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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	DET	@	KCA	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 13	DET	@	KCA	W,10-2	GF	15	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 15	DET		CLE	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
4	9 (4)	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
5	10	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
6	11	Apr 26	DET		BAL	W,3-2	GF	28	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
7	13 (1)	Apr 28	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	17 (3)	May 2	DET		NYY	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	18	May 3	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	22 (3)	May 7	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	23	May 8 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	47	10.1	9	0	0	9	0	C
12	26 (2)	May 11	DET	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	27	May 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
14	30 (2)	May 15 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
15	32 (1)	May 18	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
16	33	May 20	DET		CLE	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
17	34	May 21	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
18	35	May 22	DET		CLE	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
19	36	May 24	DET	@	KCA	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
20	37	May 25	DET	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	42 (4)	May 30 (2)	DET		KCA	L,4-5	CG	52	11.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	43	Jun 1	DET		WSH	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
23	44	Jun 2	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	45	Jun 3	DET		BAL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	46	Jun 4	DET		BAL	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
26	47	Jun 5 (1)	DET		BAL	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	49 (1)	Jun 6	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	50	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	45	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	51	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
30	52	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	53	Jun 10	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	55 (1)	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	49	9.2	4	1	1	6	0	C
33	57 (1)	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	29	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	60 (2)	Jun 21	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
35	61	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	65 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
37	66	Jun 26 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	GF	23	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	70 (3)	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
39	73 (2)	Jul 3	DET	@	KCA	L,8-9	CG	59	13.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
40	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS	51	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	78 (3)	Jul 8	DET		KCA	W,11-8	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	80 (1)	Jul 10 (1)	DET		KCA	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
43	83 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	DET		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
44	85 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
45	86	Jul 17	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
46	91 (4)	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	93 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	DET		WSH	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	94	Jul 26 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
49	95	Jul 26 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
50	96	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
51	98 (1)	Jul 28	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	100 (1)	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	W,5-2	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
53	102 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	103	Aug 2	DET	@	WSH	W,13-10	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	107 (3)	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	W,7-5	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	108	Aug 7 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	110 (1)	Aug 9	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	33	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
58	111	Aug 10	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
59	112	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
60	115 (2)	Aug 14	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	118 (2)	Aug 18	DET		CLE	L,3-5	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	121 (2)	Aug 21 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	126 (4)	Aug 25 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	133 (6)	Sep 2	DET	@	KCA	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	137 (3)	Sep 5 (2)	DET		CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
66	139 (1)	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
67	142 (2)	Sep 11 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	145 (2)	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	L,4-6	GF	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	146	Sep 16	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	147	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	148	Sep 18	DET	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
72	152 (3)	Sep 24 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							72gm		586.1	292	25	5	322	5