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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 17	CHW		SLB	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
3	9 (5)	Apr 25	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
4	10	Apr 26 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-7	GS	35	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
5	13 (2)	Apr 29	CHW		WSH	L,0-3	GS	28	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	16 (2)	May 2	CHW		NYY	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
7	19 (2)	May 5	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	24 (4)	May 10 (2)	CHW		DET	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
9	26 (1)	May 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-7	GF	17	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
10	28 (1)	May 14	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
11	30 (1)	May 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	33 (2)	May 20	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	9	1	0	10	1	C
13	34	May 22	CHW	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	35	May 23	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
15	36	May 24	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	40 (3)	May 29	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
17	41	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
18	44 (2)	May 31 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	46 (1)	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,2-18	GF	29	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	47	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,5-9	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
21	50 (2)	Jun 7 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	51	Jun 9	CHW		PHA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	52	Jun 10	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR C
24	53	Jun 11	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
25	54	Jun 12	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
26	56 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
27	58 (1)	Jun 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	48	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
28	59	Jun 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	39	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
29	60	Jun 18	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-4	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
30	62 (1)	Jun 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
31	64 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	66 (1)	Jun 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
33	67	Jun 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
34	71 (3)	Jun 30	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	72	Jul 1	CHW		SLB	W,13-4	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
36	79 (6)	Jul 8	CHW		DET	W,14-4	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
37	89 (9)	Jul 18	CHW		WSH	W,10-6	GS	34	7.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
38	99 (9)	Jul 29	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
39	100	Jul 30	CHW	@	BOS	W,17-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	104 (3)	Aug 3	CHW	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
41	109 (4)	Aug 8 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	36	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	C
42	110	Aug 8 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
43	111	Aug 9	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-0	GS	17	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	112	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	113	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-7	GF	8	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR C
46	114	Aug 13	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
47	115	Aug 14	CHW	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	116	Aug 15	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
49	117	Aug 16	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	120 (2)	Aug 19	CHW		SLB	L,3-4	GF	16	3.0	5	1	0	6	0	PR C
51	128 (7)	Aug 28	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
52	130 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,6-10	GF	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	133 (2)	Sep 2	CHW		WSH	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	135 (1)	Sep 4	CHW	@	CLE	T,6-6	CG	44	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	136	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	140 (3)	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	141	Sep 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
58	144 (2)	Sep 12	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-5	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
59	145	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7		13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
60	153 (7)	Sep 23	CHW		CLE	L,3-8	GS	29	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
61	154	Sep 25	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	155	Sep 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	156	Sep 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
							63gm		443.2	282	24	6	312	1