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Chief Wilson
John Owen Wilson

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 15, 1908
Final Game October 1, 1916
Born August 21, 1883 in Austin, TX
Died February 22, 1954 in Bertram, TX

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Here's to the first native Texan to play in the World Series. You may not know him, but Chief Wilson still holds the major league record for triples (36) in a season.

Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 24 PIT NL 144  529   47  120   8  7   3   43  12     22      .227  .260  .285   74  151  19           2    
 1909 25 PIT NL 154  569   64  155  22 12   4   59  17     19      .272  .303  .374  106  213  20           6    
 1910 26 PIT NL 146  536   59  148  14 13   4   50   8     21  68  .276  .312  .373   94  200  15           7    
 1911 27 PIT NL 148  544   72  163  34 12  12  107  10     41  55  .300  .353  .472  126  257  14           4    
 1912 28 PIT NL 152  583   80  175  19 36  11   95  16     35  67  .300  .342  .513  133  299  23           2     MVP-8
 1913 29 PIT NL 155  580   71  154  12 14  10   73   9     32  62  .266  .307  .386  101  224  12           3    
 1914 30 STL NL 154  580   64  150  27 12   9   73  14     32  66  .259  .302  .393  107  228  10           4    
 1915 31 STL NL 107  348   33   96  13  6   3   39   8 15  19  43  .276  .321  .374  110  130  17           4    
 1916 32 STL NL 120  355   30   85   8  2   3   32   4     20  46  .239  .289  .299   81  106   9           5    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons          4624      1246    114      571     15     407  .269  .311  .391  105      139   0   0  37   0
               1280       520      157     59       98    241                            1808
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        585   66  158  20 14   7   72  12  2  31  52  .269  .311  .391  105  229  18   0   0   5   0
 Career High    155  583   80  175  34 36  12  107  17 15  41  68  .300  .353  .513  133  299  23   0   0   7   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 24 PIT NL  572  428   39   2.4    72| .227  .247| .260  .308| .285  .318| .545  .626|  74  .410 -17.7  -2.2     
 1909 25 PIT NL  614  434   63   3.9    80| .272  .258| .303  .326| .374  .332| .677  .658| 106  .586   0.0   0.0     
 1910 26 PIT NL  579  403   61   4.1    93| .276  .271| .312  .346| .373  .359| .685  .705|  94  .546  -8.2  -0.9     
 1911 27 PIT NL  603  395   90   6.1    99| .300  .273| .353  .351| .472  .376| .825  .727| 126  .685  16.4   1.7     
 1912 28 PIT NL  643  431  102   6.3    99| .300  .279| .342  .349| .513  .380| .855  .729| 133  .673  18.8   1.9     
 1913 29 PIT NL  627  438   68   4.2    88| .266  .265| .307  .329| .386  .360| .693  .689| 101  .534  -2.8  -0.3     
 1914 30 STL NL  626  440   68   4.1    83| .259  .258| .302  .325| .393  .345| .695  .670| 107  .575   1.6   0.2     
 1915 31 STL NL  388  284   37   3.5    81| .276  .256| .321  .319| .374  .342| .695  .661| 110  .530   3.0   0.4  34%
 1916 32 STL NL  389  279   30   2.9    77| .239  .253| .289  .311| .299  .338| .588  .649|  81  .441  -8.0  -0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      5041 3532  558   4.2    87| .269  .263| .311  .331| .391  .351| .702  .682| 105  .574   3.2  -0.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1908 24 PIT NL  OF  144    258   20   13    3  .955  .960  1.93  1.99                1   34  109
 1909 25 PIT NL  OF  154    292   19   14    7  .957  .961  2.02  2.01                0    0  154
 1910 26 PIT NL  OF  146    255   23    8    3  .972  .959  1.90  2.10                1    7  138
 1911 27 PIT NL  OF  146    273   20    7   10  .977  .960  2.01  2.07                0    2  145
 1912 28 PIT NL  OF  152    324   20   14    5  .961  .956  2.26  2.16                0   87   69
 1913 29 PIT NL  OF  155    301   14   10    3  .969  .960  2.03  2.08                0    3  153
 1914 30 STL NL  OF  154    312   34    6   11  .983  .957  2.25  1.97                0    9  148
 1915 31 STL NL  OF  105    234   20    4    3  .984  .959  2.42  2.01                3   70   33
 1916 32 STL NL  OF  113    181   11    9    3  .955  .967  1.70  2.00                0   58   61
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1908 24 PIT NL  OF  144    258   20   13    3  .955  .960  1.93  1.99                1   34  109
 1909 25 PIT NL  OF  154    292   19   14    7  .957  .961  2.02  2.01                0    0  154
 1910 26 PIT NL  OF  146    255   23    8    3  .972  .959  1.90  2.10                1    7  138
 1911 27 PIT NL  OF  146    273   20    7   10  .977  .960  2.01  2.07                0    2  145
 1912 28 PIT NL  OF  152    324   20   14    5  .961  .956  2.26  2.16                0   87   69
 1913 29 PIT NL  OF  155    301   14   10    3  .969  .960  2.03  2.08                0    3  153
 1914 30 STL NL  OF  154    312   34    6   11  .983  .957  2.25  1.97                0    9  148
 1915 31 STL NL  OF  105    234   20    4    3  .984  .959  2.42  2.01                3   70   33
 1916 32 STL NL  OF  113    181   11    9    3  .955  .967  1.70  2.00                0   58   61
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1269   2430  181   85   48  .968  .960  2.06  2.05                5  270 1010
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1269   2430  181   85   48  .968  .960  2.06  2.05

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1909   WS    PIT DET     W   7  26   2   4  1  0  0   1   0   2  .154  .154  .192   1  1   2   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1912-NL-8-0.20
Car-708-0.20 shares

Slugging %
1909 NL-.374-10
1911 NL-.472-6
1912 NL-.513-2

OPS
1911 NL-.826-7
1912 NL-.855-8

Games
1909 NL-154-1
1912 NL-152-2
1913 NL-155-1
1914 NL-154-4

At Bats
1909 NL-569-9
1912 NL-583-4
1913 NL-580-5
1914 NL-580-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1912 NL-643-7
1913 NL-627-9
1914 NL-626-10

Hits
1909 NL-155-10
1911 NL-163-10
1912 NL-175-7

Total Bases
1909 NL-213-8
1911 NL-257-5
1912 NL-299-2
1914 NL-228-7

Doubles
1911 NL-34-3
1914 NL-27-5

Triples
1909 NL-12-5
1910 NL-13-10
1912 NL-36-1
1913 NL-14-4
1914 NL-12-2

Home Runs
1909 NL-4-6
1911 NL-12-5
1912 NL-11-3
1913 NL-10-5
1914 NL-9-5

RBI
1911 NL-107-1
1912 NL-95-4
1913 NL-73-8
1914 NL-73-10

Strikeouts
1910 NL-68-5
1912 NL-67-9
1913 NL-62-10
1914 NL-66-7

Singles
1913 NL-118-9

Adjusted OPS+
1912 NL-133-7

Runs Created
1911 NL-90-7
1912 NL-102-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1912 NL-19-10

Batting Wins
1912 NL-1.9-10

Extra-Base Hits
1909 NL-38-8
1911 NL-58-3
1912 NL-66-2
1914 NL-48-5

Offensive Win%
1912 NL-.673-10

Hit By Pitch
1910 NL-7-10

Sac. Hits
1912 NL-23-8

Power/Speed Number
1911 NL-10.9-10
1912 NL-13.0-5
1914 NL-11.0-6

At Bats per Home Run
1911 NL-45.3-6
1912 NL-53.0-6
1913 NL-58.0-8
1914 NL-64.4-9

Outs
1909 NL-434-8
1912 NL-431-3
1913 NL-438-8
1914 NL-440-7

Black Ink: Batting - 7 (306) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 71 (335) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 16.0 (883) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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.

Transactions
December 12, 1913: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Art Butler, Cozy Dolan, Dots Miller, and Hank Robinson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ed Konetchy, Mike Mowrey, and Bob Harmon.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Chief Wilson's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Andrew Trent & Kari Banta sponsor(s) this page.	You can sponsor a page. Page Expires: 2009-04-04 Alert Me!
Here's to the first native Texan to play in the World Series. You may not know him, but Chief Wilson still holds the major league record for triples (36) in a season.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1912-NL-8-0.20 Car-708-0.20 shares	Slugging % 1909 NL-.374-10 1911 NL-.472-6 1912 NL-.513-2	OPS 1911 NL-.826-7 1912 NL-.855-8	Games 1909 NL-154-1 1912 NL-152-2 1913 NL-155-1 1914 NL-154-4	At Bats 1909 NL-569-9 1912 NL-583-4 1913 NL-580-5 1914 NL-580-4	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1912 NL-643-7 1913 NL-627-9 1914 NL-626-10
Hits 1909 NL-155-10 1911 NL-163-10 1912 NL-175-7	Total Bases 1909 NL-213-8 1911 NL-257-5 1912 NL-299-2 1914 NL-228-7	Doubles 1911 NL-34-3 1914 NL-27-5	Triples 1909 NL-12-5 1910 NL-13-10 1912 NL-36-1 1913 NL-14-4 1914 NL-12-2	Home Runs 1909 NL-4-6 1911 NL-12-5 1912 NL-11-3 1913 NL-10-5 1914 NL-9-5	RBI 1911 NL-107-1 1912 NL-95-4 1913 NL-73-8 1914 NL-73-10
Strikeouts 1910 NL-68-5 1912 NL-67-9 1913 NL-62-10 1914 NL-66-7	Singles 1913 NL-118-9	Adjusted OPS+ 1912 NL-133-7	Runs Created 1911 NL-90-7 1912 NL-102-5	Adjusted Batting Runs 1912 NL-19-10	Batting Wins 1912 NL-1.9-10
Extra-Base Hits 1909 NL-38-8 1911 NL-58-3 1912 NL-66-2 1914 NL-48-5	Offensive Win% 1912 NL-.673-10	Hit By Pitch 1910 NL-7-10	Sac. Hits 1912 NL-23-8	Power/Speed Number 1911 NL-10.9-10 1912 NL-13.0-5 1914 NL-11.0-6	At Bats per Home Run 1911 NL-45.3-6 1912 NL-53.0-6 1913 NL-58.0-8 1914 NL-64.4-9
Outs 1909 NL-434-8 1912 NL-431-3 1913 NL-438-8 1914 NL-440-7