Nigel Wilson
| Nigel Wilson | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: January 12, 1970 Oshawa, Ontario |
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| Professional debut | |||
| MLB: September 8, 1993, for the Florida Marlins | |||
| NPB: 1997, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | |||
| Last appearance | |||
| MLB: September 29, 1996, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| NPB: 2002, for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .086 | ||
| Home runs | 2 | ||
| Runs batted in | 5 | ||
| NPB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .265 | ||
| Home runs | 119 | ||
| Runs batted in | 337 | ||
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Nigel Edward Wilson (born January 12, 1970) is a Canadian former Major League Baseball player from Oshawa, Ontario. He played for the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, and Cleveland Indians. He also spent six highly successful seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball with the Nippon Ham Fighters and Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. He now owns a sports training facility in Ajax, Ontario.
Wilson signed with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1987 as an amateur free agent. He was promoted as high as Double-A with the Blue Jays. Wilson was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1992 MLB Expansion Draft as their first pick (second overall, behind David Nied by the Colorado Rockies).
Wilson played a total of 22 major league games with the Marlins (1993), Cincinnati Reds (1995), and Cleveland Indians (1996). He failed to get a hit as either a Marlin or a Red, going 0-for-23 in his time with these teams, with 15 strikeouts and no walks or HBPs. After an 0-for-2 start with the Indians (with 1 strikeout), Wilson recorded his first major league hit in his 26th at bat. His major league career ended shortly thereafter; Wilson retired with 3 MLB hits in total.
In 1997, he joined the Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japanese Pacific League after being released from the Indians. On June 21, 1997, he hit home runs in 4 consecutive at bats, becoming only the second player in Japanese baseball history to reach this mark after Sadaharu Oh. He ended the season with a league-leading 37 home runs.
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