Carp Wood

Carlton Leland Wood

• Bats Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 175 lb.
• School Ithaca College

• Born July 5, 1917 in Elmira, NY USA
• Died February 12, 2005 in Orlando, FL USA

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Biographical Information

Carp Wood was a college coach and minor league player.

Wood split 1938 between two Canadian-American League teams, hitting .335 as an outfielder. In 1939, he hit .313/?/.401 for the Butler Yankees, while fielding .946 at second base. He was with the Amsterdam Rugmakers in 1940 and went 4 for 23 for Butler in '41. In 1942, he hit .307/?/.362 for Butler. He finished up his playing career with the 1943 Elmira Pioneers, batting .282 and slugging .327.

Wood coached soccer and baseball at Sampson College for 3 years then was head coach at St. Bonaventure University in 1951-1952. He moved to Ithaca College in 1952 as basketball coach. He eventually also coached baseball at Ithaca in 1966-1978. He took Ithaca to second place in the 1973 Division II College World Series and 1976 Division III College World Series. He took Ithaca to the NCAA Tournament in basketball, baseball and soccer, something no NCAA coach had achieved before.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1951	St. Bonaventure University	4-5
1952	St. Bonaventure University
1966	Ithaca College	10-5
1967	Ithaca College	16-4		CWS District Tournaments
1968	Ithaca College	16-3
1969	Ithaca College	16-5-1		Division II Regionals
1970	Ithaca College	21-5		Division II Regionals
1971	Ithaca College	17-6-1		Division II Regionals
1972	Ithaca College	14-5	3-0
1973	Ithaca College	24-7	2-0	Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1974	Ithaca College	19-9		Division II Regionals
1975	Ithaca College	16-4	3-1
1976	Ithaca College	23-7	8-2	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1977	Ithaca College	20-5	7-1	Division III Regionals
1978	Ithaca College	21-10	6-2	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS