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Earl Wilson
Robert Earl Wilson
Name Changed From Wilson; Earl Lawrence

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 216 lb.

Debut July 28, 1959
  vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 22, 1970
Born October 2, 1934 in Ponchatoula, LA
Died April 23, 2005 in Southfield, MI

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1959 24 BOS AL   1   1   9   4   0   0   3  0   23.7   21   17   16   2   31   17   0   1   122   0   0  6.08  4.02   66 2.197
 1960 25 BOS AL   3   2  13   9   2   0   1  0   65.0   61   36   34   4   48   40   0   4   301   1   2  4.71  3.99   85 1.677
 1962 27 BOS AL  12   8  31  28   4   1   2  0  191.3  163   86   83  21  111  137   6  11   837   2   1  3.90  4.13  106 1.432
 1963 28 BOS AL  11  16  37  34   6   3   3  0  210.7  184   99   88  18  105  123   1  21   908   4   0  3.76  3.78  100 1.372
 1964 29 BOS AL  11  12  33  31   5   0   1  0  202.3  213  121  101  37   73  166   2   7   883   3   0  4.49  3.84   86 1.414
 1965 30 BOS AL  13  14  36  36   8   1   0  0  230.7  221  119  102  27   77  164   4   6   978   4   0  3.98  3.74   94 1.292
 1966 31 TOT AL  18  11  38  37  13   3   1  0  264.0  214   94   90  30   74  200   6   9  1059   3   0  3.07  3.64  118 1.091 MVP-14
         BOS AL   5   5  15  14   5   1   1  0  100.7   88   45   43  14   36   67   2   4   418   2   0  3.84  3.85  100 1.232
         DET AL  13   6  23  23   8   2   0  0  163.3  126   49   47  16   38  133   4   5   641   1   0  2.59  3.50  135 1.004
 1967 32 DET AL  22  11  39  38  12   0   1  0  264.0  216  103   96  34   92  184   3   8  1083   7   0  3.27  3.26  100 1.167 MVP-12
 1968 33 DET AL  13  12  34  33  10   3   0  0  224.3  192   77   71  20   65  168   0   7   909   4   2  2.85  3.01  106 1.146
 1969 34 DET AL  12  10  35  35   5   1   0  0  214.7  209   93   79  23   69  150   4   5   903   4   0  3.31  3.77  114 1.295
 1970 35 TOT      5  12  33  25   4   1   3  0  161.0  169   89   82  20   51  103   4   0   694   3   0  4.58  3.84   84 1.366
         DET AL   4   6  18  16   4   1   0  0   96.0   87   53   47  15   32   74   2   0   404   1   0  4.41  3.76   85 1.240
         SDP NL   1   6  15   9   0   0   3  0   65.0   82   36   35   5   19   29   2   0   290   2   0  4.85  3.97   82 1.554
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .526 121 109 338 310  69  13  15  0 2051.7 1863  934  842 236  796 1452  30  79  8677  35   5  3.69  3.66   99 1.296
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  11  35  32   7   1   1  0  215.0  195   98   88  24   83  152   3   8   910   3   0  3.69  3.66   99 1.296
 Career High     22  16  39  38  13   3   3  0  264.0  221  121  102  37  111  200   6  21  1083   7   2  2.85  4.13  118 1.091
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1959 24 BOS AL   9    8    0    4   2  0   0    4   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .750  234    6   0   0   0   0   0
 1960 25 BOS AL  15   23    3    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   7  .174  .208  .217   14    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1962 27 BOS AL  35   69    8   12   2  0   3    8   0  0   5  19  .174  .230  .333   48   23   1   0   0   0   0
 1963 28 BOS AL  38   72    5   15   0  3   1    7   0  0   7  18  .208  .288  .333   72   24   2   0   0   1   0
 1964 29 BOS AL  54   73   19   15   4  0   5   13   0  0   9  22  .205  .293  .466  103   34   1   0   0   0   1
 1965 30 BOS AL  47   79   13   14   0  0   6   12   0  0  13  29  .177  .301  .405   94   32   3   0   0   1   2
 1966 31 TOT AL  45   96   20   23   0  2   7   22   0  0   8  36  .240  .299  .500  120   48   6   2   0   1   0 MVP-14
         BOS AL  18   32    7    8   0  0   2    5   0  0   4  11  .250  .324  .438  108   14   2   1   0   0   0
         DET AL  27   64   13   15   0  2   5   17   0  0   4  25  .234  .286  .531  127   34   4   1   0   1   0
 1967 32 DET AL  52  108    8   20   2  0   4   15   0  0   8  39  .185  .248  .315   64   34   4   0   0   1   1 MVP-12
 1968 33 DET AL  40   88    9   20   0  1   7   17   0  0   2  35  .227  .253  .489  118   43   1   0   0   1   1
 1969 34 DET AL  37   76    6   10   0  0   0    6   0  0  10  37  .132  .230  .132    2   10   2   1   0   0   1
 1970 35 TOT     33   48    4    7   1  0   2    5   0  0   4  28  .146  .208  .292   36   14   2   1   0   0   1
         DET AL  18   31    2    6   1  0   1    3   0  0   2  16  .194  .235  .323   52   10   2   1   0   0   1
         SDP NL  15   17    2    1   0  0   1    2   0  0   2  12  .059  .158  .235    6    4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     405  740   95  144  12  6  35  111   0  0  67 271  .195  .265  .369   76  273  22   4   0   5   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        296   38   58   5  2  14   44   0  0  27 108  .195  .265  .369   76  109   9   2   0   2   3
 Career High     54  108   20   23   4  3   7   22   0  0  13  39                          48   6   2   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1959 24 BOS AL    8    4    3  20.1   102| .500  .265| .500  .337| .750  .405|1.250  .742| 234  .942   1.5   0.1   0%
 1960 25 BOS AL   24   19    1   1.4   104| .174  .267| .208  .341| .217  .408| .425  .749|  14  .108  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1962 27 BOS AL   75   58    6   2.8   105| .174  .266| .230  .339| .333  .415| .563  .755|  48  .288  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1963 28 BOS AL   82   59    8   3.7    97| .208  .259| .288  .325| .333  .399| .621  .725|  72  .437  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1964 29 BOS AL   83   60   10   4.5   100| .205  .261| .293  .330| .466  .406| .759  .736| 103  .526   0.1   0.0   0%
 1965 30 BOS AL   96   70   10   3.8    97| .177  .257| .301  .328| .405  .394| .706  .723|  94  .479  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1966 31 TOT AL  113   81   15   5.0    94| .240  .254| .299  .322| .500  .392| .799  .714| 120  .610   1.9   0.2   0%
         BOS AL   39   27    5   5.0    98| .250  .260| .324  .328| .438  .401| .762  .729| 108  .610   0.4   0.0   0%
         DET AL   74   54   10   5.0    92| .234  .251| .286  .319| .531  .388| .817  .706| 127  .610   1.6   0.2   0%
 1967 32 DET AL  121   93    9   2.6    87| .185  .246| .248  .316| .315  .369| .563  .686|  64  .343  -5.4  -0.6   0%
 1968 33 DET AL   92   70   11   4.2    82| .227  .241| .253  .311| .489  .357| .742  .668| 118  .583   0.8   0.1   0%
 1969 34 DET AL   89   70    3   1.2    99| .132  .260| .230  .337| .132  .392| .362  .730|   2  .086 -10.3  -1.1   0%
 1970 35 TOT      55   45    3   1.8    99| .146  .260| .208  .334| .292  .397| .500  .731|  36  .160  -4.5  -0.4   0%
         DET AL   36   29    2   1.8    98| .194  .259| .235  .334| .323  .395| .558  .729|  52  .176  -2.1  -0.2   0%
         SDP NL   19   16    1   1.7   100| .059  .262| .158  .334| .235  .400| .393  .735|   6  .134  -2.4  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      838  629   79   3.4    95| .195  .256| .265  .327| .369  .390| .634  .717|  76  .417 -28.3  -3.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1959 24 BOS AL P 9 2 5 1 0 .875 .959 0.78 0.84 2.66 2.05 4 23.7 1960 25 BOS AL P 13 6 10 1 1 .941 .970 1.23 0.78 2.22 1.97 9 65.0 1962 27 BOS AL P 31 19 22 3 2 .932 .958 1.32 0.79 1.93 2.08 28 191.3 1963 28 BOS AL P 37 17 36 3 1 .946 .955 1.43 0.79 2.26 1.99 34 210.7 1964 29 BOS AL P 33 14 29 2 0 .956 .958 1.30 0.72 1.91 1.90 31 202.3 1965 30 BOS AL P 36 24 26 3 2 .943 .951 1.39 0.75 1.95 2.04 36 230.7 1966 31 TOT AL P 38 34 39 5 4 .936 .952 1.92 0.75 2.49 1.99 37 264.0 BOS AL P 15 12 12 2 2 .923 .952 1.60 0.75 2.14 1.99 14 100.7 DET AL P 23 22 27 3 2 .942 .951 2.13 0.75 2.70 1.99 23 163.3 1967 32 DET AL P 39 26 42 0 2 1.000 .956 1.74 0.74 2.32 1.96 38 264.0 1968 33 DET AL P 34 26 30 4 3 .933 .957 1.65 0.73 2.25 1.89 33 224.3 1969 34 DET AL P 35 8 38 4 3 .920 .950 1.31 0.69 1.93 1.88 35 214.7 1970 35 TOT P 33 7 18 2 1 .926 .951 0.76 0.69 1.40 1.86 25 161.0 DET AL P 18 5 13 1 1 .947 .952 1.00 0.67 1.69 1.86 16 96.0 SDP NL P 15 2 5 1 0 .875 .946 0.47 0.71 0.97 1.86 9 65.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1959 24 BOS AL P 9 2 5 1 0 .875 .959 0.78 0.84 2.66 2.05 4 23.7 1960 25 BOS AL P 13 6 10 1 1 .941 .970 1.23 0.78 2.22 1.97 9 65.0 1962 27 BOS AL P 31 19 22 3 2 .932 .958 1.32 0.79 1.93 2.08 28 191.3 1963 28 BOS AL P 37 17 36 3 1 .946 .955 1.43 0.79 2.26 1.99 34 210.7 1964 29 BOS AL P 33 14 29 2 0 .956 .958 1.30 0.72 1.91 1.90 31 202.3 1965 30 BOS AL P 36 24 26 3 2 .943 .951 1.39 0.75 1.95 2.04 36 230.7 1966 31 TOT AL P 38 34 39 5 4 .936 .952 1.92 0.75 2.49 1.99 37 264.0 BOS AL P 15 12 12 2 2 .923 .952 1.60 0.75 2.14 1.99 14 100.7 DET AL P 23 22 27 3 2 .942 .951 2.13 0.75 2.70 1.99 23 163.3 1967 32 DET AL P 39 26 42 0 2 1.000 .956 1.74 0.74 2.32 1.96 38 264.0 1968 33 DET AL P 34 26 30 4 3 .933 .957 1.65 0.73 2.25 1.89 33 224.3 1969 34 DET AL P 35 8 38 4 3 .920 .950 1.31 0.69 1.93 1.88 35 214.7 1970 35 TOT P 33 7 18 2 1 .926 .951 0.76 0.69 1.40 1.86 25 161.0 DET AL P 18 5 13 1 1 .947 .952 1.00 0.67 1.69 1.86 16 96.0 SDP NL P 15 2 5 1 0 .875 .946 0.47 0.71 0.97 1.86 9 65.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 338 183 295 28 19 .945 .955 1.41 0.74 2.10 1.96 310 2051.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 338 183 295 28 19 .945 .955 1.41 0.74 2.10 1.96 310 2052
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1968   WS    DET STL     W   1   1   6.23  0  1  0  0   4.1   4   3   6   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1968   WS    DET STL     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1966-AL-14-0.05
1967-AL-12-0.07
Car-839-0.12 shares

ERA
1966 AL-3.07-10

Wins
1966 AL-18-3
1967 AL-22-1

Won-Loss %
1966 AL-.621-9
1967 AL-.667-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1966 AL-1.091-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1962 AL-7.67-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1962 AL-6.44-7
1964 AL-7.38-7
1966 AL-6.82-7

Innings
1965 AL-230.7-8
1966 AL-264.0-3
1967 AL-264.0-3

Strikeouts
1965 AL-164-6
1966 AL-200-3
1967 AL-184-10

Games Started
1963 AL-34-9
1965 AL-36-5
1966 AL-37-3
1967 AL-38-3

Comp. Games
1966 AL-13-3
1967 AL-12-7

Shutouts
1963 AL-3-8
1966 AL-3-7

Home Runs Allow.
1964 AL-37-2
1965 AL-27-4
1966 AL-30-3
1967 AL-34-2
1968 AL-20-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1962 AL-111-4
1963 AL-105-1
1967 AL-92-5

Hits Allowed
1965 AL-221-7
1966 AL-214-4
1967 AL-216-5

SO to Walk
1966 AL-2.70-5
1969 AL-2.17-9

Losses
1963 AL-16-4
1965 AL-14-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1964 AL-101-5
1965 AL-102-1
1966 AL-90-8
1967 AL-96-3

Wild Pitches
1962 AL-11-2
1963 AL-21-1
1966 AL-9-8

Hit Batsmen
1966 AL-6-6

Batters Faced
1965 AL-978-8
1966 AL-1059-4
1967 AL-1083-4

Adjusted ERA+
1966 AL-118-9

Oldest Player
1970 AL-35-10

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 51 (486) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) Pitching - 15.0 (475) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 16.0 (705) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

May 11, 1953: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

June 14, 1966: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Joe Christopher to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later and Don Demeter. The Detroit Tigers sent Julio Navarro (June 21, 1966) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

July 15, 1970: Purchased by the San Diego Padres from the Detroit Tigers.

January 13, 1971: Released by the San Diego Padres.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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