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Willie Wilson played 19 major-league seasons (1976-1994) as a OF (2,031). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 19 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 21 | KCA | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .333 | -2 |
| 1977 | 22 | KCA | 13 | 34 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | .324 | .725 | 98 |
| 1978 | 23 | KCA | 127 | 198 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 16 | 46 | 16 | 33 | .217 | .558 | 58 |
| 1979 | 24 | KCA | 154 | 588 | 113 | 185 | 6 | 49 | 83 | 28 | 92 | .315 | .771 | 108 |
| 1980 | 25 | KCA | 161 | 705 | 133 | 230 | 3 | 49 | 79 | 28 | 81 | .326 | .778 | 113 |
| 1981 | 26 | KCA | 102 | 439 | 54 | 133 | 1 | 32 | 34 | 18 | 42 | .303 | .700 | 102 |
| 1982 | 27 | KCA | 136 | 585 | 87 | 194 | 3 | 46 | 37 | 26 | 81 | .332 | .796 | 118 |
| 1983 | 28 | KCA | 137 | 576 | 90 | 159 | 2 | 33 | 59 | 33 | 75 | .276 | .669 | 85 |
| 1984 | 29 | KCA | 128 | 541 | 81 | 163 | 2 | 44 | 47 | 39 | 56 | .301 | .740 | 105 |
| 1985 | 30 | KCA | 141 | 605 | 87 | 168 | 4 | 43 | 43 | 29 | 94 | .278 | .724 | 97 |
| 1986 | 31 | KCA | 156 | 631 | 77 | 170 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 31 | 97 | .269 | .679 | 85 |
| 1987 | 32 | KCA | 146 | 610 | 97 | 170 | 4 | 30 | 59 | 32 | 88 | .279 | .698 | 85 |
| 1988 | 33 | KCA | 147 | 591 | 81 | 155 | 1 | 37 | 35 | 22 | 106 | .262 | .622 | 74 |
| 1989 | 34 | KCA | 112 | 383 | 58 | 97 | 3 | 43 | 24 | 27 | 78 | .253 | .657 | 85 |
| 1990 | 35 | KCA | 115 | 307 | 49 | 89 | 2 | 42 | 24 | 30 | 57 | .290 | .725 | 104 |
| 1991 | 36 | OAK | 113 | 294 | 38 | 70 | 0 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 43 | .238 | .603 | 68 |
| 1992 | 37 | OAK | 132 | 396 | 38 | 107 | 0 | 37 | 28 | 35 | 65 | .270 | .662 | 87 |
| 1993 | 38 | CHN | 105 | 221 | 29 | 57 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 40 | .258 | .649 | 79 |
| 1994 | 39 | CHN | 17 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .238 | .701 | 85 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | OF | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | OF | 9 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | OF | 112 | 45 | 171 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 1979 | OF | 152 | 135 | 384 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | OF | 159 | 157 | 482 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| 1981 | OF | 101 | 100 | 299 | 14 | 4 | 3 |
| 1982 | OF | 135 | 135 | 376 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | OF | 136 | 132 | 354 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | OF | 128 | 128 | 383 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 1985 | OF | 140 | 140 | 378 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 1986 | OF | 155 | 149 | 408 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 1987 | OF | 143 | 142 | 342 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1988 | OF | 142 | 141 | 365 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | OF | 108 | 95 | 252 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | OF | 106 | 81 | 187 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1991 | OF | 87 | 63 | 176 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | OF | 120 | 100 | 355 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 1993 | OF | 82 | 39 | 109 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | OF | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Willie Wilson won: Gold Glove 1980 (AL), Silver Slugger 1980 (AL), Silver Slugger 1982 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1984, 1982, 1980, 1979.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 18 | 15 / 392 | 0 |
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 169 / 392 | 1 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 16 / 392 | 0 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 61 / 392 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.