{{short description|American baseball player (1916-1977)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Max Wilson |position=Pitcher |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{birth date|1916|6|3}} |birth_place=Haw River, North Carolina, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1977|1|2|1916|6|3}} |death_place=Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 6<!-- thebaseballcube.com indicates Sept 10, but other WP:RS indicate Sept 6 --> |debutyear=1940 |debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=June 9 |finalyear=1946 |finalteam=Washington Senators |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=0–1 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=9.15 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=11 |teams = *Philadelphia Phillies ({{baseball year|1940}}) *Washington Senators ({{baseball year|1946}}) }} '''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 ({{mlby|1940}}) and Washington Senators ({{mlby|1946}}). Wilson was a left-hander and native of Haw River, North Carolina, who was listed as {{convert|5|ft|7|in}} tall and {{convert|170|lb}}. He interrupted his baseball career to serve in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater of World War II<ref>{{cite book|title=The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Fourth Edition|year=2007|publisher=Sterling Publishing|isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7|pages=1589}}</ref><ref name=BiW>{{cite web |title=Baseball in Wartime – Max Wilson |url=http://baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/wilson_max.htm |website=BaseballinWartime.com |access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref> between 1942 and 1945.
In Wilson's two MLB stints, he allowed 32 hits, 11 bases on balls and 20 earned runs in 19<small>{{fraction|2|3}}</small> innings pitched, dropping his only decision, on May 9, 1946, against the Detroit Tigers.<ref>Retrosheet [https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1946/B05090WS11946.htm box score (9 May 1046): "Detroit Tigers 9, Washington Senators 8"]</ref> 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.
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