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Jack Wilson
John Francis Wilson (Black Jack)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 210 lb.
School University of Portland

Debut September 9, 1934
Final Game September 16, 1942
Born April 12, 1912 in Portland, OR
Died April 19, 1995 in Edmonds, WA

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1934 22 PHA AL   0   1   2   2   1   0   0  0    9.0   15   12   12   1    9    2   0   2    47       0 12.00  4.36   36 2.667
 1935 23 BOS AL   3   4  23   6   2   0   9  1   64.0   72   35   30   0   36   19   2   3   292       0  4.22  4.72  112 1.688
 1936 24 BOS AL   6   8  43   9   2   0  19  3  136.3  152   83   67   4   86   74   1   7   630       1  4.42  5.29  120 1.746
 1937 25 BOS AL  16  10  51  21  14   1  23  7  221.3  209  111   91  13  119  137   3   4   979       2  3.70  4.76  129 1.482
 1938 26 BOS AL  15  15  37  27  11   3   7  1  194.7  200  108   93  16   91   96   2   2   869       0  4.30  4.93  115 1.495
 1939 27 BOS AL  11  11  36  22   6   0   5  2  177.3  198  109   92  10   75   80   1   4   797       0  4.67  4.71  101 1.539
 1940 28 BOS AL  12   6  41  16   9   0  15  5  157.7  170  104   89  17   87  102   3   6   723       0  5.08  4.51   89 1.630
 1941 29 BOS AL   4  13  27  12   4   1  11  1  116.3  140   82   65   7   70   55   2   8   551       0  5.03  4.15   82 1.805
 1942 30 TOT AL   1   4  21   6   1   0   9  0   55.0   77   42   38   5   28   25   1   2   267       0  6.22  3.73   60 1.909
         WSH AL   1   4  12   6   1   0   4  0   42.0   57   34   31   2   23   18   1   1   204       0  6.64  3.66   55 1.905
         DET AL   0   0   9   0   0   0   5  0   13.0   20    8    7   3    5    7   0   1    63       0  4.85  3.95   82 1.923
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .486  68  72 281 121  50   5  98 20 1131.7 1233  686  577  73  601  590  15  38  5155       3  4.59  4.69  102 1.621
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  12  47  20   8   0  16  3  191.3  208  116   97  12  101   99   2   6   871   0   0  4.59  4.69  102 1.621
 Career High     16  15  51  27  14   3  23  7  221.3  209  111   93  17  119  137   3   8   979   0   2  3.70  5.29  129 1.482

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

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 22 PHA AL   2    3    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0    
 1935 23 BOS AL  23   16    2    5   2  0   1    3   0  0   1   3  .313  .353  .625  142   10   1           0    
 1936 24 BOS AL  44   50    4   11   2  0   0    5   0  0   1   5  .220  .235  .260   19   13   1           0    
 1937 25 BOS AL  51   85    2   14   2  0   0   10   0  0   4  13  .165  .202  .188   -3   16   2           0    
 1938 26 BOS AL  37   68    7   15   2  0   0    7   0  0   2   8  .221  .243  .250   21   17   6           0    
 1939 27 BOS AL  37   63    6   10   0  0   0    6   0  0   0  17  .159  .159  .159  -20   10   5           0   0
 1940 28 BOS AL  41   66    9   18   2  1   2    8   0  0   1  11  .273  .284  .424   78   28   0           0   1
 1941 29 BOS AL  27   44    2    7   1  0   0    6   0  0   1   8  .159  .178  .182   -6    8   2           0   0
 1942 30 TOT AL  21   18    2    2   0  0   0    3   0  0   0   3  .111  .111  .111  -37    2   1           0   0
         WSH AL  12   17    2    2   0  0   0    3   0  0   0   2  .118  .118  .118  -33    2   1           0   0
         DET AL   9    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      283  413   34   82  11  1   3   49   0  0  10  68  .199  .217  .252   18  104  19   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        236   19   47   6  1   2   28   0  0   6  39  .199  .217  .252   18   60  11   0   0   0   1
 Career High     51   85    9   18   2  1   2   10   0  0   4  17                          28   6   0   0   0   1

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 22 PHA AL    4    4    0   0.0   108| .000  .283| .000  .356| .000  .408| .000  .764|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1935 23 BOS AL   18   12    4   8.9   117| .313  .296| .353  .370| .625  .428| .978  .797| 142  .741   0.9   0.1   0%
 1936 24 BOS AL   52   40    3   2.0   127| .220  .306| .235  .383| .260  .450| .495  .833|  19  .134  -6.8  -0.6   0%
 1937 25 BOS AL   91   73    3   1.1   120| .165  .295| .202  .371| .188  .439| .390  .810|  -3  .053 -14.0  -1.3   0%
 1938 26 BOS AL   76   59    4   1.8   123| .221  .296| .243  .376| .250  .442| .493  .818|  21  .121  -8.8  -0.8   0%
 1939 27 BOS AL   68   58    2   0.9   117| .159  .291| .159  .367| .159  .431| .318  .798| -20  .041 -11.9  -1.1   0%
 1940 28 BOS AL   67   49    8   4.3   114| .273  .284| .284  .358| .424  .431| .708  .788|  78  .438  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1941 29 BOS AL   47   39    1   0.7   108| .159  .278| .178  .355| .182  .410| .360  .764|  -6  .029  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1942 30 TOT AL   19   17    0   0.0    94| .111  .265| .111  .339| .111  .371| .222  .710| -37  .000  -3.4  -0.3   0%
         WSH AL   18   16    0   0.0    94| .118  .264| .118  .339| .118  .370| .236  .709| -33  .000  -3.1  -0.3   0%
         DET AL    1    1    0   0.0   101| .000  .275| .000  .350| .000  .385| .000  .735|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       442  351   25   1.9   117| .199  .291| .217  .367| .252  .431| .469  .799|  18  .140 -54.5  -5.1   0%

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

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1934 22 PHA AL   P    2      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  1.10  2.00  2.10    2    9.0
 1935 23 BOS AL   P   23      4   19    2    0  .920  .950  1.00  1.12  3.23  2.15    6   64.0
 1936 24 BOS AL   P   43      9   21    1    1  .968  .955  0.70  1.04  1.98  1.99    9  136.3
 1937 25 BOS AL   P   51      9   41    2    3  .962  .954  0.98  1.09  2.03  2.05   21  221.3
 1938 26 BOS AL   P   37     15   27    3    2  .933  .952  1.14  1.12  1.94  2.11   27  194.7
 1939 27 BOS AL   P   36     14   25    1    1  .975  .951  1.08  0.98  1.98  1.92   22  177.3
 1940 28 BOS AL   P   41     14   12    0    1 1.000  .956  0.63  1.05  1.48  2.04   16  157.7
 1941 29 BOS AL   P   27     15   26    2    4  .953  .960  1.52  1.16  3.17  2.14   12  116.3
 1942 30 TOT AL   P   21      2   10    1    1  .923  .952  0.57  1.30  1.96  2.31    6   55.0
         WSH AL   P   12      2    6    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  1.30  1.71  2.31    6   42.0
         DET AL   P    9      0    4    1    1  .800  .952  0.44  1.30  2.77  2.28    0   13.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1934 22 PHA AL   P    2      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  1.10  2.00  2.10    2    9.0
 1935 23 BOS AL   P   23      4   19    2    0  .920  .950  1.00  1.12  3.23  2.15    6   64.0
 1936 24 BOS AL   P   43      9   21    1    1  .968  .955  0.70  1.04  1.98  1.99    9  136.3
 1937 25 BOS AL   P   51      9   41    2    3  .962  .954  0.98  1.09  2.03  2.05   21  221.3
 1938 26 BOS AL   P   37     15   27    3    2  .933  .952  1.14  1.12  1.94  2.11   27  194.7
 1939 27 BOS AL   P   36     14   25    1    1  .975  .951  1.08  0.98  1.98  1.92   22  177.3
 1940 28 BOS AL   P   41     14   12    0    1 1.000  .956  0.63  1.05  1.48  2.04   16  157.7
 1941 29 BOS AL   P   27     15   26    2    4  .953  .960  1.52  1.16  3.17  2.14   12  116.3
 1942 30 TOT AL   P   21      2   10    1    1  .923  .952  0.57  1.30  1.96  2.31    6   55.0
         WSH AL   P   12      2    6    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  1.30  1.71  2.31    6   42.0
         DET AL   P    9      0    4    1    1  .800  .952  0.44  1.30  2.77  2.28    0   13.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 281     83  182   12   13  .957  .954  0.94  1.09  2.11  2.06  121 1131.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       281     83  182   12   13  .957  .954  0.94  1.09  2.11  2.06  121   1132

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.

ERA
1937 AL-3.70-7

Wins
1937 AL-16-6
1938 AL-15-8

Won-Loss %
1940 AL-.667-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1937 AL-8.50-6

Strikeouts/9IP
1937 AL-5.57-2
1938 AL-4.44-9
1939 AL-4.06-9
1940 AL-5.82-3

Games
1936 AL-43-3
1937 AL-51-2
1940 AL-41-3

Saves
1936 AL-3-6
1937 AL-7-3
1940 AL-5-4

Strikeouts
1937 AL-137-6
1940 AL-102-8

Shutouts
1938 AL-3-2

Home Runs Allow.
1938 AL-16-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1937 AL-119-5
1938 AL-91-10

SO to Walk
1937 AL-1.15-9

Losses
1938 AL-15-4

Wild Pitches
1940 AL-6-10
1941 AL-8-4

Hit Batsmen
1940 AL-3-10

Games Finished
1936 AL-19-4
1937 AL-23-3

Adjusted ERA+
1937 AL-129-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 38 (628) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1314) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
February 1, 1935: Traded by the Portland (PCL) to the Boston Red Sox for Bill Cissell.
December 13, 1941: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Stan Spence to the Washington Senators for Ken Chase and Johnny Welaj.
July 17, 1942: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Washington Senators.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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ERA 1937 AL-3.70-7	Wins 1937 AL-16-6 1938 AL-15-8	Won-Loss % 1940 AL-.667-5	Hits Allowed/9IP 1937 AL-8.50-6	Strikeouts/9IP 1937 AL-5.57-2 1938 AL-4.44-9 1939 AL-4.06-9 1940 AL-5.82-3	Games 1936 AL-43-3 1937 AL-51-2 1940 AL-41-3
Saves 1936 AL-3-6 1937 AL-7-3 1940 AL-5-4	Strikeouts 1937 AL-137-6 1940 AL-102-8	Shutouts 1938 AL-3-2	Home Runs Allow. 1938 AL-16-10	Bases On Balls Allow. 1937 AL-119-5 1938 AL-91-10	SO to Walk 1937 AL-1.15-9
Losses 1938 AL-15-4	Wild Pitches 1940 AL-6-10 1941 AL-8-4	Hit Batsmen 1940 AL-3-10	Games Finished 1936 AL-19-4 1937 AL-23-3	Adjusted ERA+ 1937 AL-129-7