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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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 17	DET	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,3-8	GF	24	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
4	6 (2)	Apr 22	DET		KCA	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
5	7	Apr 23	DET		KCA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
6	10 (2)	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	19 (8)	May 6	DET		BAL	L,6-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
8	23 (3)	May 10	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
9	29 (5)	May 18	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	GF	9	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
10	32 (2)	May 21	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	GF	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	PR C
11	33	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
12	34	May 25	DET	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	36 (1)	May 27	DET		CLE	W,11-5	GF	10	2.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	37	May 28	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
15	40 (2)	May 30 (2)	DET		KCA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	44 (3)	Jun 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
17	45	Jun 4	DET		WSH	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
18	53 (7)	Jun 12	DET		BAL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
19	58 (4)	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	62 (3)	Jun 22	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	63	Jun 23	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	65 (1)	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	41	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
23	66	Jun 26	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
24	67	Jun 27	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	68	Jun 28	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	73 (4)	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
27	75 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
28	78 (2)	Jul 7	DET		KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	79	Jul 11	DET		BOS	L,7-9	CG	47	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
30	82 (2)	Jul 14 (1)	DET		BAL	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
31	83	Jul 14 (2)	DET		BAL	W,7-6	CG	49	10.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
32	84	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,4-10	CG	47	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
33	85	Jul 17	DET		NYY	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	86	Jul 18	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	89 (2)	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
36	90	Jul 23	DET	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	95 (4)	Jul 28 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
38	96	Jul 28 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	58	14.1	9	2	0	11	0	C
39	97	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	101 (3)	Aug 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	67	16.2	10	0	0	10	0	C
41	103 (1)	Aug 6	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	104	Aug 7	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
43	105	Aug 8	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	106	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	50	10.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
45	107	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	109 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
47	111 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	54	13.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	115 (3)	Aug 17	DET		CHW	W,9-8	GS	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
49	116	Aug 18 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
50	120 (3)	Aug 22	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
51	123 (2)	Aug 25	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	124	Aug 26	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	128 (3)	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	136 (7)	Sep 8	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	145 (8)	Sep 18	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
56	147 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
57	150 (2)	Sep 25	DET	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
58	151	Sep 26	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
59	152	Sep 27	DET		KCA	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
60	154 (1)	Sep 29	DET		KCA	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							60gm		483.0	280	29	0	309	5