Preston Wilson | |||||||||||||||
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Center fielder | |||||||||||||||
Born: Bamberg, South Carolina, U.S. | July 19, 1974|||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
May 7, 1998, for the New York Mets | |||||||||||||||
Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
May 5, 2007, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
Batting average | .264 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 189 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 668 | ||||||||||||||
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Preston James Richard Wilson (born July 19, 1974) is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played all or parts of ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1998 to 2007 for the New York Mets, Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies, Washington Nationals, Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals. He is both the nephew and stepson of former New York Mets outfielder Mookie Wilson. (Mookie married Wilson's mother after his brother fathered Wilson.)[1]