Jud Wilson, baseball player, Final season: 1945

Jud Wilson

⭐ Hall of Fame 2006

Born: 2/28/1894 in Remington, VA, USA

Died: 6/24/1963 in Washington, DC, USA

Bats: L | Throws: R | Height: 5'8" | Weight: 190 lbs

Full name: Ernest Judson Wilson

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Biography

Jud Wilson, born in 1894, was a notable figure in baseball history, primarily recognized for his contributions as a position player during a career that extended until his retirement in 1945. Although his official career statistics reflect no recorded games, hits, or runs batted in, Wilson's impact on the sport transcended mere numbers. He played during a pivotal time in baseball, an era marked by the integration of African American players and the evolution of the game itself. Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006, Wilson's legacy is rooted in his remarkable talent and the barriers he helped to break down. Known for his powerful hitting and significant presence on the field, he was a key player in the Negro Leagues, where he competed at an elite level against some of the best players of his time. Wilson's career, though lacking in traditional statistics, remains a testament to the rich history of baseball and the critical role played by players of color in shaping the game's future.

Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1782.0 1529.0 289.0 510.0 86.0 14.0 35.0 250.0 222.0 12.0 16.0 0.334 0.423 0.477 0.900

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1924 9.0 8.0 3.0 4.0 0 0 0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0 0.500 0.556 0.500 1.056
1925 8.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3.0 2.0 0.200 0.500 0.200 0.700
1927 7.0 7.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0.429 0.429 1.000 1.429
1928 10.0 9.0 2.0 6.0 2.0 0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0.667 0.700 0.889 1.589
1929 36.0 35.0 11.0 20.0 7.0 0 1.0 0 1.0 0 6.0 0.571 0.583 0.857 1.440
1930 35.0 27.0 9.0 11.0 3.0 0 0 2.0 7.0 0 4.0 0.407 0.529 0.519 1.048
1931 6.0 5.0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0.200 0.333 0.200 0.533
1932 46.0 43.0 9.0 12.0 4.0 0 2.0 4.0 3.0 0 0 0.279 0.326 0.512 0.838
1933 7.0 7.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0.429 0.429 0.571 1.000
1934 36.0 33.0 3.0 11.0 4.0 0 0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0 0.333 0.389 0.455 0.844
1935 21.0 17.0 2.0 4.0 1.0 0 0 1.0 3.0 0 1.0 0.235 0.350 0.294 0.644
1936 253.0 228.0 46.0 74.0 5.0 2.0 12.0 38.0 23.0 0 1.0 0.325 0.391 0.522 0.913
1937 123.0 114.0 18.0 42.0 6.0 1.0 2.0 21.0 7.0 1.0 1.0 0.368 0.410 0.491 0.901
1938 117.0 99.0 18.0 30.0 4.0 1.0 4.0 20.0 16.0 0 0 0.303 0.410 0.485 0.895
1939 144.0 119.0 19.0 37.0 6.0 1.0 2.0 9.0 22.0 0 0 0.311 0.423 0.429 0.852
1940 136.0 116.0 20.0 31.0 6.0 0 0 16.0 18.0 0 0 0.267 0.375 0.319 0.694
1941 139.0 120.0 27.0 46.0 11.0 1.0 1.0 19.0 15.0 0 1.0 0.383 0.449 0.517 0.966
1942 214.0 169.0 48.0 58.0 6.0 2.0 5.0 38.0 41.0 2.0 0 0.343 0.477 0.491 0.968
1943 284.0 240.0 35.0 75.0 14.0 5.0 3.0 51.0 39.0 1.0 0 0.312 0.410 0.450 0.860
1944 75.0 64.0 5.0 16.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 15.0 11.0 1.0 0 0.250 0.360 0.344 0.704
1945 76.0 64.0 8.0 25.0 4.0 0 1.0 9.0 8.0 1.0 0 0.391 0.487 0.500 0.987

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
1093 3782 798 1351 256 64 100 870 121 472 14 0.357 0.436 0.538 0.974 23370.2

Career AVG .357 vs. league average .276 across their career seasons — +29.4% above league average.

Career OBP .436 vs. league average .340 across their career seasons — +28.1% above league average.

Career SLG .538 vs. league average .389 across their career seasons — +38.4% above league average.

Career OPS 0.974 vs. league average 0.729 across their career seasons — +33.6% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1922 BBS IND 32 115 20 39 8 2 1 20 11 7 2 0.339 .285 (+19%) .345 (+10%) .397 (+18%) .743 (+15%) 275.4
1923 BBS ECL 53 195 32 66 10 5 7 44 3 23 0 0.338 .282 (+20%) .344 (+18%) .390 (+41%) .734 (+30%) 1042.9
1924 BBS ECL 52 198 39 79 11 1 4 50 6 13 6 0.399 .283 (+41%) .345 (+29%) .389 (+35%) .734 (+32%) 1151.8
1925 BBS ECL 61 227 45 84 16 4 8 53 12 20 0 0.370 .288 (+28%) .349 (+20%) .407 (+43%) .756 (+32%) 1337.1
1926 BBS ECL 48 161 46 60 17 2 3 36 24 29 1 0.373 .279 (+33%) .345 (+41%) .390 (+43%) .735 (+42%) 1373.9
1927 BBS ECL 66 245 64 104 30 6 9 65 20 30 0 0.424 .282 (+50%) .344 (+44%) .392 (+80%) .736 (+63%) 2867.3
1927 NLG ECL 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 — — — — 2867.3
1928 BBS ECL 42 158 41 63 18 2 6 40 10 25 0 0.399 .280 (+42%) .342 (+44%) .395 (+65%) .737 (+55%) 1625.0
1929 BBS ANL 76 280 77 113 23 4 10 74 21 44 0 0.404 .289 (+39%) .353 (+39%) .415 (+50%) .769 (+45%) 2619.9
1930 BBS IND 40 150 36 65 13 4 2 27 0 11 0 0.433 .293 (+47%) .354 (+33%) .429 (+43%) .784 (+38%) 1054.5
1931 HG IND 42 164 52 68 10 4 10 44 3 19 0 0.415 .276 (+50%) .338 (+43%) .388 (+82%) .726 (+64%) 1841.8
1932 HG EWL 18 67 10 25 3 0 0 12 0 8 0 0.373 .275 (+36%) .335 (+33%) .391 (+7%) .726 (+19%) 263.1
1932 PC IND 30 117 24 39 6 2 4 25 2 10 0 0.333 .275 (+21%) .335 (+18%) .391 (+33%) .726 (+26%) 263.1
1933 PS IND 25 93 24 35 9 0 2 23 1 14 0 0.376 .270 (+39%) .329 (+39%) .377 (+42%) .707 (+41%) 671.1
1933 PC NN2 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200 — — — — 671.1
1934 PS NN2 62 221 41 78 11 4 4 40 3 29 2 0.353 .278 (+27%) .340 (+27%) .392 (+26%) .733 (+26%) 1141.0
1935 PS NN2 51 193 38 68 14 5 9 52 4 15 0 0.352 .279 (+26%) .342 (+17%) .399 (+54%) .742 (+37%) 1213.2
1936 PS NN2 48 175 35 59 3 3 8 39 1 22 0 0.337 .283 (+19%) .349 (+19%) .404 (+30%) .753 (+25%) 841.4
1936 NYC NN2 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.200 — — — — 841.4
1937 PS NN2 23 82 10 26 6 2 0 13 0 4 0 0.317 .276 (+15%) .342 (+2%) .398 (+10%) .740 (+6%) 62.0
1938 PS NN2 36 95 18 28 4 1 3 24 0 18 0 0.295 .272 (+8%) .341 (+25%) .392 (+15%) .734 (+20%) 419.4
1939 PS NN2 37 104 19 34 6 2 3 23 0 18 0 0.327 .274 (+19%) .342 (+27%) .393 (+30%) .735 (+29%) 578.0
1940 HG NN2 41 114 20 29 5 0 0 21 0 19 0 0.254 .267 (-5%) .335 (+12%) .387 (-23%) .722 (-7%) -38.1
1941 HG NN2 38 124 28 48 11 2 1 31 0 15 0 0.387 .262 (+48%) .332 (+39%) .373 (+43%) .705 (+41%) 889.3
1942 HG NN2 53 149 36 39 4 1 4 34 0 30 1 0.262 .253 (+3%) .323 (+24%) .349 (+9%) .672 (+17%) 578.5
1943 HG NN2 64 217 30 66 12 6 0 57 0 32 0 0.304 .255 (+19%) .324 (+21%) .346 (+20%) .671 (+20%) 797.7
1944 HG NN2 26 62 5 14 2 1 1 11 0 11 0 0.226 .261 (-14%) .325 (+4%) .357 (-5%) .683 (-1%) 5.5
1945 HG NN2 26 62 7 19 4 0 1 11 0 6 2 0.306 .260 (+17%) .328 (+23%) .354 (+18%) .683 (+20%) 237.6

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
24 66 6 16 3 1 0 8 11 0 0.242

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1945 NWS HG 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.286
1944 NWS HG 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.500
1943 NWS HG 7 29 2 5 1 0 0 3 3 0 0.172
1942 NWS HG 4 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0.286
1939 NLP2 PS 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
1934 NLC PS 5 17 2 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 0.353

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 456 390 3815 161 62 181
2B 41 36 84 127 12 15
3B 470 420 444 678 77 52
OF 96 91 122 11 7 2
SS 19 8 16 44 4 3

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1922 BBS 1B 23 22 223 12 6 11
1922 BBS 2B 6 6 16 23 0 1
1922 BBS OF 5 4 2 0 0 0
1923 BBS 1B 42 41 447 23 12 10
1923 BBS 2B 4 4 8 11 1 3
1923 BBS 3B 4 4 4 3 1 1
1923 BBS OF 4 3 3 0 0 0
1924 BBS 1B 44 44 387 20 2 12
1924 BBS 2B 6 4 8 16 1 1
1924 BBS OF 3 3 6 0 1 0
1925 BBS 1B 50 1 10 0 0 1
1925 BBS 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BBS 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BBS SS 7 0 0 0 0 0
1926 BBS 1B 11 11 117 5 2 11
1926 BBS 2B 8 7 15 28 1 4
1926 BBS 3B 7 4 6 8 2 0
1926 BBS OF 24 24 41 3 3 1
1926 BBS SS 3 1 4 8 1 1
1927 BBS 1B 2 2 17 0 1 1
1927 BBS 2B 4 4 10 10 3 1
1927 BBS 3B 60 59 77 87 14 11
1927 NLG 3B 1 1 2 0 0 0
1928 BBS 1B 1 1 14 0 0 0
1928 BBS 2B 9 9 22 31 5 4
1928 BBS 3B 32 32 34 64 6 8
1929 BBS 1B 53 52 488 16 7 31
1929 BBS 3B 7 5 10 13 0 1
1929 BBS OF 12 12 17 1 0 0
1929 BBS SS 7 7 11 34 2 2
1930 BBS 1B 6 6 40 1 0 3
1930 BBS 2B 2 2 5 6 1 1
1930 BBS 3B 28 28 25 36 4 5
1930 BBS OF 4 4 9 1 0 1
1931 HG 3B 42 42 56 72 6 5
1932 HG 3B 18 18 17 23 4 2
1932 PC 1B 7 7 72 4 0 8
1932 PC 3B 8 6 3 7 1 0
1932 PC OF 18 17 22 2 1 0
1933 PS 1B 7 7 49 3 2 5
1933 PS 3B 18 17 26 28 1 1
1933 PC 3B 1 1 0 0 0 0
1934 PS 1B 57 56 548 13 5 16
1934 PS 3B 1 1 0 2 0 0
1934 PS OF 6 5 4 0 0 0
1935 PS 1B 35 31 318 10 3 17
1935 PS 3B 3 3 2 4 0 0
1935 PS OF 17 17 16 2 2 0
1936 PS 1B 44 41 384 18 9 22
1936 PS 3B 5 3 3 7 1 1
1936 NYC 1B 1 1 9 0 0 1
1937 PS 1B 15 15 146 8 0 8
1937 PS 3B 6 5 6 8 4 0
1937 PS OF 1 1 1 0 0 0
1937 PS SS 1 0 0 1 0 0
1938 PS 1B 5 5 50 2 2 2
1938 PS 3B 24 22 24 29 3 1
1939 PS 1B 6 5 51 4 1 1
1939 PS 2B 1 0 0 2 0 0
1939 PS 3B 27 27 21 44 4 3
1939 PS OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1940 HG 3B 35 30 19 47 4 3
1940 HG SS 1 0 1 1 1 0
1941 HG 1B 1 1 9 0 1 2
1941 HG 3B 34 32 23 50 3 4
1942 HG 1B 32 29 311 16 5 17
1942 HG 3B 13 8 7 11 2 2
1943 HG 1B 4 4 32 4 3 0
1943 HG 3B 59 56 62 95 15 4
1944 HG 1B 3 2 24 0 0 0
1944 HG 3B 18 10 8 25 2 0
1944 HG OF 1 1 1 2 0 0
1945 HG 1B 7 6 69 2 1 2
1945 HG 3B 14 6 9 15 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
First Base 456
Second Base 41
Third Base 470
Shortstop 19
Left Field 41
Center Field 2
Right Field 53