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George Wilson
George Wilson
	Outfielder
	Born: August 30, 1924; Cherryville, North Carolina
	Died: October 29, 1974 (aged 50); Kings Mountain, North Carolina
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
Professional debut
	MLB: April 15, 1952, for the Chicago White Sox
	NPB: 1963, for the Nishitetsu Lions
Last appearance
	MLB: September 30, 1956, for the New York Yankees
	NPB: 1964, for the Nishitetsu Lions
MLB statistics
Batting average	.191
Home runs	3
Runs batted in	19
NPB statistics
Batting average	.258
Home runs	27
Runs batted in	107
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Chicago White Sox (1952); New York Giants (1952–1953, 1956); New York Yankees (1956); Nishitetsu Lions (1963–1964);
Career highlights and awards
	World Series champion (1956); 1955 Caribbean Series All-Star team;

George Washington Wilson (August 30, 1924 – October 29, 1974), nicknamed "Teddy", was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. Listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and 185 pounds (84 kg), he batted left handed and threw right handed.

Basically a corner outfielder, Wilson was most often used as a pinch hitter during his majors career. He played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Giants and New York Yankees in parts of three seasons spanning 1952–1956. In a three-season MLB career, he hit .191 with three home runs and 19 runs batted in in 145 games played.^[1]

A member of the 1956 World Series champion Yankees, he also played in Japan from 1963 to 1964 for the Nishitetsu Lions. Overall, his professional career spanned 23 seasons, beginning in 1942 in the minor leagues and ending in 1964 with the Lions.^[2] He also had two productive seasons for the Navegantes del Magallanes of the Venezuela Winter League and played in the 1955 Caribbean Series.^[3]