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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

Hall of Fame
1984 BBWAA ( 3.5%)
1985 BBWAA ( 4.1%)
1986 BBWAA ( 5.4%)
1987 BBWAA ( 6.3%)
1988 BBWAA ( 7.0%)
1989 BBWAA ( 3.1%)

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 (499th)

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

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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 21 (84), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 86 (266), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 65 (183), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (267), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Al Hrabosky (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pete Richert (892)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Shane Rawley (882)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Gary Bell (868)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Shane Rawley (839)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Billy O'Dell (856)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Rube Benton (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Dizzy Trout (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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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