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{{short description|American baseball player and manager}}
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During his years playing first division soccer, Wilson also made a name for himself as an excellent baseball player. When he signed with Bethlehem Steel in July 1920, the local newspaper stated, "The addition of Wilson would be a most welcome one, because his campaigning on the baseball diamond has been as brilliant as that in soccer circles. At present he is on the receiving end of the battery for [[New Haven Weissmen|the New Haven team]] in the Eastern League."<ref name="a"/>
In February 1923, he gave up his soccer career when he was traded from New Haven in the [[Eastern League (1916)|Eastern League]] to the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] for [[Stan Baumgartner]] and Jack Withrow. Wilson's National League playing career would stretch over 18 seasons (1923–40) with the Philadelphia Phillies, [[St. Louis Cardinals]] and the [[Cincinnati Reds]]. He hit over .300 four times as a regular catcher and for his career batted .284 in 1,525 games.
In 1928, he joined baseball history when he was traded by the Phillies to the Cardinals during a game between the two teams. According to one account, "Wilson was a Phil for two innings, then darted into Redbird regalia, and sat on the St. Louis bench, for the remainder of the game."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/gl051228.html |title=A Swing Along Athletic Row; The Globe; May 12, 1928 |access-date=2010-10-11 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021123654/http://geocities.com/bethlehem_soccer/gl051228.html |archive-date=October 21, 2009 }}</ref> After the 1933 season, he was traded back to the Phillies for fellow catcher [[Spud Davis]] and [[infielder]] [[Eddie Delker]].
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