Woodie Held

Positions: Shortstop, Outfielder and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 167lb (178cm, 75kg)

Born: March 25, 1932 in Sacramento, CA us

Died: June 11, 2009 in DuBois, WY

Buried: Cremated

Debut: September 5, 1954 (Age 22-164d, 8,772nd in MLB history)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1969 (Age 37-187d)
vs. KCR 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Woodson George Held

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.0

AB

4019

H

963

HR

179

BA

.240

R

524

RBI

559

SB

OBP

.331

SLG

.421

OPS

.753

OPS+

108

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Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1951	19	NYY-min	C	128	459	459		119	18	0	14						.259	.259	.390	.649		179							TWF · PION
1952	20	NYY-min	C,B	132	478	478		123	27	4	12						.257	.257	.406	.663		194							BOI,NFK · PION,PIED
1953	21	NYY-min	B,A	114	409	409		126	21	4	19						.308	.308	.518	.826		212							QUI,BNG · IIIL,EL
1954	22	NYY-min	AAA	112	417	370	47	97	24	3	9	52	3		37	86	.262	.333	.416	.749		154	9	4	2	4			KCY · AA
1954	22	NYY	AL	4	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	/65

1955	23	NYY-min	AAA	147	609	537	77	140	30	10	18	87	4		60	103	.261	.337	.454	.792		244	15	5	1	6			DEN · AA
1956	24	NYY-min	AAA	154	647	565	99	156	21	11	35	125	4		66	139	.276	.359	.538	.897		304	15	10	0	6			DEN · AA
1957	25	NYY-min	AAA	16	71	61	12	17	5	0	2	11	0		8	15	.279	.366	.459	.825		28		1	0	1	1		DEN · AA
1957	25	TOT	AL	93	372	327	48	78	14	3	20	50	4	0	37	81	.239	.320	.483	.803	116	158	6	3	3	2	1	8	MVP-19
1957	25	NYY	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	25	KCA	AL	92	371	326	48	78	14	3	20	50	4	0	37	81	.239	.321	.485	.805	117	158	6	3	3	2	1	8
1958	26	TOT	AL	114	313	275	25	56	6	1	7	33	1	3	25	64	.204	.281	.309	.590	62	85	9	6	3	4	0	86/57
1958	26	KCA	AL	47	147	131	13	28	2	0	4	16	0	1	10	28	.214	.276	.321	.596	63	42	5	2	2	2	0	8/56
1958	26	CLE	AL	67	166	144	12	28	4	1	3	17	1	2	15	36	.194	.285	.299	.583	62	43	4	4	1	2	0	86/75
1959	27	CLE	AL	143	577	525	82	132	19	3	29	71	1	2	46	118	.251	.313	.465	.778	114	244	12	2	2	2	1	*65/84
1960	28	CLE	AL	109	430	376	45	97	15	1	21	67	0	1	44	73	.258	.342	.471	.813	121	177	5	5	3	2	5	*6
1961	29	CLE	AL	146	591	509	67	136	23	5	23	78	0	0	69	111	.267	.354	.468	.822	121	238	14	3	3	6	11	*6
1962	30	CLE	AL	139	555	466	55	116	12	2	19	58	5	1	73	107	.249	.362	.406	.768	110	189	13	11	3	2	5	*6/58
1963	31	CLE	AL	133	493	416	61	103	19	4	17	61	2	2	61	96	.248	.352	.435	.787	121	181	9	8	4	4	10	4879/65
1964	32	CLE	AL	118	415	364	50	86	13	0	18	49	1	0	43	88	.236	.328	.420	.748	107	153	7	7	0	1	8	4589/7
1965	33	WSA	AL	122	391	332	46	82	16	2	16	54	0	0	49	74	.247	.345	.452	.797	127	150	9	3	2	4	1	798/546
1966	34	BAL	AL	56	95	82	6	17	3	1	1	7	0	0	12	30	.207	.309	.305	.613	78	25	0	0	1	0	0	7/456
1967	35	TOT	AL	84	216	182	19	37	6	0	5	23	0	2	24	53	.203	.310	.319	.628	90	58	6	4	6	0	0	56487/9
1967	35	BAL	AL	26	50	41	4	6	3	0	1	6	0	0	6	12	.146	.286	.293	.578	72	12	0	2	1	0	0	/457
1967	35	CAL	AL	58	166	141	15	31	3	0	4	17	0	2	18	41	.220	.317	.326	.643	95	46	6	2	5	0	0	568/749
1968	36	TOT	AL	73	115	99	9	14	2	0	0	2	0	0	10	29	.141	.239	.162	.401	24	16	1	3	2	1	0	95/7468
1968	36	CAL	AL	33	53	45	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	.111	.231	.133	.364	15	6	0	2	1	0	0	/45698
1968	36	CHW	AL	40	62	54	5	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	14	.167	.246	.185	.431	30	10	1	1	1	1	0	9/7584
1969	37	CHW	AL	56	79	63	9	9	2	0	3	6	0	0	13	19	.143	.299	.317	.616	69	20	1	1	2	0	3	8/95764
14 Yrs				1390	4647	4019	524	963	150	22	179	559	14	11	508	944	.240	.331	.421	.753	108	1694	92	56	34	28	45
162 Game Avg.				162	542	468	61	112	17	3	21	65	2	1	59	110	.240	.331	.421	.753	108	197	11	7	4	3	5
				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
CLE (7 yrs)				855	3227	2800	372	698	105	16	130	401	10	8	351	629	.249	.339	.438	.777	113	1225	64	40	16	19	40
KCA (2 yrs)				139	518	457	61	106	16	3	24	66	4	1	47	109	.232	.308	.438	.746	101	200	11	5	5	4	1
CAL (2 yrs)				91	219	186	19	36	4	0	4	17	0	2	23	56	.194	.296	.280	.575	76	52	6	4	6	0	0
NYY (2 yrs)				5	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (2 yrs)				82	145	123	10	23	6	1	2	13	0	0	18	42	.187	.301	.301	.602	76	37	0	2	2	0	0
CHW (2 yrs)				96	141	117	14	18	3	0	3	8	0	0	18	33	.154	.275	.256	.532	52	30	2	2	3	1	3
WSA (1 yr)				122	391	332	46	82	16	2	16	54	0	0	49	74	.247	.345	.452	.797	127	150	9	3	2	4	1

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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