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Dick Woodson

Richard Lee Woodson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 30, 1945 in Oelwein, IA
High School: Crawford HS (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1969
Teams (by GP): Twins/Yankees 1969-1974

Final Game: July 8, 1974
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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
1969 24 MIN AL 44 29 27 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .074 .138 .074 .212 -40 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 25 MIN AL 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 27 MIN AL 36 98 88 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 38 .080 .100 .080 .180 -47 7 0 0 8 0 0 1
1973 28 MIN AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 29 TOT AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 29 MIN AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1974 29 NYY AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
5 Yrs 137 129 117 7 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 54 .077 .107 .077 .184 -46 9 0 0 8 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 153 138 8 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 64 .077 .107 .077 .184 -46 11 0 0 9 0 0
MIN (5 yrs) 129 129 117 7 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 54 .077 .107 .077 .184 -46 9 0 0 8 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1969 24 MIN AL 44 29 -4 -0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1970 25 MIN AL 21 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1972 27 MIN AL 36 98 -14 -1 1 0 10 -4 -0.6 3 -1 -0.6 .484 .497 -0.6 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1973 28 MIN AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $18,500 1
1974 29 MIN AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $29,000 /1
1974 29 NYY AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
5 Seasons 137 129 -19 -1 1 0 13 -6 -0.7 4 -2 -0.7 .495 .499 -0.7 -0.0 -2 $47,500
MIN (5 yrs) 129 129 -19 -1 1 0 13 -6 -0.7 4 -2 -0.7 .495 .499 -0.7 -0.0 -2 $47,500
NYY (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
1969 24 MIN AL 29 25 0 0.0 98 .182 .074 .259 .138 .336 .074 .391 .212 .727 -40 .000 -5.3 -0.6 .160 .074 .000
1970 25 MIN AL 2 2 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .262 .000 .336 .000 .399 .000 .735 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1972 27 MIN AL 98 89 1 0.3 87 .140 .080 .252 .100 .322 .080 .364 .180 .685 -47 .010 -16.5 -1.9 .111 .023 .000
5 Yrs 129 116 1 0.2 90 .143 .077 .254 .107 .325 .077 .371 .184 .696 -46 .006 -22.4 -2.5 .120 .034 .000
162 Game Avg. 153 137 1 0.2 90 .143 .077 .254 .107 .325 .077 .371 .184 .696 -46 .006 -22.4 -2.5 .120 .034 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1969 24 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1970 25 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

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
1969 24 MIN AL 29 0.0% 55.2% 6.9% 0.0% 0% 8.00 1.7 1.67 38%
1970 25 MIN AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 100%
1972 27 MIN AL 98 0.0% 38.8% 2.0% 0.0% 0% 19.00 2.3 44.0 1.67 51%
5 Yrs 129 0.0% 41.9% 3.1% 0.0% 0% 13.50 2.2 58.5 1.64 49%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.3% 8.8% 6.0% 27% 1.63 6.2 44.3 9.0 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1969 24 MIN AL -5.3 -0.6 29 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .68 -0.5 -0.1 -6.1 -0.6 0.97 -5.2 0
1970 25 MIN AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .54 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.62 -0.5 0
1972 27 MIN AL -16.5 -1.9 98 -1.5 0.3 -1.8 .93 -1.5 -0.1 -13.9 -1.5 0.97 -14.2 0
1973 28 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
1974 29 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1974 29 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
1974 29 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
5 Yrs -22.4 -2.5 129 -1.9 0.4 -2.3 .87 -2.0 -0.2 -20.3 -2.2 0.97 -19.9 0

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
1969 24 MIN AL 1 0 75% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1970 25 MIN AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 27 MIN AL 3 0 44% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 38% 6 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
5 Yrs 4 0 54% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 36% 8 6 2 1 1 0 2 0 2

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
1969 24 MIN AL 29 41% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 6 1 17% 24 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
1970 25 MIN AL 2 50% 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
1972 27 MIN AL 98 34% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 17 0 0% 22 4 18% 66 2 3% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
5 Yrs 129 36% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 21 0 0% 28 5 18% 90 2 2% 5 0 0% 5 1 20% 0
MLB Averages 54% 74% 11% 31% 14% 47% 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
1969 24 44 29 27 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .074 .138 .074 .212 -40 2 0 0 0 0 0
1970 25 65 31 29 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .069 .129 .069 .198 -44 2 0 0 0 0 0
1971 26 65 31 29 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .069 .129 .069 .198 -44 2 0 0 0 0 0
1972 27 101 129 117 7 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 54 .077 .107 .077 .184 -46 9 0 0 8 0 0
1973 28 124 129 117 7 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 54 .077 .107 .077 .184 -46 9 0 0 8 0 0
1974 29 137 129 117 7 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 54 .077 .107 .077 .184 -46 9 0 0 8 0 0

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
1969 24 44 29 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .000 .069 .000 .069 0 44
1970 25 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21
1972 27 38 105 94 6 9 0 0 0 3 0 3 40 .096 .124 .096 .219 1 36
3 Yrs 103 136 123 6 9 0 0 0 3 0 5 56 .073 .109 .073 .183 1 101
162 Game Avg. 162 214 193 9 14 0 0 0 5 0 8 88 .073 .109 .073 .183 2 101

* 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.

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