Dan Wilson (baseball)
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Wilson (right) on June 17, 2004 against the Milwaukee Brewers
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| Catcher | |||
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Born: March 25, 1969 Barrington, Illinois |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 7, 1992, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 30, 2005, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .262 | ||
| Home runs | 88 | ||
| Runs batted in | 519 | ||
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Daniel Allen Wilson (born March 25, 1969), is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds and the Seattle Mariners, primarily as a catcher. He is regarded as one of the best defensive catchers in major-league history, setting an American League record for catchers with a .995 career fielding percentage.
Wilson excelled as a baseball player from a very early age. He led his hometown Barrington, Illinois team to a 3rd-place finish in the 1981 Little League World Series. At Barrington High School (Lake County, Illinois) he starred as a pitcher and catcher.
Wilson was first drafted in the 26th round of the 1987 Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Mets. He did not sign with the Mets, electing to instead go to the University of Minnesota. He re-entered the draft in 1990; he was selected in the first round, seventh overall, by the Cincinnati Reds. He signed in time to play 32 games with the Charleston Wheelers of the South Atlantic League. He returned to Charleston at the start of the 1991 season, batting .315 in 52 games before earning a promotion to Class AA Chattanooga. He started the 1992 season with Nashville in the Triple-A American Association, and he batted .251 in 106 games there before earning a September callup to the major leagues at age 23. He returned to the minor leagues the following year, going to the Indianapolis Indians since the Reds had changed their AAA affiliation after the 1992 season, and he played 51 games for the Indians as well as 36 games in the majors for the Reds.
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