Earl Wilson was born on Tuesday, October 2, 1934, in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. Wilson was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 28, 1959, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Earl Wilson baseball stats page.
"I remember him (Earl Wilson) as a pitcher who would very much protect his players when he was on the mound. He was very intense. That was his mentality. He'd give you that Bob Gibson impression that he was angry all the time." - Hall of Fame Outfielder Al Kaline in The Detroit News (Tom Gage, 04/26/2005)
Earl WilsonEarl Wilson Autograph on a 1978 TCMA (#0148) |
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Earl WilsonEarl Wilson Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1959 | 25 | Red Sox | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 | 122 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
1960 | 26 | Red Sox | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 301 | 61 | 34 | 36 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 2 | - |
1962 | 28 | Red Sox | 31 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.90 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 191.1 | 837 | 163 | 83 | 86 | 21 | 111 | 2 | 137 | 11 | 6 | 1 | - |
1963 | 29 | Red Sox | 37 | 34 | 3 | 11 | 16 | .407 | 3.76 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 210.2 | 908 | 184 | 88 | 99 | 18 | 105 | 4 | 123 | 21 | 1 | 0 | - |
1964 | 30 | Red Sox | 33 | 31 | 1 | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.49 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 202.1 | 883 | 213 | 101 | 121 | 37 | 73 | 3 | 166 | 7 | 2 | 0 | - |
1965 | 31 | Red Sox | 36 | 36 | 0 | 13 | 14 | .481 | 3.98 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 230.2 | 978 | 221 | 102 | 119 | 27 | 77 | 4 | 164 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1966 | 32 | Red Sox | 15 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.84 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.2 | 418 | 88 | 43 | 45 | 14 | 36 | 2 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - |
1966 | 32 | Tigers | 23 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 6 | .684 | 2.59 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 163.1 | 641 | 126 | 47 | 49 | 16 | 38 | 1 | 133 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1967 | 33 | Tigers | 39 | 38 | 1 | 22 | 11 | .667 | 3.27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 264.0 | 1,083 | 216 | 96 | 103 | 34 | 92 | 7 | 184 | 8 | 3 | 0 | - |
1968 | 34 | Tigers | 34 | 33 | 0 | 13 | 12 | .520 | 2.85 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 224.1 | 909 | 192 | 71 | 77 | 20 | 65 | 4 | 168 | 7 | 0 | 2 | - |
1969 | 35 | Tigers | 35 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 214.2 | 903 | 209 | 79 | 93 | 23 | 69 | 4 | 150 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1970 | 36 | Tigers | 18 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.41 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 96.0 | 404 | 87 | 47 | 53 | 15 | 32 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - |
1970 | 36 | Padres | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 290 | 82 | 35 | 36 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
11 Years | 338 | 310 | 15 | 121 | 109 | .526 | 3.69 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 2,051.2 | 8,677 | 1,863 | 842 | 934 | 236 | 796 | 35 | 1,452 | 79 | 30 | 5 | 0 |
Earl WilsonEarl Wilson Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1959 | 25 | Red Sox | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 |
1960 | 26 | Red Sox | 15 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .208 | .217 |
1962 | 28 | Red Sox | 35 | 69 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .230 | .333 |
1963 | 29 | Red Sox | 38 | 72 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .208 | .288 | .333 |
1964 | 30 | Red Sox | 54 | 73 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .205 | .293 | .466 |
1965 | 31 | Red Sox | 47 | 79 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .177 | .301 | .405 |
1966 | 32 | Red Sox | 18 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .324 | .438 |
1966 | 32 | Tigers | 27 | 64 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .234 | .286 | .531 |
1967 | 33 | Tigers | 52 | 108 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .185 | .248 | .315 |
1968 | 34 | Tigers | 40 | 88 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .227 | .253 | .489 |
1969 | 35 | Tigers | 37 | 76 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .132 | .230 | .132 |
1970 | 36 | Tigers | 18 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .194 | .235 | .323 |
1970 | 36 | Padres | 15 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .158 | .235 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
11 Years | 405 | 740 | 95 | 144 | 12 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 111 | 67 | 0 | 271 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 7 | .195 | .265 | .369 |
Earl WilsonEarl Wilson Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1959 Red Sox | P | 9 | 4 | 71 | 8 | 0.9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .875 | 2.66 |
1960 Red Sox | P | 13 | 9 | 195 | 17 | 1.3 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .941 | 2.22 |
1962 Red Sox | P | 31 | 28 | 574 | 44 | 1.4 | 41 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .932 | 1.93 |
1963 Red Sox | P | 37 | 34 | 632 | 56 | 1.5 | 53 | 17 | 36 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .946 | 2.26 |
1964 Red Sox | P | 33 | 31 | 607 | 45 | 1.4 | 43 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .956 | 1.91 |
1965 Red Sox | P | 36 | 36 | 692 | 53 | 1.5 | 50 | 24 | 26 | 3 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .943 | 1.95 |
1966 Red Sox | P | 15 | 14 | 302 | 26 | 1.7 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .923 | 2.15 |
1966 Tigers | P | 23 | 23 | 490 | 52 | 2.3 | 49 | 22 | 27 | 3 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .942 | 2.70 |
1967 Tigers | P | 39 | 38 | 792 | 68 | 1.7 | 68 | 26 | 42 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.32 |
1968 Tigers | P | 34 | 33 | 673 | 60 | 1.8 | 56 | 26 | 30 | 4 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .933 | 2.25 |
1969 Tigers | P | 35 | 35 | 644 | 50 | 1.4 | 46 | 8 | 38 | 4 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .920 | 1.93 |
1970 Tigers | P | 18 | 16 | 288 | 19 | 1.1 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .947 | 1.69 |
1970 Padres | P | 15 | 9 | 195 | 8 | 0.5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .875 | 0.97 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
P Totals | 338 | 310 | 6,155 | 506 | 1.5 | 478 | 183 | 295 | 28 | 19 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .945 | 2.10 | |
11 Years | 338 | 310 | 6,155 | 506 | 1.5 | 478 | 183 | 295 | 28 | 19 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .945 | 2.10 |
Earl WilsonEarl Wilson Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1959 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 0.55 | 6.46 | 11.79 |
1960 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.3 | 11.5 | 0.83 | 5.54 | 6.65 |
1962 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 4 | n/a | 23.0 | 3.6 | 8.6 | 1.23 | 6.44 | 5.22 |
1963 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | n/a | 72.0 | 4.0 | 10.3 | 1.17 | 5.25 | 4.49 |
1964 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 19 | n/a | 14.6 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 2.27 | 7.38 | 3.25 |
1965 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 10 | n/a | 13.2 | 2.7 | 6.6 | 2.13 | 6.40 | 3.00 |
1966 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | n/a | 16.0 | 2.9 | 6.4 | 1.86 | 5.99 | 3.22 |
1966 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 12.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.50 | 7.33 | 2.09 |
1967 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 13 | 0 | n/a | 27.0 | 2.8 | 7.2 | 2.00 | 6.27 | 3.14 |
1968 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 0 | n/a | 12.6 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 2.58 | 6.74 | 2.61 |
1969 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.1 | 12.7 | 2.17 | 6.29 | 2.89 |
1970 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 31.0 | 1.9 | 10.3 | 2.31 | 6.94 | 3.00 |
1970 Padres | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 17.0 | 1.4 | 8.5 | 1.53 | 4.02 | 2.63 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
11 Years | 0 | 0 | .000 | 28 | 39 | n/a | 21.1 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 1.82 | 6.37 | 3.49 |
Earl WilsonEarl Wilson Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1959 Boston Red Sox | 26 | Undetermined | - | - |
1960 Boston Red Sox | 26 | Undetermined | - | - |
1962 Boston Red Sox | 26 | Undetermined | - | - |
1963 Boston Red Sox | 26 | Undetermined | - | - |
1964 Boston Red Sox | 26 | $18,000.00 | - | - |
1965 Boston Red Sox | 26 | Undetermined | - | - |
1966 Boston Red Sox | 26 | Undetermined | - | - |
1966 Detroit Tigers | 16 | $26,000.00 | - | - |
1967 Detroit Tigers | 16 | $34,000.00 | - | - |
1968 Detroit Tigers | 16 | $50,000.00 | - | Stats |
1969 Detroit Tigers | 16 | Undetermined | - | - |
1970 Detroit Tigers | 16 | Undetermined | - | - |
1970 San Diego Padres | 40 | $55,500.00 | - | - |
Earl Wilson Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Earl Wilson was the first black pitcher on the Red Sox when he made his Major League debut on July 28, 1959, seven days after Pumpsie Green, who was the first player in Boston to break the color barrier.
Besides being former Major League pitchers, what do Wes Ferrell (April 29, 1931), Jim Tobin (April 27, 1944) Earl Wilson (June 26, 1962) and Rick Wise (June 23, 1971) have in common? If you said they each threw a no-hitter, on that date in parenthesis, you were partially correct, but they are also the only four pitchers in baseball history to hit a home run during their no-hitter!
Earl Wilson No-Hitter (Box Score) | The Cumberland News | June 27, 1962 | Page 12
Did you know that Earl Wilson hit thirty-five home runs off thirty-one different pitchers across eleven different ballparks? Thirty-three of the thirty-five were hit while he was pitching, two were hit while he was pinch hitting, and he came close to the breaking the Major League record for most home runs by a pitcher.