Rob Woodward
Robert John Woodward
Also known as Bob Woodward
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 28, 1962 in Hanover, NH
High School: Lebanon (Lebanon, NH)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1985
Final Game: September 26, 1988
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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
1985 22 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 1.69 5 2 3 0 0 0 26.2 17 8 5 0 9 0 16 2 0 0 113 256 0.975 5.7 0.0 3.0 5.4 1.78
1986 23 BOS AL 2 3 .400 5.30 9 6 0 0 0 0 35.2 46 26 21 4 11 0 14 1 1 5 161 79 1.598 11.6 1.0 2.8 3.5 1.27
1987 24 BOS AL 1 1 .500 7.05 9 6 1 0 0 0 37.0 53 33 29 6 15 0 15 1 1 2 177 65 1.838 12.9 1.5 3.6 3.6 1.00
1988 25 BOS AL 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 31 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
4 Seasons 4 4 .500 5.04 24 14 5 0 0 0 100.0 118 68 56 10 36 0 45 4 2 7 456 86 1.540 10.6 0.9 3.2 4.1 1.25
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .500 5.04 43 25 9 0 0 0 179 211 122 100 18 64 0 81 7 4 13 816 86 1.540 10.6 0.9 3.2 4.1 1.25

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
1985 22 BOS AL 5 113 101 8 17 4 1 0 1 0 9 16 .168 .250 .228 .478 .200 23 0 2 1 0 0
1986 23 BOS AL 9 161 147 26 46 12 0 4 2 1 11 14 .313 .360 .476 .836 .321 70 3 1 0 2 0
1987 24 BOS AL 9 177 157 33 53 13 1 6 0 0 15 15 .338 .394 .548 .942 .341 86 4 1 2 2 0
1988 25 BOS AL 1 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .750 1.350 .500 3 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 24 456 409 68 118 30 2 10 3 1 36 45 .289 .349 .445 .794 .302 182 7 4 3 4 0
162 Game Avg. 43 816 732 122 211 54 4 18 5 2 64 81 .289 .349 .445 .794 .302 326 13 7 5 7 0
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
1985 22 BOS AL 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 68 76 59 0 0 0 1 6.4 6.2 8.5
1986 23 BOS AL 9 6 1 3 2 0 0 2 4 .333 1 0 0 0 2 33% 42 73 32 7 3 1 3 3.7 5.1 5.0
1987 24 BOS AL 9 6 1 1 4 1 0 3 3 .500 3 1 0 0 3 50% 38 51 16 12 6 1 4 6.5 6.8 5.3
3 Seasons 23 14 3 4 7 2 0 6 8 .429 4 1 0 0 6 43% 44 76 16 19 9 2 8 5.3 6.0 5.6
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
1985 22 BOS AL 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 0.665 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 3 0 9.7
1986 23 BOS AL 9 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 4 57% 7 1.105 1 2 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 1 2 0 5.7
1987 24 BOS AL 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 3 0.858 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 5.3
1988 25 BOS AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 0.004 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 13
4 Seasons 24 10 5 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 9 56% 0.888 2 4 4 2 0 8 8 2 7 3 7 0 6.4 13

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%
1985 22 BOS AL 113 66% 0.0% 14.2% 8.0% 4.4% 29% 0.68 75% 15 0 0%
1986 23 BOS AL 161 55% 2.5% 8.7% 6.8% 9.9% 35% 1.25 81% 27 3 11%
1987 24 BOS AL 177 54% 3.4% 8.5% 8.5% 11.3% 38% 1.09 78% 43 4 9%
1988 25 BOS AL 5 60% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 50% 1.00 80% 50% 0.0% 0% 3 0 0%
4 Seasons 456 57% 2.2% 9.9% 7.9% 9.2% 36% 1.00 1.03 79% 50% 0.0% 0% 88 7 8%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 25 BOS AL 5 13 2.60 7 54% 29% 0% 14% 57% 71% 0% 38% 100% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 5 13 2.60 7 54% 29% 0% 14% 57% 71% 0% 38% 100% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
1985 22 BOS AL 113 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 40% 6 0 0 38 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 23 BOS AL 161 46 4 0 4 1 3 1 3 15 11 1 73% 5 5 1 57 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1987 24 BOS AL 177 53 6 0 1 4 2 0 6 12 11 0 92% 4 2 2 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1988 25 BOS AL 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 456 118 0 0 10 0 7 5 5 1 9 35 26 3 74% 15 7 3 176 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 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+
1985 22 1 0 1.000 1.69 5 2 3 0 0 0 26.2 17 8 5 0 9 0 16 2 0 0 113 256 0.975 5.7 0.0 3.0 5.4 1.78 256
1986 23 3 3 .500 3.75 14 8 3 0 0 0 62.1 63 34 26 4 20 0 30 3 1 5 274 113 1.332 9.1 0.6 2.9 4.3 1.50 113
1987 24 4 4 .500 4.98 23 14 4 0 0 0 99.1 116 67 55 10 35 0 45 4 2 7 451 88 1.520 10.5 0.9 3.2 4.1 1.29 88
1988 25 4 4 .500 5.04 24 14 5 0 0 0 100.0 118 68 56 10 36 0 45 4 2 7 456 86 1.540 10.6 0.9 3.2 4.1 1.25 86

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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
1985 22 3 0 1.000 1.61 28.0 18 6 5 0 10 17 2 1.000 5.8 3.2 5.5 1.70 0.0 5
1986 23 1 2 .333 5.82 34.0 47 24 22 4 11 13 1 1.706 12.4 2.9 3.4 1.18 1.1 9
1987 24 1 3 .250 7.00 36.0 52 31 28 6 15 15 1 1.861 13.0 3.8 3.8 1.00 1.5 9
1988 25 0 0 9.00 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 3.000 18.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
4 Seasons 5 5 .500 5.09 99.0 119 62 56 10 37 45 4 1.576 10.8 4.1 1.22 0.9 24

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