Jack Wilson (shortstop)
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Wilson with the Atlanta Braves
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| Shortstop | |||
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Born: December 29, 1977 Westlake Village, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 3, 2001, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 13, 2012, for the Atlanta Braves | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .265 | ||
| Home runs | 61 | ||
| Runs batted in | 426 | ||
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Jack Eugene Wilson (born December 29, 1977) is a former American professional baseball shortstop in Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed.
Wilson played high school baseball for Thousand Oaks High School in Thousand Oaks, California. He later played for two seasons at Oxnard Junior College, the same baseball program that produced major leaguers Terry Pendleton, Josh Towers, Paul McAnulty, among others. He was coached by Pat Woods, Jon Larsen, Roger Frash and Buster Staniland.
Wilson was originally selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1998 amateur draft, but was dealt to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2000 for Jason Christiansen.
Wilson was dealt to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2000 for Jason Christiansen. He made his major league debut a year later.
Wilson had almost identical seasons in 2002 and 2003, hitting .252 with 22 doubles in 147 games and .256, 21, 150, respectively.
Wilson enjoyed the finest season of his career in 2004 as he set career highs in almost every category. He posted a .308 average, shared the league lead in triples with 12 (along with Jimmy Rollins), scored 82 runs, hit 41 doubles with 11 home runs and 49 RBI, and collected 201 hits (3rd in the league) in 157 games, including 56 multi-hit games. To cap it off he ended the year with a season-high 12-game hitting streak (17-for-46, .370). After hitting eighth in the batting order for most of his career, he became a fixture in the second slot.
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