Wilbur Wood
Wilbur Forrester Wood Jr. (Wilbah)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 22, 1941 in Cambridge, MA
High School: Belmont (Belmont, MA)
Signed
by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1961
Final Game: August 22, 1978
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Standard Batting

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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 19 BOS AL 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1962 20 BOS AL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1963 21 BOS AL 25 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1964 22 TOT MLB 7 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1964 22 BOS AL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1964 22 PIT NL 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1965 23 PIT NL 34 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 25 CHW AL 51 17 16 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .063 .118 .125 .243 -26 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
1968 26 CHW AL 88 26 22 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 .091 .167 .091 .258 -22 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 MVP-25
1969 27 CHW AL 76 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .063 .000 .063 -82 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
1970 28 CHW AL 77 20 18 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .111 .111 .167 .278 -25 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1971 29 CHW AL 44 124 96 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 57 .052 .150 .052 .202 -41 5 2 0 17 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-9
1972 30 CHW AL 49 144 125 8 17 0 0 0 7 0 0 6 65 .136 .176 .136 .312 -7 17 4 0 13 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-7
1974 32 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1975 33 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
17 Seasons 460 381 322 11 27 2 0 0 13 1 0 20 189 .084 .140 .090 .230 -33 29 7 1 38 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 134 113 4 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 7 67 .084 .140 .090 .230 -33 10 2 0 13 0 0
CHW (12 yrs) 387 349 292 11 27 2 0 0 13 1 0 20 169 .092 .153 .099 .253 -26 29 7 1 36 0 0
BOS (4 yrs) 36 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
PIT (2 yrs) 37 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
AL (16 yrs) 423 369 311 11 27 2 0 0 13 1 0 20 181 .087 .145 .093 .238 -31 29 7 1 37 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 37 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1961 19 BOS AL 3 3 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .266 .000 .342 .000 .414 .000 .756 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1962 20 BOS AL 3 3 0 0.0 105 .000 .267 .000 .339 .000 .415 .000 .755 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1963 21 BOS AL 13 13 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .259 .000 .325 .000 .399 .000 .725 -100 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1964 22 TOT MLB 7 7 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .263 .000 .323 .000 .394 .000 .716 -100 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1964 22 BOS AL 1 1 0 0.0 100 .000 .261 .000 .330 .000 .406 .000 .736 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1964 22 PIT NL 6 6 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .263 .000 .321 .000 .391 .000 .712 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1965 23 PIT NL 6 6 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .259 .000 .323 .000 .392 .000 .715 -100 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1967 25 CHW AL 17 16 0 0.0 79 .200 .063 .235 .118 .303 .125 .353 .243 .656 -26 .000 -2.4 -0.3 .188 .125 .063
1968 26 CHW AL 26 22 1 1.2 84 .400 .091 .244 .167 .314 .091 .362 .258 .676 -22 .126 -3.4 -0.4 .200 .091 .000
1969 27 CHW AL 18 17 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .261 .063 .339 .000 .394 .063 .733 -82 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .067 .000 .000
1970 28 CHW AL 20 18 0 0.0 98 .286 .111 .259 .111 .334 .167 .395 .278 .729 -25 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .188 .056 .056
1971 29 CHW AL 124 110 2 0.5 95 .128 .052 .259 .150 .332 .052 .385 .202 .717 -41 .021 -18.6 -2.0 .183 .125 .000 .0
1972 30 CHW AL 144 125 3 0.6 85 .283 .136 .250 .176 .319 .136 .361 .312 .680 -7 .041 -17.1 -2.0 .205 .048 .000
17 Seasons 381 340 6 0.5 91 .203 .084 .254 .140 .324 .090 .375 .230 .699 -33 .021 -56.6 -6.2 .169 .071 .006 .0
162 Game Avg. 134 120 2 0.5 91 .203 .084 .254 .140 .324 .090 .375 .230 .699 -33 .021 -56.6 -6.2 .169 .071 .006
CHW (12 yrs) 349 308 6 0.5 90 .220 .092 .253 .153 .324 .099 .372 .253 .696 -26 .025 -48.4 -5.3 .188 .079 .007 .0
BOS (4 yrs) 20 20 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .261 .000 .330 .000 .405 .000 .735 -100 .000 -5.3 -0.5 .000 .000 .000
PIT (2 yrs) 12 12 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .261 .000 .322 .000 .391 .000 .714 -100 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
AL (16 yrs) 369 328 6 0.5 90 .208 .087 .253 .145 .325 .093 .374 .238 .699 -31 .023 -53.7 -5.9 .175 .074 .006 .0
NL (2 yrs) 12 12 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .261 .000 .322 .000 .391 .000 .714 -100 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .000 .000 .000

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 CHW AL 29 DNP
1972 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CHW AL 32 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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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
1961 19 BOS AL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 33%
1962 20 BOS AL 3 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1963 21 BOS AL 13 0.0% 46.2% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 1.00 46%
1964 22 TOT MLB 7 0.0% 57.1% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 2.00 29%
1964 22 BOS AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1964 22 PIT NL 6 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 2.00 33%
1965 23 PIT NL 6 0.0% 83.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.2 17%
1967 25 CHW AL 17 0.0% 64.7% 5.9% 5.9% 100% 11.00 1.5 16.0 4.00 29%
1968 26 CHW AL 26 0.0% 65.4% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 8.50 1.3 11.0 19%
1969 27 CHW AL 18 0.0% 44.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1.9 1.67 39%
1970 28 CHW AL 20 0.0% 55.0% 0.0% 5.0% 50% 1.6 6.0 1.67 35%
1971 29 CHW AL 124 0.0% 46.0% 8.9% 0.0% 0% 5.18 1.7 3.00 31%
1972 30 CHW AL 144 0.0% 45.1% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 10.83 1.9 17.9 4.64 42%
17 Seasons 381 0.0% 49.6% 5.3% 0.5% 7% 9.45 1.7 24.8 3.31 35%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1961 19 BOS 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
1962 20 BOS 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
1963 21 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 22 TOT MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 22 BOS 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
1964 22 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 23 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 25 CHW AL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 26 CHW AL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 27 CHW AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 28 CHW AL 0 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1971 29 CHW AL 1 0 6% 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1972 30 CHW AL 2 0 35% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20% 7 6 1 1 1 0 2 0 1
17 Seasons 4 0 23% 74 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 17% 13 11 2 1 1 0 4 1 1
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1961 19 BOS AL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1962 20 BOS AL 3 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1963 21 BOS AL 13 23% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1964 22 TOT MLB 7 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1964 22 BOS AL 1 100% 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
1964 22 PIT NL 6 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1965 23 PIT NL 5 20% 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 1
1967 25 CHW AL 17 12% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 12 1 8% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1968 26 CHW AL 26 19% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 16 2 13% 0 0 0 0 0
1969 27 CHW AL 18 28% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 3 2 67% 10 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1970 28 CHW AL 20 25% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 5 0 0% 5 1 20% 27 3 11% 3 2 67% 2 1 50% 0
1971 29 CHW AL 124 37% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 22 17 77% 28 2 7% 30 8 27% 84 0 0% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1972 30 CHW AL 144 26% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 13 59% 26 4 15% 29 8 28% 81 7 9% 5 2 40% 8 3 38% 0
17 Seasons 380 28% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 56 38 68% 70 7 10% 78 21 27% 239 13 5% 18 4 22% 16 6 38% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1961 19 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 20 7 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 21 32 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
1964 22 39 26 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
1965 23 73 32 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
1966 24 73 32 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
1967 25 124 49 46 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 31 .022 .043 .043 .086 -75 2 1 0 2 0 0
1968 26 212 75 68 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 48 .044 .085 .059 .143 -58 4 1 0 4 0 0
1969 27 288 93 83 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 56 .036 .080 .048 .129 -62 4 1 1 6 0 0
1970 28 365 113 101 2 5 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 67 .050 .086 .069 .155 -55 7 1 1 8 0 0
1971 29 409 237 197 3 10 2 0 0 6 1 0 14 124 .051 .118 .061 .179 -48 12 3 1 25 0 0
1972 30 458 381 322 11 27 2 0 0 13 1 0 20 189 .084 .140 .090 .230 -33 29 7 1 38 0 0
1973 31 458 381 322 11 27 2 0 0 13 1 0 20 189 .084 .140 .090 .230 -33 29 7 1 38 0 0
1974 32 459 381 322 11 27 2 0 0 13 1 0 20 189 .084 .140 .090 .230 -33 29 7 1 38 0 0
1975 33 460 381 322 11 27 2 0 0 13 1 0 20 189 .084 .140 .090 .230 -33 29 7 1 38 0 0
1976 34 460 381 322 11 27 2 0 0 13 1 0 20 189 .084 .140 .090 .230 -33 29 7 1 38 0 0
1977 35 460 381 322 11 27 2 0 0 13 1 0 20 189 .084 .140 .090 .230 -33 29 7 1 38 0 0
1978 36 460 381 322 11 27 2 0 0 13 1 0 20 189 .084 .140 .090 .230 -33 29 7 1 38 0 0

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
1961 19 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1962 20 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1963 21 25 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 25
1964 22 7 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1965 23 34 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 34
1967 25 51 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 51
1968 26 88 28 24 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 17 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 88
1969 27 76 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 76
1970 28 77 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 77
1971 29 44 121 101 1 9 0 0 0 0 2 20 57 .089 .240 .089 .329 2 44
1972 30 51 141 134 10 21 0 0 0 9 0 7 68 .157 .199 .157 .355 4 49
11 Seasons 460 371 338 11 34 0 0 0 13 2 32 192 .101 .181 .101 .281 7 458
162 Game Avg. 162 131 119 4 12 0 0 0 5 1 11 68 .101 .181 .101 .281 2 458

* 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

All-Star Games
1971
1972 *
1974

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1972-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1968-AL-25-1%
1971-AL-9-16%
1972-AL-7-23%
0.40 Career Shares (494th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1971-AL--3--19%
1972-AL--2--48%
1973-AL--5--2%
0.69 Career Shares (73rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1971 AL--17--2nd
1972 AL--13--8th

Oldest s c a p y
1978 AL--born 1941-10-22--7th

Youngest s c a p y
1961 AL--born 1941-10-22--10th

             

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