Gary Woods

Gary Lee Woods

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 20, 1954 in Santa Barbara, CA
High School: San Marcos HS (Santa Barbara, CA)
School: Santa Barbara City College (Santa Barbara, CA)
Signed
by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1976
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Astros/BlueJays/Athletics 1976-1985

Final Game: September 27, 1985
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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
1976 21 OAK AL 6 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -25 1 0 0 0 0 0 /8D79
1977 22 TOR AL 60 239 227 21 49 9 1 0 17 5 4 7 38 .216 .246 .264 .510 40 60 5 2 3 0 0 8
1978 23 TOR AL 8 20 19 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .158 .200 .211 .411 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 /98D
1980 25 HOU NL 19 55 53 8 20 5 0 2 15 1 0 2 9 .377 .400 .585 .985 182 31 1 0 0 0 0 9/7
1981 26 HOU NL 54 126 110 10 23 4 1 0 12 2 1 11 22 .209 .276 .264 .540 58 29 4 0 3 2 4 9/87
1982 27 CHC NL 117 270 245 28 66 15 1 4 30 3 3 21 48 .269 .327 .388 .715 98 95 4 0 4 0 2 879
1983 28 CHC NL 93 207 190 25 46 9 0 4 22 5 3 15 27 .242 .296 .353 .649 77 67 7 0 1 1 2 789/4
1984 29 CHC NL 87 116 98 13 23 4 1 3 10 2 1 15 21 .235 .333 .388 .721 96 38 3 0 2 1 0 798/4
1985 30 CHC NL 81 97 82 11 20 3 0 0 4 0 1 14 18 .244 .354 .280 .635 73 23 2 0 1 0 0 79/8
9 Yrs 525 1138 1032 117 251 50 4 13 110 19 13 86 187 .243 .302 .337 .639 77 348 26 2 14 4 8
162 Game Avg. 162 351 318 36 77 15 1 4 34 6 4 27 58 .243 .302 .337 .639 77 107 8 1 4 1 2
CHC (4 yrs) 378 690 615 77 155 31 2 11 66 10 8 65 114 .252 .323 .363 .685 88 223 16 0 8 2 4
HOU (2 yrs) 73 181 163 18 43 9 1 2 27 3 1 13 31 .264 .315 .368 .683 98 60 5 0 3 2 4
TOR (2 yrs) 68 259 246 22 52 10 1 0 17 6 4 8 39 .211 .242 .260 .502 38 64 5 2 3 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 6 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -25 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 451 871 778 95 198 40 3 13 93 13 9 78 145 .254 .321 .364 .685 90 283 21 0 11 4 8
AL (3 yrs) 74 267 254 22 53 10 1 0 17 6 4 8 42 .209 .239 .256 .495 36 65 5 2 3 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
1976 21 OAK AL 6 8 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .483 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /8D79
1977 22 TOR AL 60 239 -13 -0 -1 1 -0 -14 -1.3 8 -6 -0.6 .476 .491 -0.7 0.1 -7 $19,000 8
1978 23 TOR AL 8 20 -1 0 0 -1 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .485 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $ /98D
1980 25 HOU NL 19 55 6 0 -0 -3 -1 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .512 .501 0.7 -0.4 6 $ 9/7
1981 26 HOU NL 54 126 -7 1 -0 2 -1 -5 -0.6 4 -2 -0.2 .488 .496 -0.5 0.1 -4 $ 9/87
1982 27 CHC NL 117 270 -1 -1 1 -1 -2 -4 -0.4 8 4 0.4 .496 .497 0.4 -0.3 5 $ 879
1983 28 CHC NL 93 207 -6 -0 -1 4 -2 -5 -0.6 6 1 0.0 .493 .496 -0.4 0.2 -3 $ 789/4
1984 29 CHC NL 87 116 0 -0 -0 -0 -2 -3 -0.3 4 0 0.0 .496 .498 0.1 -0.2 1 $ 798/4
1985 30 CHC NL 81 97 -3 -1 0 2 -2 -2 -0.3 3 0 0.1 .496 .498 -0.3 0.2 -2 $321,667 79/8
9 Seasons 525 1138 -25 -1 -1 5 -11 -34 -3.5 35 1 -0.1 .493 .497 -0.8 -0.3 -4 $340,667
CHC (4 yrs) 378 690 -9 -3 -0 5 -8 -16 -1.6 21 6 0.5 .495 .497 -0.2 -0.1 1 $321,667
HOU (2 yrs) 73 181 -1 1 -1 -1 -2 -3 -0.4 6 2 0.2 .494 .499 0.2 -0.2 3 $
TOR (2 yrs) 68 259 -14 0 -0 0 -1 -15 -1.4 8 -6 -0.7 .477 .495 -0.7 0.0 -7 $19,000
OAK (1 yr) 6 8 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .483 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $

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
1976 21 OAK AL 8 7 0 0.0 82 .200 .125 .250 .125 .314 .125 .353 .250 .666 -25 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .143 .000 .000
1977 22 TOR AL 239 190 14 2.0 100 .259 .216 .266 .246 .330 .264 .405 .510 .735 40 .174 -19.4 -1.9 .374 .084 .048 .0
1978 23 TOR AL 20 16 1 1.7 94 .167 .158 .262 .200 .328 .211 .386 .411 .714 16 .149 -2.2 -0.2 .375 .158 .053 .0
1980 25 HOU NL 55 34 12 9.5 88 .429 .377 .257 .400 .318 .585 .373 .985 .692 182 .815 5.5 0.6 1.000 .264 .208 1.3
1981 26 HOU NL 126 97 8 2.2 88 .256 .209 .257 .276 .321 .264 .368 .540 .689 58 .247 -5.7 -0.6 .446 .164 .055 .0
1982 27 CHC NL 270 190 31 4.4 96 .321 .269 .268 .327 .331 .388 .389 .715 .721 98 .520 -0.7 -0.1 .624 .204 .118 3.4
1983 28 CHC NL 207 156 18 3.1 100 .263 .242 .268 .296 .337 .353 .397 .649 .734 77 .360 -6.4 -0.7 .545 .200 .111 4.4
1984 29 CHC NL 116 82 13 4.3 100 .267 .235 .272 .333 .339 .388 .396 .721 .735 96 .510 -0.4 -0.0 .684 .316 .153 2.4
1985 30 CHC NL 97 66 9 3.7 103 .313 .244 .271 .354 .341 .280 .404 .635 .745 73 .439 -2.5 -0.3 .554 .195 .037
9 Yrs 1138 838 106 3.4 97 .285 .243 .266 .302 .332 .337 .393 .639 .724 77 .396 -33.2 -3.4 .539 .183 .094 15.4
162 Game Avg. 351 259 33 3.4 97 .285 .243 .266 .302 .332 .337 .393 .639 .724 77 .396 -33.2 -3.4 .539 .183 .094 5
CHC (4 yrs) 690 494 71 3.9 99 .293 .252 .269 .323 .336 .363 .395 .685 .730 88 .461 -10.0 -1.0 .599 .220 .111 10.5
HOU (2 yrs) 181 131 20 4.1 88 .311 .264 .257 .315 .320 .368 .370 .683 .690 98 .497 -0.2 -0.0 .595 .196 .104 2.4
TOR (2 yrs) 259 206 15 2.0 99 .251 .211 .266 .242 .330 .260 .404 .502 .734 38 .172 -21.6 -2.2 .374 .089 .049 .0
OAK (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 82 .200 .125 .250 .125 .314 .125 .353 .250 .666 -25 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .143 .000 .000
NL (6 yrs) 871 625 91 3.9 97 .296 .254 .266 .321 .332 .364 .389 .685 .722 90 .469 -10.3 -1.1 .598 .215 .109 13.0
AL (3 yrs) 267 213 15 1.9 99 .250 .209 .265 .239 .330 .256 .402 .495 .732 36 .164 -22.9 -2.3 .367 .087 .047 .0

Postseason Batting

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
1980 25 HOU NL NLCS PHI L 4 9 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 .250 .333 .250 .583 2 0 0 0 0 0
1981 26 HOU NL NLDS LAD L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 29 CHC NL NLCS SDP L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 7 12 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 5 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 .222 .300 .222 .522 2 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
1976 21 OAK AL 8 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.7 3.00 63%
1977 22 TOR AL 239 0.0% 15.9% 2.9% 4.2% 20% 5.43 6.0 13.4 1.56 79%
1978 23 TOR AL 20 0.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 33% 1.00 19.0 0.86 90%
1980 25 HOU NL 55 3.6% 16.4% 3.6% 12.7% 35% 4.50 5.9 26.5 3.5 1.18 76%
1981 26 HOU NL 126 0.0% 17.5% 8.7% 4.0% 22% 2.00 5.0 9.2 1.06 71%
1982 27 CHC NL 270 1.5% 17.8% 7.8% 7.4% 30% 2.29 5.1 61.3 8.2 1.11 71%
1983 28 CHC NL 207 1.9% 13.0% 7.3% 6.3% 28% 1.80 7.0 47.5 8.6 1.07 77%
1984 29 CHC NL 116 2.6% 18.1% 12.9% 6.9% 35% 1.40 4.7 32.7 9.8 2.05 65%
1985 30 CHC NL 97 0.0% 18.6% 14.4% 3.1% 15% 1.29 4.6 20.5 2.00 66%
9 Yrs 1138 1.1% 16.4% 7.6% 5.9% 27% 2.17 5.5 79.4 9.4 1.30 73%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.1% 8.4% 6.5% 28% 1.56 6.8 44.8 8.5 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1976 21 OAK AL -1.3 -0.1 9 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.04 -0.1 0.1 -1.4 -0.2 0.92 -1.4 0.04 2
1977 22 TOR AL -19.7 -2.0 251 -0.7 4.3 -5.0 1.10 -1.5 0.8 -15.7 -1.6 0.94 -18.1 2.15 1
1978 23 TOR AL -2.2 -0.2 23 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 1.21 -0.1 -0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.95 -0.8 0.30 1
1980 25 HOU NL 5.5 0.6 57 1.0 1.9 -0.9 1.26 0.8 -0.1 10.4 1.1 1.03 9.3 3.86 5
1981 26 HOU NL -5.7 -0.6 132 -0.3 2.4 -2.7 1.26 -0.7 0.5 -6.4 -0.7 1.07 -6.7 1.87 15
1982 27 CHC NL -0.7 -0.1 279 -0.3 4.9 -5.2 1.12 -0.5 0.3 -1.0 -0.1 0.96 -4.8 2.03 22
1983 28 CHC NL -6.4 -0.7 224 -0.2 3.4 -3.7 .99 -0.6 0.3 -0.7 -0.1 0.96 -5.9 1.32 31
1984 29 CHC NL -0.4 -0.0 121 -0.5 1.9 -2.4 1.11 -0.1 -0.3 -1.2 -0.1 0.94 -1.6 1.77 31
1985 30 CHC NL -2.5 -0.3 98 -0.7 1.1 -1.8 .97 -0.5 -0.3 -3.7 -0.4 0.93 -4.2 0.90 28
9 Yrs -33.4 -3.4 1194 -2.0 20.2 -22.2 1.10 -3.2 1.4 -20.6 -2.1 0.97 -34.2 1.59 136

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
1976 21 OAK AL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 22 TOR AL 10 0 36% 76 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 3 72% 8 3 5 0 0 0 10 2 8
1978 23 TOR AL 2 0 25% 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 25 HOU NL 1 0 30% 20 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1981 26 HOU NL 2 0 29% 41 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 67% 5 2 3 0 0 0 4 1 3
1982 27 CHC NL 2 0 29% 104 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 5 4 58% 16 8 8 1 0 1 9 2 6
1983 28 CHC NL 3 0 37% 66 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 4 1 2 7 50% 7 6 1 5 1 3 8 2 6
1984 29 CHC NL 2 0 29% 38 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 18% 5 3 2 1 1 0 5 5 0
1985 30 CHC NL 0 0 32% 54 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 5 3 2 2 2 0 3 1 2
9 Yrs 22 0 32% 413 19 13 59% 18 12 1 1 0 0 9 2 15 28 50% 51 30 21 10 5 4 41 14 26

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
1976 21 OAK AL 8 38% 1 2 0 0 0 0.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1977 22 TOR AL 239 37% 49 1 1 0 0 2.15 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 39 5 13% 19 7 37% 136 20 15% 15 7 47% 7 4 57% 0
1978 23 TOR AL 20 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0.30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1980 25 HOU NL 55 84% 20 5 3 0 1 3.86 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 2 1 50% 41 13 32% 6 6 100% 2 2 100% 0
1981 26 HOU NL 126 71% 23 15 3 0 3 1.87 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 28 4 14% 19 7 37% 107 13 12% 15 8 53% 9 4 44% 0
1982 27 CHC NL 270 39% 66 22 4 0 2 2.03 4 0 7 1 3 2 2 0 5 4 80% 44 4 9% 24 8 33% 167 27 16% 15 7 47% 15 7 47% 0
1983 28 CHC NL 207 68% 46 31 6 1 4 1.32 4 0 5 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 100% 34 7 21% 8 4 50% 113 19 17% 10 6 60% 4 2 50% 0
1984 29 CHC NL 116 59% 23 31 7 0 3 1.77 3 0 4 0 3 2 1 0 2 2 100% 17 3 18% 9 3 33% 73 7 10% 10 4 40% 4 3 75% 0
1985 30 CHC NL 97 51% 20 28 8 0 0 0.90 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 13 2 15% 6 1 17% 59 4 7% 4 1 25% 5 2 40% 0
9 Yrs 1138 53% 251 136 32 1 13 1.59 13 0 31 4 9 8 5 0 16 14 88% 187 26 14% 90 31 34% 709 103 15% 75 39 52% 47 24 51% 0
MLB Averages 57% 82% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%

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
1976 21 6 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -25 1 0 0 0 0 0
1977 22 66 247 235 21 50 9 1 0 17 5 4 7 41 .213 .242 .260 .501 38 61 5 2 3 0 0
1978 23 74 267 254 22 53 10 1 0 17 6 4 8 42 .209 .239 .256 .495 36 65 5 2 3 0 0
1979 24 74 267 254 22 53 10 1 0 17 6 4 8 42 .209 .239 .256 .495 36 65 5 2 3 0 0
1980 25 93 322 307 30 73 15 1 2 32 7 4 10 51 .238 .266 .313 .579 60 96 6 2 3 0 0
1981 26 147 448 417 40 96 19 2 2 44 9 5 21 73 .230 .269 .300 .569 60 125 10 2 6 2 4
1982 27 264 718 662 68 162 34 3 6 74 12 8 42 121 .245 .291 .332 .623 74 220 14 2 10 2 6
1983 28 357 925 852 93 208 43 3 10 96 17 11 57 148 .244 .292 .337 .629 75 287 21 2 11 3 8
1984 29 444 1041 950 106 231 47 4 13 106 19 12 72 169 .243 .297 .342 .639 77 325 24 2 13 4 8
1985 30 525 1138 1032 117 251 50 4 13 110 19 13 86 187 .243 .302 .337 .639 77 348 26 2 14 4 8

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
1976 21 6 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1977 22 60 240 228 22 50 9 1 0 18 5 7 38 .219 .249 .268 .516 15 60
1978 23 8 20 19 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .158 .200 .211 .411 1 8
1980 25 19 58 56 10 23 6 0 2 18 1 2 9 .411 .431 .625 1.056 15 19
1981 26 82 198 171 19 39 7 2 0 22 3 19 33 .228 .301 .292 .593 15 54
1982 27 117 273 247 30 68 15 1 4 32 3 22 48 .275 .335 .393 .727 33 117
1983 28 93 208 191 26 47 9 0 4 23 5 15 27 .246 .300 .356 .656 21 93
1984 29 87 116 98 13 23 4 1 3 10 2 15 21 .235 .333 .388 .721 13 87
1985 30 81 97 82 11 20 3 0 0 4 0 14 18 .244 .354 .280 .635 8 81
9 Yrs 553 1218 1100 132 273 54 5 13 127 20 95 198 .248 .308 .342 .650 121 525
162 Game Avg. 162 357 322 39 80 16 1 4 37 6 28 58 .248 .308 .342 .650 35 525

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