Woody Rich

Woodrow Earl Rich

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 9, 1916 in Morganton, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1939
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Braves 1939-1944

Final Game: September 16, 1944
Died: April 18, 1983 in Morganton, NC
Buried: South Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery, Morganton, NC
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1937	21	CKD	C	12	15	.444	4.42	32						240.0	255	127	118		53							1.283	9.6		2.0			CKD · CSTL
1938	22	BOS-min	A1	19	10	.655	2.48	33						229.0	194	81	63		100							1.284	7.6		3.9			LRK · SOUA
1939	23	BOS-min	AA	2	2	.500	5.10	8						30.0	40	19	17		17							1.900	12.0		5.1			LOU · AA
1939	23	BOS	AL	4	3	.571	4.91	21	12	4	3	0	1	77.0	78	46	42	2	35	24	5	0	0	344	96	1.468	9.1	0.2	4.1	2.8	0.69
1940	24	BOS-min	A,AA	7	6	.538	3.49	25	11					116.0	99	53	45		51							1.293	7.7		4.0			SCR,LOU · EL,AA
1940	24	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	0.77	3	1	1	1	0	0	11.2	9	3	1	2	1	8	0	0	0	44	597	0.857	6.9	1.5	0.8	6.2	8.00
1941	25	BOS-min	AA	11	11	.500	3.47	32	20		9	3		166.0	172	83	64		75	94	13	1	3			1.488	9.3		4.1	5.1	1.25	SDG,LOU · PCL,AA
1941	25	BOS	AL	0	0		17.18	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.2	8	7	7	1	2	4	0	0	0	21	27	2.727	19.6	2.5	4.9	9.8	2.00

1942	26	INA	AA	10	10	.500	3.54	40	20	15	12	1		201.0	198	101	79		102	114	6	0	1			1.493	8.9		4.6	5.1	1.12	INA · AA
1943	27	INA	AA	6	10	.375	3.98	26	16	7	11	2		138.0	142	83	61		74	83	4	0	6			1.565	9.3		4.8	5.4	1.12	INA · AA
1944	28	ATL-min	AA	4	14	.222	4.50	26	20	6	11	1		168.0	204	105	84		94	103	5	0	4			1.774	10.9		5.0	5.5	1.10	INA · AA
1944	28	BSN	NL	1	1	.500	5.76	7	2	3	1	0	0	25.0	32	17	16	3	12	6	3	0	0	117	68	1.760	11.5	1.1	4.3	2.2	0.50
1945	29	ATL-min	AA	6	4	.600	4.56	18	11	7	3	0		73.0	82	42	37		38	47	6	0	4			1.644	10.1		4.7	5.8	1.24	INA · AA
1946	30	ATL-min	AAA	0	0			2			0	0		3.0	5				0	1						1.667	15.0		0.0	3.0		INA · AA
1947	31	ANN	B	19	10	.655	3.32	35						236.0	233	123	87		81							1.331	8.9		3.1			ANN · SEAL
1948	32	ANN,SHV	B,AA	17	11	.607	2.66	44						250.0	192	97	74		103							1.180	6.9		3.7			ANN,SHV · SEAL,TL
1949	33	ANN	B	10	11	.476	2.81	25						176.0	129	73	55		95							1.273	6.6		4.9			ANN · SEAL
1950	34	GBO	B	16	9	.640	2.41	34						209.0	182	79	56	6	69							1.201	7.8	0.3	3.0			GBO · CARL
1951	35	SPT	B	25	6	.806	2.34	36						269.0	223	85	70	6	87							1.152	7.5	0.2	2.9			SPT · FLIN
1952	36	CHW-min	AA	13	10	.565	3.42	31	28					205.0	194	111	78		83							1.351	8.5		3.6			MEM · SOUA
1953	37	CHW-min	D,AA	12	2	.857	2.88	21	15					144.0	129	54	46	5	49							1.236	8.1	0.3	3.1			FCY,MEM · TARH,SOUA
1954	38	CIN-min	B,D	16	8	.667	3.25	25	20					177.0	160	85	64	8	54							1.209	8.1	0.4	2.7			HPT,FCY · CARL,TARH
1955	39	CIN-min	B	19	4	.826	2.84	26	26					212.0	189	77	67	10	88							1.307	8.0	0.4	3.7			HPT · CARL
1956	40	CIN-min	B	17	12	.586	2.93	33	30					258.0	207	108	84	20	95							1.171	7.2	0.7	3.3			HPT · CARL
1957	41	CIN-min	A	2	0	1.000	2.48	29	0					40.0	26	14	11	2	15							1.025	5.8	0.4	3.4			SAV · SALL
1958	42	ATL-MIN-min	C,A	7	9	.438	3.54	46	1					89.0	83	41	35	2	48							1.472	8.4	0.2	4.9			BOI,CHR · PION,SALL
4 Yrs				6	4	.600	5.06	33	16	9	5	0	1	117.1	127	73	66	8	50	42	8	0	0	526	90	1.509	9.7	0.6	3.8	3.2	0.84
162 Game Avg.				8	6	.600	5.06	46	22	12	7	0	1	163	176	101	92	11	69	58	11	0	0	730	90	1.509	9.7	0.6	3.8	3.2	0.84

BOS (3 yrs)				5	3	.625	4.87	26	14	6	4	0	1	92.1	95	56	50	5	38	36	5	0	0	409	97	1.440	9.3	0.5	3.7	3.5	0.95
BSN (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.76	7	2	3	1	0	0	25.0	32	17	16	3	12	6	3	0	0	117	68	1.760	11.5	1.1	4.3	2.2	0.50

AL (3 yrs)				5	3	.625	4.87	26	14	6	4	0	1	92.1	95	56	50	5	38	36	5	0	0	409	97	1.440	9.3	0.5	3.7	3.5	0.95
NL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.76	7	2	3	1	0	0	25.0	32	17	16	3	12	6	3	0	0	117	68	1.760	11.5	1.1	4.3	2.2	0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1939	23	BOS	AL	77.0	21	12	46	5.38	5.01	-0.12	0.00	105.3	5.39	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.1	0.6	10	.499	.500	$
1940	24	BOS	AL	11.2	3	1	3	2.31	4.75	-0.17	0.00	103.8	5.10	4	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.4	5	.621	.502	$
1941	25	BOS	AL	3.2	2	1	7	17.18	4.84	-0.13	0.00	98.9	4.91	-5	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-5	.298	.498	$

1944	28	BSN	NL	25.0	7	2	17	6.12	4.47	-0.01	0.00	101.1	4.53	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.436	.497	$
4 Seasons				117.1	33	16	73	5.60	4.86	-0.10	0.00	104.0	5.17	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.3	8	.485	.499	$

BOS (3 yrs)				92.1	26	14	56	5.46	4.97	-0.12	0.00	104.9	5.34	-2	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.6	10	.498	.500	$
BSN (1 yr)				25.0	7	2	17	6.12	4.47	-0.01	0.00	101.1	4.53	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.436	.497	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1939	23	BOS	AL	344	0.6%	7.0%	10.2%	1.7%	8%	78%
1940	24	BOS	AL	44	4.6%	18.2%	2.3%	6.8%	33%	73%
1941	25	BOS	AL	21	4.8%	19.1%	9.5%			67%

1944	28	BSN	NL	117	2.6%	5.1%	10.3%	5.1%	19%	76%
4 Yrs				526	1.5%	8.0%	9.5%	2.9%	12%	77%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.0%	8.8%	2.9%	12%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1939	23	4	3	.571	4.91	21	12	4	3	1	77.0	78	46	42	2	35	24	5	344	96	1.468	9.1	0.2	4.1	2.8	0.69	96
1940	24	5	3	.625	4.36	24	13	5	4	1	88.2	87	49	43	4	36	32	5	388	108	1.387	8.8	0.4	3.7	3.2	0.89	108
1941	25	5	3	.625	4.87	26	14	6	4	1	92.1	95	56	50	5	38	36	5	409	97	1.440	9.3	0.5	3.7	3.5	0.95	97
1942	26	5	3	.625	4.87	26	14	6	4	1	92.1	95	56	50	5	38	36	5	409	97	1.440	9.3	0.5	3.7	3.5	0.95	97
1943	27	5	3	.625	4.87	26	14	6	4	1	92.1	95	56	50	5	38	36	5	409	97	1.440	9.3	0.5	3.7	3.5	0.95	97
1944	28	6	4	.600	5.06	33	16	9	5	1	117.1	127	73	66	8	50	42	8	526	90	1.509	9.7	0.6	3.8	3.2	0.84	90

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1939	23	5	4	.556	3.90	83.0	74	40	36	2	33	26	5	1.289	8.0	3.6	2.8	0.79	0.2	21
1940	24	1	0	1.000	0.75	12.0	8	1	1	2	1	8	0	0.750	6.0	0.8	6.0	8.00	1.5	3
1941	25	0	0		15.75	4.0	8	8	7	1	2	4	0	2.500	18.0	4.5	9.0	2.00	2.3	2

1944	28	1	1	.500	5.76	25.0	33	18	16	3	12	6	3	1.800	11.9	4.3	2.2	0.50	1.1	7
4 Yrs		7	5	.583	4.35	124.0	123	67	60	8	48	44	8	1.379	8.9		3.2	0.92	0.6	33

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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1939 AL 5 (3rd)

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