Charles Woodrow Wilson (January 13, 1905 – December 19, 1970) was a professional

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player. Nicknamed "Swamp Baby", he played parts of four seasons in

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for the

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and

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, mostly as either a

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."Charlie Wilson Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-02-02.

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