Dick Woodson
Richard Lee Woodson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 207 lb.

Born: March 30, 1945 in Oelwein, IA
High School: Crawford (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1969
Final Game: July 8, 1974
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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
1969 24 MIN AL 7 5 .583 3.67 44 10 7 2 0 1 110.1 99 49 45 11 49 3 66 3 0 3 473 101 1.341 8.1 0.9 4.0 5.4 1.35
1970 25 MIN AL 1 2 .333 3.82 21 0 8 0 0 1 30.2 29 18 13 2 19 0 22 0 0 1 141 99 1.565 8.5 0.6 5.6 6.5 1.16
1972 27 MIN AL 14 14 .500 2.72 36 36 0 9 3 0 251.2 193 93 76 19 101 5 150 2 1 4 1033 119 1.168 6.9 0.7 3.6 5.4 1.49
1973 28 MIN AL 10 8 .556 3.95 23 23 0 4 2 0 141.1 137 68 62 12 68 0 53 2 0 6 615 101 1.450 8.7 0.8 4.3 3.4 0.78
1974 29 TOT AL 2 3 .400 5.07 13 7 3 0 0 0 55.0 64 35 31 11 16 2 24 2 0 2 243 72 1.455 10.5 1.8 2.6 3.9 1.50
1974 29 MIN AL 1 1 .500 4.33 5 4 1 0 0 0 27.0 30 16 13 5 4 0 12 1 0 1 115 87 1.259 10.0 1.7 1.3 4.0 3.00
1974 29 NYY AL 1 2 .333 5.79 8 3 2 0 0 0 28.0 34 19 18 6 12 2 12 1 0 1 128 61 1.643 10.9 1.9 3.9 3.9 1.00
5 Seasons 34 32 .515 3.47 137 76 18 15 5 2 589.0 522 263 227 55 253 10 315 9 1 16 2505 103 1.316 8.0 0.8 3.9 4.8 1.25
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .515 3.47 44 24 6 5 2 1 188 167 84 72 18 81 3 101 3 0 5 800 103 1.316 8.0 0.8 3.9 4.8 1.25
MIN (5 yrs) 33 30 .524 3.35 129 73 16 15 5 2 561.0 488 244 209 49 241 8 303 8 1 15 2377 106 1.299 7.8 0.8 3.9 4.9 1.26
NYY (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.79 8 3 2 0 0 0 28.0 34 19 18 6 12 2 12 1 0 1 128 61 1.643 10.9 1.9 3.9 3.9 1.00

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
1969 24 MIN AL ALCS L BAL 0 0 10.80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 11 3.600 16.2 0.0 16.2 10.8 0.67
1970 25 MIN AL ALCS L BAL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 10.12 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 3 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 17 3.375 16.9 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50
2 ALCS 0 0 10.12 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 3 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 17 3.375 16.9 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 24 MIN AL 44 472 416 49 99 12 2 11 4 2 49 66 .238 .323 .356 .678 .260 148 8 3 4 0 3
1970 25 MIN AL 21 141 119 18 29 7 1 2 1 0 19 22 .244 .345 .370 .715 .281 44 0 0 2 1 0
1972 27 MIN AL 36 1033 913 93 193 28 5 19 22 8 101 150 .211 .290 .315 .605 .232 288 19 2 11 6 5
1973 28 MIN AL 23 615 540 68 137 22 7 12 4 5 68 53 .254 .338 .387 .725 .262 209 11 2 3 2 0
1974 29 TOT AL 13 243 223 35 64 8 1 11 2 4 16 24 .287 .339 .480 .819 .280 107 4 2 1 1 2
1974 29 MIN AL 5 115 110 16 30 4 0 5 0 2 4 12 .273 .304 .445 .750 .269 49 2 1 0 0 0
1974 29 NYY AL 8 128 113 19 34 4 1 6 2 2 12 12 .301 .370 .513 .883 .292 58 2 1 1 1 2
5 Seasons 137 2504 2211 263 522 77 16 55 33 19 253 315 .236 .316 .360 .676 .252 796 42 9 21 10 10
162 Game Avg. 44 799 706 84 167 25 5 18 11 6 81 101 .236 .316 .360 .676 .252 254 13 3 7 3 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1969 24 MIN AL 44 10 4 3 3 1 0 6 4 .600 1 1 2 0 4 40% 49 83 31 27 13 6 1 6.2 6.8 5.5
1972 27 MIN AL 36 36 14 14 8 0 9 17 19 .472 4 2 9 3 26 72% 58 88 19 30 14 17 6 3.1 3.4 7.0
1973 28 MIN AL 23 23 10 8 5 3 2 12 11 .522 2 0 4 2 12 52% 49 85 22 22 7 8 5 4.7 5.3 6.1
1974 29 TOT AL 13 7 1 3 3 1 2 3 4 .429 1 1 0 0 3 43% 47 73 37 10 3 1 5 3.5 3.3 5.5
1974 29 MIN AL 5 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 .500 1 0 0 0 2 50% 50 73 37 4 3 1 2 3.6 4.8 6.5
1974 29 NYY AL 8 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 1 33% 44 51 39 6 0 0 3 3.4 0.0 4.2
4 Seasons 116 76 29 28 19 5 13 38 38 .500 8 4 15 5 45 59% 53 88 19 89 37 32 17 4.0 4.3 6.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1969 24 MIN AL 44 34 7 3 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 26 5 19% 6 0.883 8 12 14 4 5 25 14 20 22 6 23 8 4.9
1970 25 MIN AL 21 21 8 1 2 3 1 2 33% 4 1 14 10 71% 6 0.616 4 3 14 5 1 15 8 13 10 6 12 2 4.4
1974 29 TOT AL 13 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 0.889 1 1 3 2 0 4 2 4 4 0 5 0 8.2
1974 29 MIN AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.018 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1974 29 NYY AL 8 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 7 0.774 1 1 3 2 0 3 2 3 4 0 5 0 9.2
3 Seasons 78 61 18 5 4 5 2 3 40% 6 1 44 17 39% 0.841 13 16 31 11 6 44 24 37 36 12 40 10 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1969 24 MIN AL 472 39% 2.3% 14.0% 10.4% 5.3% 25% 0.72 72% 96 8 8%
1970 25 MIN AL 141 40% 1.4% 15.6% 13.5% 7.1% 35% 0.58 68% 33 0 0%
1972 27 MIN AL 1033 44% 1.8% 14.5% 9.8% 5.0% 27% 0.94 73% 182 19 10%
1973 28 MIN AL 615 45% 2.0% 8.6% 11.1% 6.7% 30% 0.85 78% 124 11 9%
1974 29 TOT AL 243 37% 4.5% 9.9% 6.6% 8.2% 31% 0.93 78% 53 4 8%
1974 29 MIN AL 115 33% 4.4% 10.4% 3.5% 7.8% 30% 1.16 81% 24 2 8%
1974 29 NYY AL 128 40% 4.7% 9.4% 9.4% 8.6% 32% 0.75 75% 29 2 7%
5 Seasons 2504 42% 2.2% 12.6% 10.1% 5.9% 28% 0.85 74% 488 42 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1969 24 MIN AL 472 99 11 0 9 7 4 7 4 14 6 3 43% 4 3 1 191 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1970 25 MIN AL 141 29 2 1 8 1 1 1 1 8 5 1 63% 2 1 0 63 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1972 27 MIN AL 1033 193 19 0 15 8 11 12 7 47 22 11 47% 15 4 1 363 22 8 73% 19 7 1 1 2 0 2 0 17 0
1973 28 MIN AL 615 137 12 0 11 6 6 6 6 24 10 0 42% 7 6 1 240 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 11 0
1974 29 TOT AL 243 64 11 0 7 5 6 6 5 10 7 1 70% 4 2 0 86 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
1974 29 MIN AL 115 30 5 0 1 4 1 2 3 2 2 0 100% 2 1 0 40 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
1974 29 NYY AL 128 34 6 0 6 1 5 4 2 8 5 1 63% 2 1 0 46 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Seasons 2504 522 55 1 50 27 28 32 23 103 50 16 49% 32 16 3 943 33 19 63% 30 16 1 3 2 0 7 1 38 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1969 24 7 5 .583 3.67 44 10 7 2 0 1 110.1 99 49 45 11 49 3 66 3 0 3 473 101 1.341 8.1 0.9 4.0 5.4 1.35 101
1970 25 8 7 .533 3.70 65 10 15 2 0 2 141.0 128 67 58 13 68 3 88 3 0 4 614 100 1.390 8.2 0.8 4.3 5.6 1.29 100
1971 26 8 7 .533 3.70 65 10 15 2 0 2 141.0 128 67 58 13 68 3 88 3 0 4 614 100 1.390 8.2 0.8 4.3 5.6 1.29 100
1972 27 22 21 .512 3.07 101 46 15 11 3 2 392.2 321 160 134 32 169 8 238 5 1 8 1647 111 1.248 7.4 0.7 3.9 5.5 1.41 111
1973 28 32 29 .525 3.30 124 69 15 15 5 2 534.0 458 228 196 44 237 8 291 7 1 14 2262 108 1.301 7.7 0.7 4.0 4.9 1.23 108
1974 29 34 32 .515 3.47 137 76 18 15 5 2 589.0 522 263 227 55 253 10 315 9 1 16 2505 103 1.316 8.0 0.8 3.9 4.8 1.25 103

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1969 24 6 5 .545 3.99 106.0 102 52 47 11 50 63 3 1.434 8.7 4.2 5.3 1.26 0.9 44
1970 25 1 2 .333 4.20 30.0 30 16 14 2 20 21 0 1.667 9.0 6.0 6.3 1.05 0.6 21
1972 27 15 12 .556 3.51 246.0 223 107 96 22 117 147 2 1.382 8.2 4.3 5.4 1.26 0.8 36
1973 28 6 8 .429 4.37 134.0 141 72 65 12 70 50 2 1.575 9.5 4.7 3.4 0.71 0.8 23
1974 29 1 4 .200 6.06 52.0 69 39 35 12 17 23 2 1.654 11.9 2.9 4.0 1.35 2.1 13
5 Seasons 29 31 .483 4.07 568.0 565 286 257 59 274 304 9 1.477 9.0 4.8 1.11 0.9 137

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 AL--6.902--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 AL--101--4th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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