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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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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
1961 19 BOS AL 0 0 5.54 6 1 2 0 0 0 13.0 14 8 8 2 7 0 7 0 0 1 61 75 1.615 9.7 1.4 4.8 4.8 1.00
1962 20 BOS AL 0 0 3.52 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 6 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 31 117 1.174 7.0 0.0 3.5 3.5 1.00
1963 21 BOS AL 0 5 .000 3.76 25 6 11 0 0 0 64.2 67 35 27 10 13 1 28 3 1 2 271 100 1.237 9.3 1.4 1.8 3.9 2.15
1964 22 TOT MLB 0 2 .000 7.04 7 2 2 1 0 0 23.0 29 19 18 1 14 5 12 2 1 5 113 51 1.870 11.3 0.4 5.5 4.7 0.86
1964 22 BOS AL 0 0 17.47 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 13 11 11 1 3 2 5 0 0 2 34 22 2.824 20.6 1.6 4.8 7.9 1.67
1964 22 PIT NL 0 2 .000 3.63 3 2 0 1 0 0 17.1 16 8 7 0 11 3 7 2 1 3 79 96 1.558 8.3 0.0 5.7 3.6 0.64
1965 23 PIT NL 1 1 .500 3.16 34 1 9 0 0 0 51.1 44 21 18 3 16 3 29 1 0 1 206 111 1.169 7.7 0.5 2.8 5.1 1.81
1967 25 CHW AL 4 2 .667 2.45 51 8 10 0 0 4 95.1 95 34 26 2 28 4 47 1 2 6 404 122 1.290 9.0 0.2 2.6 4.4 1.68
1968 26 CHW AL 13 12 .520 1.87 88 2 46 0 0 16 159.0 127 39 33 8 33 12 74 3 0 3 626 171 1.006 7.2 0.5 1.9 4.2 2.24 MVP-25
1969 27 CHW AL 10 11 .476 3.01 76 0 50 0 0 15 119.2 113 48 40 13 40 15 73 3 0 5 511 129 1.279 8.5 1.0 3.0 5.5 1.83
1970 28 CHW AL 9 13 .409 2.81 77 0 62 0 0 21 121.2 118 50 38 7 36 7 85 2 0 4 507 135 1.266 8.7 0.5 2.7 6.3 2.36
1971 29 CHW AL 22 13 .629 1.91 44 42 2 22 7 1 334.0 272 95 71 21 62 2 210 7 0 6 1316 188 1.000 7.3 0.6 1.7 5.7 3.39 AS,CYA-3,MVP-9
1972 30 CHW AL 24 17 .585 2.51 49 49 0 20 8 0 376.2 325 119 105 28 74 5 193 7 0 11 1490 126 1.059 7.8 0.7 1.8 4.6 2.61 AS,CYA-2,MVP-7
1973 31 CHW AL 24 20 .545 3.46 49 48 1 21 4 0 359.1 381 166 138 25 91 3 199 7 0 7 1531 116 1.314 9.5 0.6 2.3 5.0 2.19 CYA-5
1974 32 CHW AL 20 19 .513 3.60 42 42 0 22 1 0 320.1 305 143 128 27 80 8 169 9 0 5 1316 105 1.202 8.6 0.8 2.2 4.7 2.11 AS
1975 33 CHW AL 16 20 .444 4.11 43 43 0 14 2 0 291.1 309 148 133 26 92 5 140 5 2 6 1245 95 1.376 9.5 0.8 2.8 4.3 1.52
1976 34 CHW AL 4 3 .571 2.24 7 7 0 5 1 0 56.1 51 24 14 3 11 0 31 0 0 1 225 161 1.101 8.1 0.5 1.8 5.0 2.82
1977 35 CHW AL 7 8 .467 4.99 24 18 2 5 1 0 122.2 139 75 68 10 50 0 42 10 0 0 548 82 1.541 10.2 0.7 3.7 3.1 0.84
1978 36 CHW AL 10 10 .500 5.20 28 27 1 4 0 0 168.0 187 103 97 23 74 1 69 3 0 9 753 74 1.554 10.0 1.2 4.0 3.7 0.93
17 Seasons 164 156 .513 3.24 651 297 198 114 24 57 2684.0 2582 1130 965 209 724 71 1411 63 6 72 11154 113 1.232 8.7 0.7 2.4 4.7 1.95
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .513 3.24 47 21 14 8 2 4 193 185 81 69 15 52 5 101 5 0 5 800 113 1.232 8.7 0.7 2.4 4.7 1.95
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
CHW (12 yrs) 163 148 .524 3.18 578 286 174 113 24 57 2524.1 2422 1044 891 193 671 62 1332 57 4 63 10472 115 1.225 8.6 0.7 2.4 4.7 1.99
BOS (4 yrs) 0 5 .000 4.85 36 8 15 0 0 0 91.0 100 57 49 13 26 3 43 3 1 5 397 80 1.385 9.9 1.3 2.6 4.3 1.65
PIT (2 yrs) 1 3 .250 3.28 37 3 9 1 0 0 68.2 60 29 25 3 27 6 36 3 1 4 285 107 1.267 7.9 0.4 3.5 4.7 1.33
AL (16 yrs) 163 153 .516 3.23 614 294 189 113 24 57 2615.1 2522 1101 940 206 697 65 1375 60 5 68 10869 114 1.231 8.7 0.7 2.4 4.7 1.97
NL (2 yrs) 1 3 .250 3.28 37 3 9 1 0 0 68.2 60 29 25 3 27 6 36 3 1 4 285 107 1.267 7.9 0.4 3.5 4.7 1.33

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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

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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 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 (72nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1971 AL--1.913--2nd

Wins s c a p y
1971 AL--22--3rd
1972 AL--24--1st
1973 AL--24--1st
1974 AL--20--9th
Career--164--197th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1971 AL--1.000--2nd
1972 AL--1.059--5th
1974 AL--1.202--8th
Career--1.232--208th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL--7.329--6th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL--1.671--4th
1972 AL--1.768--5th
1973 AL--2.279--4th
1974 AL--2.248--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1968 AL--88--1st
1969 AL--76--1st
1970 AL--77--1st
1973 AL--49--10th
Career--651--124th

Saves s c a p y
1968 AL--16--2nd
1969 AL--15--6th
1970 AL--21--6th
Career--57--226th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1971 AL--334.0--2nd
1972 AL--376.7--1st
1973 AL--359.3--1st
1974 AL--320.3--4th
1975 AL--291.3--5th
Career--2684.0--188th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1971 AL--210--5th
1972 AL--193--7th
1973 AL--199--8th
Career--1411--200th

Games Started s c a p y
1971 AL--42--2nd
1972 AL--49--1st
1973 AL--48--1st
1974 AL--42--1st
1975 AL--43--1st

Complete Games s c a p y
1971 AL--22--3rd
1972 AL--20--3rd
1973 AL--21--6th
1974 AL--22--7th

Shutouts s c a p y
1971 AL--7--2nd
1972 AL--8--2nd
1973 AL--4--4th
Career--24--187th

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 AL--28--2nd
1974 AL--27--3rd
1975 AL--26--7th
1978 AL--23--9th
Career--209--175th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1975 AL--92--10th

Hits s c a p y
1971 AL--272--4th
1972 AL--325--1st
1973 AL--381--1st
1974 AL--305--3rd
1975 AL--309--2nd
Career--2582--206th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1971 AL--3.387--3rd
1972 AL--2.608--9th
1973 AL--2.187--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 AL--.626--10th

Losses s c a p y
1972 AL--17--3rd
1973 AL--20--2nd
1974 AL--19--3rd
1975 AL--20--1st
Career--156--134th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1972 AL--105--1st
1973 AL--138--1st
1974 AL--128--4th
1975 AL--133--1st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1972 AL--11--3rd
1978 AL--9--9th
Career--72--209th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1971 AL--7--9th
1973 AL--7--8th
1974 AL--9--2nd
1977 AL--10--5th
Career--63--212th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1971 AL--1316--2nd
1972 AL--1490--1st
1973 AL--1531--1st
1974 AL--1316--2nd
1975 AL--1245--5th
Career--11154--168th

Games Finished s c a p y
1968 AL--46--1st
1969 AL--50--2nd
1970 AL--62--1st
Career--198--226th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1971 AL--188--1st
1972 AL--126--9th
Career--113--236th

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 21 (60), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 72 (170), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 65 (177), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (267), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1960 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

September 6, 1964: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Boston Red Sox.

October 12, 1966: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Juan Pizarro (November 28, 1966) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

November 2, 1978: Granted Free Agency.

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