Red Wilson

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: March 7, 1929 in Milwaukee, WI us

Died: August 8, 2014 in Fitchburg, WI

Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI

High School: Washington HS (Milwaukee, WI)

School: University of Wisconsin at Madison (Madison, WI)

Debut: September 22, 1951 (Age 22-199d, 10,854th in major league history)
vs. SLB 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1960 (Age 31-201d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: Robert James Wilson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.6

1765

455

.258

206

RBI

189

OBP

.338

SLG

.355

OPS

.694

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-37 / in Starts: 30-30
Longest Hitting Streak	15 games
Longest On Base Streak	19 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 247 PAs	35
Actual Runners on Base	182 (95-60-27)
Avg. MLBer w/ 247 PAs	27
Avg. Runners on Base	153 (80-48-24)

Most Driven In
H Kuenn	7
A Kaline	6
C Maxwell	6
E Yost	5
Self	4
F Bolling	2
J Groth	2
R Bridges	2

Most Driven In By
Self	4
C Veal	4
G Harris	3
E Yost	3
T Lepcio	3
B Osborne	2
F Bolling	2
H Kuenn	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	459	1	Apr 10	DET		CHW	L,7-9	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.80	-0.064	2.03	-0.10%	-0.59	C
2	460	2	Apr 11	DET		CHW	L,3-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.65	-0.017	1.47	-0.02%	-0.11	C
3	461	3	Apr 12	DET		CHW	L,3-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						PR C
4	462	4	Apr 14	DET	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.76	-0.053	1.44	-0.06%	-0.55	C
5	463	6 (1)	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
6	464	9 (2)	Apr 22	DET		CLE	L,1-10	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.88	-0.047	1.28	-0.04%	-0.48	C
7	465	11 (1)	Apr 24	DET	@	KCA	L,1-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.57	-0.056	.58	-0.03%	-1.08	C
8	466	13 (1)	Apr 26	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	9.19	-0.231	6.56	-0.10%	-0.77	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	467	16 (2)	May 1	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.056	.056	.111	8	1.47	-0.040	.87	-0.01%	-0.48	C
10	468	17	May 2	DET		WSH	L,3-15	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.053	.053	.105	9	.02	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.17	PH
11	469	19 (1)	May 3 (2)	DET		NYY	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.130	.130	.261	7	.31	0.047	.15	0.01%	1.05	C
12	470	32 (12)	May 19	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.185	.185	.370	7	.66	0.086	.45	0.04%	0.88	C
13	471	33	May 20	DET	@	NYY	W,13-6	CG	6	6	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.242	.273	.515	7	.52	0.119	.41	0.06%	1.98	C
14	472	34	May 22	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.242	.273	.515	7						C
15	473	36 (1)	May 24 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.243	.250	.493	7	2.05	-0.135	2.17	-0.09%	-0.53	C
16	474	38 (1)	May 25	DET	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.268	.275	.543	5	1.11	0.006	1.03	0.00%	0.10	C
17	475	41 (2)	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.267	.273	.539	5	.56	-0.015	1.02	-0.02%	-0.43	C
18	476	43 (1)	May 31	DET		CLE	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.286	.277	.562	5	1.77	0.085	3.45	0.10%	1.13	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	477	47 (3)	Jun 4	DET		NYY	L,3-14	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.255	.283	.275	.558	5	.38	0.003	.84	0.00%	-0.24	C
20	478	54 (6)	Jun 11	DET	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	5	5	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.310	.339	.650	5	1.18	0.233	3.45	0.41%	2.17	C
21	479	57 (2)	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.306	.333	.640	5	1.45	0.026	5.21	0.06%	-0.09	C
22	480	65 (7)	Jun 21 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.303	.328	.631	6	.75	-0.013	3.15	-0.03%	0.03	C
23	481	67 (1)	Jun 24	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.314	.353	.667	5	1.12	0.031	3.73	0.06%	0.22	C
24	482	69 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	DET		BAL	L,7-12	GS-9	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.324	.389	.713	5	.67	0.020	2.51	0.05%	0.16	C
25	483	71 (1)	Jun 27	DET		BAL	W,12-2	CG	4	3	1	3	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.359	.453	.812	6	.77	0.221	2.32	0.40%	3.14	C
26	484	73 (1)	Jun 29	DET		KCA	L,3-10	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.325	.349	.463	.812	5	.95	-0.038	2.92	-0.07%	-0.91	C
27	485	74	Jun 30	DET		KCA	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.349	.458	.807	5	.47	0.024	1.27	0.04%	-0.04	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	486	75	Jul 1	DET		KCA	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.322	.344	.448	.793	5	.84	-0.051	2.61	-0.09%	-0.72	C
29	487	76	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,9-7	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.322	.347	.444	.792	5	.90	-0.001	3.63	0.00%	-0.30	C
30	488	77	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.350	.474	.824	5	2.02	0.397	9.32	1.10%	1.43	C
31	489	78	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.337	.455	.791	5	.99	-0.103	3.97	-0.25%	-1.36	C
32	490	79	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,9-12	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.333	.450	.783	9	.52	-0.016	1.82	-0.03%	-0.24	PH
33	491	81 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	KCA	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.339	.452	.791	5	.65	-0.016	1.26	-0.02%	0.12	C
34	492	83 (1)	Jul 10	DET	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.351	.463	.814	5	.82	0.085	1.17	0.07%	0.74	C
35	493	84	Jul 11	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.336	.442	.779	5	2.31	-0.255	5.55	-0.37%	-1.67	C
36	494	86 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.310	.333	.448	.782	5	.62	0.080	1.46	0.11%	1.14	C
37	495	87	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.319	.346	.462	.809	5	1.08	0.190	1.35	0.14%	1.88	C
38	496	92 (4)	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.309	.336	.447	.783	5	.94	-0.137	.47	-0.04%	-1.42	C
39	497	93	Jul 19	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.328	.437	.765	5	1.20	-0.110	.66	-0.04%	-0.68	C
40	498	96 (2)	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,11-2	CG	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.305	.333	.445	.779	5	.68	0.042	.40	0.02%	0.52	C
41	499	98 (1)	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,8-9	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.336	.444	.779	5	1.92	0.067	1.32	0.03%	-0.21	C
42	500	103 (4)	Jul 30	DET		BAL	W,11-2	CG	5	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.316	.345	.463	.808	5	.80	0.021	.26	0.00%	1.40	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	501	105 (1)	Aug 1	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.342	.464	.806	5	.75	0.078	.13	0.01%	-0.01	C
44	502	106	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.342	.458	.800	5	1.50	-0.048	.29	-0.01%	-0.12	C
45	503	107	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.315	.346	.479	.825	5	.71	0.022	.08	0.00%	-0.04	C
46	504	108	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.307	.337	.467	.804	5	.85	-0.046	.15	-0.01%	-0.53	C
47	505	109	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.318	.347	.494	.841	5	.70	0.170	.07	0.01%	1.64	C
48	506	110	Aug 7	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.345	.487	.832	5	1.37	0.000	.19	0.00%	0.43	C
49	507	111	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.341	.475	.816	5	1.13	-0.064	.07	0.00%	-1.08	C
50	508	112	Aug 9	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.299	.331	.461	.793	7	1.89	-0.328	.11	-0.01%	-2.55	C
51	509	113	Aug 11	DET		CHW	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.324	.450	.775	5	.26	-0.014	.02	0.00%	-0.91	C
52	510	114	Aug 12	DET		CHW	L,6-11	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.328	.453	.781	7	.92	0.039	.07	0.00%	0.39	C
53	511	130 (15)	Aug 30	DET	@	KCA	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.301	.332	.472	.803	7	1.46	0.094	.00	0.00%	1.16	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
54	512	131	Sep 1	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.323	.459	.782	7	.47	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-1.33	C
55	513	132	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.321	.456	.777	7	.63	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.16	C
56	514	133	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-11	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.313	.444	.757	7	.71	-0.106	.00	0.00%	-2.02	C
57	515	134	Sep 4	DET		KCA	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.312	.445	.757	7	.30	-0.024	.00	0.00%	1.23	C
58	516	135	Sep 5	DET		KCA	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.308	.438	.746	7	1.51	-0.124	.00	0.00%	-1.06	C
59	517	136	Sep 6	DET		KCA	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.307	.434	.741	7	1.52	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.30	C
60	518	138 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.310	.436	.746	7	1.25	0.108	.00	0.00%	0.54	C
61	519	139	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.283	.314	.434	.748	7	1.00	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.22	C
62	520	140	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.278	.308	.426	.734	7	.88	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-1.34	C
63	521	141	Sep 11	DET	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.311	.429	.741	7	.69	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.85	C
64	522	142	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.273	.306	.421	.727	7	1.05	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.12	C
65	523	143	Sep 13	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.301	.414	.714	7	.74	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.90	C
66	524	149 (5)	Sep 20	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.296	.406	.702	7	.61	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.69	C
67	525	152 (2)	Sep 25	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GS-9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.295	.408	.703	6	1.26	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
							30-37		247	228	28	60	17	2	4	35	10	1	23	2	3	4	2	8	2	1	.263	.295	.408	.703		1.02	-0.158	1.34	1.28%	-1.16

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