Wilbur Wood
Wilbur Forrester Wood
Born: October 22, 1941
Cambridge, MA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P
Bats: R
Throws: L
Height: 6'0" Weight: 180
Career: June 30, 1961-August 22, 1978
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.
Wilbur Wood compiled a career record of 164 wins and 156 losses in his 458-game career with the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox. He began playing during the June 30, 1961 season and last took the field during the August 22, 1978 campaign. Wood was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.
Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | Win% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
1961 | AL | BOS | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5.54 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 |
1962 | AL | BOS | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3.52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
1963 | AL | BOS | 0 | 5 | .000 | 3.76 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.2 | 67 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 271 |
1964 | AL | BOS | 0 | 0 | .000 | 17.47 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
1964 | NL | PIT | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.63 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 79 |
1965 | NL | PIT | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.16 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.1 | 44 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 206 |
1967 | AL | CHA | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.45 | 51 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 95.1 | 95 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 404 |
1968 | AL | CHA | 13 | 12 | .520 | 1.87 | 88 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 159.0 | 127 | 39 | 33 | 8 | 33 | 12 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 626 |
1969 | AL | CHA | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.01 | 76 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 119.2 | 113 | 48 | 40 | 13 | 40 | 15 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 511 |
1970 | AL | CHA | 9 | 13 | .409 | 2.81 | 77 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 121.2 | 118 | 50 | 38 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 507 |
1971 | AL | CHA | 22 | 13 | .629 | 1.91 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 334.0 | 272 | 95 | 71 | 21 | 62 | 2 | 210 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1316 |
1972 | AL | CHA | 24 | 17 | .585 | 2.51 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 376.2 | 325 | 119 | 105 | 28 | 74 | 5 | 193 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1490 |
1973 | AL | CHA | 24 | 20 | .546 | 3.46 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 359.1 | 381 | 166 | 138 | 25 | 91 | 3 | 199 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1531 |
1974 | AL | CHA | 20 | 19 | .513 | 3.60 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 320.1 | 305 | 143 | 128 | 27 | 80 | 8 | 169 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1316 |
1975 | AL | CHA | 16 | 20 | .444 | 4.11 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 291.1 | 309 | 148 | 133 | 26 | 92 | 5 | 140 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1245 |
1976 | AL | CHA | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.24 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 56.1 | 51 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 225 |
1977 | AL | CHA | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.99 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 122.2 | 139 | 75 | 68 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 548 |
1978 | AL | CHA | 10 | 10 | .500 | 5.20 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 168.0 | 187 | 103 | 97 | 23 | 74 | 1 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 753 |
Totals | 164 | 156 | .513 | 3.24 | 651 | 297 | 198 | 114 | 24 | 57 | 2684.0 | 2582 | 1130 | 965 | 209 | 724 | 71 | 1411 | 63 | 6 | 72 | 11154 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
1961 | AL | BOS | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1962 | AL | BOS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1963 | AL | BOS | 25 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1964 | AL | BOS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1964 | NL | PIT | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1965 | NL | PIT | 34 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1967 | AL | CHA | 51 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .063 | .118 | .125 | .243 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1968 | AL | CHA | 88 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1969 | AL | CHA | 76 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .063 | .000 | .063 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1970 | AL | CHA | 77 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .111 | .111 | .167 | .278 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1971 | AL | CHA | 44 | 124 | 96 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 57 | .052 | .150 | .052 | .202 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
1972 | AL | CHA | 49 | 144 | 125 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 65 | .136 | .176 | .136 | .312 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 458 | 381 | 322 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 189 | .084 | .140 | .090 | .230 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding by Position:
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Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
1961 | AL | BOS | P | 6 | 1 | 13.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.38 | .33 | |||||
1962 | AL | BOS | P | 1 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.52 | 3.00 | |||||
1963 | AL | BOS | P | 25 | 6 | 64.2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.67 | .48 | |||||
1964 | NL | PIT | P | 3 | 2 | 17.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .52 | .33 | |||||
1964 | AL | BOS | P | 4 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.76 | .75 | |||||
1965 | NL | PIT | P | 34 | 1 | 51.1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.40 | .24 | |||||
1967 | AL | CHA | P | 51 | 8 | 95.1 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .909 | 1.89 | .39 | |||||
1968 | AL | CHA | P | 88 | 2 | 159.0 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.81 | .36 | |||||
1969 | AL | CHA | P | 76 | 0 | 120.0 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 2.03 | .36 | |||||
1970 | AL | CHA | P | 77 | 0 | 122.0 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.51 | .44 | |||||
1971 | AL | CHA | P | 44 | 42 | 334.0 | 11 | 65 | 1 | 3 | .987 | 2.05 | 1.73 | |||||
1972 | AL | CHA | P | 49 | 49 | 377.0 | 9 | 82 | 4 | 8 | .958 | 2.17 | 1.86 | |||||
1973 | AL | CHA | P | 49 | 48 | 359.1 | 9 | 62 | 1 | 3 | .986 | 1.78 | 1.45 | |||||
1974 | AL | CHA | P | 42 | 42 | 320.1 | 8 | 67 | 3 | 1 | .962 | 2.11 | 1.79 | |||||
1975 | AL | CHA | P | 43 | 43 | 291.1 | 8 | 53 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 1.88 | 1.42 | |||||
1976 | AL | CHA | P | 7 | 7 | 56.1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.08 | 1.86 | |||||
1977 | AL | CHA | P | 24 | 18 | 122.2 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.64 | 1.50 | |||||
1978 | AL | CHA | P | 28 | 27 | 168.0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.25 | 1.50 | |||||
Totals | 651 | 297 | 2685.0 | 84 | 523 | 14 | 26 | .977 | 2.03 | .93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Awards
1968 - TSN Fireman of the Year
1972 - TSN All-Star LHP
1972 - TSN Pitcher of the Year