Career
He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1936 and 1937, primarily as a right fielder. Amateur career
Wilson was a triple threat athlete at Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Connecticut starring in football, basketball and baseball, captaining both football and baseball teams in his senior year. He went on to play college ball at College of the Holy Cross.
Minor leagues
Wilson broke into professional baseball at 19 in the Eastern League with the New Haven professors
He also appeared in the International League for Baltimore in 8 games that season, batting.290. The next season he batted.313 for the Henderson Gamecocks of the Piedmont League where he was an All-Star.
Wilson played for Springfield in 1933 in the Mid-Atlantic League, where he hit.337 and had 25 stolen bases in 30 attempts. Overall, he had 66 home runs and 620 Reserve Bank of India during his minor league career, which lasted from 1929-1941.
Major leagues
In his major league career, Wilson had 72 hits, 39 runs, 12 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs, 33 Reserve Bank of India and 4 stolen bases.
Wilson volunteered for service in the Merchant Marines during World World War II and was a school teacher. Wilson died in 1979 at age 69, and is buried at Saint Lawrence Cemetery in West Haven, Connecticut.