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Bill Wilson
William Donald Wilson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 24, 1950
Final Game September 13, 1955
Born November 6, 1928 in Central City, NE

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 21 CHW AL   3    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .000  .250  .000  -31    0   0           0   0
 1953 24 CHW AL   9   17    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   7  .059  .111  .059  -54    1   0           1   1
 1954 25 TOT AL 114  358   47   83  11  1  17   38   1  3  46  64  .232  .332  .411  103  147   1   1       8   7
         CHW AL  20   35    4    6   1  0   2    5   0  1   7   5  .171  .310  .371   84   13   1   0       0   3
         PHA AL  94  323   43   77  10  1  15   33   1  2  39  59  .238  .334  .415  105  134   0   1       8   4
 1955 26 KCA AL  98  273   39   61  12  0  15   38   1  1  24  63  .223  .288  .432   91  118   1   1   0   1   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      224  654   87  145  23  1  32   77   2  4  72 136  .222  .308  .407   93  266   2   2   0  10  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        473   63  105  17  1  23   56   1  3  52  98  .222  .308  .407   93  192   1   1   0   7  12
 Career High    114  358   47   83  12  1  17   38   1  3  46  64  .232  .332  .432  103  147   1   1   0   8   8
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 21 CHW AL    8    6    0   0.0   111| .000  .275| .250  .361| .000  .412| .250  .773| -31  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1953 24 CHW AL   18   17    0   0.0   105| .059  .273| .111  .350| .059  .402| .170  .752| -54  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1954 25 TOT AL  414  287   46   4.3    99| .232  .266| .332  .341| .411  .388| .743  .730| 103  .504   0.8   0.1  25%
         CHW AL   43   34    4   3.2   101| .171  .269| .310  .345| .371  .393| .681  .738|  84  .367  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         PHA AL  371  253   42   4.4    99| .238  .265| .334  .341| .415  .388| .749  .729| 105  .520   1.6   0.2  33%
 1955 26 KCA AL  300  223   32   3.8   103| .223  .267| .288  .347| .432  .398| .720  .746|  91  .420  -5.4  -0.5  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       740  533   78   3.9   101| .222  .267| .308  .344| .407  .393| .715  .737|  93  .447  -9.6  -0.9  33%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1955 26 KCA AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    1    0    0   0    1    1   0   0     5   0   0  0.00  4.16  inf 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    1    0    0   0    1    1   0   0     5   0   0  0.00  4.16  inf 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0   68.0   68    0    0   0   68   68   0   0   340   0   0  0.00  4.16  inf 2.000

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 21 CHW AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.35 0 2 0 1953 24 CHW AL OF 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 3.00 2.17 0 3 0 1954 25 TOT AL OF 110 303 7 5 4 .984 .979 2.82 2.17 15 91 4 CHW AL OF 19 33 0 2 0 .943 .979 1.74 2.17 15 0 4 PHA AL OF 91 270 7 3 4 .989 .979 3.04 2.17 0 91 0 1955 26 KCA AL OF 82 186 4 6 0 .969 .982 2.32 2.08 23 57 4 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 21 CHW AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.35 0 2 0 1953 24 CHW AL OF 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 3.00 2.17 0 3 0 1954 25 TOT AL OF 110 303 7 5 4 .984 .979 2.82 2.17 15 91 4 CHW AL OF 19 33 0 2 0 .943 .979 1.74 2.17 15 0 4 PHA AL OF 91 270 7 3 4 .989 .979 3.04 2.17 0 91 0 1955 26 KCA AL OF 82 186 4 6 0 .969 .982 2.32 2.08 23 57 4 1955 26 KCA AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 197 501 11 11 4 .979 .980 2.60 2.13 38 153 8 P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 198 501 11 11 4 .979 .980 2.59 2.13
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hit By Pitch
1954 AL-8-2

At Bats per Home Run
1954 AL-**21.1-7

Youngest Player
1950 AL-21-10

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1950 Season: Obtained by the Chicago White Sox from the Sacramento (PCL) as part of a minor league working agreement.

June 11, 1954: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Sonny Dixon, Al Sima, and $20,000 to the Philadelphia Athletics for Ed McGhee and Morrie Martin.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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