Woody English
Elwood George English
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: March 2, 1906 in Fredonia, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1927
Final Game: July 1, 1938
Died: September 26, 1997 in Newark, OH
Relatives: Nephew of Paul Carpenter
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1927 21 CHC NL 87 374 334 46 97 14 4 1 28 1 16 26 .290 .325 .365 .690 84 122 1 23 6/5
1928 22 CHC NL 116 522 475 68 142 22 4 2 34 4 30 28 .299 .343 .375 .718 88 178 2 15 *6/5
1929 23 CHC NL 144 700 608 131 168 29 3 1 52 13 68 50 .276 .352 .339 .691 72 206 3 21 *6
1930 24 CHC NL 156 755 638 152 214 36 17 14 59 3 100 72 .335 .430 .511 .941 125 326 6 11 56
1931 25 CHC NL 156 727 634 117 202 38 8 2 53 12 68 80 .319 .391 .413 .804 114 262 7 18 *65 MVP-4
1932 26 CHC NL 127 591 522 70 142 23 7 3 47 5 55 73 .272 .344 .360 .704 90 188 2 12 56
1933 27 CHC NL 105 457 398 54 104 19 2 3 41 5 53 44 .261 .348 .342 .690 98 136 7 0 6 *5/6 AS
1934 28 CHC NL 109 475 421 65 117 26 5 3 31 6 48 65 .278 .353 .385 .738 99 162 6 1 5 65/4
1935 29 CHC NL 34 109 84 11 17 2 0 2 8 1 20 4 .202 .368 .298 .666 80 25 0 2 3 56
1936 30 CHC NL 64 232 182 33 45 9 0 0 20 1 40 28 .247 .394 .297 .691 87 54 3 4 6 65/4
1937 31 BRO NL 129 446 378 45 90 16 2 1 42 4 65 55 .238 .350 .299 .649 76 113 14 0 3 *64
1938 32 BRO NL 34 81 72 9 18 2 0 0 7 2 8 11 .250 .333 .278 .611 68 20 2 1 0 5/46
12 Seasons 1261 5469 4746 801 1356 236 52 32 422 57 571 536 .286 .366 .378 .743 95 1792 32 29 123
162 Game Avg. 162 703 610 103 174 30 7 4 54 7 73 69 .286 .366 .378 .743 95 230 4 16
CHC (10 yrs) 1098 4942 4296 747 1248 218 50 31 373 51 498 470 .291 .368 .386 .754 97 1659 16 28 120
BRO (2 yrs) 163 527 450 54 108 18 2 1 49 6 73 66 .240 .347 .296 .643 75 133 16 1 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1927 21 CHC NL 374 260 39 4.0 105 .313 .290 .291 .325 .350 .365 .402 .690 .752 84 .440 -8.4 -0.8 .591 .126 .075 1.0
1928 22 CHC NL 522 348 61 4.7 108 .315 .299 .289 .343 .354 .375 .411 .718 .764 88 .490 -8.2 -0.8 .643 .147 .076 2.7
1929 23 CHC NL 700 461 72 4.2 121 .300 .276 .304 .352 .368 .339 .443 .691 .812 72 .376 -24.7 -2.2 .659 .196 .063 1.9
1930 24 CHC NL 755 435 139 8.5 127 .362 .335 .313 .430 .372 .511 .466 .941 .837 125 .663 30.5 2.6 1.026 .337 .176 4.9
1931 25 CHC NL 727 450 101 6.0 105 .362 .319 .288 .391 .347 .413 .406 .804 .753 114 .617 16.0 1.6 .808 .221 .095 3.4
1932 26 CHC NL 591 392 64 4.4 103 .312 .272 .283 .344 .336 .360 .410 .704 .745 90 .470 -5.7 -0.6 .658 .203 .088 3.8
1933 27 CHC NL 457 307 47 4.1 91 .288 .261 .274 .348 .327 .342 .375 .690 .702 98 .503 1.1 0.1 .645 .226 .080 3.8
1934 28 CHC NL 475 315 57 4.8 103 .323 .278 .285 .353 .340 .385 .405 .738 .744 99 .508 1.2 0.1 .700 .235 .107 4.0
1935 29 CHC NL 109 70 9 3.4 104 .192 .202 .287 .368 .342 .298 .409 .666 .751 80 .362 -1.2 -0.1 .716 .345 .095 1.3
1936 30 CHC NL 232 146 21 3.9 105 .292 .247 .288 .394 .348 .297 .404 .691 .751 87 .413 -0.3 -0.0 .707 .275 .049 .0
1937 31 BRO NL 446 305 40 3.5 103 .276 .238 .282 .350 .344 .299 .400 .649 .745 76 .386 -9.7 -1.0 .603 .243 .061 1.6
1938 32 BRO NL 81 56 7 3.4 100 .295 .250 .277 .333 .341 .278 .394 .611 .736 68 .378 -2.8 -0.3 .554 .167 .028 .0
12 Seasons 5469 3545 657 5.0 108 .317 .286 .291 .366 .350 .378 .416 .743 .766 95 .506 -12.2 -1.4 .716 .224 .092 41.0
162 Game Avg. 703 455 84 5.0 108 .317 .286 .291 .366 .350 .378 .416 .743 .766 95 .506 -12.2 -1.4 .716 .224 .092 5
CHC (10 yrs) 4942 3184 610 5.1 109 .321 .291 .292 .368 .351 .386 .418 .754 .768 97 .518 0.4 -0.1 .730 .223 .096 38.6
BRO (2 yrs) 527 361 47 3.5 102 .279 .240 .281 .347 .344 .296 .399 .643 .743 75 .385 -12.5 -1.3 .595 .231 .056 1.7

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1929 23 CHC NL WS PHA L 5 22 21 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 .190 .227 .286 .513 6 0 0 0 0 0
1932 26 CHC NL WS NYY L 4 19 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 .176 .263 .176 .440 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 9 41 38 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 8 .184 .244 .237 .481 9 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 9 41 38 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 8 .184 .244 .237 .481 9 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1933 CHC NL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1927 21 87 374 334 46 97 14 4 1 28 1 16 26 .290 .325 .365 .690 84 122 1 23
1928 22 203 896 809 114 239 36 8 3 62 5 46 54 .295 .336 .371 .706 86 300 3 38
1929 23 347 1596 1417 245 407 65 11 4 114 18 114 104 .287 .343 .357 .700 80 506 6 59
1930 24 503 2351 2055 397 621 101 28 18 173 21 214 176 .302 .371 .405 .776 95 832 12 70
1931 25 659 3078 2689 514 823 139 36 20 226 33 282 256 .306 .376 .407 .783 99 1094 19 88
1932 26 786 3669 3211 584 965 162 43 23 273 38 337 329 .301 .371 .399 .770 98 1282 21 100
1933 27 891 4126 3609 638 1069 181 45 26 314 43 390 373 .296 .368 .393 .761 98 1418 7 21 106
1934 28 1000 4601 4030 703 1186 207 50 29 345 49 438 438 .294 .367 .392 .759 98 1580 13 22 111
1935 29 1034 4710 4114 714 1203 209 50 31 353 50 458 442 .292 .367 .390 .757 98 1605 13 24 114
1936 30 1098 4942 4296 747 1248 218 50 31 373 51 498 470 .291 .368 .386 .754 97 1659 16 28 120
1937 31 1227 5388 4674 792 1338 234 52 32 415 55 563 525 .286 .366 .379 .746 96 1772 30 28 123
1938 32 1261 5469 4746 801 1356 236 52 32 422 57 571 536 .286 .366 .378 .743 95 1792 32 29 123

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1927 21 92 366 349 47 100 14 4 1 28 1 16 27 .287 .320 .358 .678 40 87
1928 22 122 528 495 68 145 22 4 2 34 4 31 29 .293 .337 .366 .703 61 116
1929 23 151 687 620 113 157 27 3 1 45 12 64 53 .253 .326 .311 .637 62 144
1930 24 163 727 633 123 190 32 15 12 48 3 89 75 .300 .391 .455 .846 112 156
1931 25 163 734 658 118 206 39 8 2 53 12 69 84 .313 .384 .406 .790 101 156
1932 26 133 600 542 71 145 23 7 3 47 5 56 76 .268 .338 .352 .691 65 127
1933 27 110 482 423 63 116 21 2 3 48 6 59 46 .274 .363 .355 .718 55 105
1934 28 116 497 446 67 122 27 5 3 32 6 50 69 .274 .348 .377 .725 59 109
1935 29 36 109 87 10 17 2 0 2 8 1 20 4 .195 .358 .287 .645 8 34
1936 30 67 232 188 32 45 9 0 0 19 1 40 29 .239 .384 .287 .671 20 64
1937 31 136 461 395 45 92 16 2 1 42 4 66 58 .233 .343 .291 .634 40 129
1938 32 36 84 75 9 18 2 0 0 7 2 8 12 .240 .321 .267 .588 6 34
12 Seasons 1325 5507 4911 766 1353 234 50 30 411 57 568 562 .276 .354 .362 .716 629 1261
162 Game Avg. 162 673 600 94 165 29 6 4 50 7 69 69 .276 .354 .362 .716 77 1261

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1933 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1931 NL (4, 38%)
0.38 Career Shares (510th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1930 NL  .430 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1930 NL  156 (1st)
1931 NL  156 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1929 NL  608 (10th)
1930 NL  638 (5th)
1931 NL  634 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1929 NL  700 (7th)
1930 NL  755 (1st)
1931 NL  727 (1st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1929 NL  131 (6th)
1930 NL  152 (3rd)
1931 NL  117 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1930 NL  214 (7th)
1931 NL  202 (3rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1930 NL  326 (8th)
1931 NL  262 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1931 NL  38 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1930 NL  17 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1930 NL  100 (3rd)
1931 NL  68 (5th)
1932 NL  55 (9th)
1933 NL  53 (8th)
1937 NL  65 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1929 NL  50 (10th)
1930 NL  72 (2nd)
1931 NL  80 (2nd)
1932 NL  73 (2nd)
1934 NL  65 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1931 NL  12 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1929 NL  135 (9th)
1930 NL  147 (6th)
1931 NL  154 (2nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1930 NL  139 (8th)
1931 NL  101 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1930 NL  320 (1st)
1931 NL  277 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1930 NL  6 (5th)
1931 NL  7 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1929 NL  21 (10th)
1931 NL  18 (4th)
1932 NL  12 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1929 NL  461 (1st)
1930 NL  435 (5th)
1931 NL  450 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 35 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 35 (517), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (518), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Johnny Pesky (933)
  2. Lyn Lary (921)
  3. Bucky Harris (919) *
  4. Dave Cash (918)
  5. Johnny Temple (917)
  6. Bobby Avila (917)
  7. Buck Weaver (911)
  8. David Eckstein (911)
  9. Ron Hunt (909)
  10. Fernando Vina (908)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  2. Bill Knickerbocker (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Harvey Kuenn (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fred Carroll (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Harvey Kuenn (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Nellie Fox (940) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Buddy Myer (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dave Cash (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jose Offerman (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jose Offerman (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Lonny Frey (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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