238	.267	.334	.342	.415	.390	.749	.732	104	.520	1.2	0.1	.714	.294	.176	1.9
1955	26	KCA	AL	300	223	32	3.8	103	.235	.223	.266	.288	.346	.432	.397	.720	.743	92	.420	-5.1	-0.5	.647	.297	.209	1.9
4 Yrs				741	533	78	3.9	101	.232	.222	.267	.308	.344	.407	.394	.714	.738	93	.447	-9.8	-1.0	.654	.292	.185	3.8
162 Game Avg.				536	385	56	3.9	101	.232	.222	.267	.308	.344	.407	.394	.714	.738	93	.447	-9.8	-1.0	.654	.292	.185	3

CHW (3 yrs)				69	57	4	1.9	104	.119	.121	.271	.250	.349	.241	.399	.491	.748	32	.175	-5.8	-0.6	.411	.259	.121	.0
KCA (2 yrs)				672	476	74	4.2	101	.242	.232	.266	.313	.344	.423	.393	.736	.737	99	.475	-3.9	-0.4	.683	.295	.191	3.8

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1950	21	CHW	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	0.0%		1.00	3.0			1.00	50%

1953	24	CHW	AL	18	0.0%	38.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.4		17.0	1.50	56%
1954	25	TOT	AL	415	4.1%	15.4%	11.1%	7.0%	35%	1.39	5.6	21.1	9.4	0.87	67%
1954	25	CHW	AL	43	4.7%	11.6%	16.3%	7.0%	50%	0.71	7.0	17.5	7.0	0.81	65%
1954	25	PHA	AL	372	4.0%	15.9%	10.5%	7.0%	34%	1.51	5.5	21.5	9.8	0.88	67%
1955	26	KCA	AL	300	5.0%	21.0%	8.0%	9.0%	44%	2.63	4.3	18.2	7.2	0.68	65%
4 Yrs				741	4.3%	18.4%	9.7%	7.6%	39%	1.89	4.8	20.4	8.5	0.80	66%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.6%	9.6%	6.5%	28%	1.11	8.4	42.7	8.1	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
1950	21	CHW	AL	-1.2	-0.1	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.33	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.54	-0.6	0.27	0

1953	24	CHW	AL	-3.8	-0.4	18	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.71	-0.3	0.0	-2.7	-0.3	0.87	-3.7	0.16	4
1954	25	TOT	AL	0.8	0.1	418	1.0	7.6	-6.7	.97	0.5	0.5	4.0	0.4	0.95	6.2	0.25	5
1954	25	CHW	AL	-0.8	-0.1	44	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	.95	-0.4	0.3	-2.7	-0.3	1.07	-2.9	0.23	3
1954	25	PHA	AL	1.6	0.2	374	1.1	7.0	-5.9	.98	0.9	0.3	6.7	0.7	0.93	9.0	0.28	2
1955	26	KCA	AL	-5.1	-0.5	305	-0.4	5.1	-5.5	.97	-0.2	-0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.94	-1.8	1.13	14
4 Yrs				-9.3	-0.9	745	0.4	12.9	-12.5	.96	-0.1	0.5	-1.6	-0.1	0.94	0.0	0.77	23

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	21	CHW	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1953	24	CHW	AL	0	0	50%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	25	TOT	AL	6	0	25%	151	1	3	25%	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	44%	27	18	9	3	1	2	15	6	9
1954	25	CHW	AL	0	0	18%	11	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	25	PHA	AL	6	0	26%	140	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	46%	26	17	9	3	1	2	15	6	9
1955	26	KCA	AL	5	0	34%	100	1	1	50%	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	46%	20	16	4	2	1	1	13	2	11
4 Yrs				11	0	28%	252	2	4	33%	2	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	5	8	45%	47	34	13	5	2	3	28	8	20

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
1950	21	CHW	AL	8	25%	0			0	0	0	0	0.27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1953	24	CHW	AL	18	28%	1			4	0	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	2	0	0%	9	1	11%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1954	25	TOT	AL	415	31%	83			5	0	0	0	0.25	17	0	6	14	3	8	9	1	3	1	33%	80	7	9%	31	3	10%	237	21	9%	13	1	8%	11	3	27%	0
1954	25	CHW	AL	43	74%	6			3	0	0	0	0.23	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	10	3	30%	4	1	25%	35	3	9%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1954	25	PHA	AL	372	26%	77			2	0	0	0	0.28	15	0	5	13	2	7	8	1	2	0	0%	70	4	6%	27	2	7%	202	18	9%	12	1	8%	8	2	25%	0
1955	26	KCA	AL	300	37%	61			14	3	0	1	1.13	15	0	10	8	7	9	6	0	1	1	100%	63	8	13%	26	4	15%	183	26	14%	9	6	67%	10	5	50%	0
4 Yrs				741	34%	145			23	3	0	1	0.77	32	0	16	22	10	17	15	1	4	2	50%	148	16	11%	59	7	12%	430	48	11%	23	7	30%	21	8	38%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			88%			12%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
1950	21	3	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-31	0	0	0	0
1951	22	3	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-31	0	0	0	0
1952	23	3	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-31	0	0	0	0
1953	24	12	26	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.043	.154	.043	.197	-46	1	1	1	0
1954	25	126	441	381	48	84	11	1	17	39	1	3	48	73	.220	.321	.388	.710	93	148	8	9	1	1
1955	26	224	741	654	87	145	23	1	32	77	2	4	72	136	.222	.308	.407	.714	93	266	16	10	2	2	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1950	21	3	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	3

1953	24	9	19	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.053	.000	.053	0	9
1954	25	119	436	376	51	89	12	1	18	41	1	49	67	.237	.338	.418	.755	51	114
1955	26	102	314	286	41	64	13	0	16	40	1	25	66	.224	.288	.437	.725	36	98
4 Yrs		233	777	686	92	153	25	1	34	81	2	76	142	.223	.310	.411	.721	87	224
162 Game Avg.		162	540	477	64	106	17	1	24	56	1	53	99	.223	.310	.411	.721	60	224

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1954 AL 8 (2nd)	AB per HR s c a p y 1954 AL 21.1 (7th)**	Youngest s c a p y 1950 AL born 1928-11-06 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 AL 8 (2nd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1954 AL 21.1 (7th)**

Youngest s c a p y
1950 AL born 1928-11-06 (10th)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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