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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	DET		CHW	L,7-9	GS	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	DET		CHW	L,3-5	GF	13	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	DET		CHW	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
4	4	Apr 14	DET	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	6 (1)	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	9 (2)	Apr 22	DET		CLE	L,1-10	GS	35	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
7	11 (1)	Apr 24	DET	@	KCA	L,1-10	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	16 (4)	May 1	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
9	19 (2)	May 3 (2)	DET		NYY	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	32 (12)	May 19	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
11	33	May 20	DET	@	NYY	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
12	34	May 22	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
13	36 (1)	May 24 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	38 (1)	May 25	DET	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	41 (2)	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	43 (1)	May 31	DET		CLE	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	47 (3)	Jun 4	DET		NYY	L,3-14	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	54 (6)	Jun 11	DET	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	57 (2)	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	65 (7)	Jun 21 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
21	67 (1)	Jun 24	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
22	69 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	DET		BAL	L,7-12	CG	45	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
23	71 (1)	Jun 27	DET		BAL	W,12-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
24	73 (1)	Jun 29	DET		KCA	L,3-10	CG	47	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
25	74	Jun 30	DET		KCA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	75	Jul 1	DET		KCA	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
27	76	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	77	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
29	78	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	81 (2)	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	KCA	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
31	83 (1)	Jul 10	DET	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
32	84	Jul 11	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
33	86 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
34	87	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
35	92 (4)	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
36	93	Jul 19	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
37	96 (2)	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,11-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	98 (1)	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	103 (4)	Jul 30	DET		BAL	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	105 (1)	Aug 1	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	106	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
42	107	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	108	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
44	109	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
45	110	Aug 7	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	111	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
47	112	Aug 9	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
48	113	Aug 11	DET		CHW	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
49	114	Aug 12	DET		CHW	L,6-11	GS	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	130 (15)	Aug 30	DET	@	KCA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	131	Sep 1	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
52	132	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS	23	3.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
53	133	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
54	134	Sep 4	DET		KCA	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	135	Sep 5	DET		KCA	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
56	136	Sep 6	DET		KCA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	138 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	11	1	1	13	1	C
58	139	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
59	140	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	141	Sep 11	DET	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
61	142	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
62	143	Sep 13	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
63	149 (5)	Sep 20	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
64	152 (2)	Sep 25	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							64gm		518.0	374	25	5	404	8