finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1920 right 31 august 1962 wildwood , florida keyser , north carolina 1920 september 18 1-1 4 3.46 pitcher detroit tigers win -- loss record strikeouts earned run average september 11 20 july 1896 mutt wilson
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mutt wilson

william clarence `` mutt '' wilson -lrb- july 20 , 1896 -- august 31 , 1962 -rrb- nicknamed ` lank ' , was a professional baseball player .
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 era 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 u.s. army during world war i and later worked for the seaboard air line railroad .
wilson died in wildwood , florida in 1962 at age 66 .
he is buried at lone oak cemetery in leesburg .
