Zeke Wilson
[edit] Biography
Born on December 24, 1869 in Benton, Alabama, Zeke Wilson (Frank Ealton Wilson) played for the Cleveland Spiders, Boston Beaneaters and St. Louis Perfectos over the course of his 5 year career. Wilson broke into the bigs on April 23, 1895 with the Cleveland Spiders, and put up a 4.72 ERA in 89.2 innings pitched in 1895, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Zeke Wilson's best season was 1896, when he posted a 4.01 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 56 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1895
| CLE
| N
| 8
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 4.23
| 16
| 33
| 21
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 44.2
| 63
| 3
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1895
| BOS
| N
| 6
| 6
| 2
| 4
| 5.20
| 5
| 48
| 26
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 54
| 1
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1895
| TOT
| N
| 14
| 13
| 5
| 5
| 4.72
| 21
| 81
| 47
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 89.2
| 117
| 4
| 47
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1896
| CLE
| N
| 33
| 29
| 17
| 9
| 4.01
| 56
| 150
| 107
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 240
| 265
| 9
| 81
| 0
| 5
| 0
|
| 1897
| CLE
| N
| 34
| 30
| 16
| 11
| 4.16
| 69
| 171
| 122
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 263.2
| 323
| 9
| 83
| 0
| 6
| 9
|
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| 33
| 31
| 13
| 18
| 3.60
| 45
| 141
| 102
| 28
| 1
| 0
| 254.2
| 307
| 4
| 51
| 0
| 4
| 7
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 4.50
| 3
| 18
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 30
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 119
| 105
| 52
| 44
| 4.03
| 194
| 561
| 391
| 83
| 3
| 1
| 874
| 1042
| 26
| 266
| 0
| 19
| 18
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1895
| CLE
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1895
| BOS
| N
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1895
| TOT
| N
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1896
| CLE
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 85
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1897
| CLE
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 59
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1897
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1897
| CLE
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 83
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 119
| 0
| 0
| 60
| 264
| 18
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1895
| CLE
| N
| 8
| 18
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 3
| .111
| .158
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| BOS
| N
| 6
| 19
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 6
| .316
| .316
| .474
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| TOT
| N
| 14
| 37
| 5
| 8
| 1
| 9
| .216
| .237
| .297
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| CLE
| N
| 33
| 100
| 18
| 27
| 0
| 13
| .270
| .311
| .340
| 3
| 2
| 5
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| CLE
| N
| 37
| 116
| 16
| 26
| 0
| 9
| .224
| .274
| .241
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| 37
| 118
| 11
| 21
| 0
| 9
| .178
| .224
| .212
| 2
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .091
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 126
| 381
| 50
| 82
| 1
| 40
| .215
| .260
| .257
| 5
| 4
| 20
| 20
| 3
| 14
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Assigned to St. Louis Perfectos by Cleveland Spiders with Frank Bates, Harry Blake, Jesse Burkett, Jimmy Burke, Cupid Childs, Lou Criger, Nig Cuppy, Emmet Heidrick, Cowboy Jones, Pete McBride, Ed McKean, Jack O'Connor, Jack Powell, Ossee Schreckengost, Patsy Tebeau and Bobby Wallace (March 29, 1899).
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