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Hack Wilson
Lewis Robert Wilson
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 26, 1900 in Ellwood City, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1923
Final Game: August 25, 1934
Died: November 23, 1948 in Baltimore, MD
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1979.
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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
1923 23 NYG NL 3 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 2 0 0 /O
1924 24 NYG NL 107 434 383 62 113 19 12 10 57 4 3 44 46 .295 .369 .486 .855 129 186 1 6 *O
1925 25 NYG NL 62 206 180 28 43 7 4 6 30 5 2 21 33 .239 .322 .422 .744 92 76 1 4 O
1926 26 CHC NL 142 613 529 97 170 36 8 21 109 10 69 61 .321 .406 .539 .944 150 285 6 9 *O MVP-5
1927 27 CHC NL 146 646 551 119 175 30 12 30 129 13 71 70 .318 .401 .579 .980 159 319 6 18 *O MVP-12
1928 28 CHC NL 145 623 520 89 163 32 9 31 120 4 77 94 .313 .404 .588 .992 158 306 2 24 *O MVP-7
1929 29 CHC NL 150 670 574 135 198 30 5 39 159 3 78 83 .345 .425 .618 1.044 155 355 2 16 *O MVP-8
1930 30 CHC NL 155 709 585 146 208 35 6 56 191 3 105 84 .356 .454 .723 1.177 178 423 1 18 *O
1931 31 CHC NL 112 458 395 66 103 22 4 13 61 1 63 69 .261 .362 .435 .798 112 172 0 0 *O
1932 32 BRO NL 135 539 481 77 143 37 5 23 123 2 51 85 .297 .366 .538 .904 141 259 1 6 *O MVP-13
1933 33 BRO NL 117 413 360 41 96 13 2 9 54 7 52 50 .267 .359 .389 .748 117 140 8 0 1 O/4
1934 34 TOT NL 74 235 192 24 47 5 0 6 30 0 43 37 .245 .383 .365 .748 104 70 7 0 0 O
1934 34 BRO NL 67 212 172 24 45 5 0 6 27 0 40 33 .262 .401 .395 .796 119 68 5 0 0 O
1934 34 PHI NL 7 23 20 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 .100 .217 .100 .317 -16 2 2 0 0 /O
12 Seasons 1348 5556 4760 884 1461 266 67 244 1063 52 5 674 713 .307 .395 .545 .940 144 2593 15 20 102
162 Game Avg. 162 668 572 106 176 32 8 29 128 6 81 86 .307 .395 .545 .940 144 312 2 12
CHC (6 yrs) 850 3719 3154 652 1017 185 44 190 769 34 463 461 .322 .412 .590 1.002 155 1860 17 85
NYG (3 yrs) 172 650 573 90 158 26 16 16 87 9 5 65 80 .276 .352 .461 .812 115 264 2 10
BRO (3 yrs) 319 1164 1013 142 284 55 7 38 204 9 143 168 .280 .370 .461 .831 130 467 13 1 7
PHI (1 yr) 7 23 20 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 .100 .217 .100 .317 -16 2 2 0 0

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
1924 24 NYG NL WS WSH L 7 32 30 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 .233 .258 .267 .525 8 2 0 1 0 0
1929 29 CHC NL WS PHA L 5 21 17 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 .471 .571 .588 1.160 10 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 12 53 47 3 15 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 12 .319 .385 .383 .768 18 2 0 1 0 0
2 WS 12 53 47 3 15 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 12 .319 .385 .383 .768 18 2 0 1 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
1923 NYG NL 23 OF 3 7 6 0 1 0 .857 2.00 .971 2.27 1-2-0
1924 NYG NL 24 OF 103 246 230 8 8 2 .967 2.31 .965 2.24 14-90-1
1925 NYG NL 25 OF 50 80 75 3 2 2 .975 1.56 .966 2.33 27-23-4
1926 CHC NL 26 OF 140 369 348 11 10 5 .973 2.56 .965 2.26 0-140-0 MVP-5
1927 CHC NL 27 OF 146 427 400 13 14 3 .967 2.83 .970 2.35 0-146-0 MVP-12
1928 CHC NL 28 OF 143 346 321 11 14 2 .960 2.32 .972 2.31 0-143-0 MVP-7
1929 CHC NL 29 OF 150 406 380 14 12 4 .970 2.63 .973 2.38 0-150-0 MVP-8
1930 CHC NL 30 OF 155 385 357 9 19 2 .951 2.36 .969 2.28 0-155-0
1931 CHC NL 31 OF 103 224 210 9 5 1 .978 2.13 .973 2.38 40-60-3
1932 BRO NL 32 OF 125 245 220 14 11 4 .955 1.87 .976 2.41 1-8-116 MVP-13
1933 BRO NL 33 OF 90 191 181 3 7 0 .963 2.04 .977 2.35 75-8-7
1933 BRO NL 33 2B 5 32 11 18 3 3 .906 5.80 .969 5.40
1934 TOT NL 34 OF 49 87 82 3 2 3 .977 1.73 .972 2.26 32-0-17
1934 BRO NL 34 OF 43 76 71 3 2 3 .974 1.72 .972 2.26 27-0-16
1934 PHI NL 34 OF 6 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 .973 2.27 5-0-1
12 Seasons OF 1257 3013 2810 98 105 28 .965 2.31 .971 2.33 190-925-148
1 Season 2B 5 32 11 18 3 3 .906 5.80 .969 5.40
12 Seasons TOT 1262 3045 2821 116 108 31 .965 2.33 .935 2.34 190-925-148

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1939 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1942 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1948 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1949 BBWAA (15.7%)
1949 Run Off ( 6.4%)
1950 BBWAA ( 9.5%)
1951 BBWAA ( 9.3%)
1952 BBWAA ( 9.0%)
1953 BBWAA (16.3%)
1954 BBWAA (19.0%)
1955 BBWAA (32.3%)
1956 BBWAA (38.3%)
1958 BBWAA (35.3%)
1960 BBWAA (26.8%)
1962 BBWAA (24.4%)
1979 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1979 by Veteran's Committee

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1926 NL (5, 31%)
1927 NL (12, 11%)
1928 NL (7, 26%)
1929 NL (8, 30%)
1932 NL (13, 8%)
1.06 Career Shares (223rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1930 NL  .356 (10th)
Career  .307 (133rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1926 NL  .406 (7th)
1927 NL  .401 (6th)
1928 NL  .404 (8th)
1929 NL  .425 (8th)
1930 NL  .454 (3rd)
Career  .395 (75th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1926 NL  .539 (2nd)
1927 NL  .579 (3rd)
1928 NL  .588 (4th)
1929 NL  .618 (6th)
1930 NL  .723 (1st)
1932 NL  .538 (7th)
Career  .545 (31st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1926 NL  .944 (2nd)
1927 NL  .980 (4th)
1928 NL  .992 (3rd)
1929 NL  1.044 (6th)
1930 NL  1.177 (1st)
1932 NL  .904 (9th)
Career  .940 (32nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1929 NL  150 (8th)
1930 NL  155 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1930 NL  709 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1926 NL  97 (7th)
1927 NL  119 (3rd)
1929 NL  135 (4th)
1930 NL  146 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1930 NL  208 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1926 NL  285 (3rd)
1927 NL  319 (3rd)
1928 NL  306 (7th)
1929 NL  355 (4th)
1930 NL  423 (2nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1926 NL  36 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1927 NL  12 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1926 NL  21 (1st)
1927 NL  30 (1st)
1928 NL  31 (1st)
1929 NL  39 (3rd)
1930 NL  56 (1st)
1931 NL  13 (9th)
1932 NL  23 (5th)
Career  244 (204th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1926 NL  109 (2nd)
1927 NL  129 (2nd)
1928 NL  120 (3rd)
1929 NL  159 (1st)
1930 NL  191 (1st)
1932 NL  123 (4th)
Career  1063 (221st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1926 NL  69 (1st)
1927 NL  71 (5th)
1928 NL  77 (4th)
1929 NL  78 (8th)
1930 NL  105 (1st)
1931 NL  63 (7th)
1933 NL  52 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1926 NL  61 (4th)
1927 NL  70 (1st)
1928 NL  94 (1st)
1929 NL  83 (1st)
1930 NL  84 (1st)
1931 NL  69 (4th)
1932 NL  85 (1st)
1933 NL  50 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1927 NL  13 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1926 NL  150 (3rd)
1927 NL  159 (3rd)
1928 NL  158 (3rd)
1929 NL  155 (5th)
1930 NL  178 (1st)
1932 NL  141 (8th)
Career  144 (49th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1926 NL  114 (3rd)
1927 NL  126 (3rd)
1928 NL  123 (6th)
1929 NL  150 (6th)
1930 NL  192 (2nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1926 NL  39 (1st)
1927 NL  46 (3rd)
1928 NL  44 (4th)
1929 NL  50 (5th)
1930 NL  76 (1st)
1932 NL  28 (8th)
Career  315 (111th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1926 NL  3.8 (1st)
1927 NL  4.4 (3rd)
1928 NL  4.2 (4th)
1929 NL  4.4 (5th)
1930 NL  6.5 (1st)
1932 NL  2.8 (8th)
Career  29.3 (121st)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1926 NL  65 (2nd)
1927 NL  72 (1st)
1928 NL  72 (4th)
1929 NL  74 (7th)
1930 NL  97 (2nd)
1932 NL  65 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1926 NL  245 (4th)
1927 NL  252 (7th)
1928 NL  242 (10th)
1929 NL  278 (7th)
1930 NL  314 (2nd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1926 NL  .750 (3rd)
1927 NL  .759 (4th)
1928 NL  .746 (5th)
1929 NL  .757 (6th)
1930 NL  .809 (1st)
1932 NL  .695 (9th)
Career  .715 (56th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1926 NL  6 (5th)
1927 NL  6 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1928 NL  24 (8th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1926 NL  13.5 (2nd)
1927 NL  18.1 (1st)
1933 NL  7.9 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1924 NL  38.3 (8th)
1926 NL  25.2 (2nd)
1927 NL  18.4 (2nd)
1928 NL  16.8 (1st)
1929 NL  14.7 (3rd)
1930 NL  10.4 (1st)
1931 NL  30.4 (6th)
1932 NL  20.9 (3rd)
1933 NL  40.0 (10th)
Career  19.5 (98th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 31 (56), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 110 (191), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 100 (150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 39 (165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 6, 1923: Purchased by the New York Giants from Portsmouth (Virginia).

August 8, 1925: Traded by the New York Giants with a player to be named later to Toledo (American Association) for Earl Webb. The New York Giants sent Pip Koehler (February 15, 1926) to Toledo (American Association) to complete the trade.

October 9, 1925: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from Toledo (American Association) in the 1925 rule 5 draft.

December, 1931: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Bud Teachout to the St. Louis Cardinals for Burleigh Grimes.

January 23, 1932: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Bob Parham (minors) and $45,000.

August 8, 1934: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

August 10, 1934: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

September 5, 1934: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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