# Wilson Redus

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{{Short description|American baseball player and player-manager (born 1905)}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name          = Wilson Redus
| image         = Wilson Redus.jpg
| position      = [Outfielder](/source/Outfielder) / [Player-manager](/source/Player-manager)
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1905|1|29|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = [Tullahassee, Oklahoma](/source/Tullahassee%2C_Oklahoma), U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1979|3|23|1905|1|29|mf=y}}<br/>[Tulsa, Oklahoma](/source/Tulsa%2C_Oklahoma), U.S.
| bats          = Right
| throws        = Right
| debutleague   = [Negro league baseball](/source/Negro_league_baseball)
| debutdate     =
| debutyear     = 1924
| debutteam     = Cleveland Browns
| finaldate     =
| finalyear     = 1940
| finalteam     = Chicago American Giants
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*[Cleveland Browns](/source/Cleveland_Browns_(baseball)) ({{baseball year|1924}})<ref name="1924browns">[https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdTlpFR2dENWtweVU "Prime Sports News"], ''[The Cleveland Gazette](/source/The_Cleveland_Gazette)'', [Cleveland, Ohio](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio), Saturday, July 24, 1934, Page 2, Columns 3 and 4</ref>
*[Indianapolis ABCs](/source/Indianapolis_ABCs) (1924)
*[St. Louis Stars](/source/St._Louis_Stars_(baseball)) (1924–{{baseball year|1931}})
*[Kansas City Monarchs](/source/Kansas_City_Monarchs) ({{baseball year|1930}})
*[Cleveland Stars](/source/Cleveland_Stars_(baseball)) ({{baseball year|1932}})
*[Columbus Blue Birds](/source/Columbus_Blue_Birds) ({{baseball year|1933}})
*[Cleveland Giants](/source/Cleveland_Giants) ({{baseball year|1933}})
*[Cleveland Red Sox](/source/Cleveland_Red_Sox) ({{baseball year|1934}})
*[Chicago American Giants](/source/Chicago_American_Giants) (1934–{{baseball year|1940}})
'''As player-manager'''
* Chicago American Giants (1940)
| highlights    = 
* 2× [All-Star](/source/East%E2%80%93West_All-Star_Game) ([1936](/source/1936_East%E2%80%93West_All-Star_Game), [1937](/source/1937_East%E2%80%93West_All-Star_Game))
}}

'''Wilson Robert "Frog" Redus''' (January 29, 1905 – March 23, 1979) was an American [professional baseball](/source/professional_baseball) [outfielder](/source/outfielder) and [player-manager](/source/player-manager) in the [Negro leagues](/source/Negro_leagues). He played from 1924 to 1940 with several teams, including the [St. Louis Stars](/source/St._Louis_Stars_(baseball)) and the [Chicago American Giants](/source/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=<!--None--> }}</ref>

==References==
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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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Category:1905 births
Category:1979 deaths
Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:African-American baseball coaches
Category:African-American baseball managers
Category:African-American baseball players
Category:Baseball outfielders
Category:Baseball player-managers
Category:Baseball players from Oklahoma
Category:Chicago American Giants players
Category:Cleveland Browns (baseball) players
Category:Cleveland Giants players
Category:Cleveland Red Sox players
Category:Cleveland Stars players
Category:Columbus Blue Birds players
Category:Indianapolis ABCs players
Category:Kansas City Monarchs players
Category:Negro league baseball managers
Category:Negro league baseball RBI champions
Category:People from Wagoner County, Oklahoma
Category:St. Louis Stars (baseball) players

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