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Don
Wilson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: February 12, 1946 in Usa, LA, MONROE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 29 OMA JL $ 3,840,000   5 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 3 4 4 5 5 5
1976 30 OMA JL $ 3,840,000   5 6 7 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 4 3 4 4 4
1977 31 OMA JL $ 3,840,000   5 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 4 5 4
1978 32 OMA JL $ 3,840,000   5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 3 3 3 4 5 4
1979 33 BIR FL $ 540,000   4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 540,000   4 6 6 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 6 7 6 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,840,000   5 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 4 4 5 5 5
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1975 29 OMA JL $ 3,840,000 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 10 10
1976 30 OMA JL $ 3,840,000 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 10 10
1977 31 OMA JL $ 3,840,000 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 10 10
1978 32 OMA JL $ 3,840,000 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 10 10
1979 33 BIR FL $ 540,000 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 10 10
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 540,000 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 10 10
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,840,000 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1975 29 OMA JL 11 12 .478 31 27 4 1 0 189.0 180 81 28 105 115 3.86 .255 .353 .415 .768 7.9
1976 30 OMA JL 5 12 .294 24 24 2 0 0 147.7 173 82 14 73 65 5.00 .298 .378 .444 .822 0.0
1977 31 OMA JL 3 15 .167 27 27 0 0 0 144.3 183 111 16 105 79 6.92 .313 .417 .463 .880 0.0
1978 32 OMA JL 3 16 .158 23 23 0 0 0 118.0 160 93 14 76 49 7.09 .328 .418 .475 .894 0.0
1979 33 AAA   5 6 .455 25 25 0 0 0 147.3 148 73 16 87 100 4.46 .261 .360 .408 .768  
4 Years Sim 22 55 .286 105 101 6 1 0 599.0 696 367 72 359 308 5.51 .295 .389 .447 .835 7.9
1 Years AAA 5 6 .455 25 25 0 0 0 147.3 148 73 16 87 100 4.46 .261 .360 .408 .768  
Season Average 5 13 .278 26 25 1 0 0 149.7 174 91 18 89 77 5.51 .295 .389 .447 .835  
Career Highs 11 16 .478 31 27 4 1 0 189.0 183 111 28 105 115 7.09 .328 .418 .475 .894  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   358 193 38 171 171   .282 .368 .425 .793
vs LH   338 174 34 188 137   .310 .411 .472 .883
Home 12 21 .364 46 45 0 0 0 280.3 318 163 32 139 149 5.23 .289 .369 .440 .810
Away 10 34 .227 59 56 6 1 0 318.7 378 204 40 220 159 5.76 .300 .404 .452 .856
Mar/Apr 4 5 .444 18 14 0 0 0 90.3 115 53 16 55 47 5.28 .317 .407 .523 .930
May 4 16 .200 21 21 2 0 0 123.3 142 85 18 71 67 6.20 .287 .377 .462 .839
June 3 6 .333 20 20 0 0 0 106.0 135 61 7 72 59 5.18 .313 .412 .432 .843
July 3 12 .200 20 20 1 0 0 116.0 135 81 15 64 56 6.29 .301 .388 .457 .844
August 6 9 .400 17 17 1 1 0 106.0 103 56 9 67 50 4.76 .260 .367 .381 .748
Sep/Oct 2 7 .222 9 9 3 0 0 57.3 66 31 7 30 29 4.87 .291 .374 .414 .788
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1975 29 OMA JL 31 64 3 18 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 .281 .292 .281 .574 5.1 0.3
1976 30 OMA JL 24 55 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .109 .125 .127 .252 -1.4 0.0
1977 31 OMA JL 27 47 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .128 .176 .128 .304 0.9 0.0
1978 32 OMA JL 23 38 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .105 .103 .132 .234 -0.5 0.0
4 Years Sim 105 204 12 34 2 0 0 8 0 0 5 5 .167 .185 .176 .361 4.1 0.3
162 Game Average 314 18 52 3 0 0 12 0 0 7 7 .167 .185 .176 .361 6.3  
Career Highs 31 64 3 18 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 .281 .292 .281 .574 5.1  
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   148 6 19 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 4 .128 .150 .142 .292 -1.1
vs LH   56 6 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .268 .276 .268 .544 3.9
Home 46 91 7 18 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 .198 .223 .198 .421 3.0
Away 59 113 5 16 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 .142 .154 .159 .313 -0.2
RISP   34 0 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 1 .147 .162 .147 .309 0.1
Close/Late   12 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .308 .250 .558 1.0
Mar/Apr 13 33 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .152 .194 .182 .376 0.7
May 21 40 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .175 .175 .175 .350 0.3
June 20 30 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .300 .290 .300 .590 2.5
July 20 39 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .128 .190 .154 .344 0.5
August 17 42 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.5
Sep/Oct 9 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1975 29 OMA JL P 31 27 189.0 16 39 2 1 .965 2.62    
1976 30 OMA JL P 24 24 147.7 9 29 0 3 1.000 2.32    
1977 31 OMA JL P 27 27 144.3 12 12 1 1 .960 1.50    
1978 32 OMA JL P 23 23 118.0 8 25 3 3 .917 2.52    
Career Totals   105 101 599.0 45 105 6 8 .962 2.25    
Career Highs   31 27 189.0 16 39 3 3 1.000 2.62    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1975 29 OMA JL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 14.7 11 7 2 11 7 4.30 .208 .344 .340 .683
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 14.7 11 7 2 11 7 4.30 .208 .344 .340 .683
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
1975 29 OMA JL 2 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1977-10-15
1978-4-16
 Walks Allowed
1975-5-105
1977-7-105
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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  1. Eldridge Heim (958)
  2. Rock Varkville (952)
  3. Robert Chung (946)
  4. Mickey Magdalen (945)
  5. Eddie Arevalo (944)
  6. Larry Nusbaum (942)
  7. Ferdy Orta (940)
  8. Aubrey Lewis (939)
  9. Floyd Youmans (937)
  10. Perry Morris (937)
History
Signed as a free agent by Omaha on 2/14/1975 to a 4-year deal worth $3,840,000 per year
Had first career hit on 5/3/1975, off Steve Nebraska (WAS)
Earned first career win on 5/14/1975
Injured on 8/22/1977 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Birmingham on 2/8/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $540,000 per year
Injured on 7/22/1979 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
 
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