Kerry Wood

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 210lb (196cm, 95kg)

Born: June 16, 1977 in Irving, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (4th) of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Grand Prairie HS (Grand Prairie, TX).

High School: Grand Prairie HS (Grand Prairie, TX)

Debut: April 12, 1998 (Age 20-300d, 17,222nd in major league history)
vs. MON 4.2 IP, 4 H, 7 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: May 18, 2012 (Age 34-337d)
vs. CHW 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Pat Rooney, Greg Landry SFX • Previously: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Kerry Lee Wood

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Rookie of the Year
2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.6

ERA

3.67

446

178

1380.0

1582

WHIP

1.267

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-8 / in Starts: 18-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1998 Pitching Game Log

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1998 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	12	Apr 12	CHC	@	MON	L,1-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.2	4	4	4	3	7	0	1	7.71	2.71	21	102	62	17	13	4	6	5	0	0	44			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.040	.98	-0.03%	0.07	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d2
2	2	17	Apr 18	CHC		LAD	W,8-1	GS-5	W(1-1)	5	5.0	4	0	0	3	7	0	0	3.72	2.41	21	102	61	15	13	5	6	3	1	0	63			0	0	1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.083	.36	0.05%	2.64	1t start tie	5t 3 out a8
3	3	22	Apr 24	CHC	@	LAD	L,4-12	GS-2	L(1-2)	5	1.2	2	7	7	4	2	1	1	8.74	4.64	12	53	26	7	5	3	2	1	0	0	21			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.459	1.61	-0.28%	-6.13	1b start a 1	2b --- 2 out d6
4	4	27	Apr 30	CHC		STL	W,8-3	GS-7	W(2-2)	5	7.0	5	1	1	2	9	0	0	5.89	3.41	27	107	69	22	13	7	9	4	2	0	70			1	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.160	.64	0.09%	2.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	32	May 6	CHC		HOU	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-2)	5	9.0	1	0	0	0	20	0	1	3.95	1.97	29	122	84	30	24	5	3	0	1	0	105			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.673	1.13	0.43%	4.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	6	37	May 11	CHC	@	ARI	W,4-2	GS-7	W(4-2)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	13	1	0	3.41	1.92	27	107	77	17	21	5	8	5	0	0	75			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.309	.95	0.19%	2.58	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a3
7	7	43	May 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-1	GS-6	W(5-2)	5	6.0	2	0	0	3	8	0	0	2.90	1.92	23	101	58	18	10	3	9	2	2	0	73			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.325	1.30	0.26%	3.13	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a6
8	8	48	May 23	CHC	@	ATL	W,10-6	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	3	5	6	2	1	3.11	2.77	29	115	71	22	14	7	10	3	3	0	49			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.040	1.54	-0.03%	0.07	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
9	9	53	May 29	CHC		ATL	W,5-3	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	6	13	0	0	3.04	2.67	32	129	70	22	23	3	10	6	3	0	66			1	0	0	26	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	0.142	1.44	0.10%	1.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	10	58	Jun 3	CHC		FLA	W,5-1	GS-8	W(6-2)	4	8.0	5	1	1	4	9	0	0	2.79	2.63	32	123	77	17	22	12	7	2	4	0	73			0	1	0	28	3	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.249	1.22	0.20%	3.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
11	11	63	Jun 9	CHC	@	MIN	L,0-8	GS-4	L(6-3)	5	3.1	5	6	2	4	4	0	0	2.92	2.72	20	87	47	18	7	4	8	3	1	0	34			2	1	0	14	1	0	0	0	2	2	.90	-0.208	1.27	-0.18%	-3.37	1b start tie	4b 123 1 out d4
12	12	68	Jun 15	CHC		MIL	W,6-5	GS-8		5	7.1	3	5	5	6	9	1	1	3.25	2.99	30	117	63	18	14	4	10	1	2	0	55			0	2	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.039	1.76	-0.04%	-0.39	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a2
13	13	73	Jun 20	CHC		PHI	W,9-4	GS-8	W(7-3)	4	7.1	9	4	4	1	11	0	0	3.40	2.76	32	121	87	22	18	5	15	5	1	0	54			1	0	0	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.037	1.38	-0.03%	-0.33	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a5
14	14	78	Jun 25	CHC	@	DET	L,4-6	GS-6		4	6.0	4	3	3	5	8	1	0	3.48	2.93	26	104	57	13	18	8	5	3	0	0	55			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.045	1.52	-0.03%	0.40	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	15	83	Jul 1	CHC		ARI	W,6-4	GS-8	W(8-3)	5	8.0	3	2	2	4	13	0	1	3.38	2.83	31	118	75	17	17	8	5	1	1	0	77			1	2	0	25	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.11	0.250	1.07	0.15%	2.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
16	16	89	Jul 10	CHC	@	MIL	L,5-6	GS-7	L(8-4)	8	7.0	4	3	3	3	9	0	3	3.41	2.85	30	122	70	24	13	6	9	3	1	0	63			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.035	2.14	-0.03%	0.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
17	17	94	Jul 15	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-3	GS-7	L(8-5)	4	6.1	5	3	3	5	8	1	0	3.46	2.98	28	128	75	16	17	6	9	1	0	0	54			3	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.016	1.79	0.02%	0.44	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d2
18	18	99	Jul 21	CHC	@	ATL	W,3-0	GS-8	W(9-5)	5	7.2	5	0	0	5	11	0	1	3.23	2.96	32	123	72	26	17	8	7	1	3	0	75			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.408	2.12	0.41%	3.86	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a3
19	19	105	Jul 26	CHC		NYM	W,3-1	GS-7	W(10-5)	4	7.0	4	1	1	3	6	1	0	3.12	3.05	28	110	63	24	6	6	13	2	3	0	68			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.302	2.28	0.40%	2.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
20	20	110	Jul 31	CHC		COL	W,9-1	GS-8	W(11-5)	4	7.1	5	1	1	4	6	0	1	3.01	3.08	29	108	67	13	10	8	10	2	2	0	66			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.232	1.33	0.27%	2.61	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	21	115	Aug 5	CHC		ARI	L,7-10	GS-6	L(11-6)	4	6.0	9	7	7	2	6	2	0	3.34	3.23	28	96	60	20	6	7	13	5	4	0	30			0	1	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.367	1.36	-0.42%	-3.84	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
22	22	120	Aug 11	CHC	@	SFG	L,7-8	GS-5		5	4.0	5	5	5	3	8	1	0	3.57	3.27	20	88	48	18	10	2	7	5	0	0	37			0	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.274	1.90	-0.40%	-3.44	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d3
23	23	124	Aug 16	CHC	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	3	1	1	2	11	0	0	3.44	3.15	30	118	75	16	22	9	8	3	1	0	81			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.45	0.402	2.88	0.48%	3.01	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
24	24	128	Aug 21	CHC		SFG	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.48	3.26	26	82	48	11	11	6	14	6	4	0	50			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.053	2.80	0.08%	0.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
25	25	133	Aug 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-2	GS-8	W(12-6)	4	8.0	3	2	1	3	16	1	0	3.36	3.19	30	133	85	29	27	2	9	3	3	0	83			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.256	1.91	0.31%	2.17	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
26	26	138	Aug 31	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	GS-6	W(13-6)	4	6.0	6	4	3	1	10	1	0	3.40	3.16	26	116	75	17	17	9	6	2	0	0	55			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.032	2.72	-0.05%	-0.84	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
							18-8		W-L:13-6	4.6	166.2	117	69	63	85	233	14	11	3.40	3.16	699	2832	61%	17%	14%	0.70		21%	11%	0	61		---%	12	10	1	597	24	4	1	3	4	5	1.04	2.284	1.61	1.89%	20.60

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