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Woody Jensen
Forrest Docenus Jensen

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 160 lb.
School Western Washington University

Debut April 20, 1931
Final Game June 4, 1939
Born August 11, 1907 in Bremerton, WA
Died October 5, 2001 in Wichita, KS

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1931 23 PIT NL  73  267   43   65   5  4   3   17   4     10  18  .243  .276  .326   62   87  16           2    
 1932 24 PIT NL   7    5    2    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1933 25 PIT NL  70  196   29   58   7  3   0   15   1      8   2  .296  .330  .362   97   71   4           2   1
 1934 26 PIT NL  88  283   34   82  13  4   0   27   2      4  13  .290  .304  .364   77  103   5           2   8
 1935 27 PIT NL 143  627   97  203  28  7   8   62   9     15  14  .324  .344  .429  104  269  11           4  15
 1936 28 PIT NL 153  696   98  197  34 10  10   58   2     16  19  .283  .305  .404   88  281  13           6  14
 1937 29 PIT NL 124  509   77  142  23  9   5   45   2     15  29  .279  .301  .389   86  198  11           1  13
 1938 30 PIT NL  68  125   12   25   4  0   0   10   0      1   3  .200  .213  .232   22   29   2           1   3
 1939 31 PIT NL  12   12    0    2   0  0   0    1   0      0   0  .167  .167  .167   -9    2   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      738 2720  392  774 114 37  26  235  20  0  69 100  .285  .307  .382   84 1040  62   0   0  18  55
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        597   86  170  25  8   6   52   4  0  15  22  .285  .307  .382   84  228  14   0   0   4  12
 Career High    153  696   98  203  34 10  10   62   9  0  16  29  .324  .344  .429  104  281  16   0   0   6  15
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1931 23 PIT NL  295  218   24   2.9   102| .243  .284| .276  .343| .326  .401| .602  .743|  62  .305 -15.6  -1.5     
 1932 24 PIT NL    5    5    0   0.0   102| .000  .282| .000  .334| .000  .408| .000  .742|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1     
 1933 25 PIT NL  210  143   23   4.3    91| .296  .274| .330  .327| .362  .375| .692  .702|  97  .526  -1.0  -0.1     
 1934 26 PIT NL  294  214   31   3.9   106| .290  .290| .304  .345| .364  .412| .668  .757|  77  .407 -10.3  -1.0     
 1935 27 PIT NL  657  450   91   5.4   106| .324  .289| .344  .345| .429  .412| .773  .757| 104  .565   1.3   0.1     
 1936 28 PIT NL  731  526   84   4.3   105| .283  .288| .305  .348| .404  .404| .709  .751|  88  .459 -15.5  -1.5     
 1937 29 PIT NL  536  391   59   4.0   101| .279  .280| .301  .342| .389  .397| .690  .739|  86  .449 -12.2  -1.2     
 1938 30 PIT NL  129  105    6   1.5   100| .200  .276| .213  .340| .232  .393| .445  .733|  22  .126 -13.7  -1.4     
 1939 31 PIT NL   12   11    0   0.0   102| .167  .278| .167  .343| .167  .397| .334  .740|  -9  .000  -1.9  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2869 2063  318   4.1   103| .285  .285| .307  .343| .382  .402| .689  .746|  84  .451 -70.3  -6.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1931 23 PIT NL OF 67 182 2 5 1 .974 .973 2.75 2.38 64 3 0 1932 24 PIT NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 1 0 0 1933 25 PIT NL OF 40 95 1 2 0 .980 .977 2.40 2.35 40 0 0 1934 26 PIT NL OF 66 143 1 1 0 .993 .973 2.18 2.26 46 17 4 1935 27 PIT NL OF 140 290 6 7 1 .977 .971 2.11 2.31 138 0 2 1936 28 PIT NL OF 153 338 6 9 1 .975 .973 2.25 2.25 152 1 0 1937 29 PIT NL OF 120 256 5 10 1 .963 .974 2.17 2.13 88 32 0 1938 30 PIT NL OF 38 45 0 5 0 .900 .976 1.18 2.22 15 21 2 1939 31 PIT NL OF 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 2.17 0 1 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1931 23 PIT NL OF 67 182 2 5 1 .974 .973 2.75 2.38 64 3 0 1932 24 PIT NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 1 0 0 1933 25 PIT NL OF 40 95 1 2 0 .980 .977 2.40 2.35 40 0 0 1934 26 PIT NL OF 66 143 1 1 0 .993 .973 2.18 2.26 46 17 4 1935 27 PIT NL OF 140 290 6 7 1 .977 .971 2.11 2.31 138 0 2 1936 28 PIT NL OF 153 338 6 9 1 .975 .973 2.25 2.25 152 1 0 1937 29 PIT NL OF 120 256 5 10 1 .963 .974 2.17 2.13 88 32 0 1938 30 PIT NL OF 38 45 0 5 0 .900 .976 1.18 2.22 15 21 2 1939 31 PIT NL OF 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 2.17 0 1 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 628 1349 22 39 4 .972 .973 2.18 2.26 544 75 10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 628 1349 22 39 4 .972 .973 2.18 2.26
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1935 NL-.324-9

Games
1936 NL-153-8

At Bats
1935 NL-627-6
1936 NL-696-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1935 NL-657-9
1936 NL-731-1

Hits
1935 NL-203-3
1936 NL-197-6

Total Bases
1936 NL-281-9

Doubles
1936 NL-34-8

Stolen Bases
1935 NL-9-9

Singles
1935 NL-160-1
1936 NL-143-6

Hit By Pitch
1936 NL-6-6

Sac. Hits
1931 NL-16-7
1937 NL-11-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1935 NL-15-7

Power/Speed Number
1935 NL-8.5-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1935 NL-44.8-3
1936 NL-36.6-3

Outs
1935 NL-450-7
1936 NL-526-1

     

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (724) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1079) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2485) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.5 (1259) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 11, 1939: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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