Kerry Wood Trades and Transactions

The Kerry Wood trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Kerry Wood has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"That game reminded me a lot of the first time we saw (Nolan) Ryan in the sense that it seemed like when the ball left his (Kerry Wood) hand, it hit the (catcher's) mitt at the same time." - Houston Astros Manager / Former Pitching Ace Larry Dierker in Baseball Digest (December 1998, George Vass, 'Baseball Digest's Rookie All-Stars of '98', Page 26)

"Sponsored by Steve Hayhurst."

Kerry Wood

Kerry Wood Autograph on a 2002 Upper Deck (#57)

Kerry Wood Autograph on a 2002 Upper Deck (#57)
 

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Birth Name:   Kerry Lee Wood
Nickname:   None
Born On:   06-16-1977  (Gemini)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Irving, Texas
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Grand Prairie High School (Grand Prairie, TX)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-05   Player Weight Chart Weight:   210
First Game:   04-12-1998 (Age 20)
Last Game:   05-18-2012
Draft:   1995 : 1st Round (4th)
Kerry Wood

Trades & Transactions

06-01-1995: Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (4th pick overall) — free-agent draft.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Kerry Wood trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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