Jake Wood

Jacob Wood

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 163 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
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Reds 1961-1967

Final Game: August 11, 1967
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Standard Batting

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

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
1961 24 DET AL 731 -16 4 2 2 -10 4 19 5 0.4 15 1.5 -1.1 $ *4 RoY-6
1962 25 DET AL 404 -15 6 -2 2 -8 2 12 -3 -0.4 5 0.5 -0.9 $ 4
1963 26 DET AL 385 2 0 0 1 -2 2 10 13 1.3 15 1.6 -0.3 $ 4/5
1964 27 DET AL 130 -8 0 0 1 -2 0 4 -5 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $ 34/57
1965 28 DET AL 115 2 0 0 -1 -5 0 3 -1 -0.1 4 0.4 -0.5 $ 4/356
1966 29 DET AL 264 -1 3 -1 -1 -10 1 7 -2 -0.2 8 0.9 -1.1 $ 4/53
1967 30 DET AL 21 -3 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /34
1967 30 CIN NL 18 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $16,000 /9
7 Seasons 2068 -41 13 -1 4 -36 9 57 4 -0.1 41 4.3 -4.4 $16,000
DET (7 yrs) 2050 -39 13 -1 4 -37 9 56 5 0.1 42 4.4 -4.3 $
CIN (1 yr) 18 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $16,000

Advanced Batting

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 .755 69 .400 -17.6 -1.8 .623 .267 .120 12.0
1963 26 DET AL 385 266 50 5.1 97 .301 .271 .259 .330 .326 .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 .728 54 .316 -8.5 -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 1.1 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 -0.2 .599 .217 .091 2.7
1967 30 TOT MLB 39 35 0 0.0 93 .111 .081 .258 .128 .325 .108 .383 .236 .708 -32 .000 -6.4 -0.7 .171 .081 .027
1967 30 DET AL 21 20 0 0.0 87 .077 .050 .247 .095 .316 .100 .370 .195 .686 -43 .000 -3.6 -0.4 .150 .100 .050
1967 30 CIN NL 18 15 0 0.0 100 .143 .118 .271 .167 .336 .118 .398 .284 .734 -21 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .200 .059 .000
7 Seasons 2068 1479 223 4.0 101 .292 .250 .262 .312 .334 .362 .406 .674 .740 83 .464 -50.4 -5.1 .621 .226 .112 48.5
162 Game Avg. 551 394 59 4.0 101 .292 .250 .262 .312 .334 .362 .406 .674 .740 83 .464 -50.4 -5.1 .621 .226 .112 13
DET (7 yrs) 2050 1464 223 4.1 101 .293 .251 .262 .314 .334 .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 .336 .118 .398 .284 .734 -21 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .200 .059 .000
AL (7 yrs) 2050 1464 223 4.1 101 .293 .251 .262 .314 .334 .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 .336 .118 .398 .284 .734 -21 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .200 .059 .000

Ratio Batting*

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 2.2% 15.1% 8.2% 6.3% 28% 1.85 5.9 40.0 8.9 1.08 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1961 24 DET AL -18.4 -1.8 777 -1.3 11.8 -13.1 .96 -0.5 -0.8 -4.5 -0.4 0.95 -4.9 1.26 1
1962 25 DET AL -17.6 -1.8 445 -0.9 6.8 -7.7 1.05 -0.8 -0.0 -6.5 -0.6 0.94 -10.3 1.62 11
1963 26 DET AL 0.8 0.1 415 -0.6 6.2 -6.8 .97 0.5 -1.1 1.8 0.2 0.92 5.4 1.43 1
1964 27 DET AL -8.5 -0.9 131 -0.2 2.0 -2.3 .97 -0.5 0.3 -6.8 -0.7 0.91 -7.5 1.23 29
1965 28 DET AL 1.1 0.1 126 0.1 2.6 -2.4 1.27 -0.0 0.1 -0.6 -0.1 0.96 -0.4 1.67 25
1966 29 DET AL -1.4 -0.2 274 -0.4 3.8 -4.3 .92 -0.3 -0.2 4.9 0.5 0.94 0.4 1.21 39
1967 30 TOT MLB -6.4 -0.7 40 -0.9 0.4 -1.2 1.43 -0.7 0.0 -7.4 -0.8 1.08 -6.9 1.48 19
1967 30 DET AL -3.6 -0.4 22 -0.7 0.2 -0.8 1.57 -0.3 -0.1 -4.3 -0.5 1.08 -3.6 1.98 9
1967 30 CIN NL -2.8 -0.3 18 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 1.25 -0.3 0.1 -3.1 -0.3 1.08 -3.3 1.02 10
7 Seasons -50.5 -5.1 2208 -4.0 33.6 -37.7 1.00 -2.3 -1.8 -19.2 -1.9 0.94 -24.2 1.38 125

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

Situational Hitting*

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 1.26 11 1 17 9 2 8 3 0 4 2 50% 125 8 6% 44 8 18% 400 62 16% 37 20 54% 12 4 33% 0
1962 25 DET AL 404 22% 83 11 2 0 0 1.62 8 0 10 8 0 5 3 1 3 2 67% 61 5 8% 23 7 30% 182 22 12% 15 6 40% 4 1 25% 0
1963 26 DET AL 385 30% 95 1 0 0 0 1.43 11 0 8 7 4 5 6 1 4 3 75% 43 2 5% 21 6 29% 171 16 9% 12 5 42% 9 4 44% 0
1964 27 DET AL 130 55% 29 29 7 0 2 1.23 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 0 0% 7 1 14% 66 6 9% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 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% 2 2 100% 0
1966 29 DET AL 264 43% 58 39 5 0 4 1.21 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 5 5 100% 55 7 13% 25 6 24% 139 25 18% 12 6 50% 9 5 56% 0
1967 30 TOT MLB 39 69% 3 19 2 0 1 1.48 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 5 1 20% 30 1 3% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1967 30 DET AL 21 71% 1 9 0 0 0 1.98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 17 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1967 30 CIN NL 18 67% 2 10 2 0 1 1.02 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 13 1 8% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
7 Seasons 2068 32% 469 125 25 0 9 1.38 35 1 40 26 9 22 13 2 16 12 75% 336 30 9% 130 30 23% 1051 138 13% 86 42 49% 40 17 43% 0
MLB Averages 52% 78% 10% 30% 14% 48% 52%

Cumulative Batting

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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1961 24 162 722 658 91 166 17 14 11 65 29 56 141 .252 .313 .371 .684 75 162
1962 25 111 401 366 66 82 10 5 8 29 24 33 59 .224 .289 .344 .634 36 111
1963 26 85 386 354 53 98 11 2 11 29 19 25 61 .277 .337 .412 .749 48 85
1964 27 64 129 124 11 29 2 2 1 7 0 4 24 .234 .256 .306 .562 10 64
1965 28 58 118 106 13 32 3 0 2 8 3 11 19 .302 .373 .387 .760 15 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 2063 1881 283 473 54 26 35 170 79 162 362 .251 .315 .364 .678 214 608
162 Game Avg. 162 549 500 75 126 14 7 9 45 21 43 96 .251 .315 .364 .678 57 608

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 15 (1179), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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