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Woody Main
Forrest Harry Main

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 21, 1948
Final Game April 28, 1953
Born February 12, 1922 in Delano, CA
Died June 27, 1992 in Whittier, CA

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1948 26 PIT NL   1   1  17   0   0   0   6  0   27.0   35   27   25   4   19   12   0   0   130       1  8.33  4.07   49 2.000
 1950 28 PIT NL   1   0  12   0   0   0   4  1   20.3   21   12   11   2   11   12   1   0    95       0  4.87  4.39   90 1.574
 1952 30 PIT NL   2  12  48  11   2   0  19  2  153.3  149   78   76  14   52   79   0   2   652       1  4.46  3.99   90 1.311
 1953 31 PIT NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    4.0    5    5    5   1    2    4   0   0    19       0 11.25  4.45   40 1.750
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .235   4  13  79  11   2   0  30  3  204.7  210  122  117  21   84  107   1   2   896       2  5.14  4.05   79 1.436
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3   9  59   8   1   0  22  2  154.3  158   92   88  15   63   80   0   1   676   0   1  5.14  4.05   79 1.436
 Career High      2  12  48  11   2   0  19  2  153.3  149   78   76  14   52   79   1   2   652   0   1  4.46  3.99   90 1.311

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 26 PIT NL  17    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1950 28 PIT NL  12    5    0    2   0  0   0    2   0      0   2  .400  .400  .400  109    2   0           0   0
 1952 30 PIT NL  48   37    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   9  .054  .054  .054  -70    2   3           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       79   44    1    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   0  11  .091  .091  .091  -50    4   3   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         90    2    8   0  0   0    4   0  0   0  23  .091  .091  .091  -50    8   6   0   0   0   2
 Career High     48   37    1    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   9                           2   3   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 26 PIT NL    2    2    0   0.0   104| .000  .272| .000  .346| .000  .402| .000  .748|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1950 28 PIT NL    5    3    1   8.9   110| .400  .273| .400  .350| .400  .423| .800  .774| 109  .761   0.0   0.0     
 1952 30 PIT NL   40   39    0   0.0    99| .054  .264| .054  .337| .054  .393| .108  .730| -70  .000  -8.7  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        47   44    1   0.6   100| .091  .265| .091  .339| .091  .396| .182  .736| -50  .028  -9.2  -1.0     

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1948 26 PIT NL P 17 2 6 0 0 1.000 .964 0.47 0.91 2.67 2.10 0 27.0 1950 28 PIT NL P 12 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.42 0.97 2.22 2.13 0 20.3 1952 30 PIT NL P 48 8 15 4 0 .852 .954 0.48 0.98 1.35 2.18 11 153.3 1953 31 PIT NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.85 0.00 2.02 0 4.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 26 PIT NL P 17 2 6 0 0 1.000 .964 0.47 0.91 2.67 2.10 0 27.0 1950 28 PIT NL P 12 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.42 0.97 2.22 2.13 0 20.3 1952 30 PIT NL P 48 8 15 4 0 .852 .954 0.48 0.98 1.35 2.18 11 153.3 1953 31 PIT NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.85 0.00 2.02 0 4.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 79 11 25 4 0 .900 .957 0.46 0.96 1.58 2.16 11 204.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 79 11 25 4 0 .900 .957 0.46 0.96 1.58 2.16 11 205
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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.

Games
1952 NL-48-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2554) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

November 10, 1947: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Yankees in the 1947 rule 5 draft.


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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