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Chief Wilson
John Owen Wilson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 21, 1883 in Austin, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1908
Final Game: October 1, 1916
Died: February 22, 1954 in Bertram, TX
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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
1908 24 PIT NL 144 572 529 47 120 8 7 3 43 12 22 .227 .260 .285 .546 74 151 2 19 *O
1909 25 PIT NL 154 614 569 64 155 22 12 4 59 17 19 .272 .303 .374 .677 106 213 6 20 *O
1910 26 PIT NL 146 579 536 59 148 14 13 4 50 8 21 68 .276 .312 .373 .685 94 200 7 15 *O
1911 27 PIT NL 148 603 544 72 163 34 12 12 107 10 41 55 .300 .353 .472 .826 126 257 4 14 *O
1912 28 PIT NL 152 643 583 80 175 19 36 11 95 16 35 67 .300 .342 .513 .855 133 299 2 23 *O MVP-8
1913 29 PIT NL 155 627 580 71 154 12 14 10 73 9 32 62 .266 .307 .386 .694 101 224 3 12 *O
1914 30 STL NL 154 626 580 64 150 27 12 9 73 14 32 66 .259 .302 .393 .695 107 228 4 10 *O
1915 31 STL NL 107 388 348 33 96 13 6 3 39 8 15 19 43 .276 .321 .374 .694 110 130 4 17 *O
1916 32 STL NL 120 389 355 30 85 8 2 3 32 4 20 46 .239 .289 .299 .588 81 106 5 9 *O
9 Seasons 1280 5041 4624 520 1246 157 114 59 571 98 15 241 407 .269 .311 .391 .702 105 1808 37 139
162 Game Avg. 162 638 585 66 158 20 14 7 72 12 31 .269 .311 .391 .702 105 229 5 18
PIT (6 yrs) 899 3638 3341 393 915 109 94 44 427 72 170 252 .274 .314 .402 .716 107 1344 24 103
STL (3 yrs) 381 1403 1283 127 331 48 20 15 144 26 15 71 155 .258 .304 .362 .665 101 464 13 36

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1909 25 PIT NL WS DET W 7 28 26 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 .154 .154 .192 .346 5 0 0 2 0 0
1 WS 7 28 26 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 .154 .154 .192 .346 5 0 0 2 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1908 PIT NL 24 OF 144 291 258 20 13 3 .955 1.93 .960 1.99 1-34-109
1909 PIT NL 25 OF 154 325 292 19 14 7 .957 2.02 .961 2.01 0-0-154
1910 PIT NL 26 OF 146 286 255 23 8 3 .972 1.90 .958 2.10 1-7-138
1911 PIT NL 27 OF 146 300 273 20 7 10 .977 2.01 .959 2.07 0-2-145
1912 PIT NL 28 OF 152 358 324 20 14 5 .961 2.26 .956 2.16 0-87-69 MVP-8
1913 PIT NL 29 OF 155 325 301 14 10 3 .969 2.03 .960 2.08 0-3-153
1914 STL NL 30 OF 154 352 312 34 6 11 .983 2.25 .956 1.97 0-9-148
1915 STL NL 31 OF 105 258 234 20 4 3 .984 2.42 .958 2.01 3-70-33
1916 STL NL 32 OF 113 201 181 11 9 3 .955 1.70 .967 2.00 0-58-61
9 Seasons OF 1269 2696 2430 181 85 48 .968 2.06 .959 2.05 5-270-1010
9 Seasons TOT 1269 2696 2430 181 85 48 .968 2.06 .928 2.05 5-270-1010

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1912 NL (8, 20%)
0.20 Career Shares (724th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1909 NL  .374 (10th)
1911 NL  .472 (6th)
1912 NL  .513 (2nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1911 NL  .826 (7th)
1912 NL  .855 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1909 NL  154 (1st)
1912 NL  152 (2nd)
1913 NL  155 (1st)
1914 NL  154 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1909 NL  569 (9th)
1912 NL  583 (4th)
1913 NL  580 (5th)
1914 NL  580 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1912 NL  643 (7th)
1913 NL  627 (9th)
1914 NL  626 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1909 NL  155 (10th)
1911 NL  163 (10th)
1912 NL  175 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1909 NL  213 (8th)
1911 NL  257 (5th)
1912 NL  299 (2nd)
1914 NL  228 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1911 NL  34 (3rd)
1914 NL  27 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1909 NL  12 (5th)
1910 NL  13 (10th)
1912 NL  36 (1st)
1913 NL  14 (4th)
1914 NL  12 (2nd)
Career  114 (110th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1909 NL  4 (6th)
1911 NL  12 (5th)
1912 NL  11 (3rd)
1913 NL  10 (5th)
1914 NL  9 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1911 NL  107 (1st)
1912 NL  95 (4th)
1913 NL  73 (8th)
1914 NL  73 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1910 NL  68 (5th)
1912 NL  67 (9th)
1913 NL  62 (10th)
1914 NL  66 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1913 NL  118 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1912 NL  133 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1911 NL  90 (7th)
1912 NL  102 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1912 NL  19 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1912 NL  1.9 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1909 NL  38 (8th)
1911 NL  58 (3rd)
1912 NL  66 (2nd)
1914 NL  48 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1912 NL  .673 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1910 NL  7 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1912 NL  23 (8th)
Career  139 (203rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1911 NL  10.9 (10th)
1912 NL  13.0 (5th)
1914 NL  11.0 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1911 NL  45.3 (6th)
1912 NL  53.0 (6th)
1913 NL  58.0 (8th)
1914 NL  64.4 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1909 NL  434 (8th)
1912 NL  431 (3rd)
1913 NL  438 (8th)
1914 NL  440 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 7 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 71 (337), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (904), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Red Murray (945)
  2. Casey Stengel (938) *
  3. Hy Myers (935)
  4. Johnny Wyrostek (927)
  5. Danny Cater (924)
  6. Tommy Griffith (923)
  7. Mike Mitchell (922)
  8. Don Mueller (922)
  9. Bobby Tolan (921)
  10. Ken Landreaux (920)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Don Hahn (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Busby (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Hosken Powell (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Larry Herndon (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Harry Lumley (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Casey Stengel (964) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Larry Herndon (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Les Mann (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Red Murray (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

December 12, 1913: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Art Butler, Cozy Dolan, Dots Miller and Hank Robinson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Harmon, Ed Konetchy and Mike Mowrey.

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