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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 BOS AL 19 P 6 1 13.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.33 .950 2.08 0.83
1962 BOS AL 20 P 1 1 7.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.52 3.00 .967 2.11 0.80
1963 BOS AL 21 P 25 6 64.2 13 2 10 1 0 .923 1.67 0.48 .954 1.99 0.79
1964 TOT MLB 22 P 7 2 23.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.57 0.57 .975 2.07 0.77
1964 BOS AL 22 P 4 0 5.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.76 0.75 .967 1.91 0.72
1964 PIT NL 22 P 3 2 17.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.52 0.33 1.000 2.13 0.83
1965 PIT NL 23 P 34 1 51.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.40 0.24 .950 2.09 0.81
1967 CHW AL 25 P 51 8 95.1 22 7 13 2 2 .909 1.89 0.39 .959 1.96 0.74
1968 CHW AL 26 P 88 2 159.0 32 7 25 0 1 1.000 1.81 0.36 .956 1.89 0.73 MVP-25
1969 CHW AL 27 P 76 0 120.0 28 5 22 1 0 .964 2.02 0.36 .950 1.88 0.69
1970 CHW AL 28 P 77 0 121.2 34 7 27 0 3 1.000 2.52 0.44 .947 1.86 0.67
1971 CHW AL 29 P 44 42 334.0 77 11 65 1 3 .987 2.05 1.73 .957 1.98 0.77 AS,CYA-3,MVP-9
1972 CHW AL 30 P 49 49 376.2 95 9 82 4 8 .958 2.17 1.86 .949 1.86 0.75 AS,CYA-2,MVP-7
1973 CHW AL 31 P 49 48 359.1 72 9 62 1 3 .986 1.78 1.45 .949 1.86 0.86 CYA-5
1974 CHW AL 32 P 42 42 320.1 78 8 67 3 1 .962 2.11 1.79 .946 1.81 0.83 AS
1975 CHW AL 33 P 43 43 291.1 62 8 53 1 3 .984 1.88 1.42 .937 1.87 0.85
1976 CHW AL 34 P 7 7 56.1 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 2.08 1.86 .946 1.87 0.86
1977 CHW AL 35 P 24 18 122.2 36 3 33 0 1 1.000 2.64 1.50 .944 1.95 0.84
1978 CHW AL 36 P 28 27 168.0 42 2 40 0 1 1.000 2.25 1.50 .952 1.90 0.85
17 Seasons P 651 297 2684.1 621 84 523 14 26 .977 2.04 0.93 .949 1.89 0.77
17 Seasons TOT 651 297 2684.1 621 84 523 14 26 .977 2.04 0.93 .927 1.89 0.77
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1961 BOS AL 19 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BOS AL 20 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 BOS AL 21 25 6 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 BOS AL 22 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 PIT NL 22 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 PIT NL 23 34 1 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHW AL 25 51 8 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CHW AL 26 88 2 88 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CHW AL 27 76 0 76 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CHW AL 28 77 0 77 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CHW AL 29 44 42 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHW AL 30 49 49 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CHW AL 31 49 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CHW AL 32 42 0 1 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHW AL 33 43 0 1 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CHW AL 34 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CHW AL 35 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CHW AL 36 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 651 112 460 651 651 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1961 BOS AL 19 62 77% 19% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1962 BOS AL 20 32 81% 38% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 BOS AL 21 276 84% 30% 13 85% 0 2 0 2 11 10 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1964 BOS AL 22 36 78% 28% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 PIT NL 22 86 77% 36% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 PIT NL 23 176 77% 28% 5 100% 0 2 0 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1967 CHW AL 25 427 82% 24% 19 68% 1 6 1 5 15 11 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 50%
1968 CHW AL 26 640 83% 32% 30 87% 2 6 0 5 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 75%
1969 CHW AL 27 541 79% 26% 22 100% 0 5 0 3 23 17 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1970 CHW AL 28 549 78% 27% 27 96% 3 7 1 3 26 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 5 80%
1971 CHW AL 29 1383 80% 28% 67 96% 1 12 2 7 66 52 7 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 9 78%
1972 CHW AL 30 1553 82% 32% 85 91% 1 9 2 4 88 58 10 4 0 4 0 3 8 7 7 1 17 82%
1973 CHW AL 31 1594 81% 29% 62 89% 2 9 2 6 63 43 5 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 10 70%
1974 CHW AL 32 1378 81% 29% 64 94% 0 8 1 6 66 51 4 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 17 94%
1975 CHW AL 33 1305 82% 28% 45 93% 0 8 1 7 52 34 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 3 100%
1976 CHW AL 34 237 82% 34% 10 90% 0 1 0 1 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1977 CHW AL 35 574 82% 29% 27 93% 0 3 1 1 33 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1978 CHW AL 36 788 81% 26% 37 92% 1 2 2 0 41 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 11 82%
17 Seasons 11637 81% 29% 522 91% 11 83 13 55 534 381 48 14 2 9 3 8 26 22 24 2 92 84%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 85%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* 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.

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