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Wilbur Wood Stats

Wilbur Wood was born on Wednesday, October 22, 1941, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wood was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 30, 1961, with the Boston Red Sox. 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 Wilbur Wood baseball stats page.

"And master it (the knuckleball) he did. With the introduction of the designated hitter rule in the American League for the 1973 season, many predicted (Wilbur) Wood would have his biggest season ever. Now that the rubber-armed southpaw did not have to be removed for a pinch hitter in the late innings, it was figured he would be a lock for 30 wins. Some even predicted 40. Instead, Wilbur finished 24-20 for a White Sox club that won ten fewer games than in 1973. Still, Wood made history as his won-lost figure represented the first time a hurler both won and lost 20 games in the same season since Walter Johnson posted a 25-20 mark in 1916." - Historian Russell Wolinsky in Wilbur Wood's Rubber Arm (Can of Corn, Hall of Fame Website, 2004)

Wilbur Wood

Wilbur Wood Autograph on a 1975 Topps (#110)

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Birth Name:	Wilbur Forrester Wood, Jr.
Nickname:	None
Born On:	10-22-1941
Born In:	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Zodiac:	Libra
Died On:	Still Living
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Left
Height:	6-00
Weight:	180
First Game:	06-30-1961 (Age 19)
Last Game:	08-22-1978
Draft:	Not Applicable

Wilbur Wood Wilbur Wood Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1961	Red Sox	6	1	2	0	0	.000	5.54	0	0	0	13.0	61	14	8	8	2	7	0	7	1	0	0	-
1962	Red Sox	1	1	0	0	0	.000	3.52	0	0	0	7.2	31	6	3	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	-
1963	Red Sox	25	6	11	0	5	.000	3.76	0	0	0	64.2	271	67	27	35	10	13	1	28	2	3	1	-
1964	Red Sox	4	0	2	0	0	.000	17.47	0	0	0	5.2	34	13	11	11	1	3	2	5	2	0	0	-
1964	Pirates	3	2	0	0	2	.000	3.63	1	0	0	17.1	79	16	7	8	0	11	3	7	3	2	1	-
1965	Pirates	34	1	9	1	1	.500	3.16	0	0	0	51.1	206	44	18	21	3	16	3	29	1	1	0	-
1967	White Sox	51	8	10	4	2	.667	2.45	0	0	4	95.1	404	95	26	34	2	28	4	47	6	1	2	-
1968	White Sox	88	2	46	13	12	.520	1.87	0	0	16	159.0	626	127	33	39	8	33	12	74	3	3	0	-
1969	White Sox	76	0	50	10	11	.476	3.01	0	0	15	119.2	511	113	40	48	13	40	15	73	5	3	0	-
1970	White Sox	77	0	62	9	13	.409	2.81	0	0	21	121.2	507	118	38	50	7	36	7	85	4	2	0	-
1971	White Sox	44	42	2	22	13	.629	1.91	22	7	1	334.0	1,316	272	71	95	21	62	2	210	6	7	0	-
1972	White Sox	49	49	0	24	17	.585	2.51	20	8	0	376.2	1,490	325	105	119	28	74	5	193	11	7	0	-
1973	White Sox	49	48	1	24	20	.545	3.46	21	4	0	359.1	1,531	381	138	166	25	91	3	199	7	7	0	-
1974	White Sox	42	42	0	20	19	.513	3.60	22	1	0	320.1	1,316	305	128	143	27	80	8	169	5	9	0	-
1975	White Sox	43	43	0	16	20	.444	4.11	14	2	0	291.1	1,245	309	133	148	26	92	5	140	6	5	2	-
1976	White Sox	7	7	0	4	3	.571	2.24	5	1	0	56.1	225	51	14	24	3	11	0	31	1	0	0	-
1977	White Sox	24	18	2	7	8	.467	4.99	5	1	0	122.2	548	139	68	75	10	50	0	42	0	10	0	-
1978	White Sox	28	27	1	10	10	.500	5.20	4	0	0	168.0	753	187	97	103	23	74	1	69	9	3	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
17 Years		651	297	198	164	156	.513	3.24	114	24	57	2,684.0	11,154	2,582	965	1,130	209	724	71	1,411	72	63	6	-

Wilbur Wood Wilbur Wood Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1961	Red Sox	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1962	Red Sox	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1963	Red Sox	25	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1964	Red Sox	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1964	Pirates	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1965	Pirates	34	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1967	White Sox	51	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	.063	.118	.125
1968	White Sox	88	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	17	2	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091
1969	White Sox	76	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	1	0	.000	.063	.000
1970	White Sox	77	18	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	.111	.111	.167
1971	White Sox	44	96	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	57	17	0	0	2	.052	.150	.052
1972	White Sox	49	125	8	17	0	0	0	0	7	6	0	65	13	0	0	4	.136	.176	.136
1973	White Sox	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1974	White Sox	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1975	White Sox	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1976	White Sox	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1977	White Sox	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1978	White Sox	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
17 Years		651	322	11	27	2	0	0	0	13	20	0	189	38	0	1	7	.084	.140	.090

Wilbur Wood Wilbur Wood Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1961 Red Sox	P	6	1	39	2	0.3	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.38	-
1962 Red Sox	P	1	1	23	3	3.0	3	0	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.52	-
1963 Red Sox	P	25	6	194	13	0.5	12	2	10	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.923	1.67	-
1964 Red Sox	P	4	0	17	3	0.8	3	0	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.76	-
1964 Pirates	P	3	2	52	1	0.3	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.52	-
1965 Pirates	P	34	1	154	8	0.2	8	2	6	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.40	-
1967 White Sox	P	51	8	286	22	0.4	20	7	13	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.909	1.89	-
1968 White Sox	P	88	2	477	32	0.4	32	7	25	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.81	-
1969 White Sox	P	76	0	359	28	0.4	27	5	22	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	2.03	-
1970 White Sox	P	77	0	365	34	0.4	34	7	27	0	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.52	-
1971 White Sox	P	44	42	1,002	77	1.8	76	11	65	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	2.05	-
1972 White Sox	P	49	49	1,130	95	1.9	91	9	82	4	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	2.17	-
1973 White Sox	P	49	48	1,078	72	1.5	71	9	62	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	1.78	-
1974 White Sox	P	42	42	961	78	1.9	75	8	67	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.962	2.11	-
1975 White Sox	P	43	43	874	62	1.4	61	8	53	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	1.88	-
1976 White Sox	P	7	7	169	13	1.9	13	1	12	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.08	-
1977 White Sox	P	24	18	368	36	1.5	36	3	33	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.64	-
1978 White Sox	P	28	27	504	42	1.5	42	2	40	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.25	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		651	297	8,052	621	1.0	607	84	523	14	26	n/a	n/a	n/a	.977	2.04	--
17 Years		651	297	8,052	621	1.0	607	84	523	14	26	n/a	n/a	n/a	.977	2.04	--

Wilbur Wood Wilbur Wood Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1961 Red Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.00	4.85	4.85
1962 Red Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.00	3.52	3.52
1963 Red Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.15	3.90	1.81
1964 Red Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.67	7.94	4.76
1964 Pirates	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.7	0.0	0.64	3.63	5.71
1965 Pirates	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.2	0.0	1.81	5.08	2.81
1967 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.5	16.0	1.68	4.44	2.64
1968 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.3	11.0	2.24	4.19	1.87
1969 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.9	0.0	1.83	5.49	3.01
1970 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.6	6.0	2.36	6.29	2.66
1971 White Sox	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.7	0.0	3.39	5.66	1.67
1972 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.9	17.9	2.61	4.61	1.77
1973 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.19	4.98	2.28
1974 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.11	4.75	2.25
1975 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.52	4.32	2.84
1976 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.82	4.95	1.76
1977 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.84	3.08	3.67
1978 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.93	3.70	3.96
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
17 Years	1	0	1.000	-	-	0	0.0	1.7	24.8	1.95	4.73	2.43

Wilbur Wood Wilbur Wood Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1961 Boston Red Sox	28	Undetermined	-	-
1962 Boston Red Sox	41	Undetermined	-	-
1963 Boston Red Sox	19	Undetermined	-	-
1964 Boston Red Sox	19	Undetermined	-	-
1964 Pittsburgh Pirates	16	Undetermined	-	-
1965 Pittsburgh Pirates	35	Undetermined	-	-
1967 Chicago White Sox	28	$12,000.00	-	-
1968 Chicago White Sox	28	Undetermined	-	-
1969 Chicago White Sox	28	Undetermined	-	-
1970 Chicago White Sox	28	Undetermined	-	-
1971 Chicago White Sox	28	Undetermined	Stats	-
1972 Chicago White Sox	28	Undetermined	Stats	-
1973 Chicago White Sox	28	Undetermined	-	-
1974 Chicago White Sox	28	Undetermined	Stats	-
1975 Chicago White Sox	28	Undetermined	-	-
1976 Chicago White Sox	28	$140,000.00	-	-
1977 Chicago White Sox	28	$140,000.00	-	-
1978 Chicago White Sox	28	Undetermined	-	-
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