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Jack Wilson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 210lb (180cm, 95kg)

Born: April 12, 1912 in Portland, OR us

Died: April 19, 1995 in Edmonds, WA

Buried: Holyrood Catholic Cemetery, Seattle, WA

High School: Portland HS (Portland, OR)

School: University of Portland (Portland, OR)

Debut: September 9, 1934 (Age 22-150d, 7,765th in major league history)
vs. CLE 8.0 IP, 12 H, 2 SO, 6 BB, 8 ER, L

Last Game: September 16, 1942 (Age 30-157d)
vs. NYY 6.0 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: John Francis Wilson

Nicknames: Black Jack

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.2

ERA

4.59

281

121

1131.2

590

WHIP

1.621

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-16 / in Starts: 13-14
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 76 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	49 (27-13-9) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 76 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (26-16-8)

Most Driven In
B Doerr	5
P Higgins	1
G Desautels	1

Most Driven In By
J Vosmik	4
P Higgins	1
B Chapman	0

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 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	121	3 (2)	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,6-0	GS-4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	9	.65	0.037	1.69	0.06%	0.44	P
2	122	11 (7)	Apr 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	8	.60	-0.017	1.84	-0.03%	-0.13	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
3	123	15 (3)	May 4	BOS		DET	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	9	1.01	-0.055	2.92	-0.10%	-0.51	P
4	124	19 (3)	May 8	BOS		CLE	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.250	.286	.536	9	.36	-0.028	1.13	-0.05%	-1.70	P
5	125	22 (2)	May 13	BOS		WSH	W,10-0	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	9	.53	0.005	2.01	0.01%	0.90	P
6	126	25 (2)	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481	9	.88	-0.024	3.57	-0.06%	-0.29	P
7	127	28 (2)	May 22	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.200	.388	9	1.28	-0.107	4.77	-0.24%	-1.12	P
8	128	31 (2)	May 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.167	.211	.222	.433	9	1.61	-0.115	7.19	-0.31%	-1.68	P
9	129	35 (3)	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.261	.273	.534	9	.59	0.017	2.06	0.04%	0.55	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
10	130	40 (4)	Jun 5	BOS		DET	L,4-10	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.261	.273	.534	9						P
11	131	41	Jun 6	BOS		DET	W,8-7	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.227	.261	.273	.534	9	3.36	-0.058	9.25	-0.10%	-0.26	P
12	132	46 (4)	Jun 12 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.280	.292	.572	9	1.34	0.016	4.21	0.03%	0.07	P
13	133	48 (1)	Jun 14	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.280	.292	.572	9						P
14	134	51 (2)	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.310	.321	.632	9	.37	0.010	1.36	0.02%	0.17	P
15	135	55 (3)	Jun 21 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,8-3	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.310	.321	.632	9						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
16	136	65 (9)	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS-4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.323	.333	.656	9	1.10	-0.036	5.18	-0.10%	-0.71	P
17	137	68 (2)	Jul 8	BOS		NYY	W,9-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.323	.333	.656	9						P
18	138	73 (4)	Jul 14	BOS		DET	W,12-1	5-GF	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.313	.333	.375	.708	9	.03	-0.002	.10	0.00%	1.25	P
19	139	78 (4)	Jul 22	BOS		CLE	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.297	.333	.631	9	.97	-0.134	5.20	-0.43%	-1.44	P
20	140	82 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,13-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.282	.316	.598	9	2.12	-0.115	6.85	-0.22%	-1.15	P
21	141	84 (1)	Jul 30	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	9-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.275	.308	.583	9	3.16	-0.081	11.79	-0.18%	-0.34	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
22	142	88 (3)	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.244	.262	.293	.555	9	.68	-0.042	2.52	-0.09%	-0.77	P
23	143	92 (3)	Aug 7	BOS	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.227	.244	.273	.517	9						P
24	144	96 (3)	Aug 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-13	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.239	.267	.506	9	.74	-0.019	1.47	-0.02%	-0.18	P
25	145	100 (3)	Aug 17 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.224	.250	.474	9	1.08	-0.100	.38	-0.02%	-0.95	P
26	146	105 (4)	Aug 21 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0	0	.200	.216	.240	.456	9						P
27	147	108 (2)	Aug 23 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,14-12	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.216	.240	.456	9						P
28	148	110 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.222	.245	.468	9	1.72	0.012	.75	0.00%	-0.19	P
29	149	117 (6)	Aug 29	BOS		DET	L,1-15	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.218	.241	.459	9	.50	-0.014	.09	0.00%	-0.14	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
30	150	121 (3)	Sep 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS-8	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.241	.250	.491	9	1.17	0.051	.24	0.01%	0.38	P
31	151	123 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,11-12	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.241	.250	.491	9						P
32	152	127 (3)	Sep 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.230	.254	.262	.516	9						P
33	153	132 (4)	Sep 11	BOS		PHA	W,12-7	0-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0	0	.219	.242	.250	.492	9						P
34	154	135 (2)	Sep 15 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.242	.250	.492	9						P
35	155	138 (2)	Sep 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.246	.254	.500	9	1.08	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
36	156	139	Sep 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-8	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.246	.254	.500	9						P
37	157	143 (3)	Sep 25 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-3	6-GF(10)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.221	.243	.250	.493	9	1.71	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.07	P
							21-16		76	68	7	15	2	0	0	7	2	0	8	0	6		0		0	0	.221	.243	.250	.493		1.02	-0.797	2.74	-1.80%	-7.90

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