Jake Wood
Jacob Wood Jr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 22, 1937 in Elizabeth, NJ
School: Delaware State University
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1961
Final Game: August 11, 1967
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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
1961 24 DET AL 162 731 663 96 171 17 14 11 69 30 9 58 141 .258 .320 .376 .695 83 249 8 4 2 4 2 *4 RoY-6
1962 25 DET AL 111 404 367 68 83 10 5 8 30 24 3 33 59 .226 .291 .346 .637 69 127 5 1 2 1 0 4
1963 26 DET AL 85 385 351 50 95 11 2 11 27 18 5 24 61 .271 .330 .407 .737 103 143 2 7 3 0 0 4/5
1964 27 DET AL 64 130 125 11 29 2 2 1 7 0 0 4 24 .232 .254 .304 .558 54 38 0 0 0 1 0 34/57
1965 28 DET AL 58 115 104 12 30 3 0 2 7 3 3 10 19 .288 .357 .375 .732 107 39 7 1 0 0 0 4/356
1966 29 DET AL 98 264 230 39 58 9 3 2 27 4 3 28 48 .252 .336 .343 .679 94 79 7 1 5 0 0 4/53
1967 30 TOT MLB 30 39 37 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .081 .128 .108 .236 -32 4 1 0 0 0 0 /349
1967 30 DET AL 14 21 20 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .050 .095 .100 .195 -43 2 1 0 0 0 0 /34
1967 30 CIN NL 16 18 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .118 .167 .118 .284 -21 2 0 0 0 0 0 /9
7 Seasons 608 2068 1877 279 469 53 26 35 168 79 23 159 362 .250 .312 .362 .674 83 679 30 14 12 6 2
162 Game Avg. 162 551 500 74 125 14 7 9 45 21 6 42 96 .250 .312 .362 .674 83 181 8 4 3 2 1
DET (7 yrs) 592 2050 1860 278 467 53 26 35 167 79 23 158 359 .251 .314 .364 .678 84 677 30 14 12 6 2
CIN (1 yr) 16 18 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .118 .167 .118 .284 -21 2 0 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 592 2050 1860 278 467 53 26 35 167 79 23 158 359 .251 .314 .364 .678 84 677 30 14 12 6 2
NL (1 yr) 16 18 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .118 .167 .118 .284 -21 2 0 0 0 0 0

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
1961 24 DET AL 731 515 84 4.4 106 .311 .258 .267 .320 .343 .376 .416 .695 .759 83 .470 -18.4 -1.8 .652 .237 .118 16.1
1962 25 DET AL 404 295 40 3.6 105 .249 .226 .267 .291 .339 .346 .415 .637 .754 69 .400 -17.7 -1.8 .623 .267 .120 12.0
1963 26 DET AL 385 266 50 5.1 97 .301 .271 .259 .330 .325 .407 .399 .737 .725 103 .586 0.8 0.1 .711 .242 .137 13.7
1964 27 DET AL 130 97 10 2.8 98 .277 .232 .258 .254 .327 .304 .401 .558 .727 54 .316 -8.4 -0.9 .438 .104 .072 .0
1965 28 DET AL 115 84 12 3.8 93 .337 .288 .253 .357 .323 .375 .388 .732 .711 107 .479 1.0 0.1 .595 .183 .087 2.4
1966 29 DET AL 264 187 27 3.9 92 .311 .252 .251 .336 .319 .343 .388 .679 .706 94 .498 -1.4 -0.1 .599 .217 .091 2.7
1967 30 TOT MLB 39 35 0 0.0 93 .111 .081 .258 .128 .325 .108 .383 .236 .707 -32 .000 -6.4 -0.7 .171 .081 .027
1967 30 DET AL 21 20 0 0.0 87 .077 .050 .246 .095 .316 .100 .369 .195 .685 -43 .000 -3.6 -0.4 .150 .100 .050
1967 30 CIN NL 18 15 0 0.0 100 .143 .118 .271 .167 .335 .118 .398 .284 .733 -21 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .200 .059 .000
7 Seasons 2068 1479 223 4.0 101 .292 .250 .262 .312 .333 .362 .406 .674 .740 83 .464 -50.5 -5.1 .621 .226 .112 48.5
162 Game Avg. 551 394 59 4.0 101 .292 .250 .262 .312 .333 .362 .406 .674 .740 83 .464 -50.5 -5.1 .621 .226 .112 13
DET (7 yrs) 2050 1464 223 4.1 101 .293 .251 .262 .314 .333 .364 .406 .678 .740 84 .469 -47.6 -4.8 .626 .228 .113 48.5
CIN (1 yr) 18 15 0 0.0 100 .143 .118 .271 .167 .335 .118 .398 .284 .733 -21 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .200 .059 .000
AL (7 yrs) 2050 1464 223 4.1 101 .293 .251 .262 .314 .333 .364 .406 .678 .740 84 .469 -47.6 -4.8 .626 .228 .113 48.5
NL (1 yr) 18 15 0 0.0 100 .143 .118 .271 .167 .335 .118 .398 .284 .733 -21 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .200 .059 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1961 24 DET AL 731 1.5% 19.3% 7.9% 5.8% 25% 2.43 4.7 60.3 9.6 0.93 70%
1962 25 DET AL 404 2.0% 14.6% 8.2% 5.7% 28% 1.79 6.2 45.9 12.2 1.18 75%
1963 26 DET AL 385 2.9% 15.8% 6.2% 6.2% 25% 2.54 5.8 31.9 13.0 0.93 72%
1964 27 DET AL 130 0.8% 18.5% 3.1% 3.9% 17% 6.00 5.2 125.0 17.9 0.76 78%
1965 28 DET AL 115 1.7% 16.5% 8.7% 4.4% 17% 1.90 5.5 52.0 14.9 1.73 72%
1966 29 DET AL 264 0.8% 18.2% 10.6% 5.3% 24% 1.71 4.8 115.0 8.5 1.11 68%
1967 30 TOT MLB 39 0.0% 25.6% 5.1% 2.6% 33% 5.00 3.7 37.0 0.56 69%
1967 30 DET AL 21 0.0% 33.3% 4.8% 4.8% 100% 7.00 2.9 0.63 62%
1967 30 CIN NL 18 0.0% 16.7% 5.6% 0.0% 0% 3.00 5.7 17.0 0.50 78%
7 Seasons 2068 1.7% 17.5% 7.7% 5.5% 24% 2.28 5.2 53.6 11.2 1.01 72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1961 24 DET AL 13 0 38% 263 30 9 77% 25 8 5 0 0 1 2 0 12 15 54% 43 21 22 12 6 6 19 7 12
1962 25 DET AL 3 0 55% 154 24 3 89% 21 4 2 0 1 0 5 0 4 17 68% 19 10 9 1 0 0 14 0 14
1963 26 DET AL 5 0 34% 168 18 5 78% 17 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 6 7 55% 22 12 10 3 1 2 17 4 11
1964 27 DET AL 1 0 31% 58 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 56% 13 7 6 1 0 1 2 0 2
1965 28 DET AL 2 0 26% 62 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 64% 11 4 7 1 1 0 2 0 2
1966 29 DET AL 2 0 44% 99 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 65% 22 9 13 4 2 2 8 1 7
1967 30 TOT MLB 0 0 60% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1967 30 DET AL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 30 CIN NL 0 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
7 Seasons 26 0 40% 813 79 23 77% 70 23 8 1 1 1 13 0 26 51 59% 131 63 68 23 10 12 62 12 48
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1961 24 DET AL 731 23% 171 1 0 0 0 1.27 11 1 17 9 2 8 3 0 4 2 50% 125 8 6% 44 8 18% 400 62 16% 37 20 54% 37 14 38% 0
1962 25 DET AL 404 22% 83 11 2 0 0 1.67 8 0 10 8 0 5 3 1 3 2 67% 61 5 8% 23 7 30% 182 22 12% 15 6 40% 15 6 40% 0
1963 26 DET AL 385 30% 95 1 0 0 0 1.60 11 0 8 7 4 5 6 1 4 3 75% 43 2 5% 21 6 29% 171 16 9% 12 5 42% 15 3 20% 0
1964 27 DET AL 130 55% 29 29 7 0 2 1.29 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 0 0% 7 1 14% 66 6 9% 3 2 67% 5 1 20% 0
1965 28 DET AL 115 62% 30 25 9 0 2 1.67 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 23 7 30% 5 1 20% 63 6 10% 4 2 50% 5 3 60% 0
1966 29 DET AL 264 43% 58 39 5 0 4 1.30 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 5 5 100% 55 7 13% 25 6 24% 139 25 18% 12 6 50% 12 5 42% 0
1967 30 TOT MLB 39 69% 3 19 2 0 1 1.51 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 5 1 20% 30 1 3% 3 1 33% 5 2 40% 0
1967 30 DET AL 21 71% 1 9 0 0 0 1.99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 17 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1967 30 CIN NL 18 67% 2 10 2 0 1 1.07 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 13 1 8% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
7 Seasons 2068 32% 469 125 25 0 9 1.44 35 1 40 26 9 22 13 2 16 12 75% 336 30 9% 130 30 23% 1051 138 13% 86 42 49% 94 34 36% 0
MLB Averages

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
1961 24 162 731 663 96 171 17 14 11 69 30 9 58 141 .258 .320 .376 .695 83 249 8 4 2 4 2
1962 25 273 1135 1030 164 254 27 19 19 99 54 12 91 200 .247 .309 .365 .675 78 376 13 5 4 5 2
1963 26 358 1520 1381 214 349 38 21 30 126 72 17 115 261 .253 .315 .376 .690 84 519 15 12 7 5 2
1964 27 422 1650 1506 225 378 40 23 31 133 72 17 119 285 .251 .310 .370 .680 82 557 15 12 7 6 2
1965 28 480 1765 1610 237 408 43 23 33 140 75 20 129 304 .253 .313 .370 .683 84 596 22 13 7 6 2
1966 29 578 2029 1840 276 466 52 26 35 167 79 23 157 352 .253 .316 .367 .683 85 675 29 14 12 6 2
1967 30 608 2068 1877 279 469 53 26 35 168 79 23 159 362 .250 .312 .362 .674 83 679 30 14 12 6 2

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1961 24 162 729 663 91 171 17 14 11 65 30 58 141 .258 .320 .376 .695 79 162
1962 25 111 406 370 66 86 10 5 8 29 25 34 59 .232 .298 .351 .649 39 111
1963 26 85 394 360 53 104 12 2 12 29 20 26 61 .289 .350 .433 .784 53 85
1964 27 64 131 126 12 31 2 2 1 8 0 4 24 .246 .267 .317 .585 11 64
1965 28 58 114 103 13 29 3 0 2 8 3 10 19 .282 .351 .369 .720 13 58
1966 29 99 266 235 43 62 10 3 2 30 4 30 48 .264 .350 .357 .707 29 98
1967 30 30 41 38 6 4 1 0 0 2 0 3 10 .105 .171 .132 .302 1 30
7 Seasons 609 2081 1895 284 487 55 26 36 171 82 165 362 .257 .321 .370 .691 225 608
162 Game Avg. 162 554 504 76 130 15 7 10 45 22 44 96 .257 .321 .370 .691 60 608

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1961 AL--162--3rd

At Bats s c a p y
1961 AL--663--2nd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1961 AL--731--3rd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1961 AL--96--8th

Hits s c a p y
1961 AL--171--6th

Triples s c a p y
1961 AL--14--1st

Strikeouts s c a p y
1961 AL--141--1st

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1961 AL--30--3rd
1962 AL--24--3rd
1963 AL--18--3rd

Singles s c a p y
1961 AL--129--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1963 AL--7--9th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1961 AL--9--4th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1961 AL--16.1--7th
1963 AL--13.7--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1961 AL--515--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 15 (1024), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2159), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Adam Everett (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Adam Everett (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pat Kelly (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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