Donald Edward Wilson (February 12, 1945 – January 5, 1975) was an American professional baseball pitcher.

[2] Early in his career he was prone to wildness, but Wilson was also known as one of the hardest throwers in the National League.

(Audio) The back-to-back no-hit feat was only the second in MLB history, the first having been accomplished in September of just the year before by Gaylord Perry and Ray Washburn.

Two other Houston starters, Larry Dierker (232) and Tom Griffin (200), also struck out at least 200 batters that season, with Wilson having the most of the group.

He would have a career-best ERA of 2.45 and a 16-10 record in 35 games (34 starts) as he had career-high 18 complete games and 268 innings pitched while striking out 180 batters and walking 79 (facing over a thousand batters for the first and only time in his career) while leading the league in hits per nine innings with 6.5.

[citation needed] He declined in the following year, going 11-16 with a 3.20 ERA in 37 games (32 starts) and 239.1 innings pitched while striking out 149 and walking 92.

[1][15] On January 5, 1975, Wilson died at the house he shared with his wife, daughter, and son in Houston's Fondren Southwest community.

Wilson's wife, Bernice, found him in the passenger seat of his Ford Thunderbird, parked inside the garage, with the engine running.

Bernice was treated for carbon monoxide gas inhalation and for a jaw injury that she could not remember incurring.

[17] On February 5, 1975, Dr. Joseph Jachimczyk, the Harris County medical examiner, ruled the deaths of Don and Alex Wilson accidental.