Nigel Wilson

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Nigel Wilson
Outfielder
Born: January 12, 1970 (1970-01-12) (age 38)
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 8, 1993
for the Florida Marlins
Final game
September 29, 1996
for the Cleveland Indians
Career statistics
Batting average     .086
Home runs     2
RBI     5
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Nigel Edward Wilson (born January 12, 1970) is a former major league baseball player from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. He played for the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, and Cleveland Indians. He also spent six highly successful seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball with the Nippon Ham Fighters and Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes.

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Wilson signed with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1987 as an amateur free agent. He was later drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 1992 MLB Expansion Draft as their first pick (Second overall to David Nied by the Colorado Rockies), and played 22 total major league games with the Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, and Cleveland Indians.

In 1997, he joined the Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japanese Pacific League after being released from the Indians. On June 21, 1997, he hit home runs in 4 consecutive at-bats, becoming only the second player in Japanese baseball history to reach this mark after Sadaharu Oh. He ended the season with a league-leading 37 home runs.

In 1998, he greatly improved his clutch hitting, leading the league with 33 home runs and 128 RBIs to win the Best Nine Award for designated hitter. In 1999, he played only 6 games due to a knee injury, but the team decided not to release him at the end of the season. The team's decision proved to be correct, as Wilson rebounded in 2000, hitting 37 home runs with 89 RBIs to win his second Best Nine Award.

Wilson sustained another injury in 2001, and left the team after playing only 34 games that year. He was picked up by the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes the following year, but could not repeat his earlier success. He left Japan at the end of 2002, and signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees organization, but did not make it into a major league roster.

Wilson is remembered as one of the best non-Japanese players ever to play for the Nippon Ham Fighters, along with Tony Solaita and Sherman Obando. In addition, he spent his entire Marlins career without getting a hit. His first major league hit came as a member of the Cleveland Indians.

Wilson currently instructs players at The Competitive Edge[1] in Ajax Ontario Canada

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[edit] References

  1. ^ The Competitive Edge - Welcome

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Florida Marlins 1993 Inaugural Season
9 C Benito Santiago • 39 1B Orestes Destrade • 8 2B Bret Barberie • 12 3B Dave Magadan • 22 SS Walt Weiss • RF Junior Felix • 2 CF Scott Pose • 19 LF/1B Jeff Conine • 49 P Charlie Hough • 26 IF Alex Arias • 55 C Steve Decker • IF Gus Polidor • 6 IF Rich Renteria • 10 3B Gary Sheffield • 16 OF Geronimo Berroa • 28 OF Greg Briley • OF Matías Carrillo • 29 OF Henry Cotto • 3 OF Carl Everett • 4 LF Monty Fariss • 52 C Mitch Lyden • 57 OF Terry McGriff • 13 C Bob Natal • OF 17 Darrell Whitmore • OF Nigel Wilson
77 SP Jack Armstrong • 46 SP Ryan Bowen • 11 SP Chris Hammond • 48 SP Pat Rapp • 27 RP Luis Aquino • RP Cris Carpenter • RP 41 Jim Corsi • RP 34 Bryan Harvey • 51 RP Trevor Hoffman • 40 RP John Johnstone • RP Joe Klink • 24 RP Richie Lewis • 57 RP Bob McClure • 31 RP Robb Nen • RP Rich Rodriguez • RP 54 Matt Turner • 35 RP David Weathers
Manager 15 Rene Lachemann


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