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Ken Wood

Kenneth Lanier Wood

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 1, 1924 in Lincolnton, NC
High School: Central HS (Charlotte, NC)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1948
Teams (by GP): Browns/Senators/RedSox 1948-1953

Final Game: May 23, 1953
Died: November 22, 2007 in Myrtle Beach, SC
Cremated
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 SLB AL 23 OF 5 5 4 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.20 .975 2.50
1948 SLB AL 23 RF 5 5 4 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .971 2.14
1949 SLB AL 24 OF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.43
1949 SLB AL 24 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.35
1949 SLB AL 24 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1950 SLB AL 25 OF 94 83 81 753.1 187 162 16 9 2 .952 2.13 1.89 .979 2.51 2.47 MVP-29
1950 SLB AL 25 RF 88 78 76 707.0 168 146 13 9 2 .946 2.02 1.81 .975 2.12 2.09 MVP-29
1950 SLB AL 25 LF 7 5 5 46.1 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.72 2.00 .977 2.41 2.37 MVP-29
1951 SLB AL 26 OF 100 82 79 774.0 194 179 7 8 0 .959 2.16 1.86 .977 2.45 2.44
1951 SLB AL 26 RF 70 55 54 524.0 142 129 7 6 0 .958 2.34 1.94 .978 2.06 2.05
1951 SLB AL 26 LF 28 23 23 224.0 56 53 1 2 0 .964 2.17 1.93 .973 2.43 2.41
1951 SLB AL 26 CF 4 4 2 26.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.04 0.75 .980 2.84 2.82
1952 TOT AL 27 OF 69 61 53 541.1 184 169 6 9 1 .951 2.91 2.54 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 TOT AL 27 LF 55 54 46 463.2 165 154 4 7 1 .958 3.07 2.87 .979 2.28 2.28
1952 TOT AL 27 RF 13 5 5 53.2 10 9 0 1 0 .900 1.51 0.69 .976 1.91 1.91
1952 BOS AL 27 OF 13 5 5 53.1 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.35 0.62 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 BOS AL 27 RF 12 5 5 52.2 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.37 0.67 .976 1.91 1.91
1952 BOS AL 27 LF 1 0 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 1.00 .980 2.70 2.30
1952 WSH AL 27 OF 56 56 48 488.0 175 161 6 8 1 .954 3.08 2.98 .980 2.40 2.40
1952 WSH AL 27 LF 54 54 46 463.0 164 153 4 7 1 .957 3.05 2.91 .979 2.28 2.28
1952 WSH AL 27 CF 3 2 2 24.0 11 9 1 1 0 .909 3.75 3.33 .983 2.92 2.90
1952 WSH AL 27 RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 1.90
1953 WSH AL 28 LF 7 7 7 61.0 14 13 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -20 2.07 2.00 .973 2.21 2.21
1953 WSH AL 28 OF 7 7 7 61.0 14 13 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -20 2.07 2.00 .981 2.43 2.41
6 Seasons OF 278 238 224 2129.2 590 533 31 26 4 .956 -1 -1 2.34 2.03 .979 2.46 2.44
5 Seasons RF 177 143 139 1284.2 330 293 21 16 2 .952 2.13 1.77 .976 2.09 2.06
5 Seasons LF 99 89 81 795.0 249 233 7 9 2 .964 -1 -2 2.72 2.42 .977 2.33 2.32
2 Seasons CF 7 6 4 50.0 14 11 2 1 0 .929 2.34 1.86 .982 2.88 2.86
6 Seasons TOT 278 238 224 2129.2 590 533 31 26 4 .956 -1 -1 2.34 2.03 .979 2.46 2.44
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr 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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1948 SLB AL 23 RF
1949 SLB AL 24 LF
1949 SLB AL 24 RF
1950 SLB AL 25 RF
1950 SLB AL 25 LF
1951 SLB AL 26 RF
1951 SLB AL 26 LF
1951 SLB AL 26 CF
1952 BOS AL 27 RF
1952 BOS AL 27 LF
1952 WSH AL 27 LF
1952 WSH AL 27 CF
1952 WSH AL 27 RF
1953 WSH AL 28 LF -1 -20 -1 -2 1 0
5 Seasons RF
5 Seasons LF -1 -2 -1 -2 1 0
2 Seasons CF
6 Seasons TOT -1 -1 -1 -2 1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 SLB AL 23 10 5 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 5 0
1949 SLB AL 24 7 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 5 0
1950 SLB AL 25 128 83 128 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 88 94 0 38 0
1951 SLB AL 26 109 82 109 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 4 70 100 0 11 0
1952 WSH AL 27 61 56 61 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 3 1 56 0 5 0
1952 BOS AL 27 15 5 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 13 0 3 0
1953 WSH AL 28 12 7 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 5 0
6 Seasons 342 238 342 278 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 7 177 278 0 72 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 SLB AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 37.5% 4 1 12.5% 0 151 60% 79% 31% 14 50%
1950 SLB AL 25 5 0 3 2 1 7 0 1 2 4 29 12 2 24 7 3 10 5 0 8 2 1 8 7 0 79 33 41.8% 40 6 7.6% 1 1990 58% 83% 29% 186 47%
1951 SLB AL 26 5 0 5 0 1 5 0 3 1 1 31 12 1 15 4 0 11 8 1 12 3 0 17 15 0 86 42 48.8% 42 2 2.3% 3 1875 61% 80% 29% 209 49%
1952 BOS AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 239 58% 77% 32% 19 42%
1952 WSH AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100% 100% 67% 1 100%
4 Seasons 11 0 9 2 3 13 0 4 3 6 66 27 3 45 11 4 23 14 1 21 5 1 27 24 0 182 81 44.5% 92 9 4.9% 4 4258 59% 81% 29% 429 48%
MLB Averages 43.6% 3.2% 62% 82% 31% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1949 SLB AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 57% 79% 21% 1 0%
1950 SLB AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 6 60.0% 3 1 10.0% 0 141 62% 87% 31% 21 33%
1951 SLB AL 26 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 20 13 65.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 515 45% 75% 27% 49 47%
1952 WSH AL 27 6 0 6 0 3 4 0 0 3 1 36 25 2 17 3 0 7 6 0 8 4 1 12 11 0 80 49 61.3% 28 3 3.8% 1 1984 48% 86% 33% 295 52%
1952 BOS AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 17% 67% 33% 2 50%
1953 WSH AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 8 5 62.5% 2 1 12.5% 0 273 64% 81% 30% 36 36%
5 Seasons 8 0 8 0 3 6 0 0 3 3 51 36 2 27 6 1 12 10 0 11 5 2 17 16 0 118 73 61.9% 40 5 4.2% 1 2933 50% 83% 31% 404 49%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.7% 62% 82% 31% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1951 SLB AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 1 85 40% 79% 20% 5 20%
1952 WSH AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 95 41% 82% 37% 15 67%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 2 180 41% 81% 29% 20 55%
MLB Averages 44.9% 3.0% 62% 82% 31% 60%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1950 AL (29, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1952 AL  7 (2nd)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1950 AL  88 (5th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1950 AL  13 (1st)
1951 AL  7 (5th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1950 AL  9 (2nd)
1951 AL  6 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1950 AL  16 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1952 AL  9 (2nd)

             

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