Don Wilson
Donald Edward Wilson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 12, 1945 in Monroe, LA
High School: Centennial (Compton, CA)
Signed
by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1966
Final Game: September 28, 1974
Died: January 5, 1975 in Houston, TX
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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
1966 21 HOU NL 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 318 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1967 22 HOU NL 31 72 66 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 27 .091 .143 .106 .249 -26 7 0 3 2 0 0 1
1968 23 HOU NL 34 78 70 7 15 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 16 .214 .236 .286 .522 59 20 2 1 6 0 0 1
1969 24 HOU NL 34 92 81 7 8 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 36 .099 .167 .123 .290 -17 10 0 4 2 2 0 1
1970 25 HOU NL 30 73 69 1 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 28 .116 .129 .145 .273 -25 10 3 1 3 0 0 1
1971 26 HOU NL 35 100 91 5 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 37 .154 .181 .165 .346 -0 15 2 2 6 0 0 1 AS
1972 27 HOU NL 33 86 76 5 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 35 .105 .128 .132 .260 -25 10 2 0 8 0 0 1
1973 28 HOU NL 37 86 79 4 14 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 32 .177 .188 .228 .415 15 18 1 0 6 0 0 1
1974 29 HOU NL 33 75 63 6 13 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 19 .206 .227 .286 .513 46 18 2 2 9 1 0 1
9 Seasons 268 664 597 36 87 18 1 1 35 0 0 9 230 .146 .175 .184 .359 3 110 12 13 42 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 401 361 22 53 11 1 1 21 0 0 5 139 .146 .175 .184 .359 3 66 7 8 25 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
1966 21 HOU NL 2 1 1 27.0 90 .500 .500 .256 .500 .314 1.000 .386 1.500 .700 318 .967 0.6 0.1 2.000 .500 .500
1967 22 HOU NL 72 62 1 0.4 87 .154 .091 .253 .143 .315 .106 .372 .249 .687 -26 .018 -10.7 -1.2 .183 .030 .015
1968 23 HOU NL 78 63 5 2.2 79 .264 .214 .249 .236 .306 .286 .350 .522 .657 59 .282 -3.7 -0.4 .386 .086 .071 .0
1969 24 HOU NL 92 77 2 0.7 93 .170 .099 .257 .167 .327 .123 .381 .290 .708 -17 .037 -12.5 -1.3 .233 .062 .025
1970 25 HOU NL 73 67 1 0.4 100 .195 .116 .262 .129 .334 .145 .401 .273 .735 -25 .011 -12.2 -1.2 .172 .029 .029
1971 26 HOU NL 100 85 3 1.0 91 .259 .154 .257 .181 .323 .165 .377 .346 .700 -0 .065 -12.1 -1.3 .228 .022 .011
1972 27 HOU NL 86 78 1 0.4 90 .195 .105 .254 .128 .322 .132 .376 .260 .698 -25 .011 -12.7 -1.4 .171 .053 .026
1973 28 HOU NL 86 72 3 1.1 96 .298 .177 .261 .188 .330 .228 .389 .415 .719 15 .079 -9.2 -1.0 .288 .063 .051
1974 29 HOU NL 75 62 4 1.7 91 .289 .206 .257 .227 .329 .286 .372 .513 .701 46 .163 -4.5 -0.5 .385 .079 .079
9 Seasons 664 567 21 1.0 91 .233 .146 .257 .175 .323 .184 .377 .359 .701 3 .069 -77.0 -8.2 .253 .054 .039 .0
162 Game Avg. 401 343 13 1.0 91 .233 .146 .257 .175 .323 .184 .377 .359 .701 3 .069 -77.0 -8.2 .253 .054 .039

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1966 21 HOU NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 100% 0.00 100%
1967 22 HOU NL 72 0.0% 37.5% 1.4% 1.4% 17% 27.00 2.4 66.0 2.89 54%
1968 23 HOU NL 78 1.3% 20.5% 1.3% 3.9% 20% 16.00 4.4 70.0 11.7 1.42 68%
1969 24 HOU NL 92 0.0% 39.1% 3.3% 2.2% 25% 12.00 2.3 16.2 1.47 51%
1970 25 HOU NL 73 0.0% 38.4% 0.0% 2.7% 25% 2.5 17.3 3.29 56%
1971 26 HOU NL 100 0.0% 37.0% 1.0% 1.0% 7% 37.00 2.5 13.0 1.35 54%
1972 27 HOU NL 86 0.0% 40.7% 2.3% 1.2% 13% 17.50 2.2 38.0 2.33 48%
1973 28 HOU NL 86 0.0% 37.2% 1.2% 4.7% 29% 32.00 2.5 15.8 1.05 55%
1974 29 HOU NL 75 0.0% 25.3% 0.0% 6.7% 39% 3.3 12.6 2.14 60%
9 Seasons 664 0.2% 34.6% 1.4% 3.0% 23% 25.56 2.6 597.0 17.1 1.74 56%
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
1966 21 HOU NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 22 HOU NL 0 0 10% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 23 HOU NL 1 0 38% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1969 24 HOU NL 1 0 47% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14% 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 1
1970 25 HOU NL 2 0 11% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 26 HOU NL 1 0 29% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1972 27 HOU NL 3 0 50% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29% 5 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1973 28 HOU NL 0 0 27% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2
1974 29 HOU NL 1 0 40% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 27% 6 5 1 0 0 0 5 2 2
9 Seasons 9 0 32% 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 37% 25 20 5 2 0 2 14 5 8
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
1966 21 HOU NL 2 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1967 22 HOU NL 67 33% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 14 0 0% 15 1 7% 38 1 3% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 5
1968 23 HOU NL 75 29% 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 9 6 67% 19 2 11% 19 2 11% 54 5 9% 6 2 33% 3 1 33% 3
1969 24 HOU NL 91 41% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 15 0 0% 14 4 29% 55 5 9% 5 3 60% 3 0 0% 1
1970 25 HOU NL 65 9% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 13 3 23% 12 4 33% 48 4 8% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 8
1971 26 HOU NL 98 33% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 55% 18 2 11% 18 5 28% 67 7 10% 6 3 50% 5 2 40% 2
1972 27 HOU NL 83 30% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 15 2 13% 21 4 19% 71 4 6% 3 0 0% 8 2 25% 3
1973 28 HOU NL 85 13% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 9 1 11% 10 5 50% 52 5 10% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 1
1974 29 HOU NL 75 21% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 100% 14 2 14% 18 7 39% 48 5 10% 3 2 67% 5 2 40% 0
9 Seasons 641 27% 87 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 1 0 0 1 0 58 42 72% 117 12 10% 127 32 25% 435 36 8% 31 12 39% 32 10 31% 23
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
1966 21 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 318 2 0 0 0 0 0
1967 22 32 74 68 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 27 .103 .153 .132 .285 -16 9 0 3 2 0 0
1968 23 66 152 138 8 22 4 0 1 7 0 0 2 43 .159 .194 .210 .405 21 29 2 4 8 0 0
1969 24 100 244 219 15 30 6 0 1 12 0 0 5 79 .137 .184 .178 .362 6 39 2 8 10 2 0
1970 25 130 317 288 16 38 8 0 1 16 0 0 5 107 .132 .171 .170 .341 -1 49 5 9 13 2 0
1971 26 165 417 379 21 52 9 0 1 23 0 0 6 144 .137 .173 .169 .342 -1 64 7 11 19 2 0
1972 27 198 503 455 26 60 9 1 1 25 0 0 8 179 .132 .166 .163 .329 -5 74 9 11 27 2 0
1973 28 235 589 534 30 74 13 1 1 30 0 0 9 211 .139 .169 .172 .341 -2 92 10 11 33 2 0
1974 29 268 664 597 36 87 18 1 1 35 0 0 9 230 .146 .175 .184 .359 3 110 12 13 42 3 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1966 21 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 1
1967 22 31 77 70 2 10 2 0 0 2 0 2 27 .143 .221 .171 .392 2 31
1968 23 34 75 73 9 18 2 0 1 8 0 1 16 .247 .267 .315 .582 6 34
1969 24 34 99 86 9 13 3 0 0 7 0 5 36 .151 .242 .186 .428 3 34
1970 25 30 70 69 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 28 .000 .014 .000 .014 1 30
1971 26 35 96 93 5 16 1 0 0 7 0 1 37 .172 .198 .183 .381 3 35
1972 27 34 85 82 8 11 0 1 0 3 0 3 37 .134 .165 .159 .323 2 33
1973 28 37 81 80 5 15 4 0 0 6 0 1 32 .188 .198 .238 .435 4 37
1974 29 33 66 63 7 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 19 .000 .030 .000 .030 5 33
9 Seasons 269 651 618 46 83 12 1 1 43 0 13 232 .134 .174 .162 .335 27 268
162 Game Avg. 162 392 372 28 50 7 1 1 26 0 8 140 .134 .174 .162 .335 16 268

* 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

All-Star Games
1971 *

                                         
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