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Kerry Wood

Kerry Lee Wood

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 16, 1977 in Irving, TX
High School: Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed July 28, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1998
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Indians/Yankees 1998-2010
2011 Contract Status: Free Agent (vesting option), 2 yrs/$20.5M (09-10) & 11 vesting option (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 11.169, Free Agent: 2011 [?], Agents: Pat Rooney, Greg Landry SFX, previously: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [?]
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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
1998 21 CHC NL 13 6 .684 3.40 26 26 0 1 1 0 166.2 117 69 63 14 85 1 233 11 3 6 699 129 1.212 6.3 0.8 4.6 12.6 2.74 RoY-1
2000 23 CHC NL 8 7 .533 4.80 23 23 0 1 0 0 137.0 112 77 73 17 87 0 132 9 1 5 603 95 1.453 7.4 1.1 5.7 8.7 1.52
2001 24 CHC NL 12 6 .667 3.36 28 28 0 1 1 0 174.1 127 70 65 16 92 3 217 10 0 9 740 124 1.256 6.6 0.8 4.7 11.2 2.36
2002 25 CHC NL 12 11 .522 3.66 33 33 0 4 1 0 213.2 169 92 87 22 97 5 217 16 1 8 895 110 1.245 7.1 0.9 4.1 9.1 2.24
2003 26 CHC NL 14 11 .560 3.20 32 32 0 4 2 0 211.0 152 77 75 24 100 2 266 21 0 10 887 136 1.194 6.5 1.0 4.3 11.3 2.66 AS
2004 27 CHC NL 8 9 .471 3.72 22 22 0 0 0 0 140.1 127 62 58 16 51 0 144 11 0 7 595 119 1.268 8.1 1.0 3.3 9.2 2.82
2005 28 CHC NL 3 4 .429 4.23 21 10 4 0 0 0 66.0 52 32 31 14 26 0 77 2 0 0 273 105 1.182 7.1 1.9 3.5 10.5 2.96
2006 29 CHC NL 1 2 .333 4.12 4 4 0 0 0 0 19.2 19 13 9 5 8 0 13 1 0 1 86 114 1.373 8.7 2.3 3.7 5.9 1.63
2007 30 CHC NL 1 1 .500 3.33 22 0 2 0 0 0 24.1 18 9 9 0 13 1 24 0 0 1 101 140 1.274 6.7 0.0 4.8 8.9 1.85
2008 31 CHC NL 5 4 .556 3.26 65 0 56 0 0 34 66.1 54 24 24 3 18 4 84 7 0 1 276 142 1.085 7.3 0.4 2.4 11.4 4.67 AS
2009 32 CLE AL 3 3 .500 4.25 58 0 50 0 0 20 55.0 48 26 26 7 28 0 63 3 0 5 241 99 1.382 7.9 1.1 4.6 10.3 2.25
2010 33 TOT AL 2 4 .333 4.05 35 0 19 0 0 8 33.1 31 16 15 4 21 2 33 3 1 4 152 99 1.560 8.4 1.1 5.7 8.9 1.57
2010 33 CLE AL 1 4 .200 6.30 23 0 18 0 0 8 20.0 21 15 14 3 11 2 18 2 1 2 93 63 1.600 9.5 1.4 5.0 8.1 1.64
2010 33 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 0.68 12 0 1 0 0 0 13.1 10 1 1 1 10 0 15 1 0 2 59 607 1.500 6.8 0.7 6.8 10.1 1.50
12 Seasons 82 68 .547 3.68 369 178 131 11 5 62 1307.2 1026 567 535 142 626 18 1503 94 6 57 5548 117 1.263 7.1 1.0 4.3 10.3 2.40
162 Game Avg. 10 8 .547 3.68 46 22 16 1 1 8 163 128 70 67 18 78 2 187 12 1 7 690 117 1.263 7.1 1.0 4.3 10.3 2.40
CHC (10 yrs) 77 61 .558 3.65 276 178 62 11 5 34 1219.1 947 525 494 131 577 16 1407 88 5 48 5155 119 1.250 7.0 1.0 4.3 10.4 2.44
CLE (2 yrs) 4 7 .364 4.80 81 0 68 0 0 28 75.0 69 41 40 10 39 2 81 5 1 7 334 87 1.440 8.3 1.2 4.7 9.7 2.08
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 0.68 12 0 1 0 0 0 13.1 10 1 1 1 10 0 15 1 0 2 59 607 1.500 6.8 0.7 6.8 10.1 1.50
NL (10 yrs) 77 61 .558 3.65 276 178 62 11 5 34 1219.1 947 525 494 131 577 16 1407 88 5 48 5155 119 1.250 7.0 1.0 4.3 10.4 2.44
AL (2 yrs) 5 7 .417 4.18 93 0 69 0 0 28 88.1 79 42 41 11 49 2 96 6 1 9 393 99 1.449 8.0 1.1 5.0 9.8 1.96

Player Value--Pitchers

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Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1998 21 CHC NL 166.2 26 69 105 -1 1.0 36 3.7 $170,000 RoY-1
2000 23 CHC NL 137.0 23 77 92 0 1.1 15 1.5 $690,000
2001 24 CHC NL 174.1 28 70 101 -1 1.1 31 3.4 $1,940,000
2002 25 CHC NL 213.2 33 92 131 -7 .9 39 4.0 $3,695,000
2003 26 CHC NL 211.0 32 77 129 1 1.0 52 5.3 $6,190,000 AS
2004 27 CHC NL 140.1 22 62 87 0 1.1 25 2.6 $8,000,000
2005 28 CHC NL 66.0 10 32 40 0 .9 8 0.7 $9,500,000
2006 29 CHC NL 19.2 4 13 12 0 .9 -1 -0.1 $12,000,000
2007 30 CHC NL 24.1 0 9 15 1 .5 6 0.3 $1,750,000
2008 31 CHC NL 66.1 0 24 41 0 2.0 17 1.8 $4,200,000 AS
2009 32 CLE AL 55.0 0 26 33 -1 1.8 7 0.4 $10,000,000
2010 33 CLE AL 20.0 0 15 10 0 1.8 -5 -0.7 $10,500,000
2010 33 NYY AL 13.1 0 1 7 -0 .8 6 0.6
12 Seasons 1307.2 178 567 803 -8 1.1 236 23.5 $68,635,000
CHC (10 yrs) 1219.1 178 525 753 -7 1.1 228 23.2 $48,135,000
CLE (2 yrs) 75.0 0 41 43 -1 1.8 2 -0.3 $20,500,000
NYY (1 yr) 13.1 0 1 7 -0 .8 6 0.6

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1998 21 CHC NL NLDS L ATL 0 1 .000 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 1 1 0 4 1 5 0 0 0 22 1.400 5.4 0.0 7.2 9.0 1.25
2003 26 CHC NL NLDS W ATL 2 0 1.000 1.76 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.1 7 3 3 1 7 0 18 0 0 1 60 0.913 4.1 0.6 4.1 10.6 2.57
2003 26 CHC NL NLCS L FLA 0 1 .000 7.30 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 14 10 10 1 7 0 13 0 0 0 58 1.703 10.2 0.7 5.1 9.5 1.86
2007 30 CHC NL NLDS L ARI 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 1.000 9.0 3.0 0.0 6.0
2008 31 CHC NL NLDS L LAD 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Seasons (5 Series) 2 2 .500 3.68 8 5 2 0 0 0 36.2 29 16 15 3 18 1 38 0 0 1 157 1.282 7.1 0.7 4.4 9.3 2.11
4 NLDS 2 1 .667 1.85 6 3 2 0 0 0 24.1 15 6 5 2 11 1 25 0 0 1 99 1.068 5.5 0.7 4.1 9.2 2.27
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 7.30 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 14 10 10 1 7 0 13 0 0 0 58 1.703 10.2 0.7 5.1 9.5 1.86

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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
1998 21 CHC NL 24 63 54 3 7 0 0 2 8 0 0 1 16 .130 .145 .241 .386 -2 13 0 0 8 0 0 1 RoY-1
2000 23 CHC NL 23 46 40 6 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 10 .250 .286 .325 .611 56 13 0 0 4 0 0 1
2001 24 CHC NL 28 62 48 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 15 .188 .204 .208 .412 10 10 0 0 13 0 0 1
2002 25 CHC NL 32 81 72 5 12 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 28 .167 .200 .208 .408 9 15 0 0 6 0 0 1
2003 26 CHC NL 30 70 61 4 10 1 0 2 6 0 0 1 26 .164 .177 .279 .456 16 17 1 0 8 0 0 1 AS
2004 27 CHC NL 22 53 45 2 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 11 .133 .167 .222 .389 -2 10 0 0 5 1 0 1
2005 28 CHC NL 21 21 18 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .111 .158 .222 .380 -3 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
2006 29 CHC NL 4 6 6 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .667 1.167 193 4 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2007 30 CHC NL 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 31 CHC NL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2009 32 CLE AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 33 CLE AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 278 403 345 23 59 6 0 7 32 0 0 11 113 .171 .196 .249 .445 15 86 1 0 46 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 235 201 13 34 3 0 4 19 0 0 6 66 .171 .196 .249 .445 15 50 1 0 27 1 0
CHC (10 yrs) 270 403 345 23 59 6 0 7 32 0 0 11 113 .171 .196 .249 .445 15 86 1 0 46 1 0
CLE (2 yrs) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 270 403 345 23 59 6 0 7 32 0 0 11 113 .171 .196 .249 .445 15 86 1 0 46 1 0
AL (2 yrs) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
1998 21 CHC NL 63 -8 0 -1 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.2 $170,000 1 RoY-1
2000 23 CHC NL 46 -3 0 -1 0 0 5 1 2 0.2 $690,000 1
2001 24 CHC NL 62 -6 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0.1 $1,940,000 1
2002 25 CHC NL 81 -9 1 -1 0 0 8 2 1 0.1 $3,695,000 1
2003 26 CHC NL 70 -8 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 0.1 $6,190,000 1 AS
2004 27 CHC NL 53 -6 -1 0 0 0 5 1 -1 -0.1 $8,000,000 1
2005 28 CHC NL 21 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 $9,500,000 1
2006 29 CHC NL 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 $12,000,000 /1
2007 30 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $1,750,000 1
2010 33 CLE AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $10,500,000 1
10 Seasons 403 -42 0 -3 0 0 40 10 5 0.3 $54,435,000
CHC (9 yrs) 403 -42 0 -3 0 0 40 10 5 0.3 $43,935,000
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $10,500,000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1998 21 CHC NL NLDS ATL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 CHC NL NLDS ATL W 2 7 7 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .429 .714 3 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 CHC NL NLCS FLA L 2 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .333 .250 1.333 1.583 4 0 0 1 1 0
2007 30 CHC NL NLDS ARI L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 31 CHC NL NLDS LAD L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (5 Series) 8 13 11 2 3 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .273 .250 .636 .886 7 0 0 1 1 0
4 NLDS 6 8 8 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .375 .625 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .333 .250 1.333 1.583 4 0 0 1 1 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 CHC NL 21 P 26 26 166.2 13 4 9 0 1 1.000 0.70 0.50 .962 1.85 1.84 RoY-1
2000 CHC NL 23 P 23 23 137.0 24 8 14 2 1 .917 1.45 0.96 .962 1.74 1.72
2001 CHC NL 24 P 28 28 174.1 34 11 22 1 1 .971 1.70 1.18 .959 1.75 1.73
2002 CHC NL 25 P 33 33 213.2 34 14 20 0 3 1.000 1.43 1.03 .962 1.83 1.81
2003 CHC NL 26 P 32 32 211.0 37 18 18 1 3 .973 3 17 1.54 1.13 .957 1.84 1.83 AS
2004 CHC NL 27 P 22 22 140.1 18 4 13 1 2 .944 -2 -17 1.09 0.77 .967 1.84 1.82
2005 CHC NL 28 P 21 10 66.0 8 3 3 2 0 .750 0 0 0.82 0.29 .975 1.75 1.73
2006 CHC NL 29 P 4 4 19.2 3 1 1 1 0 .667 1 61 0.92 0.50 .967 1.74 1.70
2007 CHC NL 30 P 22 0 24.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.66 1.67
2008 CHC NL 31 P 65 0 66.1 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -18 0.95 0.11 .957 1.72 1.72 AS
2009 CLE AL 32 P 58 0 55.0 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 -3 -65 1.31 0.14 .950 1.54 1.51
2010 TOT AL 33 P 35 0 33.1 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.89 0.20 .957 1.62 1.62
2010 CLE AL 33 P 23 0 20.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1 60 1.35 0.13 .967 1.62 1.62
2010 NYY AL 33 P 12 0 13.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -90 2.70 0.33 .950 1.62 1.62
12 Seasons P 369 178 1307.2 193 69 116 8 11 .959 -2 -3 1.27 0.50 .961 1.78 1.71
12 Seasons TOT 369 178 1307.2 193 69 116 8 11 .959 -2 -3 1.27 0.50 .961 1.78 1.71

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2003 *
2008

Awards (yr lg award)
1998 NL Rookie of the Year

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2002 NL  4.0 (8th)
2003 NL  5.3 (5th)
Active  23.5 (26th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2001 NL  3.36 (9th)
2003 NL  3.20 (8th)
Active  3.68 (12th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1998 NL  .684 (6th)
2001 NL  .667 (8th)
Active  .547 (29th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2003 NL  1.194 (9th)
Active  1.263 (17th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 NL  6.318 (1st)
2001 NL  6.556 (2nd)
2002 NL  7.119 (5th)
2003 NL  6.483 (1st)
Active  7.061 (3rd)
Career  7.061 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 NL  12.582 (1st)
2001 NL  11.203 (2nd)
2002 NL  9.140 (6th)
2003 NL  11.346 (1st)
Active  10.344 (1st)
Career  10.344 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
2008 NL  34 (4th)
Active  62 (35th)
Career  62 (213th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1998 NL  233 (3rd)
2001 NL  217 (4th)
2002 NL  217 (3rd)
2003 NL  266 (1st)
Active  1503 (16th)
Career  1503 (174th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2002 NL  4 (5th)
2003 NL  4 (5th)
Active  11 (30th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2001 NL  1 (7th)
2002 NL  1 (10th)
2003 NL  2 (4th)
Active  5 (23rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1998 NL  85 (9th)
2001 NL  92 (4th)
2002 NL  97 (3rd)
2003 NL  100 (3rd)
Active  626 (25th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Active  2.401 (26th)
Career  2.401 (111th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 NL  .756 (10th)
Active  .977 (32nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2001 NL  9 (7th)
2003 NL  10 (10th)
Active  57 (24th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1998 NL  11 (3rd)
2002 NL  16 (1st)
2003 NL  21 (1st)
2004 NL  11 (6th)
Active  94 (7th)
Career  94 (96th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2008 NL  56 (5th)
2009 AL  50 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2003 NL  136 (9th)
Active  117 (16th)
Career  117 (166th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2003 NL  28 (8th)
Active  98 (24th)
Career  98 (244th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2003 NL  2.9 (8th)
Active  10.0 (24th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2003 NL  32.21 (7th)
Active  120.20 (24th)
Career  120.20 (122nd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2003 NL  4.1 (4th)
Active  11.0 (34th)
Career  11.0 (153rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Active  9.0 (34th)
Career  9.0 (161st)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2003 NL  3.3 (6th)
Active  12.3 (25th)
Career  12.3 (127th)

Youngest s c a p y
1998 NL  born 1977-06-16 (5th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 48 (525), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 24 (527), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (488), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Ben McDonald (904)
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 1995.

October 30, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

November 12, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

November 26, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 31, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

December 10, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

July 31, 2010: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Cleveland Indians with cash to the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees sent player to be named or cash to the Cleveland Indians.

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199821Chicago Cubs$170,00011/23/98 USA Today
199922Chicago Cubs$690,0004/6/99 USA TodayMissed entire season with injury
200023Chicago Cubs$690,0004/5/00 AP
200124Chicago Cubs$1,940,0004/6/01 USA Today
200225Chicago Cubs$3,695,0004/3/02 AP
200326Chicago Cubs$6,190,0004/3/03 AP
200427Chicago Cubs$8,000,0004/7/04 AP
200528Chicago Cubs$9,500,000
200629Chicago Cubs$12,000,000
200730Chicago Cubs$1,750,000
200831Chicago Cubs$4,200,000
200932Cleveland Indians$10,000,000
201033Cleveland Indians$10,500,000 $2.1M paid by Cleveland Indians
201134New York Yankees*$11,000,000$11M Vesting OptionVests with 55 GF in 2009 or 2010
Earliest Free Agent: 2011
Career to date (may be incomplete)$69,325,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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