James Alger Wilson

(upload a new image)

Full Name: James Alger Wilson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/200	First Game: April 18, 1945
Birthdate: February 20, 1922	Final Game: September 14, 1958
Birthplace: San Diego, California	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: September 2, 1986
Deathplace: Newport Beach, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Rate this Player

2.00

(1 vote)

Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on February 20, 1922 in San Diego, California, Jim Wilson (James Alger Wilson) played for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 12 year career. Wilson broke into the bigs on April 18, 1945 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.30 ERA in 144.1 innings pitched in 1945, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jim Wilson's best season was 1957, when he posted a 3.48 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 100 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
1945	BOS	A	23	21	6	8	3.30	50	61	53	8	2	0	144.1	121	7	88	0	2	1
1946	BOS	A	1	0	0	0	27.00	0	2	2	0	0	0	0.2	2	1	0	0	0	0
1948	STL	A	4	0	0	0	13.50	1	4	4	0	0	0	2.2	5	0	5	0	1	0
1949	PHI	A	2	0	0	0	14.40	2	8	8	0	0	0	5	7	2	5	0	0	0
1951	BOS	N	20	15	7	7	5.40	33	67	66	5	0	1	110	131	14	40	0	1	4
1952	BOS	N	33	33	12	14	4.23	104	114	110	14	0	0	234	234	19	90	0	1	4
1953	MIL	N	20	18	4	9	4.34	71	59	55	5	0	0	114	107	16	43	0	1	3
1954	MIL	N	27	19	8	2	3.52	52	55	50	6	4	0	127.2	129	12	36	2	1	5
1955	BAL	A	34	31	12	18	3.44	96	104	90	14	4	0	235.1	200	17	87	5	7	4
1956	CHI	A	28	21	9	12	4.06	82	82	72	6	3	0	159.2	149	15	70	5	3	2
1956	BAL	A	7	7	4	2	5.03	31	27	27	1	0	0	48.1	49	5	16	1	1	2
1956	TOT	A	35	28	13	14	4.28	113	109	99	7	3	0	208	198	20	86	6	4	4
1957	CHI	A	30	29	15	8	3.48	100	85	78	12	5	0	201.2	189	22	65	8	3	3
1958	CHI	A	28	23	9	9	4.10	70	75	71	4	1	1	155.2	156	21	63	8	1	1
Total	NL		100	85	31	32	4.32	260	295	281	30	4	1	585.2	601	61	209	2	4	16
Total	AL		157	132	55	57	3.82	432	448	405	45	15	1	953.1	878	90	399	27	18	13
Total			257	217	86	89	4.01	692	743	686	75	19	2	1539	1479	151	608	29	22	29

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1945	BOS	A	P	23	0	0	4	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1946	BOS	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1948	STL	A	P	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	PHI	A	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1951	BOS	N	P	20	0	0	4	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	BOS	N	P	33	0	0	21	32	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.981
1953	MIL	N	P	20	0	0	10	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	MIL	N	P	27	19	127.2	7	26	0	2	0	0	2	4	1	1.000
1955	BAL	A	P	34	0	0	15	39	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1956	CHI	A	P	28	0	0	7	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	BAL	A	P	7	0	0	3	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	TOT	A	P	35	0	0	10	33	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	CHI	A	P	30	29	201.2	14	26	0	0	0	3	5	4	1	1.000
1958	CHI	A	P	28	23	155.2	9	19	0	1	0	1	1	5	1	1.000
Total			P	257	71	485	94	235	4	13	0	4	8	13	3	.988

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1945	BOS	A	25	53	5	13	0	3	.245	.286	.302	3	0	2	7	1	2	0	0	1
1946	BOS	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	STL	A	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	PHI	A	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1951	BOS	N	20	39	4	7	0	2	.179	.200	.205	1	0	1	10	0	3	0	0	0
1952	BOS	N	33	86	4	14	0	8	.163	.182	.186	2	0	2	15	0	3	0	0	0
1953	MIL	N	20	36	2	6	1	2	.167	.211	.250	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	0	3
1954	MIL	N	27	44	5	7	0	1	.159	.196	.227	3	0	2	8	0	2	0	0	1
1955	BAL	A	34	89	4	15	0	4	.169	.178	.191	2	0	1	18	0	2	0	0	1
1956	CHI	A	28	62	6	19	1	8	.306	.313	.387	2	0	1	13	0	2	0	0	2
1956	BAL	A	7	15	3	4	0	1	.267	.421	.333	1	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	1
1956	TOT	A	35	77	9	23	1	9	.299	.337	.377	3	0	5	16	0	2	0	0	3
1957	CHI	A	31	68	4	10	0	5	.147	.227	.176	2	0	7	14	0	4	0	0	2
1958	CHI	A	28	51	1	4	0	0	.078	.161	.078	0	0	4	16	1	4	0	0	0
Total	NL		100	205	15	34	1	13	.166	.193	.210	6	0	7	36	0	10	0	0	4
Total	AL		160	341	23	65	1	21	.191	.237	.229	10	0	19	72	2	14	0	0	7
Total			260	546	38	99	2	34	.181	.221	.222	16	0	26	108	2	24	0	0	11

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1943).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Roy Partee, Al Widmar, Eddie Pellagrini, Pete Layden, Joe Ostrowski and $310000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Vern Stephens and Jack Kramer (November 17, 1947).
Sold by St. Louis Browns to Cleveland Indians (October, 1948).
Selected by Philadelphia Athletics from Cleveland Indians in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 10, 1948).
Returned to Cleveland Indians (May, 1949).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Detroit Tigers in exchange for 3 players to be named later (August 11, 1949); Cleveland Indians received Lum Harris, Anse Moore and George Byam (October 1, 1949).
Traded by Seattle (PCL) to Boston Braves in exchange for cash and 2 players to be named later (September 30, 1950); Seattle (PCL) received Mickey Haefner (October 3, 1950) and Emil Verban (December 2, 1950).
Sold by Milwaukee Braves to Baltimore Orioles (April 13, 1955).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Dave Philley to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bob Nieman, Mike Fornieles, Connie Johnson and George Kell (May 21, 1956).

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Video Gallery

[edit] Picture Gallery

[edit] See Also

[edit] Categories

Retrieved from "http://www.armchairgm.com/James_Alger_Wilson"

This page was last modified 21:40, 14 November 2007. Content is available under the GFDL.

Categories: Athletes | Baseball Players | Retired Athletes | Retired Baseball Players | Pitchers | Athletes with the Last Name Wilson | Baseball Players with the Last Name Wilson | Athletes with the First Name Jim | Baseball Players with the First Name Jim | Athletes Born in February | Baseball Players Born in February | Athletes Born on February 20 | Baseball Players Born on February 20 | Athletes Born in 1922 | Baseball Players Born in 1922 | Athletes Born in February 1922 | Baseball Players Born in February 1922 | Athletes Born on February 20, 1922 | Baseball Players Born on February 20, 1922 | Athletes Born in San Diego, California | Baseball Players Born in San Diego, California | Athletes Born in California | Baseball Players Born in California | Boston Red Sox Players | St. Louis Browns Players | Philadelphia Athletics Players | Boston Braves Players | Milwaukee Braves Players | Baltimore Orioles Players | Chicago White Sox Players | 1945 Boston Red Sox Players | 1946 Boston Red Sox Players | 1948 St. Louis Browns Players | 1949 Philadelphia Athletics Players | 1951 Boston Braves Players | 1952 Boston Braves Players | 1953 Milwaukee Braves Players | 1954 Milwaukee Braves Players | 1955 Baltimore Orioles Players | 1956 Chicago White Sox Players | 1956 Baltimore Orioles Players | 1957 Chicago White Sox Players | 1958 Chicago White Sox Players | Baseball Players who bat Right Handed | Baseball Players who throw Right Handed | Athletes Who Debuted in April | Baseball Players Who Debuted in April | Athletes Who Debuted on April 18 | Baseball Players Who Debuted on April 18 | Athletes Who Debuted in 1945 | Baseball Players Who Debuted in 1945 | Athletes Who Debuted in April 1945 | Baseball Players Who Debuted in April 1945 | Athletes Who Debuted on April 18, 1945 | Baseball Players Who Debuted on April 18, 1945 | Athletes Who Played Their Last Game in September | Baseball Players Who Played Their Last Game in September | Athletes Who Played Their Last Game on September 14 | Baseball Players Who Played Their Last Game on September 14 | Athletes Who Played Their Last Game in 1958 | Baseball Players Who Played Their Last Game in 1958 | Athletes Who Played Their Last Game in September 1958 | Baseball Players Who Played Their Last Game in September 1958 | Athletes Who Played Their Last Game on September 14, 1958 | Baseball Players Who Played Their Last Game on September 14, 1958 | Baseball Players Who Debuted with Boston Red Sox | Players with 5 years experience in the Major Leagues | Baseball Players with 5 years experience in the Major Leagues | Players with 10 years experience in the Major Leagues | Baseball Players with 10 years experience in the Major Leagues | Players with at least 500 At Bats | Players with at least 100 Games | Players with at least 200 Games | Players with at least 100 Strikeouts | Pitchers with at least 50 Wins | Pitchers with at least 50 Losses | Pitchers with at least 5 Shutouts | Pitchers with at least 10 Shutouts | Pitchers with at least 50 Home Runs Allowed | Pitchers with at least 100 Home Runs Allowed | Pitchers with at least 150 Home Runs Allowed | Pitchers with at least 25 Complete Games | Pitchers with at least 50 Complete Games | Pitchers with at least 100 Walks | Pitchers with at least 200 Walks | Pitchers with at least 300 Walks | Pitchers with at least 400 Walks | Pitchers with at least 500 Walks | Pitchers with at least 50 Games Started | Pitchers with at least 100 Games Started | Pitchers with at least 150 Games Started | Pitchers with at least 200 Games Started | Pitchers with at least 162 Innings Pitched | Pitchers with at least 250 Innings Pitched | Pitchers with at least 500 Innings Pitched | Pitchers with at least 1000 Innings Pitched | Pitchers with at least 1500 Innings Pitched | Pitchers with at least 25 Hit Batsman | Pitchers with at least 100 Earned Runs Allowed | Pitchers with at least 200 Earned Runs Allowed | Pitchers with at least 500 Earned Runs Allowed | Pitchers with at least 100 Runs Allowed | Pitchers with at least 200 Runs Allowed | Pitchers with at least 500 Runs Allowed | Pitchers with at least 500 Hits Allowed | Pitchers with at least 1000 Hits Allowed | Pitchers with at least 50 Games | Pitchers with at least 100 Games | Pitchers with at least 150 Games | Pitchers with at least 200 Games | Pitchers with at least 250 Games | Baseball Players Who Debuted at age 23