Del Wilber

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: February 24, 1919 in Lincoln Park, MI us

Died: July 18, 2002 in St. Petersburg, FL

Buried: Bay Pines National Cemetery, Bay Pines, FL

Debut: April 21, 1946 (Age 27-056d, 10,124th in major league history)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 19, 1954 (Age 35-207d)
vs. WSH 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Delbert Quentin Wilber

Nicknames: Babe

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.1

720

174

.242

RBI

115

OBP

.287

SLG

.389

OPS

.675

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-41 / in Starts: 10-11
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 120 PAs	29
Actual Runners on Base	96 (52-31-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 120 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	77 (40-24-12)

Most Driven In
Self	7
H Evers	5
D Gernert	4
F Baker	4
G Stephens	3
M Bolling	2
J Lipon	1
J Piersall	1

Most Driven In By
Self	7
M Bolling	3
J Piersall	2
T Umphlett	1
F Baker	1
H Evers	1
B Henry	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	218	2 (1)	Apr 17	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					6						C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	219	18 (15)	May 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	9	.42	0.085	1.34	0.16%	1.87	PH
3	220	21 (2)	May 10	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	8-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	9	.63	0.043	2.16	0.09%	1.00	PH
4	221	22	May 12	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.667	.667	2.667	3.333	9	2.37	-0.048	6.56	-0.08%	-0.21	PH
5	222	26 (3)	May 18 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	9	1.10	-0.028	2.93	-0.05%	-0.24	PH
6	223	27	May 18 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-5	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	1.333	1.762	5	.62	0.055	1.52	0.08%	0.53	C
7	224	29 (1)	May 20	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	14-GF(14)	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.500	1.714	2.214	9	1.41	0.464	4.00	0.79%	1.00	PH
8	225	30	May 21	BOS		PHA	L,0-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.444	1.500	1.944	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
9	226	31	May 22 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.400	1.333	1.733	9	1.87	-0.047	5.27	-0.08%	-0.17	PH
10	227	32	May 22 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.308	1.000	1.308	6	.98	-0.072	2.97	-0.13%	-0.64	C
11	228	34 (1)	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.923	1.209	9	.33	-0.008	1.28	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
12	229	36 (1)	May 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.923	1.256	8	1.43	0.043	3.98	0.07%	0.13	PH
13	230	40 (3)	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.333	.813	1.146	8	2.18	-0.076	5.03	-0.11%	-0.12	C
14	231	42 (1)	May 31 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.235	.316	.765	1.080	9	1.28	-0.044	2.55	-0.05%	-0.93	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	232	43	Jun 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	7-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.737	1.070	9	.33	0.029	.57	0.03%	0.75	PH C
16	233	49 (5)	Jun 8	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.318	.700	1.018	9	.38	-0.011	.42	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
17	234	51 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-2	CG	5	5	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.370	.760	1.130	6	.39	0.054	.39	0.03%	1.46	C
18	235	55 (3)	Jun 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.731	1.088	9	.40	-0.012	.52	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
19	236	56	Jun 14 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.310	.355	.724	1.079	5	.71	-0.075	.84	-0.05%	-0.54	C
20	237	58 (1)	Jun 16	BOS		DET	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.344	.700	1.044	8	1.91	-0.049	1.17	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
21	238	63 (4)	Jun 21 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.303	.343	.667	1.010	5	1.26	-0.069	1.03	-0.03%	-0.59	C
22	239	67 (3)	Jun 24	BOS		CLE	L,9-13	4-GF	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.343	.395	.800	1.195	5	.54	0.123	.58	0.08%	4.29	C
23	240	68	Jun 25	BOS		CLE	L,4-15	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.778	1.162	9	.76	-0.023	.83	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
24	241	70 (1)	Jun 27	BOS		CHW	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.375	.757	1.132	9	3.51	-0.091	3.32	-0.05%	-0.24	PH
25	242	71	Jun 28	BOS		CHW	L,4-13	2-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.349	.700	1.049	5	.95	-0.005	.77	0.00%	-0.24	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	243	74 (2)	Jul 2	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.341	.683	1.024	8	1.42	-0.036	2.15	-0.03%	-0.17	PH
27	244	75	Jul 3	BOS		WSH	L,4-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.667	1.000	9	.09	-0.002	.07	0.00%	-0.17	PH
28	245	76	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.326	.367	.696	1.063	5	1.00	0.219	.55	0.07%	2.97	C
29	246	77	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-8	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.340	.380	.766	1.146	8	.28	0.056	.18	0.02%	1.87	PH C
30	247	79 (1)	Jul 6	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.370	.720	1.090	6	1.42	-0.086	.89	-0.03%	-0.24	C
31	248	80	Jul 7	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.296	.345	.667	1.011	6	1.35	-0.176	.72	-0.06%	-1.63	C
32	249	81	Jul 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.328	.632	.959	6	.94	-0.071	1.03	-0.05%	-0.55	C
33	250	85 (3)	Jul 12 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,9-5	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.354	.700	1.054	5	.84	0.111	.50	0.04%	3.74	C
34	251	86	Jul 12 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.297	.348	.672	1.020	4	1.16	-0.056	.90	-0.03%	-0.38	C
35	252	89 (2)	Jul 18	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.343	.662	1.004	9	1.20	-0.029	.72	-0.01%	-0.29	PH
36	253	92 (2)	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.338	.652	.990	2	2.05	-0.059	2.05	-0.04%	-0.24	PH
37	254	94 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-0	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.329	.620	.949	5	.84	-0.041	1.02	-0.03%	-0.53	C
38	255	98 (3)	Jul 26 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-8	GS-7	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.338	.622	.959	5	1.54	0.080	3.33	0.10%	0.74	C
39	256	100 (1)	Jul 29	BOS		CHW	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.333	.613	.947	8	.04	-0.001	.06	0.00%	-0.24	PH
40	257	101	Jul 30	BOS		CHW	L,1-17	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.326	.588	.913	3	.82	-0.030	.85	-0.02%	-1.04	1B
41	258	102	Jul 31	BOS		DET	L,3-5	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.259	.308	.553	.861	3	1.50	-0.152	1.11	-0.07%	-0.98	1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	259	103	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.304	.547	.851	8	10.85	-0.276	5.99	-0.09%	-0.79	PH
43	260	105 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	BOS		DET	L,6-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.301	.540	.841	2	.95	-0.025	.31	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
44	261	106	Aug 4	BOS		SLB	W,6-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.298	.534	.832	8	2.49	-0.064	.43	-0.01%	-0.24	PH C
45	262	108 (1)	Aug 6	BOS		SLB	L,7-8	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.298	.534	.832	6						C
46	263	113 (4)	Aug 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.295	.528	.823	8	.53	-0.015	.04	0.00%	-0.33	PH
47	264	117 (3)	Aug 15 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.293	.527	.820	5	1.42	0.091	.09	0.00%	0.18	C
48	265	127 (9)	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.290	.521	.811	9	1.16	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
49	266	131 (3)	Aug 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-8	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.291	.515	.807	7	1.12	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.16	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	267	135 (3)	Sep 3	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.288	.510	.799	9	3.85	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PH
51	268	137 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.490	.768	6	.48	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-1.15	C
52	269	139 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.273	.481	.753	6	.66	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.28	C
53	270	142 (2)	Sep 11	BOS		SLB	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.270	.476	.746	9	1.52	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
54	271	143	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	12-GF(12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.277	.476	.753	9	4.07	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.17	PH
55	272	145 (1)	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	L,6-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.274	.472	.746	6	.06	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
56	273	147 (1)	Sep 16	BOS		DET	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.291	.509	.800	5	.94	0.154	.00	0.00%	2.00	C
57	274	148	Sep 17	BOS		DET	W,2-1	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.288	.505	.793	9	2.49	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
58	275	150 (1)	Sep 20	BOS		NYY	L,8-10	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.286	.500	.786	8	1.92	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.45	PH
							17-41		120	112	16	27	6	1	7	29	6	1	23	1	1		0	5	0	0	.241	.286	.500	.786		1.19	-0.546	1.16	0.41%	6.16

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