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Woody
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Nickname: The Professor
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 165
 
Born: March 2, 1906 in Usa, OH, FREDONIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1937    1939    1940   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 24 ATL NL $ 350,000   45 45 45 9 9 9 61 61 61 50 51 51 72 72 72
1931 25 ATL NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1932 26 ATL NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1933 27 DET AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1934 28 DET AL $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
1935 29 DET AL $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
1936 30 DET AL $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
1937 31 DET AL $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8
1938 32 NYA AL $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1939 33 PIT NL $ 6,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1940 34 DET AL $ 6,500,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1941 35 BSN NL $ 6,500,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1942 36 DET AL $ 6,500,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1943 37 DET AL     6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   45 45 45 9 9 9 61 61 61 50 51 51 72 72 72
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 24 ATL NL 128 343 50 86 9 3 0 31 1 4 31 23 .251 .310 .294 .605 29.6 1.5
1931 25 ATL NL 119 277 44 75 12 2 2 23 1 1 22 16 .271 .329 .350 .679 27.9 3.0
1932 26 ATL NL 126 350 39 89 14 3 2 46 1 0 38 30 .254 .328 .329 .657 38.2 5.3
1933 27 DET AL 92 161 33 51 7 2 1 19 3 1 20 12 .317 .390 .404 .794 25.4 4.7
1934 28 DET AL 143 528 69 151 25 5 6 70 8 3 49 66 .286 .344 .386 .731 69.1 9.9
1935 29 DET AL 149 550 79 154 26 3 1 79 3 1 60 50 .280 .350 .344 .694 64.7 8.2
1936 30 DET AL 146 541 78 170 40 3 2 58 1 3 55 58 .314 .381 .410 .791 77.3 14.2
1937 31 DET AL 157 614 90 189 39 6 5 54 1 1 56 58 .308 .369 .415 .784 87.2 16.4
1938 32 NYA AL 132 516 78 162 27 2 6 61 3 2 33 45 .314 .351 .409 .760 69.5 12.1
1939 33 PIT NL 139 480 69 144 26 4 4 49 7 5 43 43 .300 .360 .396 .756 64.8 10.0
1940 34 PIT NL 102 399 55 125 18 2 6 35 4 4 23 40 .313 .351 .414 .764 55.7 10.6
  DET AL 53 219 30 72 13 2 1 20 2 2 20 23 .329 .383 .420 .803 34.1 6.6
  TOT   155 618 85 197 31 4 7 55 6 6 43 63 .319 .362 .416 .778 89.8 17.2
1941 35 DET AL 25 73 9 20 5 0 0 7 0 0 10 6 .274 .361 .342 .704 9.3 1.4
  BSN NL 131 477 61 137 23 8 4 59 3 2 49 70 .287 .355 .394 .749 64.8 12.0
  TOT   156 550 70 157 28 8 4 66 3 2 59 76 .285 .356 .387 .743 74.1 13.4
1942 36 BSN NL 77 281 32 71 12 1 0 36 2 1 25 26 .253 .313 .302 .615 24.4 1.5
  DET AL 35 97 10 24 3 0 0 7 1 1 6 13 .247 .288 .278 .567 6.8 0.0
  TOT   112 378 42 95 15 1 0 43 3 2 31 39 .251 .307 .296 .603 31.2 1.5
1943 37 DET AL 16 15 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .267 .353 .333 .686 1.9 0.2
    AAA   80 320 42 106 8 0 2 19 14 4 36 53 .331 .399 .375 .774 49.6  
14 Years Sim 1770 5921 827 1724 300 46 40 655 41 31 542 582 .291 .351 .378 .728 750.6 117.5
1 Years AAA 80 320 42 106 8 0 2 19 14 4 36 53 .331 .398 .375 .773 49.6  
162 Game Average 541 75 157 27 4 3 59 3 2 49 53 .291 .351 .378 .728 68.7  
Career Highs 157 618 90 197 40 8 7 79 8 6 60 76 .319 .390 .416 .794 89.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4012 558 1194 213 31 26 470 33 19 365 428 .298 .356 .386 .742 538.5
vs LH   1909 269 530 87 15 14 185 8 12 177 154 .278 .340 .361 .700 230.8
Home 888 2966 429 892 144 19 21 346 21 12 278 313 .301 .360 .383 .744 403.0
Away 882 2955 398 832 156 27 19 309 20 19 264 269 .282 .341 .372 .713 366.2
RISP   1463 0 444 71 10 11 570 0 0 148 137 .303 .362 .388 .750 205.9
Pinch Hitting   162 26 48 4 0 0 20 2 0 26 9 .296 .392 .321 .713 23.1
Close/Late   743 128 233 39 8 4 75 0 0 89 69 .314 .385 .404 .789 114.5
Mar/Apr 295 1000 157 296 46 5 10 123 5 9 84 89 .296 .351 .382 .733 129.2
May 316 1099 145 330 51 12 10 133 4 7 94 115 .300 .355 .396 .751 148.7
June 302 998 128 263 45 4 3 87 11 6 99 101 .264 .331 .326 .657 109.5
July 286 928 121 245 54 6 5 85 9 3 82 85 .264 .325 .351 .676 105.3
August 292 950 133 293 58 9 6 112 4 3 91 110 .308 .369 .407 .776 137.4
Sep/Oct 279 946 143 297 46 10 6 115 8 3 92 82 .314 .375 .403 .778 139.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 24 ATL NL 3B 63 57 494.7 42 110 8 7 .950 2.77   1.7
    SS 31 17 187.7 38 83 4 15 .968 5.80   1.1
    RF 1 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92   0.0
1931 25 ATL NL 3B 63 59 487.0 40 123 13 7 .926 3.01   1.9
    SS 19 0 41.0 8 20 2 5 .933 6.15   0.2
1932 26 ATL NL SS 120 102 883.7 164 413 22 86 .963 5.88   6.1
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1933 27 DET AL SS 58 17 231.3 38 105 9 25 .941 5.56   0.9
    2B 18 16 146.0 35 77 5 19 .957 6.90   0.6
    3B 3 0 6.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
1934 28 DET AL SS 142 142 1271.0 240 599 28 130 .968 5.94   8.7
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1935 29 DET AL SS 145 143 1275.3 232 551 33 97 .960 5.53   6.1
1936 30 DET AL SS 142 140 1257.0 218 554 27 126 .966 5.53   6.8
    3B 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1937 31 DET AL 3B 150 145 1298.3 93 387 11 20 .978 3.33   7.1
    SS 4 0 10.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1938 32 NYA AL 3B 126 124 1069.7 68 285 17 24 .954 2.97   4.5
    SS 3 1 20.0 3 5 0 3 1.000 3.60   0.1
1939 33 PIT NL SS 128 112 1030.7 163 481 17 83 .974 5.62   7.0
    3B 8 0 14.0 3 2 1 0 .833 3.21   0.0
1940 34 PIT NL 3B 79 76 666.8 38 201 6 16 .976 3.23   3.9
    SS 20 20 166.7 29 85 6 12 .950 6.15   0.8
  DET AL 3B 41 40 377.5 21 114 4 9 .971 3.22   1.6
    SS 11 10 94.3 16 48 3 7 .955 6.11   0.6
  TOT   3B 120 116 1044.3 59 315 10 25 .974 3.22   5.5
      SS 31 30 261.0 45 133 9 19 .952 6.14   1.4
1941 35 DET AL 3B 17 15 111.2 9 29 2 3 .950 3.08   0.3
    SS 8 7 52.0 8 23 1 5 .969 5.37   0.4
  BSN NL 3B 86 79 712.5 54 187 12 16 .953 3.04   2.8
    SS 41 35 333.6 54 149 9 31 .958 5.48   0.4
  TOT   3B 103 94 823.7 63 216 14 19 .952 3.05   3.1
      SS 49 42 385.6 62 172 10 36 .959 5.46   0.7
1942 36 BSN NL 3B 72 67 631.9 49 193 10 22 .960 3.45   3.1
    SS 4 3 32.9 7 17 4 3 .857 6.57   0.1
  DET AL 3B 33 30 214.1 16 65 3 8 .964 3.40   1.0
    SS 2 2 11.1 3 6 1 1 .900 7.30   0.1
  TOT   3B 105 97 846.0 65 258 13 30 .961 3.44   4.1
      SS 6 5 44.0 10 23 5 4 .868 6.75   0.2
1943 37 DET AL SS 1 1 9.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.1
    3B 1 1 6.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 4 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
  SS 879 752 6907.2 1223 3147 166 630 .963 5.69   39.5
  3B 746 694 6102.7 436 1699 87 133 .961 3.15   28.1
  2B 23 16 152.0 35 78 5 19 .958 6.69   0.6
  RF 1 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92   0.0
Career Totals   1649 1462 13165.6 1696 4924 258 782 .962 4.53   68.2
Career Highs   155 146 1309.3 240 599 33 130 1.000 6.03    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 26 ATL NL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1933 27 DET AL 6 23 3 6 0 0 0 6 0 1 2 1 .261 .320 .261 .581
1934 28 DET AL 20 73 8 16 4 0 0 7 1 1 6 9 .219 .275 .274 .549
Career Post-Season Batting 31 101 12 22 4 0 0 13 1 2 8 10 .218 .273 .257 .530
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1938-10-.314
 Games
1937-3-157
 At-Bats
1937-6-614
 Hits
1937-8-189
 Singles
1937-3-139
1938-10-127
 Triples
1941-4-8
Stolen Bases
1934-4-8
 Caught Stealing
1934-6-3
1936-10-3
 Strikeouts
1941-9-70
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Pie Traynor (944)
  2. Dick Howser (943)
  3. Pete Rose (935)
  4. Lee Handley (931)
  5. Lyman Bostock (929)
  6. Lou Chiozza (928)
  7. Frankie Crosetti (925)
  8. Randy Moore (919)
  9. Bud Harrelson (918)
  10. Ralph Hodgin (910)
History
Had first career hit on 4/7/1930, off Nick Dumovich (SLB)
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 7/18/1931, off Frank Mack (CIN)
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/9/1933 to a 6-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1935, hitting .560 with 0 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Oakland on 8/8/1936
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1937, hitting .619 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Traded from Detroit to New York (A) on 2/1/1938 (Going to DET: 1B Ripper Collins, P Whitey Wilshere. Going to NYA: 3B Woody English)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle (M) on 4/10/1938
Injured on 5/13/1938 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/3/1939 to a 4-year deal worth $6,500,000 per year
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (A) on 4/20/1940
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1940, hitting .593 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Cleveland on 5/2/1940
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 7/31/1940 (Going to PIT: RF Stan Benjamin, P Jim Tobin, 3B Randy Moore. Going to DET: P Wayne Lamaster, SS Woody English)
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 5/1/1941 (Going to BSN: 3B Woody English. Going to DET: 1B Chuck Stevens, SS Bill Brubaker, SS Whitey Wietelmann)
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1941, hitting .394 with 3 HR, 22 RBI
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 7/1/1942 (Going to BSN: 1B Chuck Stevens. Going to DET: 3B Woody English)
9/22/1942: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $820,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by Detroit on 9/1/1943
 
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