Red Wilson

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Full Name: Robert James Wilson	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/160	First Game: September 22, 1951
Birthdate: March 7, 1929	Final Game: September 24, 1960
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin	MLB Experience: 10 years
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

Red Wilson (Robert James Wilson) was born on March 7, 1929 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He made his Major League debut on September 22, 1951 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1953, his rookie year, he hit .250 with 0 home runs and 10 RBI. Wilson played for the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Red Wilson's best season was 1958, when he hit for a .299 average.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1951	CHI	A	4	11	1	3	0	0	.273	.333	.364	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
1952	CHI	A	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1953	CHI	A	71	164	21	41	0	10	.250	.353	.299	6	1	26	12	0	3	2	0	8
1954	DET	A	54	170	22	48	2	22	.282	.379	.394	11	1	27	12	0	6	3	0	8
1954	CHI	A	8	20	2	4	1	1	.200	.238	.350	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1954	TOT	A	62	190	24	52	3	23	.274	.365	.389	11	1	28	14	0	6	3	0	8
1955	DET	A	78	241	26	53	2	17	.220	.296	.282	9	0	26	23	0	7	1	3	13
1956	DET	A	78	228	32	66	7	38	.289	.393	.452	12	2	42	18	0	3	2	7	6
1957	DET	A	60	180	21	43	3	13	.239	.341	.344	8	1	25	19	3	5	2	2	3
1958	DET	A	103	298	31	89	3	29	.299	.373	.379	13	1	35	30	2	5	10	5	8
1959	DET	A	67	228	28	60	4	35	.263	.295	.408	17	2	10	23	2	3	2	1	8
1960	DET	A	45	134	17	29	1	14	.216	.298	.269	4	0	16	14	0	0	3	1	1
1960	CLE	A	32	88	5	19	1	10	.216	.268	.284	3	0	6	7	1	1	0	1	3
1960	TOT	A	77	222	22	48	2	24	.216	.286	.275	7	0	22	21	1	1	3	2	4
Total			602	1765	206	455	24	189	.258	.338	.355	84	8	215	163	8	33	25	20	60

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1951	CHI	A	C	4	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	CHI	A	C	2	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	CHI	A	C	63	0	0	282	24	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	.981
1954	DET	A	C	53	0	0	245	25	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	.996
1954	CHI	A	C	8	0	0	44	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	TOT	A	C	61	0	0	289	28	1	8	0	1	0	0	0	.997
1955	DET	A	C	72	0	0	292	25	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	.984
1956	DET	A	C	78	0	0	393	34	4	7	0	7	0	0	0	.991
1957	DET	A	C	60	50	483	280	29	0	5	0	7	8	15	1	1.000
1958	DET	A	C	101	90	796.1	565	34	5	6	0	9	25	18	1	.992
1959	DET	A	C	64	60	518	374	25	5	8	0	8	24	11	1	.988
1960	DET	A	C	45	39	343.2	229	17	5	0	0	4	14	5	1	.980
1960	CLE	A	C	30	27	240.2	163	17	2	1	0	3	10	7	1	.989
1960	TOT	A	C	75	66	584.1	392	34	7	1	0	7	24	12	2	.984
Total			C	580	266	2381.2	2884	236	33	41	0	45	81	56	5	.990

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1950).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Matt Batts (May 29, 1954).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Rocky Bridges to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Hank Foiles (July 26, 1960).

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