About Earl Wilson (baseball)
Robert Earl Wilson was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of eleven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers (1966–1970) and San Diego Padres (1970), primarily as a starting pitcher. Wilson batted and threw right-handed; he was born in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, and graduated from Greenville Park High School in Tangipahoa Parish. In his eleven-season MLB career, Wilson posted a 121–109 record with 1,452 strikeouts and a 3.69 earned run average in 2051+2⁄3 innings pitched. He was traded to the Detroit Tigers in midseason of the 1966, and finished with a combined 18–11 record, a career-high in strikeouts with 200, and a 3.07 ERA. As a 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), 216 lb (98 kg)-pound pitcher, who relied on sliders and fastballs, Wilson made his Major League Baseball debut with the Red Sox on July 28, 1959, as their first black pitcher. In five-plus seasons, Wilson won 45 games for Boston with a high of 13 victories in 1963.
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