Preston Wilson
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Wilson with the Cardinals in 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| Center fielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: July 19, 1974 Bamberg, South Carolina, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| May 7, 1998, for the New York Mets | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 and currently the manager of the Frederick Keys of the MLB Draft League. 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.)