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Bill
Wilson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: November 6, 1928 in Usa, NE, CENTRAL CITY
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 21 PIT NL     3 3 4 8 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5
1951 22 PIT NL     3 3 4 8 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 5 6 5 5
1952 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 5
1953 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 5
1954 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 5
1955 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 7 8 5 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
1956 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 7 8 5 4 4 8 7 7 7 6 6
1957 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 5 4 4 8 7 7 7 6 6
1958 29 OAK AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 5 4 4 8 7 7 6 5 6
1959 30 OAK AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 5 4 4 8 7 7 6 6 6
1960 31 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 5 6
1961 32 OAK AL $ 527,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 5 6
1962 33 TOR AL $ 527,000   4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 5 5
1963 34 CLN NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 527,000   4 4 4 8 7 8 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 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
1950 21 AA   56 202 42 47 5 1 17 43 0 0 40 33 .233 .360 .520 .879 39.8  
    A   81 287 80 87 12 0 38 104 0 1 75 52 .303 .448 .742 1.190 87.8  
1951 22 AA   26 98 13 17 2 1 6 18 0 0 15 17 .173 .283 .398 .681 12.4  
    A   111 412 138 140 27 2 56 127 2 0 110 55 .340 .479 .823 1.302 141.3  
1952 23 OAK AL 25 84 10 18 2 1 5 11 0 0 5 18 .214 .253 .440 .693 10.7 0.8
    AAA   109 397 86 115 17 3 44 114 0 0 68 77 .290 .394 .680 1.074 100.3  
    AA   26 91 19 33 5 0 14 30 1 0 26 20 .363 .504 .879 1.383 34.2  
1953 24 OAK AL 78 255 37 65 11 3 14 50 0 0 20 72 .255 .307 .486 .793 38.1 5.4
    AAA   80 318 67 96 10 0 30 79 0 1 39 70 .302 .378 .616 .995 70.0  
1954 25 OAK AL 85 242 28 48 5 1 10 33 0 0 32 54 .198 .295 .351 .646 26.8 2.5
1955 26 OAK AL 22 42 7 13 3 0 2 8 0 0 6 5 .310 .396 .524 .920 7.7 1.8
1956 27 OAK AL 14 13 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .231 .267 .308 .574 1.5 0.0
    AAA   135 497 97 135 15 0 43 93 2 1 79 95 .272 .372 .561 .933 103.4  
1957 28 OAK AL 86 215 28 48 10 1 9 31 0 0 17 43 .223 .285 .405 .690 23.7 2.6
1958 29 OAK AL 53 131 13 22 2 0 5 20 0 0 14 25 .168 .257 .298 .554 11.7 0.3
1959 30 OAK AL 39 63 4 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 16 .159 .221 .222 .443 2.3 0.0
1960 31 OAK AL 28 46 10 10 0 0 2 5 0 0 5 11 .217 .308 .348 .656 4.9 0.7
1961 32 OAK AL 66 106 17 24 4 0 4 16 0 0 18 30 .226 .344 .377 .721 13.6 2.4
1962 33 TOR AL 154 514 50 102 15 1 21 62 0 0 47 117 .198 .272 .354 .626 48.9 5.3
1963 34 CLN NL 17 47 4 9 0 0 2 4 0 0 3 13 .191 .240 .319 .559 3.5 0.0
12 Years Sim 667 1758 208 372 54 7 75 245 0 0 173 406 .212 .286 .378 .664 193.3 21.8
3 Years AAA 324 1212 250 346 42 3 117 286 2 2 186 242 .285 .388 .615 1.002 273.7  
3 Years AA 108 391 74 97 12 2 37 91 1 0 81 70 .248 .380 .573 .953 86.5  
2 Years A 192 699 218 227 39 2 94 231 2 1 185 107 .325 .468 .790 1.258 229.1  
8 Years Minors 624 2302 542 670 93 7 248 608 5 3 452 419 .291 .412 .661 1.073 589.3  
162 Game Average 426 50 90 13 1 18 59 0 0 42 98 .212 .286 .378 .664 46.9  
Career Highs 154 514 50 102 15 3 21 62 0 0 47 117 .310 .396 .524 .920 48.9  
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   918 100 192 25 5 38 113 0 0 63 223 .209 .265 .371 .636 91.6
vs LH   840 108 180 29 2 37 132 0 0 110 183 .214 .307 .386 .693 106.3
Home 316 849 100 173 28 3 39 132 0 0 76 198 .204 .271 .382 .653 91.9
Away 351 909 108 199 26 4 36 113 0 0 97 208 .219 .299 .375 .674 106.0
RISP   408 0 93 15 0 18 159 0 0 45 90 .228 .304 .397 .701 51.8
Pinch Hitting   131 16 32 7 0 3 17 0 0 13 26 .244 .311 .366 .677 15.3
Close/Late   229 18 57 4 0 9 34 0 0 28 37 .249 .332 .384 .716 30.8
Mar/Apr 108 284 35 58 7 0 13 38 0 0 24 64 .204 .270 .366 .636 29.2
May 105 256 33 51 9 0 8 37 0 0 37 52 .199 .301 .328 .629 27.9
June 108 271 25 58 7 2 9 36 0 0 28 56 .214 .297 .354 .652 29.2
July 98 275 31 57 8 1 7 32 0 0 28 63 .207 .284 .320 .604 26.0
August 98 273 32 62 10 1 18 46 0 0 15 69 .227 .274 .469 .743 35.5
Sep/Oct 150 399 52 86 13 3 20 56 0 0 41 102 .216 .287 .414 .701 50.2
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
1952 23 OAK AL RF 24 24 182.0 34 1 1 0 .972 1.73   0.4
    CF 1 1 9.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1953 24 OAK AL 1B 78 78 627.3 782 58 6 73 .993 12.05   0.9
    CF 4 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1954 25 OAK AL 1B 74 68 573.7 722 63 8 78 .990 12.32   1.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1955 26 OAK AL RF 5 5 39.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.77   0.4
    1B 9 3 37.0 36 5 1 3 .976 9.97   0.1
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00    
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1956 27 OAK AL 1B 2 0 3.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 28 OAK AL 1B 33 24 227.3 259 22 3 31 .989 11.12   0.6
    LF 16 16 127.7 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.40   1.0
    RF 10 7 63.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.86    
    CF 7 7 57.0 10 0 1 0 .909 1.58    
1958 29 OAK AL RF 26 23 189.3 36 0 0 0 1.000 1.71   1.0
    LF 14 12 103.3 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.48    
    CF 6 2 23.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.35    
    1B 4 1 12.0 13 0 0 3 1.000 9.75   0.0
1959 30 OAK AL CF 9 6 57.0 16 0 1 0 .941 2.53   0.4
    RF 5 4 32.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.95    
    LF 5 1 16.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81    
    3B 3 2 16.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
    1B 4 1 10.7 11 1 0 1 1.000 10.13   0.0
1960 31 OAK AL CF 9 6 58.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.17   0.6
    LF 7 2 32.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.81    
    RF 3 2 16.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.25    
    1B 3 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1961 32 OAK AL SS 10 10 85.7 21 22 7 6 .860 4.52   0.2
    CF 11 7 62.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.31   0.1
    1B 5 4 31.0 38 3 1 5 .976 11.90   0.1
    LF 3 1 13.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1962 33 TOR AL CF 144 143 1230.7 299 5 8 1 .974 2.22   3.0
    2B 1 1 8.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    LF 3 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 4 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1963 34 CLN NL RF 11 11 92.7 12 2 0 1 1.000 1.36   0.2
    CF 3 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16    
  1B 212 179 1524.0 1868 152 19 194 .991 11.93   2.7
  CF 196 172 1512.3 363 5 11 1 .971 2.19   4.0
  RF 90 76 621.7 120 5 1 2 .992 1.81   2.0
  LF 52 33 313.3 67 2 0 1 1.000 1.98   1.0
  SS 10 10 85.7 21 22 7 6 .860 4.52   0.2
  3B 3 2 16.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
  2B 1 1 8.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   564 473 4080.9 2443 188 38 204 .986 5.80   10.0
Career Highs   152 144 1247.0 782 63 9 78 1.000 12.29    
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
1955 26 OAK AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 32 OAK AL 7 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .429 .714
Career Post-Season Batting 8 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .375 .625
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.
Strikeouts
1962-9-117
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1950
Injured on 4/4/1950 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for one week
Injured on 6/22/1951 with a Bruised Heel, out for 4 days
Traded from Pittsburgh to Oakland on 2/13/1952 (Going to PIT: 3B Willie Jones. Going to OAK: CF Bill Wilson, P Jack Crimian, SS Chico Carrasquel)
Had first career hit on 9/1/1952, off Hooks Iott (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 9/6/1952, off Ed Hanyzewski (BRK)
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/16/1958 with a Fractured Hand, out for 8-9 weeks
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/2/1959: Signed a minor league contract extension with Oakland
10/4/1960: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $527,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Series with Oakland in 1961
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/2/1963 to a 2-year deal worth $843,278 per year
Released by Cleveland (N) on 5/1/1963
 
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