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Del Wilber

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Full Name: Delbert Quentin Wilber Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/200 First Game: April 21, 1946
Birthdate: February 24, 1919 Final Game: August 19, 1954
Birthplace: Lincoln Park, Michigan MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: July 18, 2002
Deathplace: St. Petersburg, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Del Wilber (Delbert Quentin Wilber) was born on February 24, 1919 in Lincoln Park, Michigan. He made his Major League debut on April 21, 1946 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1951, his rookie year, he hit .278 with 8 home runs and 34 RBI. Wilber played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Del Wilber's best season was 1951, when he hit for a .278 average.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1946 STL N 4 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 STL N 51 99 7 23 0 12 .232 .269 .333 8 1 5 13 0 0 0 0 5
1948 STL N 27 58 5 11 0 10 .190 .242 .224 2 0 4 9 0 2 0 0 3
1949 STL N 2 4 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHI N 84 245 30 68 8 34 .278 .324 .429 7 3 17 26 0 1 0 0 6
1952 PHI N 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BOS A 47 135 7 36 3 23 .267 .308 .422 10 1 7 20 1 0 1 0 4
1952 Total 49 137 7 36 3 23 .263 .303 .416 10 1 7 21 1 0 1 0 4
1953 BOS A 58 112 16 27 7 29 .241 .286 .500 6 1 6 21 1 1 0 0 5
1954 BOS A 24 61 2 8 1 7 .131 .179 .246 2 1 4 6 0 1 0 0 1
Total NL 170 412 42 103 8 56 .250 .296 .369 17 4 27 49 0 3 0 0 14
Total AL 129 308 25 71 11 59 .231 .274 .416 18 3 17 47 2 2 1 0 10
Total 299 720 67 174 19 115 .242 .286 .389 35 7 44 96 2 5 1 0 24

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1946 STL N C 4 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1947 STL N C 34 0 0 108 10 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 .983
1948 STL N C 26 0 0 67 7 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 .949
1949 STL N C 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 PHI N C 73 0 0 326 26 8 5 0 8 0 0 0 .978
1952 BOS A C 39 0 0 160 22 1 5 0 6 0 0 0 .995
1953 BOS A C 28 0 0 90 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .980
1953 BOS A 1B 2 0 0 18 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1954 BOS A C 18 0 0 49 8 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 .950
Total 1B 2 0 0 18 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total C 224 0 0 818 81 20 15 0 24 0 0 0 .978

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by St. Louis Cardinals from Findlay (Ohio State) in the minor league draft (@October, 1939).
  • Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 16, 1950).
  • Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Boston Red Sox (May 12, 1952).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox to New York Giants in exchange for Billy Klaus (December 14, 1954).

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