Bill Wilson
William Donald Wilson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 6, 1928 in Central City, NE (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1950
Final Game: September 13, 1955
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Standard Batting

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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
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 /O
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 /O
1954 25 TOT AL 114 414 358 47 83 11 1 17 38 1 3 46 64 .232 .332 .411 .742 103 147 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 84 13 3 0 1 0 7/9
1954 25 PHA AL 94 371 323 43 77 10 1 15 33 1 2 39 59 .238 .334 .415 .749 105 134 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
4 Seasons 224 740 654 87 145 23 1 32 77 2 4 72 136 .222 .308 .407 .714 93 266 16 10 2 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 535 473 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 33 14 4 1 1 0
KCA (2 yrs) 192 671 596 82 138 22 1 30 71 2 3 63 122 .232 .313 .423 .736 99 252 12 9 1 2 0

Advanced Batting

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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 414 287 46 4.3 99 .237 .232 .266 .332 .341 .411 .388 .742 .730 103 .504 0.8 0.1 .698 .302 .179 1.9
1954 25 CHW AL 43 34 4 3.2 101 .143 .171 .269 .310 .345 .371 .393 .681 .738 84 .367 -0.8 -0.1 .576 .371 .200 .0
1954 25 PHA AL 371 253 42 4.4 99 .248 .238 .265 .334 .341 .415 .388 .749 .729 105 .520 1.6 0.2 .714 .294 .176 1.9
1955 26 KCA AL 300 223 32 3.8 102 .235 .223 .266 .288 .346 .432 .397 .720 .742 92 .420 -5.1 -0.5 .647 .297 .209 1.9
4 Seasons 740 533 78 3.9 101 .232 .222 .266 .308 .344 .407 .392 .714 .736 93 .447 -9.2 -0.9 .654 .292 .185 3.8
162 Game Avg. 535 385 56 3.9 101 .232 .222 .266 .308 .344 .407 .392 .714 .736 93 .447 -9.2 -0.9 .654 .292 .185 3
CHW (3 yrs) 69 57 4 1.9 103 .119 .121 .271 .250 .348 .241 .398 .491 .746 33 .175 -5.8 -0.6 .411 .259 .121 .0
KCA (2 yrs) 671 476 74 4.2 100 .242 .232 .266 .313 .343 .423 .392 .736 .735 99 .475 -3.5 -0.3 .683 .295 .191 3.8

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1950 21 CHW AL 8 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.0% 1.00 3.0 50%
1953 24 CHW AL 18 0.0% 38.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.4 17.0 56%
1954 25 TOT AL 414 4.1% 15.5% 11.1% 7.0% 35% 1.39 5.6 21.1 9.4 0.88 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 371 4.0% 15.9% 10.5% 7.0% 34% 1.51 5.5 21.5 9.8 0.89 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 Seasons 740 4.3% 18.4% 9.7% 7.6% 39% 1.89 4.8 20.4 8.5 0.79 66%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 25 TOT AL 6 0 25% 148 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% 137 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 Seasons 11 0 28% 248 2 4 33% 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 5 8 45% 47 34 13 5 2 3 28 8 20
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 25 TOT AL 405 31% 83 4 0 0 0 0.25 17 0 6 14 2 7 9 1 3 1 33% 79 7 9% 30 3 10% 236 21 9% 13 1 8% 24 9 38% 10
1954 25 CHW AL 43 74% 6 3 0 0 0 0.26 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 100% 10 3 30% 4 1 25% 35 3 9% 1 0 0% 7 1 14% 0
1954 25 PHA AL 362 25% 77 1 0 0 0 0.21 15 0 5 13 1 6 8 1 2 0 0% 69 4 6% 26 2 8% 201 18 9% 12 1 8% 17 8 47% 10
1955 26 KCA AL 300 37% 61 14 3 0 1 1.18 15 0 10 8 7 9 6 0 1 1 100% 63 8 13% 26 4 15% 183 26 14% 9 6 67% 13 2 15% 0
4 Seasons 705 33% 145 18 3 0 1 0.98 32 0 16 22 9 16 15 1 4 2 50% 142 16 11% 56 7 13% 419 47 11% 22 7 32% 37 11 30% 10
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 25 126 440 381 48 84 11 1 17 39 1 3 48 73 .220 .321 .388 .710 94 148 8 9 1 1
1955 26 224 740 654 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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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 25 119 433 375 51 88 12 1 18 41 1 49 67 .235 .335 .416 .751 50 114
1955 26 102 310 284 40 62 12 0 15 39 1 24 66 .218 .281 .419 .700 33 98
4 Seasons 233 770 683 91 150 24 1 33 80 2 75 142 .220 .305 .403 .708 83 224
162 Game Avg. 162 535 475 63 104 17 1 23 56 1 52 99 .220 .305 .403 .708 58 224

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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

             
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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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