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Don Wilson
Donald Edward Wilson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

Debut September 29, 1966
vs. CIN 6.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, W
Final Game September 28, 1974
Born February 12, 1945 in Monroe, LA
Died January 5, 1975 in Houston, TX

Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1966 21 HOU NL   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    6.0    5    2    2   1    1    7   0   0    22   0   0  3.00  3.39  113 1.000
 1967 22 HOU NL  10   9  31  28   7   3   0  0  184.0  141   67   57  10   69  159   7  10   757   2   3  2.79  3.27  117 1.141
 1968 23 HOU NL  13  16  33  30   9   3   3  0  208.7  187   85   76   9   70  175   4   9   884   5   1  3.28  2.96   90 1.232
 1969 24 HOU NL  16  12  34  34  13   1   0  0  225.0  210  119  100  16   97  235   9  16   979   8   3  4.00  3.53   88 1.364
 1970 25 HOU NL  11   6  29  27   3   0   1  0  184.3  188   92   80  15   66   94   7  15   806   4   1  3.91  3.89  100 1.378
 1971 26 HOU NL  16  10  35  34  18   3   0  0  268.0  195   80   73  15   79  180   7   5  1067   3   0  2.45  3.37  137 1.022 AS
 1972 27 HOU NL  15  10  33  33  13   3   0  0  228.3  196   79   68  16   66  172   2  11   927   2   0  2.68  3.35  125 1.147
 1973 28 HOU NL  11  16  37  32  10   3   4  2  239.3  187   94   85  21   92  149   7   7   988   6   1  3.20  3.63  114 1.166
 1974 29 HOU NL  11  13  33  27   5   4   2  0  204.7  170   80   70  16  100  112   4   4   875   2   1  3.08  3.48  113 1.319
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .531 104  92 266 245  78  20  10  2 1748.3 1479  698  611 119  640 1283  47  77  7305  32  10  3.15  3.43  109 1.212
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  12  35  32  10   2   1  0  232.3  196   92   81  15   85  170   6  10   972   4   1  3.15  3.43  109 1.212
 Career High     16  16  37  34  18   4   4  2  268.0  210  119  100  21  100  235   9  16  1067   8   3  2.45  3.89  137 1.022

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1966 21 HOU NL   1    2    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500 1.000  318    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1967 22 HOU NL  31   66    1    6   1  0   0    1   0  0   1  27  .091  .143  .106  -26    7   2   0   0   3   0
 1968 23 HOU NL  34   70    7   15   2  0   1    6   0  0   1  16  .214  .236  .286   59   20   6   0   0   1   2
 1969 24 HOU NL  34   81    7    8   2  0   0    5   0  0   3  36  .099  .167  .123  -17   10   2   2   0   4   0
 1970 25 HOU NL  30   69    1    8   2  0   0    4   0  0   0  28  .116  .129  .145  -25   10   3   0   0   1   3
 1971 26 HOU NL  35   91    5   14   1  0   0    7   0  0   1  37  .154  .181  .165   -0   15   6   0   0   2   2 AS
 1972 27 HOU NL  33   76    5    8   0  1   0    2   0  0   2  35  .105  .128  .132  -25   10   8   0   0   0   2
 1973 28 HOU NL  37   79    4   14   4  0   0    5   0  0   1  32  .177  .188  .228   15   18   6   0   0   0   1
 1974 29 HOU NL  33   63    6   13   5  0   0    5   0  0   0  19  .206  .227  .286   46   18   9   1   0   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      268  597   36   87  18  1   1   35   0  0   9 230  .146  .175  .184    3  110  42   3   0  13  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        361   22   53  11  1   1   21   0  0   5 139  .146  .175  .184    3   66  25   2   0   8   7
 Career High     37   91    7   15   5  1   1    7   0  0   3  37                          20   9   2   0   4   3

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1966 21 HOU NL    2    1    1  27.0    90| .500  .256| .500  .314|1.000  .386|1.500  .700| 318  .967   0.6   0.1   0%
 1967 22 HOU NL   72   62    1   0.4    87| .091  .253| .143  .315| .106  .372| .249  .687| -26  .018 -10.7  -1.2   0%
 1968 23 HOU NL   78   63    5   2.2    79| .214  .249| .236  .306| .286  .350| .522  .657|  59  .282  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1969 24 HOU NL   92   77    2   0.7    93| .099  .257| .167  .327| .123  .381| .290  .708| -17  .037 -12.5  -1.3   0%
 1970 25 HOU NL   73   67    1   0.4   100| .116  .262| .129  .334| .145  .401| .274  .735| -25  .011 -12.2  -1.2   0%
 1971 26 HOU NL  100   85    3   1.0    91| .154  .257| .181  .323| .165  .377| .346  .700|  -0  .065 -12.1  -1.3   0%
 1972 27 HOU NL   86   78    1   0.4    90| .105  .254| .128  .322| .132  .376| .260  .698| -25  .011 -12.7  -1.4   0%
 1973 28 HOU NL   86   72    3   1.1    96| .177  .261| .188  .330| .228  .389| .416  .719|  15  .080  -9.2  -1.0   0%
 1974 29 HOU NL   75   62    4   1.7    91| .206  .257| .227  .329| .286  .372| .513  .701|  46  .163  -4.5  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       664  567   21   1.0    91| .146  .257| .175  .323| .184  .377| .359  .701|   3  .069 -77.0  -8.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1966 21 HOU NL   P    1      0    1    0    1 1.000  .909  1.00  0.70  1.50  1.95    0    6.0
 1967 22 HOU NL   P   31      9   17    2    0  .929  .959  0.84  0.78  1.27  2.00   28  184.0
 1968 23 HOU NL   P   33     16   22    4    0  .905  .957  1.15  0.85  1.64  2.01   30  208.7
 1969 24 HOU NL   P   34     19   25    3    0  .936  .959  1.29  0.78  1.76  1.95   34  225.0
 1970 25 HOU NL   P   29      6   17    2    2  .920  .950  0.79  0.71  1.12  1.85   27  184.3
 1971 26 HOU NL   P   35      9   26    2    4  .946  .954  1.00  0.78  1.18  1.90   34  268.0 AS
 1972 27 HOU NL   P   33      8   37    2    1  .957  .949  1.36  0.73  1.77  1.78   33  228.3
 1973 28 HOU NL   P   37     15   25    4    3  .909  .950  1.08  0.73  1.51  1.88   32  239.0
 1974 29 HOU NL   P   33     11   21    5    1  .865  .944  0.97  0.71  1.41  1.88   27  204.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1966 21 HOU NL   P    1      0    1    0    1 1.000  .909  1.00  0.70  1.50  1.95    0    6.0
 1967 22 HOU NL   P   31      9   17    2    0  .929  .959  0.84  0.78  1.27  2.00   28  184.0
 1968 23 HOU NL   P   33     16   22    4    0  .905  .957  1.15  0.85  1.64  2.01   30  208.7
 1969 24 HOU NL   P   34     19   25    3    0  .936  .959  1.29  0.78  1.76  1.95   34  225.0
 1970 25 HOU NL   P   29      6   17    2    2  .920  .950  0.79  0.71  1.12  1.85   27  184.3
 1971 26 HOU NL   P   35      9   26    2    4  .946  .954  1.00  0.78  1.18  1.90   34  268.0
 1972 27 HOU NL   P   33      8   37    2    1  .957  .949  1.36  0.73  1.77  1.78   33  228.3
 1973 28 HOU NL   P   37     15   25    4    3  .909  .950  1.08  0.73  1.51  1.88   32  239.0
 1974 29 HOU NL   P   33     11   21    5    1  .865  .944  0.97  0.71  1.41  1.88   27  204.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 266     93  191   24   12  .922  .953  1.07  0.76  1.46  1.91  245 1748.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       266     93  191   24   12  .922  .953  1.07  0.76  1.46  1.91  245   1748

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1971   HOU NL      0  0  0   2     0   0   0   1   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1971   HOU NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

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.

All-Star
1971 *

ERA
1971 NL-2.45-3
1972 NL-2.68-8

Won-Loss %
1970 NL-.647-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1971 NL-1.022-2
1973 NL-1.166-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1967 NL-6.90-2
1971 NL-6.55-1
1972 NL-7.73-10
1973 NL-7.03-4
1974 NL-7.48-5
Car-7.61-42

Strikeouts/9IP
1967 NL-7.78-4
1968 NL-7.55-5
1969 NL-9.40-2
1972 NL-6.78-7

Strikeouts
1969 NL-235-4
1971 NL-180-7
1972 NL-172-8

Games Started
1972 NL-33-10

Comp. Games
1971 NL-18-5
1972 NL-13-8

Shutouts
1967 NL-3-6
1973 NL-3-7
1974 NL-4-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1969 NL-97-4
1974 NL-100-8

Losses
1968 NL-16-5
1973 NL-16-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1969 NL-100-10

Wild Pitches
1967 NL-10-6
1968 NL-9-7
1969 NL-16-1
1970 NL-15-2
1972 NL-11-3

Hit Batsmen
1967 NL-7-5
1969 NL-9-6
1970 NL-7-10
1971 NL-7-5
1973 NL-7-7

Adjusted ERA+
1971 NL-137-4

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (727) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 41 (588) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 16.0 (424) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 14.0 (755) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1964 Season: Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1971 *	ERA 1971 NL-2.45-3 1972 NL-2.68-8	Won-Loss % 1970 NL-.647-5	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1971 NL-1.022-2 1973 NL-1.166-9	Hits Allowed/9IP 1967 NL-6.90-2 1971 NL-6.55-1 1972 NL-7.73-10 1973 NL-7.03-4 1974 NL-7.48-5 Car-7.61-42	Strikeouts/9IP 1967 NL-7.78-4 1968 NL-7.55-5 1969 NL-9.40-2 1972 NL-6.78-7
Strikeouts 1969 NL-235-4 1971 NL-180-7 1972 NL-172-8	Games Started 1972 NL-33-10	Comp. Games 1971 NL-18-5 1972 NL-13-8	Shutouts 1967 NL-3-6 1973 NL-3-7 1974 NL-4-7	Bases On Balls Allow. 1969 NL-97-4 1974 NL-100-8	Losses 1968 NL-16-5 1973 NL-16-6
Earned Runs Allow. 1969 NL-100-10	Wild Pitches 1967 NL-10-6 1968 NL-9-7 1969 NL-16-1 1970 NL-15-2 1972 NL-11-3	Hit Batsmen 1967 NL-7-5 1969 NL-9-6 1970 NL-7-10 1971 NL-7-5 1973 NL-7-7	Adjusted ERA+ 1971 NL-137-4