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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

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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1927 CHC NL 21 SS 84 487 177 281 29 47 .940 5.45 .944 5.18
1927 CHC NL 21 3B 1 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.00 .950 2.80
1928 CHC NL 22 SS 114 663 245 382 36 85 .946 5.50 .950 5.22
1928 CHC NL 22 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.95
1929 CHC NL 23 SS 144 868 332 497 39 107 .955 5.76 .950 5.37
1930 CHC NL 24 3B 83 224 83 135 6 19 .973 2.63 .949 2.71
1930 CHC NL 24 SS 78 440 173 251 16 57 .964 5.44 .951 5.36
1931 CHC NL 25 SS 138 791 322 441 28 75 .965 5.53 .953 5.06 MVP-4
1931 CHC NL 25 3B 18 60 18 41 1 3 .983 3.28 .942 2.72 MVP-4
1932 CHC NL 26 3B 93 281 96 173 12 13 .957 2.89 .944 2.74
1932 CHC NL 26 SS 38 176 66 102 8 17 .955 4.42 .945 5.07
1933 CHC NL 27 3B 103 260 80 173 7 9 .973 2.46 .948 2.89 AS
1933 CHC NL 27 SS 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 4.90 AS
1934 CHC NL 28 SS 56 175 61 109 5 22 .971 3.04 .950 5.14
1934 CHC NL 28 3B 46 211 74 132 5 5 .976 4.48 .943 2.73
1934 CHC NL 28 2B 7 33 10 19 4 4 .879 4.14 .967 5.46
1935 CHC NL 29 3B 16 38 8 25 5 2 .868 2.06 .945 2.71
1935 CHC NL 29 SS 12 51 21 29 1 4 .980 4.17 .945 5.10
1936 CHC NL 30 SS 42 207 75 127 5 27 .976 4.81 .943 5.10
1936 CHC NL 30 3B 17 35 14 21 0 3 1.000 2.06 .943 2.51
1936 CHC NL 30 2B 1 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 7.00 .957 5.30
1937 BRO NL 31 SS 116 547 220 303 24 51 .956 4.51 .951 4.85
1937 BRO NL 31 2B 11 42 19 21 2 3 .952 3.64 .960 5.33
1938 BRO NL 32 3B 21 48 16 30 2 4 .958 2.19 .944 2.87
1938 BRO NL 32 2B 3 14 7 7 0 1 1.000 4.67 .971 5.40
1938 BRO NL 32 SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 .900 4.90
12 Seasons SS 826 4407 1693 2523 191 492 .957 5.10 .950 5.15
10 Seasons 3B 400 1163 391 734 38 58 .967 2.81 .945 2.77
4 Seasons 2B 22 96 39 51 6 8 .938 4.09 .964 5.38
12 Seasons TOT 1248 5666 2123 3308 235 558 .959 4.35 .908 4.39
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (505th)

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 (674), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 35 (684), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 35 (511), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (504), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Johnny Pesky (943)
  2. Lyn Lary (940)
  3. Bobby Avila (929)
  4. Rafael Furcal (928)
  5. Johnny Temple (928)
  6. Dave Cash (928)
  7. Bucky Harris (928) *
  8. Roger Bresnahan (923) *
  9. Ron Hunt (923)
  10. Rick Burleson (921)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Al Lopez (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jerry Browne (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Harvey Kuenn (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Harvey Kuenn (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Harvey Kuenn (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Nellie Fox (948) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Buddy Myer (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dave Cash (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Fred Dunlap (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Pete Runnels (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Dave Bancroft (951) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

December 5, 1936: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Roy Henshaw to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Lonny Frey.

July 8, 1938: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

February 23, 1939: Returned to the Brooklyn Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds following previous waiver selection.

February 23, 1939: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

May 16, 1939: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago Cubs.

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