Desi Wilson
| Desi Wilson | |
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| First baseman | |
| Born: May 9, 1969 Glen Cove, New York |
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| Batted: Left | Threw: Left |
| MLB debut | |
| August 7, 1996 for the San Francisco Giants | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 29, 1996 for the San Francisco Giants | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .271 |
| Home runs | 2 |
| Runs batted in | 12 |
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Desi Bernard Wilson (born May 9, 1969) was a first baseman for the San Francisco Giants in the 1996 season. He was originally drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1991 amateur draft, and traded to the Giants, along with Rich Aurilia, for pitcher John Burkett.
He is now the hitting coach for the Iowa Cubs, the Class AAA minor league affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.
[edit] Major League career
Wilson played part of one season on the 1996 Giants, with a .271 batting average over 41 games. He also played in Japan for the Hanshin Tigers in 1998.
[edit] Minor league career
Wilson played in the minor leagues until 2002, but has since gone to independent leagues. Overall, he has hit .312 in his minor league career. In 2005, Desi had a 30-game hitting streak and batted .411, setting a Golden Baseball League record.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- Fairleigh Dickinson Knights baseball players
- Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball players
- Baseball players from New York
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- San Francisco Giants players
- Somerset Patriots players
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Hanshin Tigers players
- Sioux City Explorers players
- Anderson Joes players
- People from Glen Cove, New York
- South Georgia Peanuts players
