Ray Wilson (baseball)

Raymond V. Wilson (1870 – September 15, 1912) was an American Negro league first baseman and manager between 1896 and 1910.

Wilson debuted with the Cuban X-Giants in 1896, and was known as "the best first sacker in the game", "the king of first basemen", and "the colored Hans Wagner". He played nine seasons with the X-Giants, then finished his career with the Philadelphia Giants from 1907 to 1910. Wilson was player-manager for the X-Giants in 1905 and 1906, as well as for Philadelphia in 1909. He died in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1912 at age 41 or 42.