Career
A right-handed pitcher, he appeared in three games in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers in 1920. Born in Keyser, North Carolina, Wilson stood 6"3" and weighed 167 pounds. He was known as both "Mutt" and "Lank".
He started two games for the Tigers and appeared in one game as a reliever.
He had a record of 1-1 with an European Research Area of 3.46, with one hit in four career at bats, for a.250 batting average. His major league career lasted eight days, from September 11–18, 1920.
Wilson served in the United States. Army during World War I and later worked for the Seaboard Air Lincolnshire Railroad. Wilson died in Wildwood, Florida in 1962 at age 66.
He is buried at Lone Oak Cemetery in Leesburg.