American baseball player (born 1973)
Baseball player
Paul Anthony Wilson
(born March 28, 1973) is an American former
professional baseball
pitcher
. A
right-hander
, he played all or parts of seven seasons in
Major League Baseball
. Wilson was the
first overall pick
in the
1994 MLB Draft
.
Baseball career
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Amateur career
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Wilson played college
baseball
for the
Florida State University
Seminoles under head coach
Mike Martin
.
Professional career
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Wilson was selected with the
first overall pick
in the
1994 MLB Draft
by the
New York Mets
. In his
minor league
career, he was billed alongside
Jason Isringhausen
and
Bill Pulsipher
as a future Mets star. The three were dubbed by sportswriters and fans as "
Generation K
".
In 1995, Wilson went a combined 11?6 with a 2.41 ERA while playing for the Double?A
Binghamton Mets
and Triple?A
Norfolk Tides
. He neared Baseball America 1st team minor league All-Star honors and was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Year.
After spending just a season and a half in the minors, Wilson was called up in 1996 and made 26 starts for the Mets. He finished 5?12 with an ERA of 5.38. He spent the following two seasons in the minors, albeit limited due to injuries. He missed the entire 1999 season.
On July 28, 2000, he was traded to the
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
. He made 11 appearances, 7 starts for the Devil Rays. In 2001, Wilson opened the season in the bullpen for Tampa Bay but was later shifted to the rotation. In 37 appearances, 24 starts, he went 8?9 with a 4.88 ERA and a career high 119 strikeouts. In 2002, he went 6?12 with a 4.83 ERA in a career high 30 starts. He also led the Devil Rays in innings pitched. He became a free agent after the season. He signed a contract with the
Cincinnati Reds
. In 2003, Wilson went 8?10 in 28 starts. On July 10, 2003, Wilson faced eight
Houston Astros
and failed to record an out.
[1]
In 2004, he won a career high 11 games.
On May 6, 2005, Wilson was the starting pitcher against the
Los Angeles Dodgers
, and was unable to get out any of the first eight Dodgers batters in the first inning. The inning went hit batsman-homer-single-homer-walk-hit batsman-double-double, before Wilson was pulled from the game.
[2]
He is one of six starting pitchers in MLB history to fail to get out any of the first eight batters of the opposing team in a game, and the only one to do so twice.
[2]
On March 21, 2007, Wilson was released by the Reds, after another setback as he tried to come back from shoulder surgery.
Wilson played for the
Reno Silver Sox
of the
Golden Baseball League
in 2008, before his release on June 8.
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