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George Wood
George A. Wood (Dandy)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.

Debut May 1, 1880
Final Game September 29, 1892
Born November 9, 1858 in Boston, MA
Died April 4, 1924 in Harrisburg, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1880 21 WOR NL  81  327   37   80  16  5   0   28         10  37  .245  .267  .324   92  106                    
 1881 22 DTN NL  80  337   54  100  18  9   2   32         19  32  .297  .334  .421  131  142                    
 1882 23 DTN NL  84  375   69  101  12 12   7   29         14  30  .269  .296  .421  127  158                    
 1883 24 DTN NL  99  441   81  133  26 11   5   47         25  37  .302  .339  .444  140  196                    
 1884 25 DTN NL 114  473   79  119  16 10   8   29         39  75  .252  .309  .378  121  179                    
 1885 26 DTN NL  82  362   62  105  19  8   5   28         13  19  .290  .315  .428  138  155                    
 1886 27 PHI NL 106  450   81  123  18 15   4   50   9     23  75  .273  .309  .407  116  183                    
 1887 28 PHI NL 113  491  118  142  22 19  14   66  19     40  51  .289  .350  .497  127  244               6    
 1888 29 PHI NL 106  433   67   99  19  6   6   51  20     39  44  .229  .303  .342  100  148               7    
 1889 30 TOT    100  432   78  108  21  4   5   54  18     53  35  .250  .333  .352   85  152               1    
         PHI NL  97  422   77  106  21  4   5   53  17     53  33  .251  .336  .355   86  150               1    
         BAL AA   3   10    1    2   0  0   0    1   1      0   2  .200  .200  .200   15    2               0    
 1890 31 PHQ PL 132  539  115  156  20 14   9  102  20     51  35  .289  .360  .429  107  231               8    
 1891 32 PHA AA 132  528  105  163  18 14   3   61  22     72  52  .309  .399  .413  129  218               7    
 1892 33 TOT NL  51  183   19   38   3  5   0   24   5     20  25  .208  .296  .279   73   51               3    
         BLN NL  21   76    9   17   1  1   0   10   1     10   8  .224  .330  .263   77   20               2    
         CIN NL  30  107   10   21   2  4   0   14   4     10  17  .196  .271  .290   70   31               1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons         5371      1467    132      601      0     547  .273  .329  .403  116        0   0   0  32   0
               1280       965      228     68      113    418                            2163
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        680  122  186  29 17   9   76  14  0  53  69  .273  .329  .403  116  274   0   0   0   4   0
 Career High    132  539  118  163  26 19  14  102  22  0  72  75  .309  .399  .497  140  244   0   0   0   8   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1880 21 WOR NL  337  247   28   3.0    67| .245  .255| .267  .278| .324  .336| .591  .615|  92  .479  -2.4  -0.3     
 1881 22 DTN NL  356  237   47   5.3    78| .297  .269| .334  .300| .421  .353| .755  .653| 131  .661  12.0   1.3     
 1882 23 DTN NL  389  274   47   4.6    70| .269  .254| .296  .281| .421  .345| .717  .627| 127  .604  10.1   1.1     
 1883 24 DTN NL  466  308   66   5.7    77| .302  .262| .339  .290| .444  .361| .783  .651| 140  .657  21.1   2.2     
 1884 25 DTN NL  512  354   55   4.1    69| .252  .244| .309  .283| .378  .338| .687  .621| 121  .552  11.6   1.3     
 1885 26 DTN NL  375  257   49   5.0    69| .290  .247| .315  .290| .428  .330| .743  .620| 138  .675  14.0   1.6     
 1886 27 PHI NL  473  327   56   4.4    80| .273  .258| .309  .307| .407  .353| .716  .660| 116  .582   6.7   0.7     
 1887 28 PHI NL  537  349   84   6.3   102| .289  .282| .350  .341| .497  .401| .847  .741| 127  .655  16.2   1.6     
 1888 29 PHI NL  479  334   43   3.4    75| .229  .251| .303  .299| .342  .344| .645  .643| 100  .519   1.7   0.2     
 1889 30 TOT     486  324   50   4.1   103| .250  .283| .333  .355| .352  .386| .685  .741|  85  .474  -8.6  -0.9     
         PHI NL  476  316   50   4.2   103| .251  .283| .336  .356| .355  .387| .691  .742|  86  .485  -7.4  -0.8     
         BAL AA   10    8    0   0.0    91| .200  .265| .200  .337| .200  .360| .400  .698|  15  .000  -1.2  -0.1     
 1890 31 PHQ PL  598  383   81   5.6   108| .289  .285| .360  .364| .429  .396| .789  .760| 107  .563   3.5   0.3     
 1891 32 PHA AA  607  365   85   6.1    94| .309  .266| .399  .350| .413  .359| .812  .709| 129  .680  21.6   2.2     
 1892 33 TOT NL  206  145   14   2.5    82| .208  .252| .296  .326| .279  .338| .575  .664|  73  .339  -6.0  -0.7     
         BLN NL   88   59    6   2.7    83| .224  .255| .330  .329| .263  .341| .593  .670|  77  .362  -1.7  -0.2     
         CIN NL  118   86    8   2.4    80| .196  .250| .271  .324| .290  .335| .561  .659|  70  .325  -4.3  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     5821 3904  705   4.8    84| .273  .263| .329  .316| .403  .360| .732  .676| 116  .590 101.6  10.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1883 24 DTN NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    5.0    8    9    4   0    3    0       1    26       0  7.20  3.11   43 2.200
 1885 26 DTN NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    4.0    5    2    0   0    1    1   0   2    16       0  0.00  2.84  inf 1.500
 1888 29 PHI NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  2    2.0    3    3    1   0    1    0   0   0    11       0  4.50  2.94   65 2.000
 1889 30 PHI NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    2    2    2   0    0    2   0   0     0       0 18.00  4.35   24 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL undef   0   0   5   0   0   0   5  2   12.0   18   16    7   0    5    3   0   3    53       0  5.25  3.10   59 1.917
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68 27  163.0  244  217   95   0   68   40   0  40   720   0   0  5.25  3.10   59 1.917

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1880 21 WOR NL  OF   80    123   10   17    0  .887  .855  1.66  1.76                           80    0    0
                 3B    2      2    1    0    0 1.000  .857  1.50  3.30                        
                 1B    1      3    0    0    1 1.000  .968  3.00 10.20                        
 1881 22 DTN NL  OF   80    132   18   24    4  .862  .871  1.88  2.00                           80    0    0
 1882 23 DTN NL  OF   84    161   14   23    8  .884  .855  2.08  1.88                           84    0    0
 1883 24 DTN NL  OF   99    226   15   34    3  .876  .849  2.43  1.86                           96    3    0
                  P    1      0    3    0    0 1.000  .882  3.00  2.00  5.40  2.16    0    5.0
 1884 25 DTN NL  OF  114    190   17   24    1  .896  .867  1.82  1.76                          114    0    1
                 3B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .833  1.00  3.10                        
 1885 26 DTN NL  OF   70    112   11   16    1  .885  .881  1.76  1.82                           70    0    0
                 3B   12     13   26    4    2  .907  .867  3.25  3.22                        
                  P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.30  0.00  2.48    0    4.0
                 SS    1      0    3    1    0  .750  .882  3.00  4.50                        
 1886 27 PHI NL  OF   97    148   13   17    2  .904  .890  1.66  1.71                           96    1    0
                 SS    6      6   17    4    1  .852  .878  3.83  4.23                        
                 3B    3      2    3    1    0  .833  .862  1.67  3.27                        
 1887 28 PHI NL  OF  104    155   10   24    2  .873  .883  1.59  1.92                          104    0    0
                 2B    3      4   12    1    2  .941  .909  5.33  5.80                        
                 SS    3      3   10    1    0  .929  .890  4.33  4.93                        
                 3B    3      2    2    2    0  .667  .870  1.33  3.37                        
 1888 29 PHI NL  OF  104    175   15   20    3  .905  .906  1.83  1.90                          104    0    0
                 3B    2      1    3    2    0  .667  .870  2.00  3.10                        
                  P    2      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  0.50  2.25  4.50  2.25    0    2.0
 1889 30 TOT     OF   95    168    9   16    1  .917  .910  1.86  1.97                           92    0    3
         PHI NL  OF   92    164    9   16    1  .915  .910  1.88  1.97                           92    0    0
                 SS    6      7   18    3    0  .893  .887  4.17  4.87                        
                  P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90  0.00  1.80    0    1.0
         BAL AA  OF    3      4    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.33  1.97                            0    0    3
 1890 31 PHQ PL  OF  132    254   35   34    9  .895  .904  2.19  2.06                          128    0    4
                 3B    1      1    0    0    1 1.000  .833  1.00  3.50                        
 1891 32 PHA AA  OF  122    221   25   16   10  .939  .907  2.02  1.83                          122    0    0
                 3B    6      7    6    4    0  .765  .872  2.17  3.58                        
                 SS    5      8   12    6    3  .769  .877  4.00  5.04                        
 1892 33 TOT NL  OF   51     74   11   11    2  .885  .912  1.67  1.86                           22    1   28
         BLN NL  OF   21     35    6    4    1  .911  .911  1.95  1.86                           21    0    0
         CIN NL  OF   30     39    5    7    1  .863  .913  1.47  1.86                            1    1   28

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1880 21 WOR NL  1B    1      3    0    0    1 1.000  .968  3.00 10.20                        

 1887 28 PHI NL  2B    3      4   12    1    2  .941  .909  5.33  5.80                        

 1880 21 WOR NL  3B    2      2    1    0    0 1.000  .857  1.50  3.30                        
 1884 25 DTN NL  3B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .833  1.00  3.10                        
 1885 26 DTN NL  3B   12     13   26    4    2  .907  .867  3.25  3.22                        
 1886 27 PHI NL  3B    3      2    3    1    0  .833  .862  1.67  3.27                        
 1887 28 PHI NL  3B    3      2    2    2    0  .667  .870  1.33  3.37                        
 1888 29 PHI NL  3B    2      1    3    2    0  .667  .870  2.00  3.10                        
 1890 31 PHQ PL  3B    1      1    0    0    1 1.000  .833  1.00  3.50                        
 1891 32 PHA AA  3B    6      7    6    4    0  .765  .872  2.17  3.58                        

 1880 21 WOR NL  OF   80    123   10   17    0  .887  .855  1.66  1.76                           80    0    0
 1881 22 DTN NL  OF   80    132   18   24    4  .862  .871  1.88  2.00                           80    0    0
 1882 23 DTN NL  OF   84    161   14   23    8  .884  .855  2.08  1.88                           84    0    0
 1883 24 DTN NL  OF   99    226   15   34    3  .876  .849  2.43  1.86                           96    3    0
 1884 25 DTN NL  OF  114    190   17   24    1  .896  .867  1.82  1.76                          114    0    1
 1885 26 DTN NL  OF   70    112   11   16    1  .885  .881  1.76  1.82                           70    0    0
 1886 27 PHI NL  OF   97    148   13   17    2  .904  .890  1.66  1.71                           96    1    0
 1887 28 PHI NL  OF  104    155   10   24    2  .873  .883  1.59  1.92                          104    0    0
 1888 29 PHI NL  OF  104    175   15   20    3  .905  .906  1.83  1.90                          104    0    0
 1889 30 TOT     OF   95    168    9   16    1  .917  .910  1.86  1.97                           92    0    3
         PHI NL  OF   92    164    9   16    1  .915  .910  1.88  1.97                           92    0    0
         BAL AA  OF    3      4    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.33  1.97                            0    0    3
 1890 31 PHQ PL  OF  132    254   35   34    9  .895  .904  2.19  2.06                          128    0    4
 1891 32 PHA AA  OF  122    221   25   16   10  .939  .907  2.02  1.83                          122    0    0
 1892 33 TOT NL  OF   51     74   11   11    2  .885  .912  1.67  1.86                           22    1   28
         BLN NL  OF   21     35    6    4    1  .911  .911  1.95  1.86                           21    0    0
         CIN NL  OF   30     39    5    7    1  .863  .913  1.47  1.86                            1    1   28

 1883 24 DTN NL   P    1      0    3    0    0 1.000  .882  3.00  2.00  5.40  2.16    0    5.0
 1885 26 DTN NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.30  0.00  2.48    0    4.0
 1888 29 PHI NL   P    2      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  0.50  2.25  4.50  2.25    0    2.0
 1889 30 PHI NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.90  0.00  1.80    0    1.0

 1885 26 DTN NL  SS    1      0    3    1    0  .750  .882  3.00  4.50                        
 1886 27 PHI NL  SS    6      6   17    4    1  .852  .878  3.83  4.23                        
 1887 28 PHI NL  SS    3      3   10    1    0  .929  .890  4.33  4.93                        
 1889 30 PHI NL  SS    6      7   18    3    0  .893  .887  4.17  4.87                        
 1891 32 PHA AA  SS    5      8   12    6    3  .769  .877  4.00  5.04                        

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1232   2139  203  276   46  .895  .883  1.90  1.88                         1192    5   36
                 3B   30     28   42   13    3  .843  .866  2.33  3.31                        
                 SS   21     24   60   15    4  .848  .882  4.00  4.72                        
                  P*   5      0    4    0    0 1.000  .889  0.80  2.14                0   12.0
                 2B    3      4   12    1    2  .941  .909  5.33  5.80                        
                 1B    1      3    0    0    1 1.000  .968  3.00 10.20                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1292   2198  321  305   56  .892  .883  1.95  1.97
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1891 AA-.309-8

On-base %
1891 AA-.399-9

Slugging %
1881 NL-.421-10
1887 NL-.497-8

Games
1882 NL-84-4
1883 NL-99-7
1884 NL-114-4
1890 PL-132-5

At Bats
1882 NL-375-7
1883 NL-441-4
1884 NL-473-7
1890 PL-539-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1882 NL-389-6
1883 NL-466-1
1884 NL-512-5

Runs
1882 NL-69-9
1887 NL-118-5

Hits
1881 NL-100-10
1883 NL-133-5
1891 AA-163-10

Total Bases
1881 NL-142-9
1882 NL-158-8
1883 NL-196-6
1887 NL-244-6

Triples
1881 NL-9-3
1882 NL-12-2
1883 NL-11-9
1884 NL-10-7
1886 NL-15-2
1887 NL-19-5
1891 AA-14-8
Car-132-77

Home Runs
1881 NL-2-7
1882 NL-7-1
1883 NL-5-6
1884 NL-8-8
1885 NL-5-10
1887 NL-14-4
1890 PL-9-6

RBI
1890 PL-102-7

Bases on Balls
1883 NL-25-8
1884 NL-39-7

Strikeouts
1880 NL-37-4
1881 NL-32-6
1884 NL-75-7
1886 NL-75-5
1887 NL-51-6

Singles
1883 NL-91-10
1891 AA-128-8

Adjusted OPS+
1883 NL-140-10

Runs Created
1883 NL-66-8
1887 NL-84-10
1891 AA-85-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1883 NL-21-9

Batting Wins
1883 NL-2.2-9
1891 AA-2.2-10

Extra-Base Hits
1881 NL-29-8
1882 NL-31-10
1883 NL-42-9
1887 NL-55-5

Times on Base
1883 NL-158-3
1891 AA-242-8

Hit By Pitch
1888 NL-7-9
1890 PL-8-9

Power/Speed Number
1887 NL-16.1-6
1890 PL-12.4-10

At Bats per Home Run
1881 NL-168.5-10
1882 NL-53.6-2
1883 NL-88.2-9
1884 NL-59.1-10
1885 NL-72.4-10
1887 NL-35.1-4
1890 PL-59.9-10

Outs
1882 NL-274-5
1883 NL-308-9
1884 NL-354-7
1887 NL-349-10
1890 PL-383-10

Saves
1888 NL-2-1

Games Finished
1885 NL-1-6
1888 NL-2-3

      

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27) Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Batting - 76 (310) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.2 (1176) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 18.5 (826) Pitching - 1.0 (1853) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  11. Frank Schulte (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jim Piersall (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

November 19, 1885: Returned to league control by the Detroit Wolverines.

January, 1886: Under league control and obtained by the Philadelphia Quakers. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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