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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1966 21 HOU NL 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 22 113 1.000 7.5 1.5 1.5 10.5 7.00
1967 22 HOU NL 10 9 .526 2.79 31 28 0 7 3 0 184.0 141 67 57 10 69 2 159 7 3 10 757 117 1.141 6.9 0.5 3.4 7.8 2.30
1968 23 HOU NL 13 16 .448 3.28 33 30 3 9 3 0 208.2 187 85 76 9 70 5 175 4 1 9 884 90 1.232 8.1 0.4 3.0 7.5 2.50
1969 24 HOU NL 16 12 .571 4.00 34 34 0 13 1 0 225.0 210 119 100 16 97 8 235 9 3 16 979 88 1.364 8.4 0.6 3.9 9.4 2.42
1970 25 HOU NL 11 6 .647 3.91 29 27 1 3 0 0 184.1 188 92 80 15 66 4 94 7 1 15 806 100 1.378 9.2 0.7 3.2 4.6 1.42
1971 26 HOU NL 16 10 .615 2.45 35 34 0 18 3 0 268.0 195 80 73 15 79 3 180 7 0 5 1067 137 1.022 6.5 0.5 2.7 6.0 2.28 AS
1972 27 HOU NL 15 10 .600 2.68 33 33 0 13 3 0 228.1 196 79 68 16 66 2 172 2 0 11 927 125 1.147 7.7 0.6 2.6 6.8 2.61
1973 28 HOU NL 11 16 .407 3.20 37 32 4 10 3 2 239.1 187 94 85 21 92 6 149 7 1 7 988 114 1.166 7.0 0.8 3.5 5.6 1.62
1974 29 HOU NL 11 13 .458 3.08 33 27 2 5 4 0 204.2 170 80 70 16 100 2 112 4 1 4 875 113 1.319 7.5 0.7 4.4 4.9 1.12
9 Seasons 104 92 .531 3.15 266 245 10 78 20 2 1748.1 1479 698 611 119 640 32 1283 47 10 77 7305 109 1.212 7.6 0.6 3.3 6.6 2.00
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .531 3.15 35 33 1 10 3 0 233 197 93 81 16 85 4 171 6 1 10 972 109 1.212 7.6 0.6 3.3 6.6 2.00

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1971 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 21 HOU NL 1 22 21 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .238 .273 .381 .654 .308 8 1 0 0 0 0
1967 22 HOU NL 31 757 674 67 141 23 4 10 9 6 69 159 .209 .288 .300 .588 .258 202 7 7 4 3 2
1968 23 HOU NL 33 884 791 85 187 28 7 9 18 1 70 175 .236 .300 .324 .623 .290 256 5 4 13 6 5
1969 24 HOU NL 34 978 855 119 210 35 6 16 16 5 97 235 .246 .326 .357 .683 .318 305 12 9 10 7 8
1970 25 HOU NL 29 806 725 92 188 30 5 15 12 7 66 94 .259 .325 .377 .702 .279 273 8 7 3 5 4
1971 26 HOU NL 35 1067 963 80 195 31 8 15 14 8 79 180 .202 .266 .298 .564 .232 287 16 7 10 8 3
1972 27 HOU NL 33 927 841 79 196 33 3 16 16 6 66 172 .233 .289 .337 .625 .273 283 16 2 12 6 2
1973 28 HOU NL 37 988 878 94 187 37 1 21 23 3 92 149 .213 .291 .329 .620 .233 289 11 7 6 5 6
1974 29 HOU NL 33 875 749 80 170 37 3 16 18 11 100 112 .227 .318 .348 .667 .245 261 8 4 14 8 2
9 Seasons 266 7304 6497 698 1479 254 37 119 126 47 640 1283 .228 .300 .333 .633 .264 2164 84 47 72 48 32
162 Game Avg. 35 972 865 93 197 34 5 16 17 6 85 171 .228 .300 .333 .633 .264 288 11 6 10 6 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1967 22 HOU NL 31 28 10 7 11 1 2 15 13 .536 3 3 7 3 16 57% 60 99 24 21 7 7 10 3.8 3.9 6.4
1968 23 HOU NL 33 30 13 14 3 0 4 15 15 .500 0 1 9 3 20 67% 59 89 22 17 6 9 12 3.0 3.5 6.8
1969 24 HOU NL 34 34 16 12 6 2 3 18 16 .529 2 3 13 1 18 53% 54 94 22 32 18 14 6 5.5 5.2 6.6
1970 25 HOU NL 29 27 11 6 10 3 2 17 10 .630 2 5 3 0 14 52% 50 86 17 33 11 6 12 5.1 4.7 6.7
1971 26 HOU NL 35 34 16 10 8 2 6 19 15 .559 3 3 18 3 26 76% 64 85 23 11 5 1 7 3.4 3.8 7.9
1972 27 HOU NL 33 33 15 10 8 1 4 19 14 .576 4 2 13 3 21 64% 59 88 26 20 5 11 11 4.4 4.2 6.9
1973 28 HOU NL 37 32 10 16 6 1 3 12 20 .375 3 2 10 3 16 50% 57 91 26 15 6 18 6 3.2 3.1 7.2
1974 29 HOU NL 33 27 10 13 4 1 7 12 15 .444 0 2 5 4 18 67% 56 80 14 21 4 3 11 3.2 3.0 7.1
8 Seasons 265 245 101 88 56 11 31 127 118 .518 17 21 78 20 149 61% 58 99 14 170 62 69 75 4.0 3.9 7.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1966 21 HOU NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.155 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 18.0
1967 22 HOU NL 31 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 100% 6 1.044 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 3.7
1968 23 HOU NL 33 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1.090 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3.7
1970 25 HOU NL 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.052 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 4.5
1971 26 HOU NL 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 1.091 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1973 28 HOU NL 37 5 4 1 0 1 2 0 200% 2 1 3 0 0% 8 1.083 3 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 3 0 5.4
1974 29 HOU NL 33 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 3 100% 8 1.088 2 3 1 1 2 3 2 4 4 1 4 0 6.7
7 Seasons 199 21 10 3 4 2 2 1 100% 4 2 13 7 54% 1.077 7 7 5 4 6 9 7 12 13 5 12 3 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1966 21 HOU NL 22 45% 4.6% 31.8% 4.6% 4.6% 20% 1.50 59% 3 1 33%
1967 22 HOU NL 757 47% 1.3% 21.0% 9.1% 4.9% 26% 0.68 67% 119 7 6%
1968 23 HOU NL 884 44% 1.0% 19.8% 7.9% 5.0% 24% 0.65 69% 125 5 4%
1969 24 HOU NL 979 45% 1.6% 24.0% 9.9% 5.8% 27% 1.06 62% 201 12 6%
1970 25 HOU NL 806 41% 1.9% 11.7% 8.2% 6.2% 27% 0.80 77% 117 8 7%
1971 26 HOU NL 1067 46% 1.4% 16.9% 7.4% 5.1% 28% 0.79 73% 174 16 9%
1972 27 HOU NL 927 49% 1.7% 18.6% 7.1% 5.6% 27% 0.78 71% 133 16 12%
1973 28 HOU NL 988 49% 2.1% 15.1% 9.3% 6.0% 32% 0.58 72% 144 11 8%
1974 29 HOU NL 875 46% 1.8% 12.8% 11.4% 6.4% 33% 0.68 72% 145 8 6%
9 Seasons 7305 46% 1.6% 17.6% 8.8% 5.6% 28% 0.74 70% 1161 84 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1966 21 HOU NL 22 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 22 HOU NL 703 141 10 0 16 2 8 8 2 32 13 7 41% 6 10 3 238 9 6 60% 9 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 21 54
1968 23 HOU NL 843 187 9 0 11 4 3 6 1 42 20 6 48% 9 9 3 308 18 1 95% 14 1 3 0 1 0 5 0 19 41
1969 24 HOU NL 977 210 16 0 25 7 9 10 6 64 32 17 50% 11 16 3 372 16 5 76% 15 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 37 2
1970 25 HOU NL 753 188 15 0 14 8 7 11 4 34 16 2 47% 13 15 1 280 12 7 63% 11 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 28 53
1971 26 HOU NL 1039 195 15 0 22 7 7 6 8 45 20 9 44% 11 5 4 340 14 8 64% 14 8 0 0 0 0 3 1 20 28
1972 27 HOU NL 893 196 16 0 10 4 11 8 7 44 20 9 45% 9 11 0 296 16 6 73% 15 6 1 0 0 0 5 0 21 34
1973 28 HOU NL 976 187 21 0 15 10 11 11 10 35 15 6 43% 7 7 4 344 23 3 88% 19 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 18 12
1974 29 HOU NL 875 170 16 0 17 7 9 8 8 50 25 7 50% 11 4 3 323 18 11 62% 16 10 2 1 0 0 3 0 20 0
9 Seasons 7081 1479 119 0 130 49 66 68 47 346 161 63 47% 77 77 21 2506 126 47 73% 113 43 11 4 2 0 20 1 184 224
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1966 21 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 22 113 1.000 7.5 1.5 1.5 10.5 7.00 113
1967 22 11 9 .550 2.79 32 28 0 7 3 0 190.0 146 69 59 11 70 2 166 7 3 10 779 117 1.137 6.9 0.5 3.3 7.9 2.37 117
1968 23 24 25 .490 3.05 65 58 3 16 6 0 398.2 333 154 135 20 140 7 341 11 4 19 1663 102 1.186 7.5 0.5 3.2 7.7 2.44 102
1969 24 40 37 .519 3.39 99 92 3 29 7 0 623.2 543 273 235 36 237 15 576 20 7 35 2642 96 1.251 7.8 0.5 3.4 8.3 2.43 96
1970 25 51 43 .543 3.51 128 119 4 32 7 0 808.0 731 365 315 51 303 19 670 27 8 50 3448 97 1.280 8.1 0.6 3.4 7.5 2.21 97
1971 26 67 53 .558 3.25 163 153 4 50 10 0 1076.0 926 445 388 66 382 22 850 34 8 55 4515 105 1.216 7.7 0.6 3.2 7.1 2.23 105
1972 27 82 63 .566 3.15 196 186 4 63 13 0 1304.1 1122 524 456 82 448 24 1022 36 8 66 5442 108 1.204 7.7 0.6 3.1 7.1 2.28 108
1973 28 93 79 .541 3.15 233 218 8 73 16 2 1543.2 1309 618 541 103 540 30 1171 43 9 73 6430 109 1.198 7.6 0.6 3.1 6.8 2.17 109
1974 29 104 92 .531 3.15 266 245 10 78 20 2 1748.1 1479 698 611 119 640 32 1283 47 10 77 7305 109 1.212 7.6 0.6 3.3 6.6 2.00 109

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1966 21 0 0 3.60 5.0 5 2 2 1 1 6 0 1.200 9.0 1.8 10.8 6.00 1.8 1
1967 22 11 8 .579 3.49 173.0 154 74 67 11 75 149 8 1.324 8.0 3.9 7.8 1.99 0.6 31
1968 23 9 12 .429 4.57 193.0 214 109 98 10 80 162 5 1.523 10.0 3.7 7.6 2.03 0.5 33
1969 24 10 13 .435 4.71 214.0 223 124 112 17 103 224 10 1.523 9.4 4.3 9.4 2.17 0.7 34
1970 25 10 10 .500 4.10 180.0 192 91 82 15 67 92 7 1.439 9.6 3.4 4.6 1.37 0.8 29
1971 26 18 10 .643 3.01 254.0 212 94 85 16 86 171 8 1.173 7.5 3.0 6.1 1.99 0.6 35
1972 27 14 10 .583 3.35 223.0 222 92 83 18 75 168 2 1.332 9.0 3.0 6.8 2.24 0.7 33
1973 28 14 11 .560 3.60 230.0 196 102 92 22 96 143 7 1.270 7.7 3.8 5.6 1.49 0.9 37
1974 29 11 10 .524 3.60 195.0 181 87 78 17 106 107 4 1.472 8.4 4.9 4.9 1.01 0.8 33
9 Seasons 97 84 .536 3.77 1667.0 1599 775 699 127 689 1222 51 1.373 8.6 6.6 1.77 0.7 266

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1971 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1971 NL--2.451--3rd
1972 NL--2.680--8th
Career--3.145--223rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1970 NL--.647--5th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1971 NL--1.022--2nd
1973 NL--1.166--9th
Career--1.212--155th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL--6.897--2nd
1971 NL--6.549--1st
1972 NL--7.726--10th
1973 NL--7.032--4th
1974 NL--7.476--5th
Career--7.614--42nd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL--7.777--4th
1968 NL--7.548--5th
1969 NL--9.400--2nd
1972 NL--6.780--7th
Career--6.605--131st

Strikeouts s c a p y
1969 NL--235--4th
1971 NL--180--7th
1972 NL--172--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1972 NL--33--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
1971 NL--18--5th
1972 NL--13--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1967 NL--3--6th
1973 NL--3--7th
1974 NL--4--7th
Career--20--244th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 NL--97--4th
1974 NL--100--8th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career--2.005--248th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL--.489--9th
1968 NL--.388--8th
1971 NL--.504--8th

Losses s c a p y
1968 NL--16--5th
1973 NL--16--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1969 NL--100--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1967 NL--10--6th
1968 NL--9--7th
1969 NL--16--1st
1970 NL--15--2nd
1972 NL--11--3rd
Career--77--179th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1967 NL--7--5th
1969 NL--9--6th
1970 NL--7--10th
1971 NL--7--5th
1973 NL--7--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1971 NL--137--4th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 20 (784), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (752), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Eric Show (940)
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  5. J.R. Richard (938)
  6. Alex Fernandez (937)
  7. Carlos Zambrano (932)
  8. Joey Jay (931)
  9. Steve Blass (931)
  10. A.J. Burnett (931)
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  3. Gary Gentry (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ray Culp (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Nash (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Kevin Appier (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jose Rijo (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Burt Hooton (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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