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Woody Main
Forrest Harry Main
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 12, 1922 in Delano, CA
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1948
Final Game: April 28, 1953
Died: June 27, 1992 in Whittier, CA
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1948 26 PIT NL 1 1 .500 8.33 17 0 6 0 0 0 27.0 35 27 25 4 19 12 0 1 0 130 49 2.000 11.7 1.3 6.3 4.0 0.63
1950 28 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 4.87 12 0 4 0 0 1 20.1 21 12 11 2 11 12 1 0 0 95 90 1.574 9.3 0.9 4.9 5.3 1.09
1952 30 PIT NL 2 12 .143 4.46 48 11 19 2 0 2 153.1 149 78 76 14 52 79 0 1 2 652 90 1.311 8.7 0.8 3.1 4.6 1.52
1953 31 PIT NL 0 0 11.25 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 5 5 1 2 4 0 0 0 19 40 1.750 11.3 2.3 4.5 9.0 2.00
4 Seasons 4 13 .235 5.14 79 11 30 2 0 3 204.2 210 122 117 21 84 107 1 2 2 896 79 1.436 9.2 0.9 3.7 4.7 1.27
162 Game Avg. 3 10 .235 5.14 60 8 23 2 0 2 155 159 92 88 16 63 81 1 2 2 677 79 1.436 9.2 0.9 3.7 4.7 1.27

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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
1948 26 PIT NL 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
1950 28 PIT NL 12 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 109 2 0 0 0 1
1952 30 PIT NL 48 40 37 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .054 .054 .054 .108 -70 2 1 0 3 1
1953 31 PIT NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
4 Seasons 79 47 44 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 4 1 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 96 90 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 23 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 8 2 0 6

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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
1948 PIT NL 26 P 17 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.47 .962 0.91
1950 PIT NL 28 P 12 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.42 .960 0.97
1952 PIT NL 30 P 48 27 8 15 4 0 .852 0.48 .959 0.98
1953 PIT NL 31 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.85
4 Seasons P 79 40 11 25 4 0 .900 0.46 .960 0.96
4 Seasons TOT 79 40 11 25 4 0 .900 0.46 .860 0.96

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1952 NL--48--5th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1953 NL--0--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 NL--0--1st

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2902), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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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.

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Name and misspellings: Forrest Harry Woody Main

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