Al Woods
Alvis Woods
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 8, 1953 in Oakland, CA
High School: St. Elizabeths (Oakland, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1977
Final Game: October 2, 1986
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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
1977 23 TOR AL 122 485 440 58 125 17 4 6 35 8 7 36 38 .284 .336 .382 .718 95 168 11 0 6 3 3 *79/D
1978 24 TOR AL 62 239 220 19 53 12 3 3 25 1 2 11 23 .241 .278 .364 .641 79 80 5 1 5 2 1 7
1979 25 TOR AL 132 488 436 57 121 24 4 5 36 6 4 40 28 .278 .337 .385 .722 95 168 7 1 7 4 0 *7/D
1980 26 TOR AL 109 417 373 54 112 18 2 15 47 4 4 37 35 .300 .364 .480 .844 125 179 4 1 5 1 3 7D/9
1981 27 TOR AL 85 317 288 20 71 15 0 1 21 3 4 19 31 .247 .291 .309 .600 70 89 7 0 8 2 5 *7/D
1982 28 TOR AL 85 225 201 20 47 11 1 3 24 1 3 21 20 .234 .302 .343 .646 71 69 3 0 0 3 4 7D
1986 32 MIN AL 23 32 28 5 9 1 0 2 8 0 0 3 5 .321 .375 .571 .946 152 16 0 0 0 1 0 /D7
7 Seasons 618 2203 1986 233 538 98 14 35 196 23 24 167 180 .271 .326 .387 .713 94 769 37 3 31 16 16
162 Game Avg. 162 577 521 61 141 26 4 9 51 6 6 44 47 .271 .326 .387 .713 94 202 10 1 8 4 4
TOR (6 yrs) 595 2171 1958 228 529 97 14 33 188 23 24 164 175 .270 .325 .385 .710 93 753 37 3 31 15 16
MIN (1 yr) 23 32 28 5 9 1 0 2 8 0 0 3 5 .321 .375 .571 .946 152 16 0 0 0 1 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
1977 23 TOR AL 485 342 55 4.3 101 .298 .284 .267 .336 .331 .382 .407 .718 .738 95 .466 -3.2 -0.3 .616 .182 .098 6.9
1978 24 TOR AL 239 181 21 3.1 94 .255 .241 .262 .278 .328 .364 .386 .641 .714 79 .353 -6.9 -0.7 .523 .168 .123 1.5
1979 25 TOR AL 488 337 58 4.6 102 .285 .278 .270 .337 .334 .385 .408 .722 .743 95 .488 -2.6 -0.2 .647 .204 .108 5.5
1980 26 TOR AL 417 275 66 6.5 103 .299 .300 .275 .364 .338 .480 .408 .844 .746 125 .650 12.6 1.2 .807 .279 .180 6.3
1981 27 TOR AL 317 238 25 2.8 94 .271 .247 .263 .291 .328 .309 .382 .600 .711 70 .337 -11.6 -1.2 .469 .125 .063 1.5
1982 28 TOR AL 225 163 21 3.5 107 .243 .234 .275 .302 .341 .343 .419 .646 .760 71 .374 -8.3 -0.8 .550 .204 .109 1.5
1986 32 MIN AL 32 20 6 8.0 102 .318 .321 .264 .375 .332 .571 .412 .946 .744 152 .729 2.1 0.2 1.000 .357 .250 .0
7 Seasons 2203 1556 252 4.3 100 .281 .271 .269 .326 .333 .387 .403 .713 .736 94 .480 -17.9 -1.9 .622 .200 .116 27.8
162 Game Avg. 577 408 66 4.3 100 .281 .271 .269 .326 .333 .387 .403 .713 .736 94 .480 -17.9 -1.9 .622 .200 .116 7
TOR (6 yrs) 2171 1536 246 4.3 100 .281 .270 .269 .325 .333 .385 .403 .710 .736 93 .476 -20.0 -2.1 .617 .198 .114 27.1
MIN (1 yr) 32 20 6 8.0 102 .318 .321 .264 .375 .332 .571 .412 .946 .744 152 .729 2.1 0.2 1.000 .357 .250 .0

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
1977 23 TOR AL 485 1.2% 7.8% 7.4% 5.6% 22% 1.06 11.6 73.3 12.6 0.91 82%
1978 24 TOR AL 239 1.3% 9.6% 4.6% 7.5% 34% 2.09 9.6 73.3 8.8 0.91 82%
1979 25 TOR AL 488 1.0% 5.7% 8.2% 6.8% 27% 0.70 15.6 87.2 12.1 0.79 83%
1980 26 TOR AL 417 3.6% 8.4% 8.9% 8.4% 31% 0.95 10.7 24.9 7.9 0.91 78%
1981 27 TOR AL 317 0.3% 9.8% 6.0% 5.1% 23% 1.63 9.3 288.0 13.7 0.93 81%
1982 28 TOR AL 225 1.3% 8.9% 9.3% 6.7% 32% 0.95 10.1 67.0 8.4 0.82 80%
1986 32 MIN AL 32 6.3% 15.6% 9.4% 9.4% 33% 1.67 5.6 14.0 3.5 0.67 69%
7 Seasons 2203 1.6% 8.2% 7.6% 6.7% 27% 1.08 11.0 56.7 10.1 0.87 81%
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
1977 23 TOR AL 6 0 34% 189 8 7 53% 8 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 10 57% 27 12 14 6 2 4 11 3 7
1978 24 TOR AL 3 0 26% 75 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 35% 7 5 1 5 2 2 5 2 3
1979 25 TOR AL 6 0 33% 182 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 54% 19 11 7 8 4 4 16 4 12
1980 26 TOR AL 2 0 29% 166 4 4 50% 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 7 51% 18 9 8 4 2 2 15 6 9
1981 27 TOR AL 2 0 21% 101 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 40% 13 9 4 2 1 1 10 3 5
1982 28 TOR AL 2 0 26% 67 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 43% 7 5 2 1 0 1 6 3 3
1986 32 MIN AL 0 0 30% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
7 Seasons 21 0 29% 787 23 24 49% 23 22 0 1 0 1 3 2 17 44 49% 91 51 36 26 11 14 64 22 39
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
1977 23 TOR AL 485 75% 125 4 2 2 2 1.72 6 0 7 5 1 2 4 0 8 6 75% 103 11 11% 55 14 25% 286 31 11% 26 11 42% 30 14 47% 0
1978 24 TOR AL 239 74% 53 3 1 0 1 2.23 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 0 5 5 100% 44 5 11% 19 9 47% 129 23 18% 11 7 64% 9 1 11% 0
1979 25 TOR AL 488 84% 121 2 0 0 0 2.51 5 0 11 5 0 2 3 1 8 7 88% 100 7 7% 56 21 38% 307 33 11% 28 16 57% 33 10 30% 0
1980 26 TOR AL 417 74% 112 8 2 0 0 2.19 15 0 7 10 5 9 6 0 7 5 71% 88 4 5% 40 22 55% 261 33 13% 18 9 50% 28 15 54% 0
1981 27 TOR AL 317 66% 71 6 1 0 0 1.33 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9 8 89% 69 7 10% 34 15 44% 184 20 11% 12 4 33% 12 3 25% 0
1982 28 TOR AL 225 94% 47 18 3 0 3 1.99 3 0 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 29 3 10% 13 4 31% 123 21 17% 19 7 37% 16 7 44% 0
1986 32 MIN AL 32 97% 9 12 5 2 3 1.50 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 24 7 29% 4 3 75% 1 1 100% 0
7 Seasons 2203 78% 538 53 14 4 9 1.85 35 0 38 27 8 21 14 1 37 31 84% 437 37 8% 219 86 39% 1314 168 13% 118 57 48% 129 51 40% 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
1977 23 122 485 440 58 125 17 4 6 35 8 7 36 38 .284 .336 .382 .718 95 168 11 0 6 3 3
1978 24 184 724 660 77 178 29 7 9 60 9 9 47 61 .270 .317 .376 .693 90 248 16 1 11 5 4
1979 25 316 1212 1096 134 299 53 11 14 96 15 13 87 89 .273 .325 .380 .705 92 416 23 2 18 9 4
1980 26 425 1629 1469 188 411 71 13 29 143 19 17 124 124 .280 .335 .405 .740 101 595 27 3 23 10 7
1981 27 510 1946 1757 208 482 86 13 30 164 22 21 143 155 .274 .328 .389 .717 96 684 34 3 31 12 12
1982 28 595 2171 1958 228 529 97 14 33 188 23 24 164 175 .270 .325 .385 .710 93 753 37 3 31 15 16
1983 29 595 2171 1958 228 529 97 14 33 188 23 24 164 175 .270 .325 .385 .710 93 753 37 3 31 15 16
1984 30 595 2171 1958 228 529 97 14 33 188 23 24 164 175 .270 .325 .385 .710 93 753 37 3 31 15 16
1985 31 595 2171 1958 228 529 97 14 33 188 23 24 164 175 .270 .325 .385 .710 93 753 37 3 31 15 16
1986 32 618 2203 1986 233 538 98 14 35 196 23 24 167 180 .271 .326 .387 .713 94 769 37 3 31 16 16

Neutralized Batting

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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
1977 23 122 478 439 59 124 17 4 6 36 8 36 38 .282 .335 .380 .715 56 122
1978 24 62 235 221 21 54 12 3 3 27 1 11 23 .244 .281 .367 .647 23 62
1979 25 133 488 442 58 125 25 4 5 37 6 41 28 .283 .342 .391 .734 59 132
1980 26 109 413 374 54 113 18 2 15 47 4 37 35 .302 .366 .481 .847 66 109
1981 27 129 471 439 33 110 23 0 2 35 5 29 47 .251 .295 .317 .612 41 85
1982 28 85 222 199 19 45 11 1 3 23 1 20 20 .226 .293 .337 .629 20 85
1986 32 23 33 29 5 10 1 0 2 9 0 3 5 .345 .394 .586 .980 7 23
7 Seasons 663 2340 2143 249 581 107 14 36 214 25 177 196 .271 .325 .385 .710 272 618
162 Game Avg. 162 572 524 61 142 26 3 9 52 6 43 48 .271 .325 .385 .710 66 618

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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