George Wood Stats

George Wood was born on Tuesday, November 9, 1858, in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Wood was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 1, 1880, with the Worcester Ruby Legs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive George Wood baseball stats page.

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George Wood
 
 
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Birth Name:   George A. Wood
Nickname:   Dandy
Born On:   11-09-1858
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Prince Edward Island, Canada
Zodiac:   Scorpio
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-04-1924
Place of Death Data Died In:   Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   Union Street Cemetery, Franklin, Massachusetts
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½
Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   05-01-1880 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-29-1892
Draft:   Not Applicable
George Wood

George Wood Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1883 Wolverines 1 0 1 0 0 .000 7.20 0 0 0 5.0 26 8 4 9 0 3 - 0 1 0 0 -
1885 Wolverines 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 4.0 16 5 0 2 0 1 - 1 2 0 0 -
1888 Phillies 2 0 2 0 0 .000 4.50 0 0 2 2.0 11 3 1 3 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 -
1889 Phillies 1 0 1 0 0 .000 18.00 0 0 0 1.0 0 2 2 2 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
4 Years 5 0 5 0 0 .000 5.25 0 0 2 12.0 53 18 7 16 0 5 - 3 3 0 0 -
George Wood

George Wood Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1880 Ruby Legs 81 327 37 80 16 5 0 0 28 10 - 37 - - 0 - .245 .267 .324
1881 Wolverines 80 337 54 100 18 9 2 0 32 19 - 32 - - 0 - .297 .334 .421
1882 Wolverines 84 375 69 101 12 12 7 0 29 14 - - - - 0 - .269 .296 .421
1883 Wolverines 99 441 81 133 26 11 5 0 47 25 - - - - 0 - .302 .339 .444
1884 Wolverines 114 473 79 119 16 10 8 0 29 39 - - - - 0 - .252 .309 .378
1885 Wolverines 82 362 62 105 19 8 5 0 28 13 - - - - 0 - .290 .315 .428
1886 Phillies 106 450 81 123 18 15 4 0 50 23 - - - - 0 - .273 .309 .407
1887 Phillies 113 491 118 142 22 19 14 0 66 40 - 51 - - 6 - .289 .350 .415
1888 Phillies 106 433 67 99 19 6 6 0 51 39 - 44 - - 7 - .229 .303 .342
1889 Phillies 97 422 77 106 21 4 5 0 53 53 - 33 - - 1 - .251 .336 .355
1889 Orioles 3 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 - - 0 - .200 .200 .200
1890 Quakers 132 539 115 156 20 14 9 0 102 51 - 35 - - 8 - .289 .360 .429
1891 Athletics 132 528 105 163 18 14 3 0 61 72 - 52 - - 7 - .309 .399 .413
1892 Orioles 21 76 9 17 1 1 0 0 10 10 - 8 - - 2 - .224 .330 .263
1892 Reds 30 107 10 21 2 4 0 0 14 10 - 17 - - 1 - .196 .271 .290
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
13 Years 1,280 5,371 965 1,467 228 132 68 0 601 418 - 311 - - 32 - .273 .329 .403
George Wood

George Wood Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1880 Ruby Legs 1B 1 - - 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1880 Ruby Legs 3B 2 - - 3 1.5 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1880 Ruby Legs LF 80 - - 150 1.9 133 123 10 17 0 n/a n/a n/a .887 0.00 -
1881 Wolverines LF 80 - - 174 2.2 150 132 18 24 4 n/a n/a n/a .862 0.00 -
1882 Wolverines LF 84 - - 198 2.4 175 161 14 23 8 n/a n/a n/a .884 0.00 -
1883 Wolverines OF 99 - - 275 2.8 241 226 15 34 3 n/a n/a n/a .876 0.00 -
1883 Wolverines P 1 0 15 3 3.0 3 0 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.40 -
1884 Wolverines 3B 1 - - 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1884 Wolverines OF 114 - - 231 2.0 207 190 17 24 1 n/a n/a n/a .896 0.00 -
1885 Wolverines 3B 12 - - 43 3.6 39 13 26 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .907 0.00 -
1885 Wolverines LF 70 - - 139 2.0 123 112 11 16 1 n/a n/a n/a .885 0.00 -
1885 Wolverines P 1 0 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1885 Wolverines SS 1 - - 4 4.0 3 0 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00 -
1886 Phillies 3B 3 - - 6 2.0 5 2 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00 -
1886 Phillies OF 97 - - 178 1.8 161 148 13 17 2 n/a n/a n/a .904 0.00 -
1886 Phillies SS 6 - - 27 4.5 23 6 17 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .852 0.00 -
1887 Phillies 2B 3 - - 17 5.7 16 4 12 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .941 0.00 -
1887 Phillies 3B 3 - - 6 2.0 4 2 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00 -
1887 Phillies OF 104 - - 189 1.8 165 155 10 24 2 n/a n/a n/a .873 0.00 -
1887 Phillies SS 3 - - 14 4.7 13 3 10 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 0.00 -
1888 Phillies 3B 2 - - 6 3.0 4 1 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00 -
1888 Phillies OF 104 - - 210 2.0 190 175 15 20 3 n/a n/a n/a .905 0.00 -
1888 Phillies P 2 0 6 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50 -
1889 Phillies OF 92 - - 189 2.1 173 164 9 16 1 n/a n/a n/a .915 0.00 -
1889 Phillies P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1889 Phillies SS 6 - - 28 4.7 25 7 18 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .893 0.00 -
1889 Orioles RF 3 - - 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1890 Quakers 3B 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1890 Quakers OF 132 - - 323 2.4 289 254 35 34 9 n/a n/a n/a .895 0.00 -
1891 Athletics 3B 6 - - 17 2.8 13 7 6 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .765 0.00 -
1891 Athletics OF 122 - - 262 2.1 246 221 25 16 10 n/a n/a n/a .939 0.00 -
1891 Athletics SS 5 - - 26 5.2 20 8 12 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .769 0.00 -
1892 Orioles LF 21 - - 45 2.1 41 35 6 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .911 0.00 -
1892 Reds OF 30 - - 51 1.7 44 39 5 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .863 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
OF Totals 894 0 0 1,908 2.1 1,716 1,572 144 192 32 n/a n/a n/a .899 0.00 --
LF Totals 335 0 0 706 2.1 622 563 59 84 14 n/a n/a n/a .881 0.00 --
3B Totals 30 0 0 83 2.8 70 28 42 13 3 n/a n/a n/a .843 0.00 --
SS Totals 21 0 0 99 4.7 84 24 60 15 4 n/a n/a n/a .848 0.00 --
P Totals 5 0 36 4 0.8 4 0 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00 --
RF Totals 3 0 0 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
2B Totals 3 0 0 17 5.7 16 4 12 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .941 0.00 --
1B Totals 1 0 0 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
13 Years 1,292 0 36 2,824 2.2 2,519 2,198 321 305 56 n/a n/a n/a .892 1,889.25 --
George Wood

George Wood Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1880 Ruby Legs - - - - - n/a 0.0 8.8 11.7 - - -
1881 Wolverines - - - - - n/a 168.5 10.5 10.5 - - -
1882 Wolverines - - - - - n/a 53.6 0.0 12.9 - - -
1883 Wolverines - - - - - n/a 88.2 0.0 9.4 0.00 0.00 5.40
1884 Wolverines - - - - - n/a 59.1 0.0 16.3 - - -
1885 Wolverines - - - - - n/a 72.4 0.0 12.9 1.00 2.25 2.25
1886 Phillies 9 - - - - n/a 112.5 0.0 9.0 - - -
1887 Phillies 19 - - - - n/a 35.1 9.6 7.4 - - -
1888 Phillies 20 - - - - n/a 72.2 9.8 8.5 0.00 0.00 4.50
1889 Phillies 17 - - - - n/a 84.4 12.8 8.0 0.00 18.00 0.00
1889 Orioles 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 5.0 10.0 - - -
1890 Quakers 20 - - - - n/a 59.9 15.4 5.3 - - -
1891 Athletics 22 - - - - n/a 176.0 10.2 8.7 - - -
1892 Orioles 1 - - - - n/a 0.0 9.5 7.6 - - -
1892 Reds 4 - - - - n/a 0.0 6.3 7.6 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
13 Years 113 - - - - n/a 79.0 17.3 8.9 0.60 2.25 3.75
George Wood

George Wood Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1880 Worcester Ruby Legs n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1881 Detroit Wolverines n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1882 Detroit Wolverines n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1883 Detroit Wolverines n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1884 Detroit Wolverines n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1885 Detroit Wolverines n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1886 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1887 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Philadelphia Phillies n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Philadelphia Quakers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Cincinnati Reds n/a Undetermined n/a n/a


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