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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 .855 130 186 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 .944 151 285 6 9 *O MVP-5
1927 27 CHC NL 146 646 551 119 175 30 12 30 129 13 71 70 .318 .401 .579 .980 160 319 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

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 (220th)

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--33rd

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--151--2nd
1927 NL--160--2nd
1928 NL--158--3rd
1929 NL--155--5th
1930 NL--178--1st
1932 NL--141--8th
Career--144--48th

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--40--1st
1927 NL--46--3rd
1928 NL--44--4th
1929 NL--50--5th
1930 NL--76--1st
1932 NL--28--8th
Career--317--111th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1926 NL--3.9--1st
1927 NL--4.5--3rd
1928 NL--4.2--4th
1929 NL--4.4--5th
1930 NL--6.5--1st
1932 NL--2.7--8th
Career--29.6--119th

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--55th

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--38.300--8th
1926 NL--25.190--2nd
1927 NL--18.367--2nd
1928 NL--16.774--1st
1929 NL--14.718--3rd
1930 NL--10.446--1st
1931 NL--30.385--6th
1932 NL--20.913--3rd
1933 NL--40.000--10th
Career--19.508--98th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 31 (55), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 110 (193), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 100 (150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 39 (155), 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 a player to be named later and 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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