Chief Wilson
1908–1916 · bats L / throws R · Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
1,280G
.269AVG
.311OBP
.391SLG
More career statistics
1,246H
59HR
571RBI
98SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 4,624 | 4,620 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 15 | 85 |
| Batting · Doubles | 157 | 160 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 407 | 540 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,041 | 5,032 |
| Batting · RBI | 571 | 577 |
| Batting · Walks | 241 | 236 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,280 | 5,041 | 4,624 | 520 | 1,246 | 157 | 114 | 59 | 571 | 241 | 407 | 98 | 15 | 37 | 0 | 1,808 | .269 | .311 | .391 | .702 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1912-06-15 to 1912-07-02
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Homer, Triple, Double, Steal | 1910-07-03 | 1 in 4,385 games | box score ↗ |
| 78 | Three Triples | 1911-07-24 | 1 in 3,855 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1910-07-03 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 644 | 2457 | 623 | 27 | 278 | 117 | 253 | .276 | .301 | .413 |
| Away | 636 | 2575 | 623 | 32 | 299 | 119 | 287 | .263 | .288 | .372 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 101 | 396 | 86 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 36 | .239 | .265 | .353 |
| May | 217 | 855 | 179 | 7 | 76 | 41 | 100 | .229 | .257 | .325 |
| June | 216 | 858 | 213 | 12 | 107 | 49 | 100 | .274 | .305 | .400 |
| July | 250 | 973 | 253 | 15 | 113 | 51 | 112 | .283 | .312 | .436 |
| August | 240 | 946 | 256 | 11 | 123 | 33 | 92 | .291 | .305 | .414 |
| September | 226 | 883 | 230 | 11 | 115 | 39 | 88 | .283 | .305 | .403 |
| October | 30 | 121 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | .250 | .273 | .328 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 188 | 714 | 189 | 4 | 71 | 31 | 53 | .288 | .308 | .407 |
| new-york-giants | 187 | 725 | 186 | 13 | 82 | 20 | 88 | .272 | .284 | .425 |
| boston-braves | 187 | 740 | 164 | 10 | 90 | 38 | 79 | .243 | .273 | .379 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 184 | 735 | 192 | 12 | 90 | 38 | 80 | .286 | .313 | .414 |
| chicago-cubs | 180 | 705 | 155 | 5 | 67 | 28 | 95 | .236 | .260 | .318 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 178 | 718 | 176 | 7 | 84 | 46 | 86 | .273 | .309 | .391 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 121 | 492 | 135 | 4 | 69 | 26 | 41 | .303 | .327 | .406 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 55 | 203 | 49 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 18 | .266 | .286 | .418 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 144 | 528 | 120 | 3 | 39 | 12 | .227 | – | – |
| 1909 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 154 | 568 | 155 | 4 | 58 | 16 | .273 | – | – |
| 1910 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 146 | 536 | 148 | 4 | 54 | 8 | .276 | – | – |
| 1911 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 148 | 544 | 163 | 12 | 111 | 10 | .300 | – | – |
| 1912 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 152 | 582 | 175 | 11 | 94 | 17 | .301 | – | – |
| 1913 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 155 | 580 | 154 | 10 | 73 | 9 | .266 | – | – |
| 1914 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 154 | 580 | 150 | 9 | 73 | 14 | .259 | – | – |
| 1915 | St. Louis Cardinals | 107 | 348 | 96 | 3 | 41 | 8 | .276 | – | – |
| 1916 | St. Louis Cardinals | 120 | 354 | 85 | 3 | 34 | 4 | .240 | – | – |