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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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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

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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

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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 Awards
1966 HOU NL 21 P 1 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.50 1.00 .900 1.95 0.70
1967 HOU NL 22 P 31 28 184.0 28 9 17 2 0 .929 1.27 0.84 .961 2.00 0.78
1968 HOU NL 23 P 33 30 208.2 42 16 22 4 0 .905 1.64 1.15 .960 2.01 0.85
1969 HOU NL 24 P 34 34 225.0 47 19 25 3 0 .936 1.76 1.29 .960 1.95 0.78
1970 HOU NL 25 P 29 27 184.1 25 6 17 2 2 .920 1.12 0.79 .952 1.85 0.71
1971 HOU NL 26 P 35 34 268.0 37 9 26 2 4 .946 1.18 1.00 .954 1.90 0.78 AS
1972 HOU NL 27 P 33 33 228.1 47 8 37 2 1 .957 1.77 1.36 .949 1.78 0.73
1973 HOU NL 28 P 37 32 239.0 44 15 25 4 3 .909 1.51 1.08 .952 1.88 0.73
1974 HOU NL 29 P 33 27 204.2 37 11 21 5 1 .865 1.41 0.97 .949 1.88 0.71
9 Seasons P 266 245 1748.0 308 93 191 24 12 .922 1.46 1.07 .954 1.91 0.76
9 Seasons TOT 266 245 1748.0 308 93 191 24 12 .922 1.46 1.07 .876 1.91 0.76

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

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1964 Season: Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent.

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