Earl Wilson stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1959
Bio
- Debut
- 1959
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 338
- W
- 121
- L
- 109
- ERA
- 3.69
- IP
- 2051.2
- K
- 1,452
- BB
- 796
- WHIP
- 1.30
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | BOS | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6.08 | 23.2 | 17 | 31 | 2.20 |
| 1960 | BOS | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4.71 | 65.0 | 40 | 48 | 1.68 |
| 1962 | BOS | 31 | 12 | 8 | 3.90 | 191.1 | 137 | 111 | 1.43 |
| 1963 | BOS | 37 | 11 | 16 | 3.76 | 210.2 | 123 | 105 | 1.37 |
| 1964 | BOS | 33 | 11 | 12 | 4.49 | 202.1 | 166 | 73 | 1.41 |
| 1965 | BOS | 36 | 13 | 14 | 3.98 | 230.2 | 164 | 77 | 1.29 |
| 1966 |  BOS/DET | 38 | 18 | 11 | 3.07 | 264.0 | 200 | 74 | 1.09 |
| 1967 | DET | 39 | 22 | 11 | 3.27 | 264.0 | 184 | 92 | 1.17 |
| 1968 | DET | 34 | 13 | 12 | 2.85 | 224.1 | 168 | 65 | 1.15 |
| 1969 | DET | 35 | 12 | 10 | 3.31 | 214.2 | 150 | 69 | 1.30 |
| 1970 |  DET/SD | 33 | 5 | 12 | 4.58 | 161.0 | 103 | 51 | 1.37 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 6.75
- IP
- 4.0
- K
- 3
- BB
- 6
- WHIP
- 2.50
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 69
- SHO
- 13
- K/9
- 6.4
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | BOS | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | BOS | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | BOS | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | BOS | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | BOS | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | BOS/DET | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | DET | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | DET | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | DET | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | DET/SD | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Earl Wilson's career stats?
Earl Wilson played 11 seasons for the Red Sox and the Tigers. He had 121 wins and 1,452 strikeouts with a 3.69 ERA over 2,051.2 innings. His best season was 1967: 22 wins, a 3.27 ERA and 184 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 1 postseason, 1959 to 1970
Earl Wilson led MLB in wins (1967); finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
Championships
- 1968 World Series with the Detroit Tigers
All-time career rank
- 258th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,452)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Earl Wilson
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