Highball Wilson
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[edit] Biography
Born on August 9, 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Highball Wilson (Howard Paul Wilson) played for the Cleveland Spiders, Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators over the course of his 4 year career. Wilson broke into the bigs on September 13, 1899 with the Cleveland Spiders, and put up a 2.43 ERA in 96.1 innings pitched in 1902, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Highball Wilson's best season was 1903, when he posted a 3.31 ERA and struck out 56 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | CLE | N | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | PHI | A | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2.43 | 18 | 44 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 96.1 | 103 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1903 | WAS | A | 30 | 28 | 7 | 18 | 3.31 | 56 | 123 | 89 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 242.1 | 269 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 1904 | WAS | A | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4.68 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | NL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AL | 46 | 41 | 14 | 26 | 3.17 | 85 | 184 | 128 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 363.2 | 405 | 8 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 21 | |
| Total | 47 | 42 | 14 | 27 | 3.29 | 86 | 192 | 136 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 371.2 | 417 | 8 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | CLE | N | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1902 | PHI | A | P | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1903 | WAS | A | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1903 | WAS | A | P | 30 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .972 |
| 1904 | WAS | A | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .909 |
| Total | P | 47 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .973 | ||
| Total | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | CLE | N | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | PHI | A | 13 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .171 | .237 | .171 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1903 | WAS | A | 31 | 85 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .253 | .306 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | WAS | A | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .300 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AL | 48 | 129 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 6 | .194 | .252 | .279 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 132 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 6 | .197 | .254 | .288 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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