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Eddie
Wilson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: September 7, 1909 in Usa, CT, HAMDEN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1938   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 6
1937 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6
1938 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 3 4 4 6 7 7 6 8 7 5 7 6
1939 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 6 7 7 5 7 6 5 6 6
1940 30 TAM AL $ 2,950,000   8 8 7 3 4 3 5 6 5 5 7 6 5 6 6
1941 31 SDP NL $ 2,000,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 5 7 6 5 6 5
1942 32 SDP NL     7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 6 5 6 5
1943 33 NYG NL $ 3,333,333   8 8 7 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 5 5 6 5
1944 34 SDP NL $ 3,333,333   7 7 6 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 5
1945 35 SDP NL     6 6 5 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,333,333   9 9 8 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 8 7 5 7 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1936 26 TAM AL 18 22 3 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 6 .364 .483 .409 .892 5.4 1.2
    AAA   110 454 82 147 32 4 11 64 12 7 80 52 .324 .425 .485 .910 90.7  
1937 27 TAM AL 68 129 21 34 7 0 3 20 1 0 21 14 .264 .368 .388 .756 18.0 2.8
    AAA   15 57 15 20 2 2 2 11 1 1 11 5 .351 .456 .561 1.017 13.4  
1938 28 TAM AL 152 572 102 200 33 3 13 89 0 0 86 81 .350 .436 .486 .922 111.4 26.1
1939 29 TAM AL 145 541 98 164 30 7 15 83 0 0 63 87 .303 .375 .468 .842 90.5 20.3
1940 30 TAM AL 134 476 59 132 17 1 11 66 0 0 47 75 .277 .342 .387 .729 61.3 9.4
1941 31 SDP NL 122 321 52 106 12 2 8 56 0 0 43 34 .330 .405 .455 .860 59.0 13.1
1942 32 SDP NL 125 351 52 122 13 1 7 61 0 0 40 61 .348 .410 .450 .860 63.9 13.0
1943 33 NYG NL 103 191 36 67 4 3 8 37 0 0 17 25 .351 .399 .529 .928 37.9 7.5
1944 34 SDP NL 108 186 23 58 5 0 2 27 0 1 15 31 .312 .369 .371 .740 22.0 4.1
1945 35 SDP NL 29 70 3 16 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 10 .229 .295 .229 .523 5.1 0.0
    AAA   31 122 15 39 2 0 3 16 2 5 17 22 .320 .403 .410 .813 19.3  
10 Years Sim 1004 2859 449 907 122 17 67 447 1 1 345 424 .317 .390 .442 .832 474.4 97.5
3 Years AAA 156 633 112 206 36 6 16 91 15 13 108 79 .325 .422 .477 .900 123.5  
162 Game Average 461 72 146 19 2 10 72 0 0 55 68 .317 .390 .442 .832 76.6  
Career Highs 152 572 102 200 33 7 15 89 1 1 86 87 .364 .483 .529 .928 111.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2420 390 798 108 15 61 405 1 1 305 318 .330 .403 .462 .866 436.0
vs LH   439 59 109 14 2 6 42 0 0 40 106 .248 .312 .330 .642 46.2
Home 507 1393 208 414 50 12 35 211 0 1 164 225 .297 .370 .426 .796 218.8
Away 497 1466 241 493 72 5 32 236 1 0 181 199 .336 .408 .458 .866 263.4
RISP   778 0 245 31 4 15 353 0 0 109 112 .315 .391 .423 .814 131.5
Pinch Hitting   240 43 79 7 1 4 38 0 0 34 38 .329 .409 .417 .825 41.4
Close/Late   371 46 110 14 2 9 77 0 0 55 72 .296 .385 .418 .803 61.3
Mar/Apr 153 433 56 139 27 3 11 77 0 0 51 63 .321 .392 .473 .865 76.5
May 183 540 92 171 22 1 13 88 0 0 57 73 .317 .382 .433 .816 87.1
June 165 476 84 153 11 8 12 76 1 0 60 71 .321 .396 .454 .850 84.1
July 178 502 71 149 25 1 8 67 0 0 54 85 .297 .362 .398 .760 72.5
August 161 456 71 153 18 3 12 66 0 0 54 61 .336 .405 .467 .873 82.6
Sep/Oct 164 452 75 142 19 1 11 73 0 1 69 71 .314 .405 .434 .838 79.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1936 26 TAM AL RF 3 3 26.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.2
    CF 2 2 17.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.24    
1937 27 TAM AL 1B 10 9 83.0 98 10 2 10 .982 11.71   0.2
    RF 8 8 72.0 13 0 3 0 .813 1.63   0.6
    CF 8 6 64.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 3.20    
    3B 6 5 45.0 5 6 1 1 .917 2.20   0.2
1938 28 TAM AL RF 128 128 1145.3 229 6 9 3 .963 1.85   3.6
    3B 24 24 215.7 13 30 0 1 1.000 1.79   0.7
1939 29 TAM AL RF 109 108 943.7 213 3 10 2 .956 2.06   2.7
    3B 25 24 213.0 17 36 5 3 .914 2.24   0.4
    LF 3 3 27.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    CF 6 2 25.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.49    
    1B 3 0 9.0 10 2 0 2 1.000 12.00   0.0
1940 30 TAM AL RF 100 98 873.7 241 3 12 2 .953 2.51   2.2
    3B 24 24 215.7 16 39 4 4 .932 2.30   0.5
    1B 3 0 11.3 16 1 0 2 1.000 13.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1941 31 SDP NL RF 75 70 636.3 121 1 4 0 .968 1.73   1.6
    CF 22 15 143.7 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.13    
    1B 1 0 3.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 21.00   0.0
1942 32 SDP NL RF 95 89 784.0 159 2 7 2 .958 1.85   1.8
    1B 6 3 26.0 28 3 1 2 .969 10.73   0.0
    CF 10 0 21.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.66    
1943 33 NYG NL CF 32 13 162.7 35 0 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.6
    RF 13 10 94.0 24 0 1 0 .960 2.30    
    1B 24 2 79.7 127 6 0 12 1.000 15.03   0.2
1944 34 SDP NL 1B 17 11 108.7 127 11 0 15 1.000 11.43   0.2
    RF 13 10 91.0 17 0 1 0 .944 1.68   0.3
    CF 8 8 71.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 3.42    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1945 35 SDP NL RF 16 16 137.0 38 1 3 1 .929 2.56   0.5
    1B 4 2 17.0 23 2 0 0 1.000 13.24   0.1
    CF 5 0 13.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46    
  RF 560 540 4803.0 1059 16 50 10 .956 2.01   13.6
  3B 79 77 689.3 51 111 10 9 .942 2.12   1.8
  CF 94 46 519.3 143 0 0 0 1.000 2.48   0.6
  1B 68 27 337.7 436 35 3 43 .994 12.55   0.8
  LF 3 3 27.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   805 693 6377.3 1695 163 63 62 .967 2.62   16.9
Career Highs   152 152 1361.0 273 43 16 15 1.000 6.06    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1938 28 TAM AL 5 18 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 .333 .455 .389 .843
1941 31 SDP NL 8 25 5 9 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 4 .360 .407 .440 .847
1942 32 SDP NL 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Career Post-Season Batting 17 46 7 16 3 0 0 10 0 0 7 5 .348 .434 .413 .847
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1938-2-.350
CAR-24-.317
 On-Base Pct
1938-3-.436
CAR-40-.390
 Slugging Pct
1938-10-.486
 OPS
1938-6-.922
 XR
1938-6-111.4
 Runs
1939-8-98
Hits
1938-2-200
 Singles
1938-1-151
 Walks
1938-7-86
 Strikeouts
1938-6-81
1939-7-87
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Pete Scott (956)
  2. Dick Cox (952)
  3. Ike Boone (952)
  4. Harvey Hendrick (940)
  5. Ned Harris (938)
  6. Gene Moore (934)
  7. Danny Taylor (933)
  8. Jimmy O'Connell (933)
  9. Dale Mitchell (931)
  10. Wally Moses (929)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1936
Injured on 3/5/1936 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/17/1936 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 7/9/1936, off Wes Ferrell (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1937, off Jim Turner (DET)
Injured on 8/17/1937 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,950,000 through salary arbitration
9/22/1940: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $2,000,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Tampa Bay to San Diego on 2/7/1941 (Going to TAM: 3B Sibby Sisti. Going to SDP: RF Eddie Wilson)
Won World Series with San Diego in 1941
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 6/9/1942
Released by San Diego on 10/22/1942
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/14/1943 to a 2-year deal worth $3,333,333 per year
Traded from New York (N) to Seattle on 2/1/1944 (Going to NYG: C Tommy Heath. Going to SEM: CF Eddie Wilson)
Traded from Seattle to San Diego on 3/3/1944 (Going to SEM: 3B Mel Ott. Going to SDP: SS Ellis Clary, P Cy Blanton, P Al Benton, P Rene Monteagudo, CF Eddie Wilson)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (N) on 9/17/1944
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 5/1/1945 to a minor league deal
Released by San Diego on 10/4/1945
 
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