Wilson Redus

{{Short description|American baseball player and player-manager (born 1905)}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Wilson Redus | image = Wilson Redus.jpg | position = Outfielder / Player-manager | birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|1|29|mf=y}} | birth_place = Tullahassee, Oklahoma, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1979|3|23|1905|1|29|mf=y}}<br/>Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. | bats = Right | throws = Right | debutleague = Negro league baseball | debutdate = | debutyear = 1924 | debutteam = Cleveland Browns | finaldate = | finalyear = 1940 | finalteam = Chicago American Giants | statyear = | statleague = | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | teams = *Cleveland Browns ({{baseball year|1924}})<ref name="1924browns">[https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdTlpFR2dENWtweVU "Prime Sports News"], ''The Cleveland Gazette'', Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday, July 24, 1934, Page 2, Columns 3 and 4</ref> *Indianapolis ABCs (1924) *St. Louis Stars (1924–{{baseball year|1931}}) *Kansas City Monarchs ({{baseball year|1930}}) *Cleveland Stars ({{baseball year|1932}}) *Columbus Blue Birds ({{baseball year|1933}}) *Cleveland Giants ({{baseball year|1933}}) *Cleveland Red Sox ({{baseball year|1934}}) *Chicago American Giants (1934–{{baseball year|1940}}) '''As player-manager''' * Chicago American Giants (1940) | highlights = * 2× All-Star (1936, 1937) }}

'''Wilson Robert "Frog" Redus''' (January 29, 1905 – March 23, 1979) was an American professional baseball outfielder and player-manager in the Negro leagues. He played from 1924 to 1940 with several teams, including the St. Louis Stars and the Chicago American Giants, as well as managing the latter in 1940.<ref name="Riley">{{Cite book |last=Riley |first=James A. | title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues |place=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=1994 |isbn=0-7867-0959-6 |postscript= }}</ref>

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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=r/reduswi01}} and [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=redus-000wil Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats] and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=redus01wil Seamheads]

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