Paul Wilson (baseball)
| Paul Wilson | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: March 28, 1973 Orlando, Florida, United States | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 4, 1996, for the New York Mets | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 16, 2005, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 40–58 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.86 | ||
| Strikeouts | 619 | ||
| Teams | |||
Paul Anthony Wilson (born March 28, 1973) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. A right-hander, he played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball.
Baseball career
Amateur career
Wilson played college baseball for the Florida State University Seminoles under head coach Mike Martin.
Professional career
Wilson was selected with the first overall pick in the 1994 MLB Draft by the New York Mets. In his minor league career, he was billed alongside Jason Isringhausen and Bill Pulsipher as a future Mets star. The three were dubbed by sportswriters and fans as "Generation K".
On July 28, 2000, he was traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In 2002, he was granted free agency, and then signed with the Cincinnati Reds. In 2004, he was a free agent again, but quickly re-signed with the Reds.
In 2004, Wilson had a career-high 11 wins and 6 losses in 29 games.
On May 6, 2005, Wilson was the starting pitcher against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and was unable to get out any of the first eight Dodgers batters in the first inning. The inning went hit batsman-homer-single-homer-walk-hit batsman-double-double, before Wilson was pulled from the game.[1] He is only the second starting pitcher (after Blake Stein) to fail to get out any of the first eight batters of the opposing team in a game.[1]
On March 21, 2007, Wilson was released by the Reds, another setback as he tried to come back from shoulder surgery.
Wilson played for the Reno Silver Sox of the Golden Baseball League in 2008, before his release on June 8.
References
- 1 2 Preston, J.G. "Hank Borowy, Blake Stein, Paul Wilson and the worst pitching performances in major league baseball history". prestonjg.wordpress.com. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Baseball Almanac