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Stephen Douglas Wilson (born December 13,
1964, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) is a retired Canadian Major
League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He is an alumnus of the University of
Portland and participated the 1984 Summer Olympics for Canada.
Wilson was drafted by the Texas Rangers in 1985 in the 4th round, 83rd
overall,and went on to make his Major League Baseball debut with the Texas
Rangers on September 16, 1988. On December 5, 1988, Wilson was traded from
the Rangers to the Chicago Cubs with Paul Kilgus, Curtis Wilkerson, and
Mitch Williams for Rafael Palmeiro, Jamie Moyer, and Drew Hall. After two
and a half seasons in Chicago, he was then traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers
for Jeff Hartsock. Wilson appeared in his final Major League game on October
2, 1993.
Between 1994 and 1996 Wilson showed up in Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago
White Sox's minor league teams. In 1997 and 1998 Wilson played for the
Taiwan Major League(TML)'s Kaohsiung-Pingtung Fala. Meantime he fell in love
with a Taiwanese girl. Wilson retired after TML's 1998 season to get married
and settle down in Tainan. He currently runs a restaurant in Tainan and
scouts for Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies.
Teams
Texas Rangers: 1988
Chicago Cubs: 1989-1991
Los Angeles Dodgers: 1991-1993
Trivia
Wilson was the losing pitcher for the Cubs in Game 4 of the 1989 NLCS versus
the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park.
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