In honor of Black History month, Motor City Bengals remember influential African-American players who have worn the old English D for the Detroit Tigers. Today, we look at Earl Wilson, the former twenty game-winner and a key part of the 1968 Tigers rotation.
Growing up in the 1990s, the internet was still in its infancy. So I did what anyone else did and went to the library and get books. I would pick up anything that was baseball-related in addition to my baseball cards. But as the internet got faster and sites like Baseball-Reference and various blogs came up, I started reading at a rapid speed of all baseball-related history subjects. I say this because I never watched Earl Wilson pitch a…
