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Jim Wilson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: February 20, 1922 in San Diego, CA us

Died: September 2, 1986 in Newport Beach, CA

Buried: Pacific View Memorial Park, Newport Beach, CA

School: San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)

Debut: April 18, 1945 (Age 23-057d, 9,903rd in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 5 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: September 14, 1958 (Age 36-206d)
vs. WSH 8.2 IP, 9 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: James Alger Wilson

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.5

ERA

4.01

257

217

1539.0

692

WHIP

1.356

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-18 / in Starts: 12-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 85 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	54 (28-17-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 85 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	53 (28-16-8)

Most Driven In
W Dropo	2
L Aparicio	1
S Lollar	1
B Gardner	1
M MiÃ±oso	1
F Hatfield	1
N Fox	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
D Philley	2
M MiÃ±oso	2
J Rivera	1
Self	1
L Aparicio	1
B Hale	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	167	4 (3)	Apr 20	BAL		WSH	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	1.63	0.102	3.17	0.12%	0.61	P
2	168	9 (4)	Apr 26	BAL		NYY	W,7-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	9	.45	0.001	.84	0.00%	0.02	P
3	169	13 (3)	Apr 29 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.400	.143	.543	9	1.23	-0.053	2.15	-0.06%	-0.33	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	170	16 (2)	May 4	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	GS-7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.417	.125	.542	9	.74	0.049	1.15	0.05%	0.93	P
5	171	22 (5)	May 9	BAL		KCA	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	9	.53	-0.001	1.10	0.00%	-0.10	P
6	172	27 (4)	May 15	BAL	@	KCA	W,9-5	GS-7	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.471	.385	.855	9	.64	0.112	1.20	0.13%	1.59	P
7	173	31 (3)	May 20 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.421	.333	.754	9	1.12	-0.084	3.02	-0.14%	-0.79	P
				Player went from Baltimore Orioles to Chicago White Sox
8	174	28	May 27 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	14-GF(15)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.429	.353	.782	9	3.35	0.326	8.94	0.52%	0.75	P
9	175	31 (2)	May 29	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-4	9-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.391	.316	.707	9	1.32	-0.071	2.69	-0.09%	-0.98	P
10	176	32	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.375	.300	.675	9	.51	-0.015	1.43	-0.03%	-0.24	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	177	36 (3)	Jun 3 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.379	.320	.699	9	.34	-0.003	.94	0.00%	0.91	P
12	178	40 (3)	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.379	.320	.699	9						P
13	179	42 (1)	Jun 9	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-0	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.412	.367	.778	9	.56	0.045	1.85	0.09%	0.46	P
14	180	46 (3)	Jun 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.389	.344	.733	9	1.12	-0.053	5.63	-0.16%	-0.53	P
15	181	51 (4)	Jun 18	CHW		BAL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.306	.375	.333	.708	9	.86	-0.063	3.05	-0.14%	-1.54	P
16	182	56 (4)	Jun 23	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.372	.333	.705	9	.89	-0.006	5.89	-0.02%	-0.10	P
17	183	61 (4)	Jun 29 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.356	.317	.673	9	1.14	-0.059	6.22	-0.19%	-0.50	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	184	67 (5)	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.354	.318	.672	9	.31	-0.018	1.38	-0.05%	-0.18	P
19	185	72 (4)	Jul 8 (1)	CHW		DET	L,5-17	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.347	.311	.658	9	.79	-0.019	3.01	-0.04%	-0.31	P
20	186	75 (2)	Jul 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.346	.313	.659	9	.62	0.046	1.70	0.08%	0.47	P
21	187	78 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.346	.313	.659	9						P
22	188	81 (2)	Jul 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.345	.314	.659	9	.63	-0.002	.43	0.00%	-0.13	P
23	189	85 (3)	Jul 23	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.351	.321	.672	9	1.76	0.058	1.13	0.02%	0.63	P
24	190	89 (3)	Jul 27	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.356	.327	.683	9	1.18	-0.030	.30	-0.01%	-0.32	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	191	94 (4)	Aug 1	CHW		WSH	L,2-6	GS-10	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.355	.316	.671	9	2.03	-0.147	.15	-0.01%	-0.36	P
26	192	99 (4)	Aug 5 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,2-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.344	.305	.649	9	.78	-0.043	.10	0.00%	-0.35	P
27	193	101 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,4-3	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.344	.305	.649	9						P
28	194	105 (3)	Aug 11	CHW	@	DET	L,1-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.338	.300	.638	9	1.03	-0.027	.16	0.00%	-0.25	P
29	195	109 (3)	Aug 16	CHW	@	KCA	W,6-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.338	.300	.638	9						P
30	196	115 (5)	Aug 22 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.333	.344	.677	9	.75	0.021	.21	0.00%	0.60	P
31	197	124 (8)	Aug 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-7	GS-9	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.279	.324	.353	.677	9	.60	-0.064	.13	-0.01%	-1.11	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	198	129 (4)	Sep 3 (1)	CHW		DET	L,8-11	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.320	.348	.668	9	1.08	-0.028	.14	0.00%	-0.25	P
33	199	140 (10)	Sep 15	CHW		BAL	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.321	.347	.668	9	1.20	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.03	P
34	200	146 (5)	Sep 22	CHW		KCA	W,17-3	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.337	.377	.714	9	.22	0.037	.00	0.00%	1.49	P
35	201	150 (3)	Sep 25	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.337	.377	.714	9						P
							17-18		85	77	9	23	3	0	1	9	5	0	16	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	.299	.337	.377	.714		.92	-0.005	1.75	0.07%	0.06

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