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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1950 CHW AL 21 OF 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 2.35 0-2-0
1953 CHW AL 24 OF 3 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .978 2.17 0-3-0
1954 TOT AL 25 OF 110 102 905.1 315 303 7 5 4 .984 -2.6 -3.4 -7.6 -5.4 -2.2 5 3.08 2.82 .979 2.39 2.17
1954 CHW AL 25 OF 19 11 103.1 35 33 0 2 0 .943 3.6 41.8 3.6 1.9 1.7 0 2.87 1.74 .980 2.39 2.17
1954 CHW AL 25 LF 12 5 61.1 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.6 50.9 2.6 2.0 0.6 0 3.23 1.83 .977 2.26 1.93
1954 CHW AL 25 RF 7 6 42.0 13 11 0 2 0 .846 1.0 28.6 1.0 -0.1 1.1 0 2.36 1.57 .977 2.06 1.81
1954 PHA AL 25 CF 91 91 802.0 276 266 7 3 4 .989 -6.2 -9.3 -11.2 -7.3 -3.9 5 3.06 3.00 .983 2.85 2.64
1954 PHA AL 25 OF 91 91 802.0 280 270 7 3 4 .989 -6.2 -9.3 -11.2 -7.3 -3.9 5 3.11 3.04 .979 2.39 2.17
1955 KCA AL 26 OF 82 66 610.1 196 186 4 6 0 .969 -3.6 -7.1 -1.6 -1.6 0.0 -2 2.80 2.32 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 KCA AL 26 CF 58 55 483.1 160 153 3 4 0 .975 -2.4 -6.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 -2 2.90 2.69 .985 2.87 2.55
1955 KCA AL 26 LF 21 6 84.1 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 4.3 0.3 -1.0 1.2 0 2.99 1.33 .979 2.26 1.78
1955 KCA AL 26 RF 6 5 42.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -42.2 -1.5 -0.4 -1.0 0 0.84 0.67 .975 2.05 1.73
1955 KCA AL 26 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.80
4 Seasons OF 197 168 1515.2 523 501 11 11 4 .979 -6.2 -4.9 -9.2 -7.0 -2.2 3 3.04 2.60 .980 2.39 2.13 33-154-13
2 Seasons (incomplete) CF 149 146 1285.1 436 419 10 7 4 .984 -8.6 -8.0 -11.6 -7.5 -4.1 3 3.00 2.88 .984 2.86 2.60
2 Seasons LF 33 11 145.2 50 50 0 0 0 1.000 2.9 23.9 2.9 1.0 1.8 0 3.09 1.52 .978 2.26 1.84
2 Seasons RF 13 11 84.2 17 15 0 2 0 .882 -0.5 -7.1 -0.5 -0.5 0.1 0 1.59 1.15 .976 2.05 1.78
1 Season P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.80
4 Seasons TOT 198 168 1516.2 523 501 11 11 4 .979 -6.2 -4.9 -9.2 -7.0 -2.2 3 3.04 2.59 .959 2.39 2.13 33-154-13

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1950 CHW AL 21 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1953 CHW AL 24 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1954 PHA AL 25 94 91 94 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 0 91 3 0
1954 CHW AL 25 20 11 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 4 19 3 0
1955 KCA AL 26 98 66 98 98 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 57 4 82 17 1
4 Seasons 224 168 224 224 1 0 0 0 0 0 38 153 8 197 23 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 PHA AL 25 3 0 2 1 0 7 0 3 1 0 44 38 0 39 7 0 12 4 0 22 7 0 16 13 0 133 69 51.9% 64 0 0.0% 7 3693 60% 79% 29% 491 54%
1955 KCA AL 26 4 0 4 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 17 6 1 28 5 0 7 3 0 10 1 0 14 13 0 76 28 36.8% 47 1 1.3% 2 2263 66% 77% 28% 264 59%
2 Seasons 7 0 6 1 1 10 0 4 2 0 61 44 1 67 12 0 19 7 0 32 8 0 30 26 0 209 97 46.4% 111 1 0.5% 9 5956 62% 78% 29% 755 56%
MLB Averages 45.4% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 253 63% 80% 34% 42 52%
1955 KCA AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 17 12 70.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 405 60% 82% 33% 61 46%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 13 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 26 18 69.2% 8 0 0.0% 0 658 61% 81% 33% 103 49%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.1% 63% 79% 30% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 CHW AL 25 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 172 70% 75% 26% 21 52%
1955 KCA AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 204 62% 79% 28% 10 40%
2 Seasons 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 376 66% 77% 27% 31 48%
MLB Averages 45.1% 3.4% 63% 79% 30% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1955 KCA AL 26 5 60% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 5 60% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 83%

* 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.

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