Jack Eugene Wilson (born December 29, 1977) is an American former professional baseball shortstop and current coach.
He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners, and Atlanta Braves.
He later played for two seasons at Oxnard Junior College, the same baseball program that produced major leaguers Terry Pendleton, Josh Towers, and Paul McAnulty.
Wilson also became the first Pirate to collect 10 or more doubles, triples, and home runs in the same season since Andy Van Slyke (1992).
Defensively, Wilson led National League shortstops in assists (492), putouts (234), and total chances (743).
His 129 double plays led all major league shortstops and broke the club record of 128 set by Gene Alley in 1966.
For the second straight year he led all shortstops in the National League (and, in fact, all of baseball) in assists (523), total chances (783), and double plays (126).
Largely because of Wilson and fellow defensive standout second baseman José Castillo, the Pirates turned more double plays in 2005 than any National League team save the Cardinals.
[2][3][4] On July 29, 2009, the Pirates traded Wilson and Ian Snell to the Seattle Mariners for Ronny Cedeño and Minor League players Jeff Clement, Aaron Pribanic, Brett Lorin, and Nate Adcock.
[12] Wilson was named the head coach of Greeneville Flyboys for the 2024 Season Jack married his wife Julie in 1999.