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Woody Jensen

Forrest Docenus Jensen

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 11, 1907 in Bremerton, WA
High School: Chehalis (Chehalis, WA)
School: Western Washington University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1931
Team: Pirates 1931-1939

Final Game: June 4, 1939
Died: October 5, 2001 in Wichita, KS
Buried: Resthaven Mortuary and Cemetery, Wichita, KS
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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
1931 23 PIT NL 73 295 267 43 65 5 4 3 17 4 10 18 .243 .276 .326 .602 62 87 2 16 O7/8
1932 24 PIT NL 7 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /7O
1933 25 PIT NL 70 210 196 29 58 7 3 0 15 1 8 2 .296 .330 .362 .692 97 71 1 2 4 7O
1934 26 PIT NL 88 294 283 34 82 13 4 0 27 2 4 13 .290 .304 .364 .668 76 103 8 2 5 O78/9
1935 27 PIT NL 143 657 627 97 203 28 7 8 62 9 15 14 .324 .344 .429 .773 104 269 15 4 11 *O7/9
1936 28 PIT NL 153 731 696 98 197 34 10 10 58 2 16 19 .283 .305 .404 .709 88 281 14 6 13 *O7/8
1937 29 PIT NL 124 536 509 77 142 23 9 5 45 2 15 29 .279 .301 .389 .690 86 198 13 1 11 *O78
1938 30 PIT NL 68 129 125 12 25 4 0 0 10 0 1 3 .200 .213 .232 .445 22 29 3 1 2 O87/9
1939 31 PIT NL 12 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -9 2 1 0 0 /O98
9 Seasons 738 2869 2720 392 774 114 37 26 235 20 69 100 .285 .307 .382 .689 84 1040 55 18 62
162 Game Avg. 162 630 597 86 170 25 8 6 52 4 15 22 .285 .307 .382 .689 84 228 4 14

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1931 23 PIT NL 295 -14 2 0 0 5 -3 8 -2 -0.2 -7 -0.7 0.5 $ O7/8
1932 24 PIT NL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /7O
1933 25 PIT NL 210 -1 1 0 0 1 -2 6 5 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ 7O
1934 26 PIT NL 294 -10 1 0 0 0 -2 9 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ O78/9
1935 27 PIT NL 657 2 2 0 0 0 -6 17 15 1.5 15 1.5 0.0 $ *O7/9
1936 28 PIT NL 731 -13 2 0 0 3 -7 19 4 0.4 1 0.1 0.3 $ *O7/8
1937 29 PIT NL 536 -12 2 0 0 0 -4 15 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ *O78
1938 30 PIT NL 129 -13 0 0 0 -6 -1 4 -16 -1.7 -10 -1.0 -0.7 $ O87/9
1939 31 PIT NL 12 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /O98
9 Seasons 2869 -64 10 0 0 3 -25 78 2 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1931 PIT NL 23 OF 67 64 62 189 182 2 5 1 .974 2.75 .973 2.48
1931 PIT NL 23 LF 64 63 61 183 176 2 5 1 .973 2.78 .976 2.21
1931 PIT NL 23 CF 3 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .973 2.87
1932 PIT NL 24 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1932 PIT NL 24 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50
1933 PIT NL 25 LF 40 40 39 98 95 1 2 0 .980 2.40 .976 2.29
1933 PIT NL 25 OF 40 40 39 98 95 1 2 0 .980 2.40 .977 2.43
1934 PIT NL 26 OF 66 59 56 145 143 1 1 0 .993 2.18 .973 2.37
1934 PIT NL 26 LF 45 43 40 103 101 1 1 0 .990 2.27 .969 2.19
1934 PIT NL 26 CF 19 12 12 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 .979 2.70
1934 PIT NL 26 RF 5 4 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.40 .970 2.22
1935 PIT NL 27 OF 140 139 139 303 290 6 7 1 .977 2.11 .971 2.42
1935 PIT NL 27 LF 137 136 136 298 286 6 6 1 .980 2.13 .970 2.25
1935 PIT NL 27 RF 3 3 3 5 4 0 1 0 .800 1.33 .968 2.17
1936 PIT NL 28 OF 153 153 151 353 338 6 9 1 .975 2.25 .973 2.38
1936 PIT NL 28 LF 152 152 150 347 332 6 9 1 .974 2.22 .972 2.18
1936 PIT NL 28 CF 2 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .978 2.85
1937 PIT NL 29 OF 120 115 113 271 256 5 10 1 .963 2.18 .974 2.24
1937 PIT NL 29 LF 89 84 83 194 181 5 8 1 .959 2.09 .973 2.10
1937 PIT NL 29 CF 32 31 30 76 74 0 2 0 .974 2.31 .977 2.63
1938 PIT NL 30 OF 38 18 17 50 45 0 5 0 .900 1.18 .976 2.34
1938 PIT NL 30 CF 22 8 8 33 31 0 2 0 .939 1.41 .978 2.73
1938 PIT NL 30 LF 14 10 9 16 13 0 3 0 .813 0.93 .971 2.23
1938 PIT NL 30 RF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 2.10
1939 PIT NL 31 OF 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 .980 2.33
1939 PIT NL 31 RF 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .970 2.10
1939 PIT NL 31 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70
9 Seasons OF 628 589 578 1410 1349 22 39 4 .972 2.18 .973 2.37
8 Seasons LF 542 528 518 1239 1184 21 34 4 .973 2.22 .972 2.20
6 Seasons CF 79 53 52 156 152 0 4 0 .974 1.92 .978 2.69
4 Seasons RF 11 8 8 14 12 1 1 0 .929 1.18 .970 2.17
9 Seasons TOT 628 589 578 1410 1349 22 39 4 .972 2.18 .973 2.37
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1935 NL  .324 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1936 NL  153 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
1935 NL  627 (6th)
1936 NL  696 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1935 NL  657 (9th)
1936 NL  731 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1935 NL  203 (3rd)
1936 NL  197 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1936 NL  281 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1936 NL  34 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1935 NL  9 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1935 NL  160 (1st)
1936 NL  143 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1936 NL  6 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1931 NL  16 (7th)
1937 NL  11 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1935 NL  15 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1935 NL  8.5 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1935 NL  44.8 (3rd)
1936 NL  36.6 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1935 NL  450 (7th)
1936 NL  526 (1st)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1936 NL  153 (3rd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1936 NL  338 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1937 NL  10 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1936 NL  2.22 (2nd)
1937 NL  2.09 (5th)
Career  2.22 (22nd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 NL  .980 (1st)
1936 NL  .974 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 17 (1105), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1323), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Doc Cramer (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Doug Glanville (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jigger Statz (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mickey Hatcher (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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