George Wilson

George Washington Wilson (Teddy)

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 30, 1925 in Cherryville, NC
High School: Cherryville HS (Cherryville, NC)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1952
Teams (by GP): Giants/Yankees/WhiteSox 1952-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: October 29, 1974 in Gastonia, NC
Buried: Morningside Park Cemetery, Mount Holly, NC
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Standard Batting

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
1942	16	BOS-min	D,C	116	490	490		160	28	4	8						.327	.327	.449	.776		220							SVL,OWN,CAN · NCSL,KITL,MATL
1946	20	DHM	C	123	453	453		148	34	12	16						.327	.327	.561	.887		254							DHM · CARL
1947	21	BOS-min	B	141	577	577		206	45	12	16						.357	.357	.560	.917		323							ROA · PIED
1948	22	BOS-min	AA	127	469	469		157	25	11	27						.335	.335	.608	.942		285							BIR · SOUA
1949	23	BOS-min	AAA	141	616	528	90	141	28	1	17	67	7		74	38	.267	.361	.420	.782		222	10	4	10				LOU · AA
1950	24	BOS-min	AAA	126	440	380	68	104	19	2	17	82	2		56	36	.274	.373	.468	.841		178	4	4	0				LOU · AA
1951	25	BOS-min	AA	143	489	489		159	29	8	29						.325	.325	.595	.920		291							BIR · SOUA
1952	26	TOT	MLB	70	126	121	9	28	7	0	2	17	0	0	4	16	.231	.256	.339	.595	63	41	0	0	1			7/938
1952	26	CHW	AL	8	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	-12	1	0	0	0			/O9
1952	26	NYG	NL	62	116	112	9	27	7	0	2	16	0	0	3	14	.241	.261	.357	.618	69	40	0	0	1			O7/938
1953	27	SFG-min	AAA	118	535	461	93	145	32	3	34	94	1		66	44	.315	.405	.618	1.023		285	11	4	4				MNE · AA
1953	27	NYG	NL	11	11	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.125	.364	.125	.489	33	1	0	1	0

1954	28	SFG-min	AAA	136	573	474	110	143	29	7	27	92	5		91	51	.302	.414	.563	.977		267	8	1	5	2			MNE · AA
1955	29	SFG-min	AAA	140	615	541	115	166	33	3	31	99	4		66	58	.307	.382	.551	.933		298	9	2	2	4			MNE · AA
1956	30	TOT	MLB	64	88	80	6	11	1	0	1	2	0	0	8	14	.138	.216	.188	.403	10	15	1	0	0	0	1	9/7
1956	30	NYG	NL	53	73	68	5	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	5	14	.132	.192	.191	.383	4	13	1	0	0	0	1	/97
1956	30	NYY	AL	11	15	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.167	.333	.167	.500	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	/97
1957	31	NYY-min	AAA	122	472	399	85	119	23	8	14	92	3		65	51	.298	.395	.501	.896		200		2	1	5	2		DEN · AA
1958	32	NYY-min	AAA	124	481	395	65	118	26	3	12	66	0		79	39	.299	.411	.471	.882		186		0	2	5	7		DEN · AA
1959	33	STL-min	AAA	89	275	233	37	63	7	2	12	36	0		42	31	.270	.382	.472	.854		110		0	0	0	2		ROC · IL
1960	34	SHL	D	49	102	102		39	7	0	10						.382	.382	.745	1.127		76							SHL · WCAR
1961	35	ANA-min	D	17	18	18		6	0	0	1						.333	.333	.500	.833		9							SVL · WCAR
1962	36	DET-min	AAA	72	123	96	8	27	3	0	4	26	0		22	20	.281	.410	.438	.847		42		1	1	3	0		DEN · AA
1963	37	NSU	Fgn																										NSU · JPPL
1964	38	NSU	Fgn																										NSU · JPPL
3 Yrs				145	225	209	15	40	8	0	3	19	0	0	14	32	.191	.246	.273	.518	41	57	1	1	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	251	234	17	45	9	0	3	21	0	0	16	36	.191	.246	.273	.518	41	64	1	1	1

NYG (3 yrs)				126	200	188	14	37	8	0	3	18	0	0	10	30	.197	.241	.287	.528	44	54	1	1	1	0	1
NYY (1 yr)				11	15	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.167	.333	.167	.500	38	2	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				8	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	-12	1	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				126	200	188	14	37	8	0	3	18	0	0	10	30	.197	.241	.287	.528	44	54	1	1	1	0	1
AL (2 yrs)				19	25	21	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	.143	.280	.143	.423	18	3	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1952	26	CHW	AL	8	10	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/O9
1952	26	NYG	NL	62	116	-5	0	1	0	-1	-4	-0.5	4	-0	-0.1	.493	.497	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	O7/938
1953	27	NYG	NL	11	11	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$

1956	30	NYG	NL	53	73	-9	-0	-0	1	-0	-9	-1.0	2	-6	-0.8	.482	.494	-0.8	-0.0	-7	$	/97
1956	30	NYY	AL	11	15	-0	-0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/97
3 Seasons				145	225	-16	0	1	1	-2	-15	-1.7	8	-7	-1.0	.489	.498	-0.9	-0.1	-9	$

NYG (3 yrs)				126	200	-14	0	1	1	-1	-14	-1.5	7	-7	-0.9	.488	.497	-0.8	-0.2	-8	$
NYY (1 yr)				11	15	-0	-0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$
CHW (1 yr)				8	10	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

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
1952	26	TOT	MLB	126	94	10	2.8	98	.252	.231	.263	.256	.336	.339	.390	.595	.726	63	.334	-6.5	-0.7	.484	.140	.107	.0
1952	26	CHW	AL	10	8	0	0.0	97	.143	.111	.261	.200	.341	.111	.381	.311	.723	-12	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.250	.111	.000
1952	26	NYG	NL	116	86	10	3.1	98	.260	.241	.263	.261	.336	.357	.391	.618	.727	69	.371	-5.1	-0.5	.506	.143	.116	.0
1953	27	NYG	NL	11	7	0	0.0	113	.167	.125	.278	.364	.349	.125	.433	.489	.782	33	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.571	.250	.000

1956	30	TOT	MLB	88	70	4	1.5	103	.154	.138	.263	.216	.332	.188	.413	.403	.746	10	.121	-10.3	-1.0	.329	.150	.050	.0
1956	30	NYG	NL	73	60	3	1.3	102	.151	.132	.263	.192	.330	.191	.415	.383	.745	4	.099	-9.4	-1.0	.300	.132	.059	.0
1956	30	NYY	AL	15	10	1	2.7	104	.167	.167	.264	.333	.345	.167	.402	.500	.748	38	.255	-0.9	-0.1	.500	.250	.000
3 Yrs				225	171	14	2.2	100	.213	.191	.263	.246	.335	.273	.401	.518	.736	41	.223	-17.4	-1.8	.424	.148	.081	.0
162 Game Avg.				251	191	16	2.2	100	.213	.191	.263	.246	.335	.273	.401	.518	.736	41	.223	-17.4	-1.8	.424	.148	.081

NYG (3 yrs)				200	153	13	2.3	100	.219	.197	.263	.241	.334	.287	.401	.528	.736	44	.237	-15.1	-1.5	.428	.144	.090	.0
NYY (1 yr)				15	10	1	2.7	104	.167	.167	.264	.333	.345	.167	.402	.500	.748	38	.255	-0.9	-0.1	.500	.250	.000
CHW (1 yr)				10	8	0	0.0	97	.143	.111	.261	.200	.341	.111	.381	.311	.723	-12	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.250	.111	.000

NL (3 yrs)				200	153	13	2.3	100	.219	.197	.263	.241	.334	.287	.401	.528	.736	44	.237	-15.1	-1.5	.428	.144	.090	.0
AL (2 yrs)				25	18	1	1.5	101	.158	.143	.263	.280	.344	.143	.393	.423	.737	18	.115	-2.3	-0.2	.389	.190	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
1956	30	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	26	TOT	MLB	126	1.6%	12.7%	3.2%	7.1%	32%	4.00	7.6	60.5	7.1	0.58	82%
1952	26	CHW	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.5		9.0	0.20	70%
1952	26	NYG	NL	116	1.7%	12.1%	2.6%	7.8%	33%	4.67	8.0	56.0	7.0	0.63	83%
1953	27	NYG	NL	11	0.0%	18.2%	18.2%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.0			1.00	55%

1956	30	TOT	MLB	88	1.1%	15.9%	9.1%	2.3%	18%	1.75	5.7	80.0	40.0	0.43	74%
1956	30	NYG	NL	73	1.4%	19.2%	6.9%	2.7%	22%	2.80	4.9	68.0	34.0	0.47	73%
1956	30	NYY	AL	15	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00				0.29	80%
3 Yrs				225	1.3%	14.2%	6.2%	4.9%	28%	2.29	6.5	69.7	11.0	0.52	77%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.2%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.19	7.9	41.1	8.2	0.97	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1952	26	TOT	MLB	-6.5	-0.7	116	-0.5	2.1	-2.6	1.34	-0.2	-0.1	-1.9	-0.2	1.08	-2.9	2.00	44
1952	26	CHW	AL	-1.4	-0.2	10	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	1.48	-0.1	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.22	-1.3	1.74	7
1952	26	NYG	NL	-5.1	-0.5	106	-0.2	2.1	-2.3	1.33	-0.1	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	1.07	-1.6	2.05	37
1953	27	NYG	NL	-0.6	-0.1	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.11	-0.0	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.96	-0.7	1.11	8

1956	30	TOT	MLB	-10.3	-1.0	86	-0.8	1.4	-2.2	1.23	-0.8	0.1	-7.7	-0.8	0.90	-8.5	1.29	46
1956	30	NYG	NL	-9.4	-1.0	71	-0.8	1.1	-2.0	1.30	-0.8	0.1	-8.7	-0.9	0.90	-8.6	1.37	41
1956	30	NYY	AL	-0.9	-0.1	15	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.84	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.1	0.89	0.2	0.66	5
3 Yrs				-17.4	-1.8	213	-1.4	3.6	-5.0	1.28	-1.0	-0.0	-10.5	-1.1	1.00	-12.1	1.59	98

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	26	TOT	MLB	0	0	23%	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1952	26	CHW	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	26	NYG	NL	0	0	25%	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	60%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1953	27	NYG	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1956	30	TOT	MLB	2	0	28%	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1956	30	NYG	NL	1	0	31%	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1956	30	NYY	AL	1	0	20%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				2	0	23%	56	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	38%	11	9	2	0	0	0	5	1	4

Situational Hitting*

						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
1952	26	TOT	MLB	126	96%	28			44	11	1	8	2.00	2	0	8	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	100%	38	0	0%	18	9	50%	99	13	13%	13	8	62%	8	4	50%	0
1952	26	CHW	AL	10	100%	1			7	1	0	1	1.74	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	4	0	0%	11	1	9%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1952	26	NYG	NL	116	95%	27			37	10	1	7	2.05	2	0	7	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	100%	32	0	0%	14	9	64%	88	12	14%	11	7	64%	6	3	50%	0
1953	27	NYG	NL	11	100%	1			8	1	0	0	1.11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1956	30	TOT	MLB	89	87%	11			46	8	1	2	1.29	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		12	1	8%	4	0	0%	42	3	7%	1	1	100%	0	0		-1
1956	30	NYG	NL	74	86%	9			41	6	1	2	1.37	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		11	1	9%	3	0	0%	33	1	3%	1	1	100%	0	0		-1
1956	30	NYY	AL	15	93%	2			5	2	0	0	0.66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	2	22%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				226	92%	40			98	20	2	10	1.59	3	0	8	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	100%	53	1	2%	23	9	39%	149	16	11%	14	9	64%	8	4	50%	-1
MLB Averages					49%																			84%			11%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	26	70	126	121	9	28	7	2	17	4	16	.231	.256	.339	.595	63	41	0	0	1
1953	27	81	137	129	9	29	7	2	17	6	18	.225	.265	.326	.590	61	42	0	1	1
1954	28	81	137	129	9	29	7	2	17	6	18	.225	.265	.326	.590	61	42	0	1	1
1955	29	81	137	129	9	29	7	2	17	6	18	.225	.265	.326	.590	61	42	0	1	1
1956	30	145	225	209	15	40	8	3	19	14	32	.191	.246	.273	.518	41	57	1	1	1	0	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1952	26	73	132	127	10	30	8	0	2	18	0	4	17	.236	.260	.346	.606	11	70
1953	27	11	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.273	.000	.273	0	11

1956	30	67	91	83	6	11	1	0	1	2	0	8	15	.133	.209	.181	.390	3	64
3 Yrs		151	234	218	16	41	9	0	3	20	0	14	34	.188	.240	.271	.511	14	145
162 Game Avg.		162	251	234	17	44	10	0	3	21	0	15	36	.188	.240	.271	.511	15	145

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