Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Del
Wilber		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 24, 1919 in Usa, MI, LINCOLN PARK
 
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
1946 27 PIT NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1947 28 PIT NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1948 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7
1949 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8
1950 31 NYG NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8
1951 32 NYG NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8
1952 33 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8
1953 34 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8
1954 35 SDP NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1955 36 SDP NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8
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
1946 27 AA   28 103 23 37 4 3 8 27 0 1 11 9 .359 .421 .689 1.110 25.6  
    A   103 396 75 122 24 2 24 68 2 3 59 35 .308 .398 .561 .958 83.1  
1947 28 AAA   136 469 82 154 30 4 18 89 7 7 33 50 .328 .373 .525 .897 82.7  
1948 29 PIT NL 47 43 4 7 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .163 .178 .233 .410 1.6 0.0
    AAA   26 89 9 20 2 0 3 11 0 0 7 18 .225 .281 .348 .630 9.0  
1949 30 PIT NL 24 59 4 11 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 12 .186 .226 .288 .514 3.7 0.0
  NYG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   25 59 4 11 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 12 .186 .226 .288 .514 3.7 0.0
1950 31 AAA   136 596 91 177 44 4 27 101 3 1 38 56 .297 .339 .520 .859 98.6  
1951 32 AAA   136 575 81 147 27 6 28 99 7 6 34 61 .256 .297 .470 .767 78.8  
1952 33 SDP NL 70 174 21 45 14 2 6 31 0 1 9 23 .259 .290 .466 .756 22.1 2.6
1953 34 SDP NL 66 130 15 17 4 1 0 6 0 0 6 15 .131 .168 .177 .345 0.3 0.0
1954 35 SDP NL 31 71 4 16 4 1 1 10 0 0 4 4 .225 .267 .352 .619 5.6 0.2
1955 36 AAA   120 384 46 100 16 2 10 43 1 5 20 66 .260 .297 .391 .688 42.1  
5 Years Sim 239 477 48 96 25 4 9 56 0 1 23 57 .201 .236 .327 .563 33.3 2.7
5 Years AAA 554 2113 309 598 119 16 86 343 18 19 132 251 .283 .325 .477 .801 311.3  
1 Years AA 28 103 23 37 4 3 8 27 0 1 11 9 .359 .417 .689 1.107 25.6  
1 Years A 103 396 75 122 24 2 24 68 2 3 59 35 .308 .397 .561 .958 83.1  
7 Years Minors 685 2612 407 757 147 21 118 438 20 23 202 295 .290 .340 .498 .838 419.9  
162 Game Average 323 32 65 16 2 6 37 0 0 15 38 .201 .236 .327 .563 22.6  
Career Highs 70 174 21 45 14 2 6 31 0 1 9 23 .259 .290 .466 .756 22.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   196 18 30 4 1 2 17 0 0 11 23 .153 .195 .214 .410 6.1
vs LH   281 30 66 21 3 7 39 0 1 12 34 .235 .264 .406 .670 28.9
Home 115 232 27 50 13 2 7 31 0 1 10 30 .216 .246 .379 .625 21.1
Away 124 245 21 46 12 2 2 25 0 0 13 27 .188 .226 .278 .504 13.9
RISP   104 0 26 5 1 5 46 0 0 5 5 .250 .272 .462 .733 13.6
Pinch Hitting   120 16 21 4 0 2 13 0 0 5 10 .175 .205 .258 .463 5.5
Close/Late   73 9 16 5 0 1 9 0 0 3 11 .219 .241 .329 .569 5.6
Mar/Apr 26 58 6 14 4 1 1 9 0 0 1 7 .241 .250 .397 .647 5.5
May 32 55 11 18 4 0 3 9 0 0 2 9 .327 .351 .564 .915 9.8
June 52 114 9 18 9 0 1 8 0 0 3 12 .158 .179 .263 .443 3.7
July 42 81 7 17 4 1 1 7 0 0 5 8 .210 .250 .321 .571 6.4
August 47 89 8 16 2 1 2 17 0 1 7 13 .180 .235 .292 .527 5.9
Sep/Oct 39 80 7 13 2 1 1 6 0 0 5 8 .163 .212 .250 .462 3.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1948 29 PIT NL C 9 0 14.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.77 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 3 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 30 PIT NL C 10 9 77.7 32 1 0 0 1.000 3.82 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 7 4 35.3 4 7 2 0 .846 2.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYG NL C 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 10 9 77.7 32 1 0 0 1.000 3.82 0 0 .000 0 0.4
      3B 7 4 35.3 4 7 2 0 .846 2.80   0.0
1952 33 SDP NL C 41 40 321.0 116 6 1 1 .992 3.42 12 2 .167 0 1.2
    3B 5 0 12.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.92 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 34 SDP NL C 22 17 156.3 74 3 0 0 1.000 4.43 7 1 .143 0 0.3
    3B 20 7 86.0 7 21 0 2 1.000 2.93 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1954 35 SDP NL 3B 16 13 110.0 15 25 0 4 1.000 3.27 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    C 5 4 38.0 26 1 0 0 1.000 6.39 1 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 87 70 607.4 254 11 1 1 .996 3.93 20 3 .150 0 2.2
  3B 51 24 247.3 27 57 2 6 .977 3.06 0 0 .000 0 1.2
Career Totals   138 94 854.7 281 68 3 7 .991 3.68 20 3 .150 0 3.4
Career Highs   46 40 333.3 117 26 2 4 1.000 4.07 12 2 .167 0  
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Pat Collins (987)
  2. Jerry Willard (984)
  3. Joe Oliver (983)
  4. Benito Santiago (982)
  5. Jim Hegan (981)
  6. Al Lakeman (979)
  7. Mark Salas (978)
  8. Nelson Santovenia (976)
  9. Jake Early (976)
  10. Dann Bilardello (974)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 41st overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1946
Injured on 5/13/1947 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
3/3/1948: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Had first career hit on 5/4/1948, off Fred Sanford (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 5/9/1948, off Bill Ayers (BSN)
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (N) on 7/1/1949 (Going to NYG: C Del Wilber, CF Willard Marshall, P Lou Brissie. Going to PIT: C Frankie Hayes, 1B Mickey Rocco)
4/2/1950: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to San Diego on 3/3/1952 (Going to SDP: 3B Ellis Clary, 2B Lou Stringer, C Del Wilber. Going to NYG: P Julio Gonzalez)
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.