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Kerry Wood
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 220 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
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Standard Pitching

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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 6 699 128 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 9 740 123 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 10 887 135 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 7 595 118 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 0 273 104 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 86 112 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 1 101 139 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 1 276 141 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
11 Seasons 80 64 .556 3.67 334 178 112 11 5 54 1274.1 995 551 520 138 605 16 1470 91 5 53 5396 117 1.256 7.0 1.0 4.3 10.4 2.43
162 Game Avg. 11 9 .556 3.67 44 24 15 1 1 7 169 132 73 69 18 80 2 195 12 1 7 717 117 1.256 7.0 1.0 4.3 10.4 2.43
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 118 1.250 7.0 1.0 4.3 10.4 2.44
CLE (1 yr) 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
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 118 1.250 7.0 1.0 4.3 10.4 2.44
AL (1 yr) 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

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

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
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
11 Seasons 274 403 345 23 59 6 0 7 32 0 0 11 113 .171 .196 .249 .445 15 86 1 0 46 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 238 204 14 35 4 0 4 19 0 0 7 67 .171 .196 .249 .445 15 51 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 (1 yr) 4 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 (1 yr) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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 0.54 RoY-1
2000 CHC NL 23 P 23 23 137.0 24 8 14 2 1 .917 1.45 0.96 .967 1.74 0.48
2001 CHC NL 24 P 28 28 174.1 34 11 22 1 1 .971 1.70 1.18 .959 1.75 0.46
2002 CHC NL 25 P 33 33 213.2 34 14 20 0 3 1.000 1.43 1.03 .962 1.83 0.48
2003 CHC NL 26 P 32 32 211.0 37 18 18 1 3 .973 1.54 1.13 .957 1.85 0.48 AS
2004 CHC NL 27 P 22 22 140.1 18 4 13 1 2 .944 1.09 0.77 .967 1.84 0.47
2005 CHC NL 28 P 21 10 66.0 8 3 3 2 0 .750 0.82 0.29 .975 1.75 0.46
2006 CHC NL 29 P 4 4 19.2 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.92 0.50 .967 1.74 0.42
2007 CHC NL 30 P 22 0 24.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.66 0.40
2008 CHC NL 31 P 65 0 66.1 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 0.95 0.11 .957 1.72 0.43 AS
2009 CLE AL 32 P 58 0 55.0 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.31 0.14 .950 1.54 0.40
11 Seasons P 334 178 1274.1 186 68 110 8 11 .957 1.26 0.53 .961 1.79 0.45
11 Seasons TOT 334 178 1274.1 186 68 110 8 11 .957 1.26 0.53 .918 1.79 0.45

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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2001 NL  3.356 (9th)
2003 NL  3.199 (8th)
Active  3.673 (16th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1998 NL  .684 (6th)
2001 NL  .667 (8th)
Active  .556 (38th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2003 NL  1.194 (9th)
Active  1.256 (16th)

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  7.027 (3rd)
Career  7.027 (9th)

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  10.382 (2nd)
Career  10.382 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
2008 NL  34 (4th)
Active  54 (50th)
Career  54 (250th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1998 NL  233 (3rd)
2001 NL  217 (4th)
2002 NL  217 (3rd)
2003 NL  266 (1st)
Active  1470 (22nd)
Career  1470 (184th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2002 NL  4 (5th)
2003 NL  4 (5th)
Active  11 (43rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2001 NL  1 (7th)
2002 NL  1 (10th)
2003 NL  2 (4th)
Active  5 (34th)

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  605 (35th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Active  2.430 (25th)
Career  2.430 (96th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 NL  .756 (10th)
Active  .975 (43rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2001 NL  9 (7th)
2003 NL  10 (10th)
Active  53 (40th)

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  91 (12th)
Career  91 (84th)

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

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2003 NL  135 (9th)
Active  117 (17th)
Career  117 (153rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1998 NL  born 1977-06-16 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (295), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 48 (522), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 24 (522), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Danny Haren (907)
  7. Red Munger (905)
  8. Ben McDonald (904)
  9. Bob Moose (904)
  10. Ewell Blackwell (903)
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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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1998Chicago Cubs$170,000
1999Chicago Cubs$690,000
2000Chicago Cubs$690,000
2001Chicago Cubs$1,940,000
2002Chicago Cubs$3,695,000
2003Chicago Cubs$6,190,000
2004Chicago Cubs$8,000,000
2005Chicago Cubs$9,500,000
2006Chicago Cubs$12,000,000
2007Chicago Cubs$1,750,000
2008Chicago Cubs$4,200,000
2009Cleveland Indians$10,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$58,825,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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