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Red Wilson
Robert James Wilson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.
School University of Wisconsin-Madison

Debut September 22, 1951
Final Game September 24, 1960
Born March 7, 1929 in Milwaukee, WI

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 22 CHW AL   4   11    1    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .273  .333  .364   90    4   0           0   2
 1952 23 CHW AL   2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1953 24 CHW AL  71  164   21   41   6  1   0   10   2  3  26  12  .250  .353  .299   75   49   3           0   8
 1954 25 TOT AL  62  190   24   52  11  1   3   23   3  1  28  14  .274  .365  .389  109   74   6   1       0   8
         CHW AL   8   20    2    4   0  0   1    1   0  0   1   2  .200  .238  .350   58    7   0   0       0   0
         DET AL  54  170   22   48  11  1   2   22   3  1  27  12  .282  .379  .394  115   67   6   1       0   8
 1955 26 DET AL  78  241   26   53   9  0   2   17   1  2  26  23  .220  .296  .282   58   68   7   0   3   0  13
 1956 27 DET AL  78  228   32   66  12  2   7   38   2  1  42  18  .289  .393  .452  122  103   3   5   7   0   6
 1957 28 DET AL  60  180   21   43   8  1   3   13   2  3  25  19  .239  .341  .344   86   62   5   0   2   3   3
 1958 29 DET AL 103  298   31   89  13  1   3   29  10  0  35  30  .299  .373  .379  102  113   5   3   5   2   8
 1959 30 DET AL  67  228   28   60  17  2   4   35   2  2  10  23  .263  .295  .408   87   93   3   4   1   2   8
 1960 31 TOT AL  77  222   22   48   7  0   2   24   3  0  22  21  .216  .286  .275   53   61   1   3   2   1   4
         DET AL  45  134   17   29   4  0   1   14   3  0  16  14  .216  .298  .269   53   36   0   1   1   0   1
         CLE AL  32   88    5   19   3  0   1   10   0  0   6   7  .216  .268  .284   52   25   1   2   1   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     602 1765  206  455  84  8  24  189  25 12 215 163  .258  .338  .355   87  627  33  16  20   8  60
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        475   55  122  23  2   6   51   7  3  58  44  .258  .338  .355   87  169   9   4   5   2  16
 Career High    103  298   32   89  17  2   7   38  10  3  42  30  .299  .393  .452  122  113   7   5   7   3  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 22 CHW AL   12   10    1   2.7   100| .273  .265| .333  .346| .364  .389| .697  .735|  90  .280  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1952 23 CHW AL    3    3    0   0.0    97| .000  .261| .000  .341| .000  .381| .000  .723|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1953 24 CHW AL  193  137   17   3.3   105| .250  .273| .353  .350| .299  .402| .652  .752|  75  .369  -4.8  -0.5  40%
 1954 25 TOT AL  225  154   28   4.9    97| .274  .264| .365  .339| .389  .385| .754  .724| 109  .562   3.2   0.4  75%
         CHW AL   21   16    2   3.4   101| .200  .269| .238  .345| .350  .393| .588  .738|  58  .392  -1.4  -0.1   0%
         DET AL  204  138   26   5.0    97| .282  .263| .379  .338| .394  .384| .773  .723| 115  .577   4.6   0.5  75%
 1955 26 DET AL  274  210   18   2.3   101| .220  .264| .296  .343| .282  .393| .578  .736|  58  .220 -14.2  -1.4  33%
 1956 27 DET AL  278  177   43   6.5   107| .289  .268| .393  .351| .452  .410| .845  .760| 122  .634   9.3   0.9  66%
 1957 28 DET AL  213  148   22   4.0   102| .239  .266| .341  .339| .344  .402| .685  .741|  86  .460  -3.0  -0.3  40%
 1958 29 DET AL  343  225   45   5.3   104| .299  .270| .373  .339| .379  .410| .752  .749| 102  .599   2.4   0.2 100%
 1959 30 DET AL  247  185   25   3.6   103| .263  .267| .295  .339| .408  .408| .703  .748|  87  .413  -4.5  -0.5  50%
 1960 31 TOT AL  249  182   19   2.8   102| .216  .264| .286  .338| .275  .404| .561  .742|  53  .298 -14.6  -1.5 100%
         DET AL  151  107   12   3.0   104| .216  .267| .298  .341| .269  .408| .567  .749|  53  .326  -8.8  -0.9 100%
         CLE AL   98   75    7   2.5    99| .216  .260| .268  .333| .284  .398| .552  .730|  52  .256  -5.8  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     2037 1431  218   4.1   103| .258  .267| .338  .342| .355  .402| .693  .744|  87  .460 -27.2  -2.8  67%

* 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    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1951 22 CHW AL C 4 9 2 0 0 1.000 .982 2.75 4.40 0 1952 23 CHW AL C 2 8 1 0 0 1.000 .989 4.50 4.70 0 1953 24 CHW AL C 63 282 24 6 1 .981 .985 4.86 4.44 1 1954 25 TOT AL C 61 289 28 1 8 .997 .986 5.20 4.76 1 CHW AL C 8 44 3 0 1 1.000 .985 5.88 4.76 0 DET AL C 53 245 25 1 7 .996 .986 5.09 4.76 1 1955 26 DET AL C 72 292 25 5 5 .984 .988 4.40 4.73 5 1956 27 DET AL C 78 393 34 4 7 .991 .988 5.47 5.02 6.19 5.91 70 621.3 7 13 15 18 1957 28 DET AL C 60 280 29 0 5 1.000 .991 5.15 5.11 5.76 5.92 50 483.0 7 6 8 15 1958 29 DET AL C 101 565 34 5 6 .992 .990 5.93 5.34 6.77 6.01 90 796.3 9 14 25 18 1959 30 DET AL C 64 374 25 5 8 .988 .989 6.23 5.31 6.93 6.08 60 518.0 8 8 24 11 1960 31 TOT AL C 75 392 34 7 1 .984 .987 5.68 5.12 6.56 5.93 66 584.4 7 20 24 12 DET AL C 45 229 17 5 0 .980 .987 5.47 5.12 6.44 5.93 39 343.7 4 12 14 5 CLE AL C 30 163 17 2 1 .989 .987 6.00 5.12 6.73 5.93 27 240.7 3 8 10 7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1951 22 CHW AL C 4 9 2 0 0 1.000 .982 2.75 4.40 0 1952 23 CHW AL C 2 8 1 0 0 1.000 .989 4.50 4.70 0 1953 24 CHW AL C 63 282 24 6 1 .981 .985 4.86 4.44 1 1954 25 TOT AL C 61 289 28 1 8 .997 .986 5.20 4.76 1 CHW AL C 8 44 3 0 1 1.000 .985 5.88 4.76 0 DET AL C 53 245 25 1 7 .996 .986 5.09 4.76 1 1955 26 DET AL C 72 292 25 5 5 .984 .988 4.40 4.73 5 1956 27 DET AL C 78 393 34 4 7 .991 .988 5.47 5.02 6.19 5.91 70 621.3 7 13 15 18 1957 28 DET AL C 60 280 29 0 5 1.000 .991 5.15 5.11 5.76 5.92 50 483.0 7 6 8 15 1958 29 DET AL C 101 565 34 5 6 .992 .990 5.93 5.34 6.77 6.01 90 796.3 9 14 25 18 1959 30 DET AL C 64 374 25 5 8 .988 .989 6.23 5.31 6.93 6.08 60 518.0 8 8 24 11 1960 31 TOT AL C 75 392 34 7 1 .984 .987 5.68 5.12 6.56 5.93 66 584.4 7 20 24 12 DET AL C 45 229 17 5 0 .980 .987 5.47 5.12 6.44 5.93 39 343.7 4 12 14 5 CLE AL C 30 163 17 2 1 .989 .987 6.00 5.12 6.73 5.93 27 240.7 3 8 10 7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 580 2884 236 33 41 .990 .988 5.38 5.00 336 3003.0 45 61 96 74 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 580 2884 236 33 41 .990 .988 5.38 5.00
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.

Stolen Bases
1958 AL-10-8

Intentional Walks
1956 AL-7-8
1958 AL-5-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2073) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2489) (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: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

May 29, 1954: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Matt Batts.

July 26, 1960: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Rocky Bridges to the Cleveland Indians for Hank Foiles.


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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