Red Wilson
1951–1960 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers
602G
.258AVG
.338OBP
.355SLG
More career statistics
455H
24HR
189RBI
25SB
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 · Strikeouts | 163 | 164 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,037 | 2,038 |
| Batting · Walks | 215 | 216 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 602 | 2,037 | 1,765 | 206 | 455 | 84 | 8 | 24 | 189 | 215 | 163 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 627 | .258 | .338 | .355 | .693 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1959-05-25 to 1959-07-03
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1954-08-29 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1958-04-27 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1956-07-06 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 281 | 915 | 206 | 11 | 95 | 109 | 66 | .266 | .344 | .372 |
| Away | 321 | 1123 | 249 | 13 | 94 | 107 | 98 | .252 | .317 | .342 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 36 | 100 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 12 | .184 | .270 | .276 |
| May | 101 | 314 | 67 | 5 | 32 | 32 | 25 | .244 | .315 | .345 |
| June | 119 | 401 | 105 | 4 | 34 | 44 | 21 | .303 | .372 | .403 |
| July | 115 | 418 | 93 | 2 | 38 | 48 | 36 | .264 | .337 | .338 |
| August | 124 | 416 | 89 | 4 | 34 | 43 | 42 | .248 | .317 | .331 |
| September | 107 | 389 | 85 | 8 | 45 | 38 | 28 | .246 | .316 | .377 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 98 | 340 | 82 | 2 | 33 | 42 | 22 | .278 | .365 | .363 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 82 | 295 | 73 | 1 | 31 | 42 | 16 | .302 | .390 | .397 |
| cleveland-guardians | 80 | 255 | 41 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 25 | .182 | .267 | .204 |
| baltimore-orioles | 80 | 259 | 75 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 14 | .326 | .347 | .422 |
| boston-red-sox | 71 | 228 | 43 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 23 | .217 | .298 | .273 |
| chicago-white-sox | 68 | 243 | 54 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 18 | .257 | .329 | .405 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 66 | 241 | 51 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 27 | .244 | .307 | .421 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 22 | 68 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | .237 | .309 | .475 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  Chicago White Sox | 4 | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | .273 | – | – |
| 1952 | Chicago White Sox | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1953 | Chicago White Sox | 71 | 164 | 41 | – | 10 | 2 | .250 | – | – |
| 1954 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers | 62 | 190 | 52 | 3 | 23 | 3 | .274 | – | – |
| 1955 |  Detroit Tigers | 78 | 241 | 53 | 2 | 17 | 1 | .220 | – | – |
| 1956 | Detroit Tigers | 78 | 228 | 66 | 7 | 38 | 2 | .289 | – | – |
| 1957 | Detroit Tigers | 60 | 180 | 43 | 3 | 13 | 2 | .239 | – | – |
| 1958 | Detroit Tigers | 103 | 298 | 89 | 3 | 29 | 10 | .299 | – | – |
| 1959 | Detroit Tigers | 67 | 228 | 60 | 4 | 35 | 2 | .263 | – | – |
| 1960 | Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers | 77 | 222 | 48 | 2 | 24 | 3 | .216 | – | – |