Steve Wilson (baseball)

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Steve Wilson

Pitcher

Born: December 13, 1964 (1964-12-13) (age 43)
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 16, 1988 for the Texas Rangers
Final game
October 2, 1993 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Career statistics
Win-Loss	13-18
ERA	4.40
Strikeouts	252
Teams
Texas Rangers (1988) Chicago Cubs (1989-1991) Los Angeles Dodgers (1991-1993)
Career highlights and awards

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.

In 1984, Steve pitched for the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks summer amateur baseball club, where he was among 12 other players to eventually reach the major leagues.

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.