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Max Wilson (baseball)
Max Wilson (June 3, 1916 – January 2, 1977) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in 12 games in Major League Baseball as a reliever during two partial seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies (1940) and Washington Senators (1946). Wilson was a left-hander and native of Haw River, North Carolina, who was listed as 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m) tall and 170 pounds (77 kg). He interrupted his baseball career to serve in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater of World War II[1][2] between 1942 and 1945. In Wilson's two MLB stints, he allowed 32 hits, 11 bases on balls and 20 earned runs in 192⁄3 innings pitched, dropping his only decision, on May 9, 1946, against the Detroit Tigers.[3] He struck out 11 and compiled subpar earned run average of 9.15. However, he was a highly successful pitcher in the lower minors, putting up a 54–29 won–lost mark in three seasons in the Class B Piedmont League (1939–1941). Then, after the war, he posted seasons of 15–4 and 13–3 in the Class D Coastal Plain and Class B Carolina Leagues. Altogether, his baseball career lasted eight seasons (1938–1941 and 1946–1949). Wilson died in Greensboro, North Carolina, at age 60 on January 2, 1977. References
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