Jim Wilson
James Alger Wilson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 20, 1922 in San Diego, CA
School: San Diego State University
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1945
Final Game: September 14, 1958
Died: September 2, 1986 in Newport Beach, CA
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Standard Fielding

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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
1945 BOS AL 23 P 23 24 4 19 1 0 .958 1.00 .954 1.28
1946 BOS AL 24 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
1948 SLB AL 26 P 4 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 .950 0.90
1949 PHA AL 27 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
1951 BSN NL 29 P 20 20 4 16 0 2 1.000 1.00 .960 0.96
1952 BSN NL 30 P 33 54 21 32 1 4 .981 1.61 .952 0.98
1953 MLN NL 31 P 20 33 10 23 0 1 1.000 1.65 .955 0.87
1954 MLN NL 32 P 27 19 127.2 33 7 26 0 2 1.000 2.33 1.22 .958 2.07 0.87 AS
1955 BAL AL 33 P 34 31 235.1 56 15 39 2 0 .964 2.07 1.59 .955 1.99 0.83 AS
1956 TOT AL 34 P 35 28 208.0 43 10 33 0 3 1.000 1.86 1.23 .947 1.92 0.82 AS
1956 BAL AL 34 P 7 7 48.1 11 3 8 0 2 1.000 2.05 1.57 .945 1.92 0.81
1956 CHW AL 34 P 28 21 159.2 32 7 25 0 1 1.000 1.80 1.14 .947 1.92 0.82
1957 CHW AL 35 P 30 29 201.2 40 14 26 0 0 1.000 1.79 1.33 .962 1.99 0.86
1958 CHW AL 36 P 28 23 155.2 28 9 19 0 1 1.000 1.62 1.00 .961 1.95 0.82
12 Seasons P 257 130 928.1 333 94 235 4 13 .988 3.19 1.28 .955 1.98 0.91
12 Seasons TOT 257 130 928.1 333 94 235 4 13 .988 3.19 1.28 .943 1.98 0.91

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1945 BOS AL 23 25 25 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 BOS AL 24 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 SLB AL 26 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 PHA AL 27 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BSN NL 29 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BSN NL 30 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 MLN NL 31 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 MLN NL 32 27 19 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BAL AL 33 34 31 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 34 28 21 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 34 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHW AL 35 31 29 31 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 CHW AL 36 28 23 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 260 130 260 260 257 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 MLN NL 32 426 82% 25% 21 95% 0 6 0 6 21 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 67%
1955 BAL AL 33 1010 81% 25% 43 93% 0 15 0 14 39 37 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1956 CHW AL 34 695 78% 23% 26 96% 0 7 1 4 25 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1956 BAL AL 34 214 77% 16% 10 90% 0 3 1 1 9 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 100%
1957 CHW AL 35 856 80% 26% 27 89% 0 14 0 12 25 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 100%
1958 CHW AL 36 672 80% 25% 29 93% 0 9 4 3 24 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 83%
5 Seasons 3873 80% 24% 156 93% 0 54 6 40 143 123 11 2 0 2 0 1 6 5 6 0 27 89%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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