George Wood
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[edit] Biography
George Wood (George A. Wood) was born on November 9, 1858 in Boston, Massachusetts. He made his Major League debut on May 1, 1880 for the Worcester Ruby Legs. In 1880, his rookie year, he hit .245 with 0 home runs and 28 RBI. Wood played for the Worcester Ruby Legs, Detroit Wolverines, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Athletics and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 13 year career.
Most people believe that George Wood's best season was 1890, when he hit for a .289 average and knocked in 102 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | WOR | N | 81 | 327 | 37 | 80 | 0 | 28 | .245 | .267 | .324 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1881 | DET | N | 80 | 337 | 54 | 100 | 2 | 32 | .297 | .334 | .421 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1882 | DET | N | 84 | 375 | 69 | 101 | 7 | 29 | .269 | .296 | .421 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1883 | DET | N | 99 | 441 | 81 | 133 | 5 | 47 | .302 | .339 | .444 | 26 | 11 | 25 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | DET | N | 114 | 473 | 79 | 119 | 8 | 29 | .252 | .309 | .378 | 16 | 10 | 39 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1885 | DET | N | 82 | 362 | 62 | 105 | 5 | 28 | .290 | .315 | .428 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1886 | PHI | N | 106 | 450 | 81 | 123 | 4 | 50 | .273 | .309 | .407 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | PHI | N | 113 | 491 | 118 | 142 | 14 | 66 | .289 | .350 | .497 | 22 | 19 | 40 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | PHI | N | 106 | 433 | 67 | 99 | 6 | 51 | .229 | .303 | .342 | 19 | 6 | 39 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | PHI | N | 97 | 422 | 77 | 106 | 5 | 53 | .251 | .336 | .355 | 21 | 4 | 53 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | BAL | a | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | Total | 100 | 432 | 78 | 108 | 5 | 54 | .250 | .333 | .352 | 21 | 4 | 53 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1890 | PHI | P | 132 | 539 | 115 | 156 | 9 | 102 | .289 | .360 | .429 | 20 | 14 | 51 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 1891 | PHI | a | 132 | 528 | 105 | 163 | 3 | 61 | .309 | .399 | .413 | 18 | 14 | 72 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | CIN | N | 30 | 107 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 14 | .196 | .271 | .290 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | BAL | N | 21 | 76 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 10 | .224 | .330 | .263 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | TOT | N | 51 | 183 | 19 | 38 | 0 | 24 | .208 | .296 | .279 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | PL | 132 | 539 | 115 | 156 | 9 | 102 | .289 | .360 | .429 | 20 | 14 | 51 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | NL | 1013 | 4294 | 744 | 1146 | 56 | 437 | .267 | .317 | .399 | 190 | 104 | 295 | 458 | 17 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AA | 135 | 538 | 106 | 165 | 3 | 62 | .307 | .395 | .409 | 18 | 14 | 72 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1280 | 5371 | 965 | 1467 | 68 | 601 | .273 | .329 | .403 | 228 | 132 | 418 | 547 | 32 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | WOR | N | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1880 | WOR | N | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1880 | WOR | N | OF | 80 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .887 |
| 1881 | DET | N | OF | 80 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .862 |
| 1882 | DET | N | OF | 84 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .884 |
| 1883 | DET | N | OF | 99 | 0 | 0 | 226 | 15 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .876 |
| 1883 | DET | N | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1884 | DET | N | OF | 114 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .896 |
| 1884 | DET | N | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1885 | DET | N | 3B | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .907 |
| 1885 | DET | N | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 |
| 1885 | DET | N | OF | 70 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .885 |
| 1885 | DET | N | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1886 | PHI | N | OF | 97 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .904 |
| 1886 | PHI | N | SS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .852 |
| 1886 | PHI | N | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .833 |
| 1887 | PHI | N | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .929 |
| 1887 | PHI | N | OF | 104 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .873 |
| 1887 | PHI | N | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .941 |
| 1887 | PHI | N | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| 1888 | PHI | N | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| 1888 | PHI | N | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1888 | PHI | N | OF | 104 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .905 |
| 1889 | PHI | N | SS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .893 |
| 1889 | PHI | N | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1889 | PHI | N | OF | 92 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .915 |
| 1889 | BAL | a | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1889 | Total | OF | 95 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .917 | |
| 1890 | PHI | P | OF | 132 | 0 | 0 | 254 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .895 |
| 1890 | PHI | P | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1891 | PHI | a | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .765 |
| 1891 | PHI | a | SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .769 |
| 1891 | PHI | a | OF | 122 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .939 |
| 1892 | CIN | N | OF | 30 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .863 |
| 1892 | BAL | N | OF | 21 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .911 |
| 1892 | TOT | N | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1892 | TOT | N | OF | 51 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .885 |
| Total | 3B | 30 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .843 | ||
| Total | SS | 21 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 60 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .848 | ||
| Total | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | OF | 1232 | 0 | 0 | 2139 | 203 | 276 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .895 | ||
| Total | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .941 | ||
| Total | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883 | DET | N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1885 | DET | N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1888 | PHI | N | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | PHI | N | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.25 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Granted to league by Detroit Wolverines with Dan Casey, Deacon McGuire, Mox McQuery and Stump Wiedman (November 19, 1885).
- Obtained from league by Philadelphia Phillies with Dan Casey, Jack Farrell and Deacon McGuire (@January, 1886).
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