Ron Woods

Ronald Lawrence Woods

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: February 1, 1943 in Hamilton, OH
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1969
Teams (by GP): Expos/Yankees/Tigers 1969-1974

Final Game: September 29, 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
1961	18	PIT-min	D	63	207	207		64	15	4	14						.309	.309	.623	.932		129							HOB · SOPH
1962	19	PIT-min	D,B	128	585	491	107	146	33	3	21	94	29	11	89	75	.297	.405	.505	.910		248		2	0	3	1		BAT,KIN · NYPL,CARL
1963	20	PIT-min	AA	137	581	527	83	130	29	10	15	65	18	7	54	85	.247	.317	.425	.742		224							AVL · SALL
1964	21	PIT-min	A,AA	129	479	466	11	130	20	6	7	15	3	1	13	21	.279	.299	.393	.691		183							KIN,AVL · CARL,SOUL
1965	22	PIT-min	A	101	362	362		89	12	2	8						.246	.246	.356	.602		129							KIN · CARL
1966	23	DET-min	A	135	499	499		132	24	8	11						.265	.265	.411	.675		205							RKM · CARL
1967	24	DET-min	AA,AAA	120	434	388	64	113	21	4	11	54	7	2	46	53	.291	.366	.451	.817		175		0	0	0			MTG,TOL · SOUL,IL
1968	25	DET-min	AAA	137	558	500	86	146	23	7	16	58	11	7	53	84	.292	.358	.462	.820		231		1	0	4			TOL · IL
1969	26	TOT	AL	89	217	186	21	34	5	2	2	10	2	0	24	32	.183	.280	.263	.543	55	49	4	1	6	0	1	8/7
1969	26	DET	AL	17	17	15	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	3	.267	.353	.467	.820	124	7	0	0	0	0	0	/78
1969	26	NYY	AL	72	200	171	18	30	5	2	1	7	2	0	22	29	.175	.273	.246	.519	49	42	4	1	6	0	1	8/7
1970	27	NYY	AL	95	264	225	30	51	5	3	8	27	4	2	33	35	.227	.324	.382	.707	99	86	10	0	3	1	3	9/87
1971	28	WSN-min	AAA	5	19	17	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.294	.368	.294	.663		5		0	0	0			WPG · IL
1971	28	TOT	MLB	76	195	170	30	49	8	3	2	19	0	2	23	20	.288	.373	.406	.779	123	69	5	0	2	0	0	78/9
1971	28	NYY	AL	25	36	32	4	8	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	2	.250	.333	.375	.708	106	12	0	0	0	0	0	/97
1971	28	MON	NL	51	159	138	26	41	7	3	1	17	0	2	19	18	.297	.382	.413	.795	127	57	5	0	2	0	0	78
1972	29	MON	NL	97	249	221	21	57	5	1	10	31	3	3	22	33	.258	.321	.425	.746	110	94	3	0	3	3	2	89/7
1973	30	MON	NL	135	385	318	45	73	11	3	3	31	12	6	56	34	.230	.344	.311	.655	81	99	3	0	10	1	3	*87/9
1974	31	MON	NL	90	151	127	15	26	0	0	1	12	6	5	17	17	.205	.299	.228	.528	47	29	3	1	4	2	1	78/9
1975	32	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
1976	33	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
6 Yrs				582	1461	1247	162	290	34	12	26	130	27	18	175	171	.233	.326	.342	.668	88	426	28	2	28	7	10
162 Game Avg.				162	407	347	45	81	9	3	7	36	8	5	49	48	.233	.326	.342	.668	88	119	8	1	8	2	3

MON (4 yrs)				373	944	804	107	197	23	7	15	91	21	16	114	102	.245	.337	.347	.684	91	279	14	1	19	6	6
NYY (3 yrs)				192	500	428	52	89	11	5	10	36	6	2	59	66	.208	.305	.327	.632	80	140	14	1	9	1	4
DET (1 yr)				17	17	15	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	3	.267	.353	.467	.820	124	7	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				209	517	443	55	93	11	5	11	39	6	2	61	69	.210	.306	.332	.638	81	147	14	1	9	1	4
NL (4 yrs)				373	944	804	107	197	23	7	15	91	21	16	114	102	.245	.337	.347	.684	91	279	14	1	19	6	6

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
1969	26	DET	AL	17	17	0	-0	0	-0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$7,500	/78
1969	26	NYY	AL	72	200	-10	1	-0	3	-0	-7	-0.8	6	-2	-0.3	.489	.495	-0.6	0.2	-4	$	8/7
1970	27	NYY	AL	95	264	0	0	-1	3	-3	1	0.0	8	9	0.9	.501	.500	0.6	0.0	6	$12,000	9/87
1971	28	NYY	AL	25	36	0	0	0	0	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.504	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$16,000	/97
1971	28	MON	NL	51	159	5	-1	-0	3	-2	4	0.5	5	9	1.0	.510	.503	0.6	0.2	6	$	78
1972	29	MON	NL	97	249	4	-2	-0	-3	-1	-2	-0.2	7	5	0.5	.497	.498	0.8	-0.4	8	$	89/7
1973	30	MON	NL	135	385	-4	1	2	8	-2	4	0.4	11	15	1.5	.503	.503	0.6	0.6	7	$	*87/9
1974	31	MON	NL	90	151	-9	-2	0	3	-2	-10	-1.1	4	-6	-0.7	.487	.493	-1.0	0.2	-9	$	78/9
6 Seasons				582	1461	-15	-3	1	18	-11	-10	-1.1	43	33	3.1	.498	.499	1.2	0.8	15	$35,500

MON (4 yrs)				373	944	-5	-5	1	12	-7	-4	-0.4	27	23	2.3	.499	.499	1.0	0.6	11	$
NYY (3 yrs)				192	500	-10	2	-0	7	-4	-6	-0.7	15	10	0.8	.497	.499	0.2	0.2	3	$28,000
DET (1 yr)				17	17	0	-0	0	-0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$7,500

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	26	TOT	AL	217	162	16	2.7	92	.211	.183	.251	.280	.327	.263	.378	.543	.705	55	.301	-11.0	-1.2	.487	.220	.081	2.0
1969	26	DET	AL	17	11	3	7.4	99	.273	.267	.260	.353	.338	.467	.392	.820	.730	124	.735	0.4	0.0	.818	.333	.200	.0
1969	26	NYY	AL	200	151	13	2.3	91	.206	.175	.250	.273	.326	.246	.377	.519	.703	49	.251	-11.4	-1.2	.462	.211	.070	1.3
1970	27	NYY	AL	264	190	27	3.8	93	.235	.227	.252	.324	.325	.382	.385	.707	.710	99	.446	-0.3	-0.0	.651	.311	.156	5.3
1971	28	TOT	MLB	195	130	25	5.2	91	.318	.288	.257	.373	.324	.406	.377	.779	.700	123	.609	5.6	0.6	.703	.241	.118	.0
1971	28	NYY	AL	36	24	4	4.5	87	.241	.250	.248	.333	.319	.375	.368	.708	.687	106	.548	0.3	0.0	.667	.250	.125	.0
1971	28	MON	NL	159	106	21	5.3	92	.336	.297	.259	.382	.325	.413	.379	.795	.703	127	.621	5.4	0.6	.712	.239	.116	.0
1972	29	MON	NL	249	176	30	4.6	93	.260	.258	.258	.321	.326	.425	.381	.746	.707	110	.558	2.4	0.2	.682	.267	.167	4.6
1973	30	MON	NL	385	265	39	4.0	99	.248	.230	.266	.344	.336	.311	.396	.655	.731	81	.465	-6.6	-0.7	.634	.277	.082	4.8
1974	31	MON	NL	151	115	9	2.1	99	.225	.205	.268	.299	.341	.228	.387	.528	.728	47	.217	-9.0	-0.9	.440	.165	.024	1.7
6 Yrs				1461	1038	146	3.8	95	.250	.233	.259	.326	.330	.342	.385	.668	.715	88	.453	-18.9	-1.9	.610	.257	.109	26.5
162 Game Avg.				407	289	41	3.8	95	.250	.233	.259	.326	.330	.342	.385	.668	.715	88	.453	-18.9	-1.9	.610	.257	.109	7

MON (4 yrs)				944	662	99	4.0	96	.263	.245	.263	.337	.332	.347	.387	.684	.719	91	.483	-7.8	-0.8	.626	.250	.102	17.5
NYY (3 yrs)				500	365	44	3.2	92	.224	.208	.251	.305	.325	.327	.380	.632	.705	80	.379	-11.5	-1.2	.575	.266	.119	7.5
DET (1 yr)				17	11	3	7.4	99	.273	.267	.260	.353	.338	.467	.392	.820	.730	124	.734	0.4	0.0	.818	.333	.200	.0

AL (3 yrs)				517	376	47	3.4	92	.225	.210	.251	.306	.325	.332	.381	.638	.706	81	.395	-11.1	-1.2	.582	.269	.122	7.8
NL (4 yrs)				944	662	99	4.0	96	.263	.245	.263	.337	.332	.347	.387	.684	.719	91	.483	-7.8	-0.8	.626	.250	.102	17.5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	26	TOT	AL	217	0.9%	14.8%	11.1%	4.2%	27%	1.33	5.8	93.0	18.6	0.62	70%
1969	26	DET	AL	17	5.9%	17.7%	11.8%	5.9%	25%	1.50	5.0	15.0	5.0	0.60	65%
1969	26	NYY	AL	200	0.5%	14.5%	11.0%	4.0%	27%	1.32	5.9	171.0	24.4	0.62	71%
1970	27	NYY	AL	264	3.0%	13.3%	12.5%	6.1%	31%	1.06	6.4	28.1	8.3	1.07	69%
1971	28	TOT	MLB	195	1.0%	10.3%	11.8%	6.7%	27%	0.87	8.5	85.0	8.9	1.17	76%
1971	28	NYY	AL	36	2.8%	5.6%	11.1%	5.6%	25%	0.50	16.0	32.0	16.0	0.57	81%
1971	28	MON	NL	159	0.6%	11.3%	12.0%	6.9%	27%	0.95	7.7	138.0	8.1	1.41	75%
1972	29	MON	NL	249	4.0%	13.3%	8.8%	6.4%	28%	1.50	6.7	22.1	7.1	0.79	73%
1973	30	MON	NL	385	0.8%	8.8%	14.6%	4.4%	23%	0.61	9.4	106.0	10.3	0.86	73%
1974	31	MON	NL	151	0.7%	11.3%	11.3%	0.7%	4%	1.00	7.5	127.0	10.6	0.98	74%
6 Yrs				1461	1.8%	11.7%	12.0%	4.9%	25%	0.98	7.3	48.0	9.6	0.89	72%
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	26	TOT	AL	-11.0	-1.2	223	-1.2	2.7	-3.9	1.06	-0.7	-0.4	-6.8	-0.7	1.00	-6.5	0.85	11
1969	26	DET	AL	0.4	0.0	17	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.03	0.1	-0.3	1.3	0.1	1.01	1.2	0.75	5
1969	26	NYY	AL	-11.4	-1.2	206	-0.9	2.6	-3.5	1.06	-0.8	-0.1	-8.0	-0.9	0.99	-7.7	0.93	6
1970	27	NYY	AL	-0.3	-0.0	274	-0.8	4.9	-5.7	1.26	-0.1	-0.5	0.5	0.1	1.02	2.1	2.07	19
1971	28	TOT	MLB	5.5	0.6	198	0.6	3.8	-3.2	1.07	0.4	0.2	8.0	0.8	1.04	5.3	1.40	28
1971	28	NYY	AL	0.3	0.0	36	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	1.42	0.0	-0.4	-3.0	-0.3	1.18	-0.6	1.52	17
1971	28	MON	NL	5.2	0.5	162	1.1	3.3	-2.3	.99	0.4	0.7	11.1	1.1	1.01	6.0	1.21	11
1972	29	MON	NL	2.4	0.2	257	1.4	5.8	-4.4	1.13	0.6	0.6	5.6	0.6	0.99	7.6	1.52	35
1973	30	MON	NL	-6.6	-0.7	416	2.6	9.5	-6.9	1.13	0.3	2.0	9.9	1.0	0.95	3.0	1.60	27
1974	31	MON	NL	-9.0	-0.9	163	-0.8	2.2	-3.0	1.10	-0.8	0.0	-5.9	-0.6	0.98	-7.7	1.72	32
6 Yrs				-19.0	-2.0	1531	1.7	28.9	-27.1	1.13	-0.3	1.8	11.3	1.1	0.99	3.9	1.57	152

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	26	TOT	AL	3	33%	85	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	50%	12	7	5	2	1	1	6	2	4
1969	26	DET	AL	0	40%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1969	26	NYY	AL	3	33%	62	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	63%	9	4	5	2	1	1	5	1	4
1970	27	NYY	AL	4	29%	105	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	4	10	53%	15	9	6	3	3	0	14	2	11
1971	28	TOT	MLB	1	40%	72	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	5	9	41%	15	9	5	5	1	3	7	3	3
1971	28	NYY	AL	0	27%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1971	28	MON	NL	1	42%	57	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	5	8	42%	13	7	5	5	1	3	6	3	2
1972	29	MON	NL	4	16%	92	3	3	50%	3	2	0	1	0	2	1	3	4	29%	11	9	2	1	0	1	2	0	1
1973	30	MON	NL	7	33%	164	12	6	67%	10	5	2	0	0	4	0	3	13	49%	23	16	7	3	1	2	15	4	11
1974	31	MON	NL	1	33%	81	6	5	55%	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	28%	14	12	2	1	1	0	10	5	5
6 Yrs				20	31%	599	27	18	60%	22	15	5	1	1	12	2	16	43	43%	90	62	27	15	7	7	54	16	35

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	26	TOT	AL	217	63%	34			11	0	0	0	0.85	2	0	6	1	1	0	2	0	6	6	100%	47	4	9%	22	11	50%	136	10	7%	4	1	25%	8	7	88%	0
1969	26	DET	AL	17	59%	4			5	0	0	0	0.75	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		11	2	18%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	26	NYY	AL	200	63%	30			6	0	0	0	0.93	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	6	6	100%	47	4	9%	22	11	50%	125	8	6%	4	1	25%	8	7	88%	0
1970	27	NYY	AL	264	78%	51			19	3	0	2	2.07	8	0	7	1	7	2	6	0	3	3	100%	61	10	16%	23	9	39%	190	19	10%	17	8	47%	14	9	64%	0
1971	28	TOT	MLB	195	73%	49			28	5	1	2	1.40	2	0	7	0	2	1	1	0	4	2	50%	46	5	11%	21	6	29%	130	17	13%	11	5	45%	9	8	89%	0
1971	28	NYY	AL	36	72%	8			17	5	1	1	1.52	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0%	10	0	0%	7	2	29%	35	1	3%	4	1	25%	2	2	100%	0
1971	28	MON	NL	159	73%	41			11	0	0	1	1.21	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	67%	36	5	14%	14	4	29%	95	16	17%	7	4	57%	7	6	86%	0
1972	29	MON	NL	249	67%	57			35	7	0	4	1.52	10	0	9	4	6	7	3	0	6	3	50%	37	3	8%	21	9	43%	162	26	16%	10	6	60%	8	7	88%	0
1973	30	MON	NL	385	58%	73			27	6	1	5	1.60	3	0	8	1	2	3	0	0	11	10	91%	63	3	5%	33	15	45%	213	31	15%	18	6	33%	15	8	53%	0
1974	31	MON	NL	151	83%	26			32	4	1	2	1.72	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	4	4	100%	28	3	11%	16	7	44%	98	11	11%	7	4	57%	6	4	67%	0
6 Yrs				1461	68%	290			152	25	3	15	1.57	26	0	40	7	19	13	13	0	34	28	82%	282	28	10%	136	57	42%	929	114	12%	67	30	45%	60	43	72%	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	26	89	217	186	21	34	5	2	2	10	2	0	24	32	.183	.280	.263	.543	55	49	4	1	6	0	1
1970	27	184	481	411	51	85	10	5	10	37	6	2	57	67	.207	.304	.328	.633	79	135	14	1	9	1	4
1971	28	260	676	581	81	134	18	8	12	56	6	4	80	87	.231	.324	.351	.675	92	204	19	1	11	1	4
1972	29	357	925	802	102	191	23	9	22	87	9	7	102	120	.238	.323	.372	.695	97	298	22	1	14	4	6
1973	30	492	1310	1120	147	264	34	12	25	118	21	13	158	154	.236	.329	.354	.684	92	397	25	1	24	5	9
1974	31	582	1461	1247	162	290	34	12	26	130	27	18	175	171	.233	.326	.342	.668	88	426	28	2	28	7	10

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
1969	26	89	220	188	23	36	5	2	2	11	2	25	32	.191	.290	.271	.561	15	89
1970	27	95	267	228	33	54	5	3	8	30	4	35	35	.237	.337	.390	.727	31	95
1971	28	76	202	175	35	54	9	3	2	22	0	25	20	.309	.395	.429	.824	30	76
1972	29	101	266	235	24	64	6	1	11	36	3	25	34	.272	.338	.447	.785	36	97
1973	30	135	387	319	46	74	11	3	3	32	12	57	34	.232	.347	.313	.661	35	135
1974	31	90	153	128	16	27	0	0	1	12	6	18	17	.211	.309	.234	.543	9	90
6 Yrs		586	1495	1273	177	309	36	12	27	143	27	185	172	.243	.338	.353	.692	156	582
162 Game Avg.		162	413	352	49	85	10	3	7	40	7	51	48	.243	.338	.353	.692	43	582

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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