Wilbur Wood

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: October 22, 1941 in Cambridge, MA us

High School: Belmont HS (Belmont, MA)

Last Game: August 22, 1978 (Age 36-304d)
vs. KCR 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: Wilbur Forrester Wood

Nicknames: Wilbah

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

50.0

164

156

ERA

3.24

651

297

2684.0

1411

WHIP

1.232

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1960	18		2 Teams	2 Lgs	B-D	BOS	4	5	.444	3.61	4.90	17	12		2	0		97.1	105	53	39	6	41	1	59	0	0	2		1.500	9.7		3.8
1960	18	-3.8	Raleigh	CARL	B	BOS	3	5	.375	3.84	5.00	13	12		2	0		77.1	85	43	33	6	32	1	59	0	0	2		1.513	9.9	0.7	3.7	6.9	1.84
1960	18	-2.0	Waterloo	MIDW	D	BOS	1	0	1.000	2.70	4.50	4						20.0	20	10	6		9				0			1.450	9.0		4.1
1961	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	B-A	BOS	11	12	.478	3.74	4.27	26	25		13	2		185.1	179	88	77	12	48	6	147	11	0	2		1.225	8.7	0.6	2.3	7.1	3.06
1961	19	-3.1	Johnstown	EL	A	BOS	3	7	.300	4.62	4.86	10	10		5	1		74.0	80	40	38	6	15	4	44	4	0	2		1.284	9.7	0.7	1.8	5.4	2.93
1961	19	-3.1	Winston-Salem	CARL	B	BOS	8	5	.615	3.15	3.88	16	15		8	1		111.1	99	48	39	6	33	2	103	7	0	0		1.186	8.0	0.5	2.7	8.3	3.12
1961	19	-8.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	0		5.54	5.54	6	1	2	0	0	0	13.0	14	8	8	2	7	0	7	0	0	1	61	1.615	9.7	1.4	4.8	4.8	1.00
1962	20	-2.6	York	EL	A	BOS	15	11	.577	2.84	3.33	29	29		17	2		219.0	198	81	69	16	62	6	178	5	0	3		1.187	8.1	0.7	2.5	7.3	2.87
1962	20	-7.7	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	0		3.52	3.52	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	6	3	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	31	1.174	7.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.00
1963	21	-4.6	Seattle	PCL	AAA	BOS	5	2	.714	1.13	2.11	8	8		5	3		64.0	54	15	8	3	10	0	43	2	0	0		1.000	7.6	0.4	1.4	6.0	4.30
1963	21	-6.7	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	5	.000	3.76	4.87	25	6	11	0	0	0	64.2	67	35	27	10	13	1	28	3	1	2	271	1.237	9.3	1.4	1.8	3.9	2.15
1964	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	PIT	0	2	.000	7.04	7.43	7	2	2	1	0	0	23.0	29	19	18	1	14	5	12	2	1	5	113	1.870	11.3	0.4	5.5	4.7	0.86
1964	22	-3.1	Seattle	PCL	AAA	BOS	15	8	.652	2.30	2.60	28	26		19	4		211.0	176	61	54	10	49	10	197	2	0	6		1.066	7.5	0.4	2.1	8.4	4.02
1964	22	-6.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	2	.000	3.63	4.15	3	2	0	1	0	0	17.1	16	8	7	0	11	3	7	2	1	3	79	1.558	8.3	0.0	5.7	3.6	0.64
1964	22	-5.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	0		17.47	17.47	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	13	11	11	1	3	2	5	0	0	2	34	2.824	20.6	1.6	4.8	7.9	1.67
1965	23	-5.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	1	1	.500	3.16	3.68	34	1	9	0	0	0	51.1	44	21	18	3	16	3	29	1	0	1	206	1.169	7.7	0.5	2.8	5.1	1.81
1966	24	-1.6	Columbus	IL	AAA	PIT	14	8	.636	2.41	2.77	31	31		15	8		224.0	197	69	60	13	38	6	109	5	1	9		1.049	7.9	0.5	1.5	4.4	2.87
1967	25	-1.9	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	4	2	.667	2.45	3.21	51	8	10	0	0	4	95.1	95	34	26	2	28	4	47	1	2	6	404	1.290	9.0	0.2	2.6	4.4	1.68
1967	25	3.9	White Sox	FLIL	WRk	CHW	3	2	.600	1.36	2.73	19	0		0	0		33.0	29	10	5	1	7	0	21	1	0	2		1.091	7.9	0.3	1.9	5.7	3.00
1968	26	-1.0	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	13	12	.520	1.87	2.21	88	2	46	0	0	16	159.0	127	39	33	8	33	12	74	3	0	3	626	1.006	7.2	0.5	1.9	4.2	2.24
1969	27	-0.1	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	10	11	.476	3.01	3.61	76	0	50	0	0	15	119.2	113	48	40	13	40	15	73	3	0	5	511	1.279	8.5	1.0	3.0	5.5	1.83
1970	28	0.8	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	9	13	.409	2.81	3.70	77	0	62	0	0	21	121.2	118	50	38	7	36	7	85	2	0	4	507	1.266	8.7	0.5	2.7	6.3	2.36
1971	29	2.1	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	22	13	.629	1.91	2.56	44	42	2	22	7	1	334.0	272	95	71	21	62	2	210	7	0	6	1316	1.000	7.3	0.6	1.7	5.7	3.39
1972	30	2.8	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	24	17	.585	2.51	2.84	49	49	0	20	8	0	376.2	325	119	105	28	74	5	193	7	0	11	1490	1.059	7.8	0.7	1.8	4.6	2.61
1973	31	3.3	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	24	20	.545	3.46	4.16	49	48	1	21	4	0	359.1	381	166	138	25	91	3	199	7	0	7	1531	1.314	9.5	0.6	2.3	5.0	2.19
1974	32	3.9	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	20	19	.513	3.60	4.02	42	42	0	22	1	0	320.1	305	143	128	27	80	8	169	9	0	5	1316	1.202	8.6	0.8	2.2	4.7	2.11
1975	33	4.9	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	16	20	.444	4.11	4.57	43	43	0	14	2	0	291.1	309	148	133	26	92	5	140	5	2	6	1245	1.376	9.5	0.8	2.8	4.3	1.52
1976	34	6.4	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	4	3	.571	2.24	3.83	7	7	0	5	1	0	56.1	51	24	14	3	11	0	31	0	0	1	225	1.101	8.1	0.5	1.8	5.0	2.82
1977	35	7.5	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	7	8	.467	4.99	5.50	24	18	2	5	1	0	122.2	139	75	68	10	50	0	42	10	0	0	548	1.541	10.2	0.7	3.7	3.1	0.84
1978	36	8.8	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	10	10	.500	5.20	5.52	28	27	1	4	0	0	168.0	187	103	97	23	74	1	69	3	0	9	753	1.554	10.0	1.2	4.0	3.7	0.93
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (17 seasons)					Majors		164	156	.513	3.24	3.79	651	297	198	114	24	57	2684.0	2582	1130	965	209	724	71	1411	63	6	72	11154	1.232	8.7	0.7	2.4	4.7	1.95
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		64	46	.582	2.76	3.30	139	131		71	19		1000.2	909	367	307	60	248	29	733	25	1	22		1.156	8.2		2.2
Other (1 season)					Other		3	2	.600	1.36	2.73	19	0		0	0		33.0	29	10	5	1	7	0	21	1	0	2		1.091	7.9	0.3	1.9	5.7	3.00
All Levels (19 Seasons)							231	204	.531	3.09	3.65	809	428	198	185	43	57	3717.2	3520	1507	1277	270	979	100	2165	89	7	96	11154	1.210	8.5		2.4

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		34	18	.654	2.20	2.62	67	65		39	15		499.0	427	145	122	26	97	16	349	9	1	15		1.050	7.7	0.5	1.7	6.3	3.60
A (2 seasons)					Minors		18	18	.500	3.29	3.72	39	39		22	3		293.0	278	121	107	22	77	10	222	9	0	5		1.212	8.5	0.7	2.4	6.8	2.88
B (2 seasons)					Minors		11	10	.524	3.43	4.34	29	27		10	1		188.2	184	91	72	12	65	3	162	7	0	2		1.320	8.8	0.6	3.1	7.7	2.49
D (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	2.70	4.50	4						20.0	20	10	6		9				0			1.450	9.0		4.1