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CJ Wilson's Biography

CJ Wilson was born November 18, 1980, in Newport Beach, California and is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers.

After starting the 2001 season in Pulaski of the Appalachian League he was promoted to Single-A with the Savannah Sand Gnats. He moved through High-A Charlotte (Florida State League) and into Double-A Tulsa (Texas League) by late 2002.

For 2003, Wilson returned to Double-A in Frisco of the Texas League, earning Pitcher of the Week honors in May. His up and down season was cut short due to injury when Dr. Lewis Yocum performed season ending Tommy John surgery on August 12.

After missing all of 2004 due to the elbow injury, Wilson was able to return to Double-A in 2005 before being called up to the majors later that season. He posted a 1–7 record and 6.94 ERA in 24 games during his rookie campaign with the Rangers. Later in the season, Texas placed him in the bullpen full-time where he went 1–2 with a 2.73 ERA in 18 relief appearances.

He started the 2006 season on the 15-day disabled list with a strained hamstring before returning to the team going 1–2 with a 5.16 ERA with the Rangers before getting optioned to Triple-A on June 1. While in the minors, he went 1–0 with a 2.45 ERA with two saves, and in 11 innings, he struck out 17 and walked five in nine appearances. After being recalled July 18, Wilson ended the season strong, posting second half numbers of a 3.29 ERA in 24 2/3 innings and 27 appearances and ending the season as the team's top left-handed setup man, posting a 2–4 record and 4.06 ERA overall for Texas. He proved especially tough against lefties, with an ERA of 1.77 with 19 strikeouts in 20⅓ innings.

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Following the trade of Eric Gagné, Wilson was used to close out games for the Rangers in 2007 converting his first 11 consecutive chances. Overall, he finished with career bests in: ERA (3.03), Appearances (66), Innings (68.1), Strikeouts (63), WHIP (1.21), Holds (15), and Opposing Avg (.208).

He was named the Rangers closer for the 2008 season but struggled with a 6.06 ERA, although he did convert 24 of 28 chances.

In 2009, Wilson returned to role of set-up man as Frank Francisco was named the closer. Set new career bests in: Wins (5), Innings (73.2), Appearances (74), ERA (2.81), Strikeouts (84), K/BB ratio (2.61), Holds (19), HR allowed (3) as well as recording 14 saves throughout the year and set a team record for the lowest home ERA for a single season (0.67) .

After the Rangers clinched the AL West on September 23, manager Ron Washington announced Wilson would be the team's ALDS game one starting pitcher.

In 2011, Wilson was 16–7 with a 2.94 ERA (7th in the American League).[5] He led the league in games started (34), and was 4th in wins, 5th in win-loss percentage (.696), and 6th in strikeouts (206; 6th-most in Rangers history).[5][8]

Wilson is a devoted Taoist and adheres to a "Straight Edge" way of life (abstaining from alcohol, illegal drugs, and promiscuous sex in order to maintain health).[10] As a sign of his choice of being Straight Edge, Wilson has the words "Straight Edge" tattooed along the length of his torso, Japanese characters on his shoulder that read "Poison Free" and "XXX" stitched on his blue glove as a straight edge symbol. The blue glove is itself unusual among baseball players (who generally wear a traditional brown-colored glove). Wilson wears the blue glove when the Rangers wear their blue uniforms (or their road grey uniforms); he also has a similarly-decorated red glove when pitching in games where the Rangers wear their alternate red uniforms.

Wilson is highly interested in politics, which he said is in stark contrast to other Major League baseball players in an interview with ESPN.com's Page 2. His characterizations of typical ballplayers in this same interview and some of his posts on the blog lonestarball.com generated minor controversy within the Rangers' clubhouse.

Wilson races racecars in his free time, and has mentioned he aims to be a professional racer after his baseball career; he also is highly interested in cars, having a collection of Porsches. Wilson won the E1 class in the 2010 25 Hours of Thunderhill.

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