Tom Wilson (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
bgcolor1=#083c6b
bgcolor2=#083c6b
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Tom Wilson
position=Catcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1970|12|19
debutdate=May 19
debutyear=by|2001
debutteam=Los Angeles Dodgers
finaldate=October 3
finalyear=by|2004
finalteam=Seattle Mariners
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.253
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=15
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=76
teams=
*Oakland Athletics (by|2001)
*Toronto Blue Jays (by|2002-by|2003)
*New York Mets (by|2004)
*Los Angeles Dodgers (by|2004)
highlights=
*Hit home run in 2004 National League Division Series

Thomas Leroy Wilson (born December 19, 1970, in Fullerton, California) was a Major League Baseball catcher.

Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 23rd round of the by|1990 MLB amateur draft, Wilson would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Oakland Athletics on May 19, by|2001. He played nine games for the Athletics, and was traded in early 2002 to the Toronto Blue Jays for Mike Kremblas. He spent two seasons on the Blue Jays, playing 96 games each season. The following season, he played a few games with the Mets, and later the Dodgers, in his final Major League season.

The highlight of Wilson's career came on October 5, by|2004. As a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Wilson hit a solo home run in the National League Division Series against St. Louis Cardinals closer Jason Isringhausen. With this at-bat being his only postseason plate appearance, Wilson boasts a 1.000 career postseason batting average with a 4.000 slugging percentage. This at-bat was also the last official at-bat of Wilson's major league career.

On December 21, 2004, Wilson became a free agent. He was signed to a minor league contract by the Colorado Rockies, but spent the entire season with their Triple-A affiliate, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. A free agent again prior to the 2006 season, Wilson played for the Triple-A affiliate of the Florida Marlins, the Albuquerque Isotopes. Wilson compiled a career .253 batting average with 15 home runs and 76 runs batted in in 554 at-bats.

Wilson is currently the hitting coach for the New York Yankees Double-A affiliate, the Trenton Thunder.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilsoto02.shtml Page at "Baseball Reference"]