Red Wilson
Robert James Wilson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 7, 1929 in Milwaukee, WI
School: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1951
Final Game: September 24, 1960
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1951 CHW AL 22 C 4 11 9 2 0 0 1.000 2.75 .982 4.40 0
1952 CHW AL 23 C 2 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 .989 4.70 0
1953 CHW AL 24 C 63 312 282 24 6 1 .981 4.86 .985 4.44 1
1954 TOT AL 25 C 61 56 494.0 318 289 28 1 8 .997 1.0 2.4 1 5.78 5.20 .986 5.40 4.76 1 7 9 13 59%
1954 CHW AL 25 C 8 6 54.0 47 44 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.83 5.88 .985 5.40 4.76 0 2 0 2 100%
1954 DET AL 25 C 53 50 440.0 271 245 25 1 7 .996 1.0 2.7 1 5.52 5.09 .986 5.40 4.76 1 5 9 11 55%
1955 DET AL 26 C 72 62 586.1 322 292 25 5 5 .984 -3.0 -6.1 -3 4.87 4.40 .988 5.58 4.73 5 18 11 11 50%
1956 DET AL 27 C 78 70 621.1 431 393 34 4 7 .991 2.0 3.9 2 6.19 5.47 .988 5.91 5.02 7 13 15 18 55%
1957 DET AL 28 C 60 50 483.0 309 280 29 0 5 1.000 3.0 7.5 3 5.76 5.15 .991 5.92 5.11 7 6 8 15 65%
1958 DET AL 29 C 101 90 796.1 604 565 34 5 6 .992 -1.0 -1.5 -1 6.77 5.93 .990 6.01 5.34 9 14 25 18 42%
1959 DET AL 30 C 64 60 518.0 404 374 25 5 8 .988 -2.0 -4.6 -2 6.93 6.23 .989 6.08 5.31 8 8 24 11 31%
1960 TOT AL 31 C 75 66 584.4 433 392 34 7 1 .984 -4.0 -8.2 -4 6.56 5.68 .987 5.93 5.12 7 20 24 12 33%
1960 DET AL 31 C 45 39 343.2 251 229 17 5 0 .980 -4.0 -14.0 -4 6.44 5.47 .987 5.93 5.12 4 12 14 5 26%
1960 CLE AL 31 C 30 27 240.2 182 163 17 2 1 .989 0.0 0.0 0 6.73 6.00 .987 5.93 5.12 3 8 10 7 41%
10 Seasons C 580 454 4083.1 3153 2884 236 33 41 .990 -4.0 -1.2 -4 6.88 5.38 .988 5.85 5.00 45 86 116 98 46%
10 Seasons TOT 580 454 4083.1 3153 2884 236 33 41 .990 -4.0 -1.2 -4 6.88 5.38 .978 5.85 5.00 45 86 116 98 46%

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
1951 CHW AL 22 4 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CHW AL 23 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHW AL 24 71 71 71 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 DET AL 25 54 50 54 54 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1954 CHW AL 25 8 6 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 DET AL 26 78 62 78 78 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1956 DET AL 27 78 70 78 78 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1957 DET AL 28 60 50 60 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1958 DET AL 29 103 90 103 103 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1959 DET AL 30 67 60 67 67 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1960 DET AL 31 45 39 45 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CLE AL 31 32 27 32 32 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
10 Seasons 602 454 602 602 0 580 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 5
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 DET AL 25 1912 3.38 3.89 36 100% 0 0 246 26 1 5 214 25 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 7 100%
1954 CHW AL 25 236 2.33 3.17 3 100% 0 0 44 3 0 1 40 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1955 DET AL 26 2551 3.28 3.84 51 96% 0 0 294 33 1 11 249 26 10 2 0 1 5 0 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 7 100%
1956 DET AL 27 2759 3.65 4.16 46 98% 0 0 393 36 4 9 344 33 7 0 1 6 4 0 2 2 0 7 0 1 1 5 80%
1957 DET AL 28 2084 3.61 3.99 44 95% 0 0 282 34 2 7 239 28 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 71%
1958 DET AL 29 3358 3.28 3.57 62 95% 1 0 563 41 4 18 500 36 10 0 2 4 5 0 3 2 0 6 0 1 2 10 80%
1959 DET AL 30 2266 4.10 4.74 29 100% 1 0 373 24 2 7 340 22 6 0 1 2 5 1 3 1 0 8 0 2 3 1 100%
1960 DET AL 31 1525 3.90 4.40 26 100% 0 0 229 17 0 8 204 17 6 1 0 4 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1960 CLE AL 31 1054 3.85 4.45 15 100% 0 0 163 9 1 2 151 17 7 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 100%
7 Seasons 17745 3.56 4.05 312 97% 2 0 2587 223 15 68 2281 207 61 4 4 21 27 1 12 14 0 40 0 5 7 45 89%
MLB Averages 3.91 4.41 96% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 DET AL 25 1 5 737 9 11 11 55% 8 8 1 3 0 0 2 0 20 13 1.04 1.36
1954 CHW AL 25 0 2 91 0 2 2 100% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.30
1955 DET AL 26 5 18 958 11 11 10 50% 10 10 1 0 0 1 1 0 43 13 0.95 1.41
1956 DET AL 27 7 13 1057 15 18 17 55% 12 16 2 2 1 0 0 0 45 23 0.96 1.24
1957 DET AL 28 7 6 778 8 15 15 65% 8 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 17 0.99 1.40
1958 DET AL 29 9 14 1196 25 18 17 42% 21 15 4 3 0 0 1 0 64 22 1.23 1.34
1959 DET AL 30 8 8 820 24 11 11 31% 22 9 2 2 0 0 1 0 51 16 1.76 1.52
1960 DET AL 31 4 12 544 14 5 5 26% 13 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 42 6 1.29 0.68
1960 CLE AL 31 3 8 380 10 7 7 41% 9 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 26 10 0.82 1.30
7 Seasons 44 86 6561 116 98 95 46% 103 84 12 12 1 2 8 0 323 122 1.22 1.33
MLB Averages 43% 1.18 1.17

* 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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