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Gene
Woodling		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: August 16, 1922 in Usa, OH, AKRON
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1944   
Gold Glove 1948    1949    1950    1951    1952    1955    1956   
All-Star Selections 1944    1948    1949    1950    1951    1953    1956   
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
1943 20 BOS AL     7 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 10 9 8 9 9
1944 21 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 10 9 9 9 9
1945 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 10 9 9 10 10
1946 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 8 10 10 9 10 10
1947 24 BOS AL $ 3,664,286   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 10 10 10 9 10 9
1948 25 BOS AL $ 3,664,286   9 9 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 10 10 10 9 9 9
1949 26 BOS AL $ 4,521,429   9 9 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 10 10 10 9 9 9
1950 27 BOS AL $ 6,128,571   9 9 8 7 8 8 6 7 7 10 10 10 9 9 9
1951 28 TAM AL $ 15,500,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 6 8 7 10 10 10 9 9 9
1952 29 TAM AL $ 15,500,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 6 8 7 10 10 10 9 9 9
1953 30 TAM AL $ 15,500,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 10 10 10 8 9 9
1954 31 TAM AL $ 15,500,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 10 10 10 8 9 9
1955 32 BRK NL $ 14,865,890   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 8 7 10 10 10 9 9 9
1956 33 BRK NL $ 14,865,890   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 7 6 10 10 10 8 9 8
1957 34 BRK NL $ 14,865,890   6 6 5 7 8 8 5 6 6 9 10 10 7 8 7
1958 35 PIT NL $ 14,865,890   5 5 4 6 6 6 4 5 4 8 10 9 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 8 10 9 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,500,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 6 8 7 10 10 10 9 10 10
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
1943 20 AAA   137 511 109 149 19 5 27 79 18 12 102 37 .292 .409 .507 .916 106.1  
1944 21 BOS AL 152 491 81 157 33 6 21 92 0 1 104 49 .320 .436 .540 .976 109.6 21.8
1945 22 BOS AL 129 439 69 117 25 3 20 73 0 0 65 28 .267 .355 .474 .829 74.6 11.4
1946 23 BOS AL 150 554 104 146 23 3 32 96 0 0 108 26 .264 .381 .489 .870 106.7 18.4
1947 24 BOS AL 135 446 78 112 21 6 15 85 0 0 81 9 .251 .363 .426 .789 71.1 11.1
    AAA   2 4 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 .750 .750 1.500 2.250 2.0  
1948 25 BOS AL 157 514 128 157 21 4 23 116 0 0 143 24 .305 .451 .496 .947 118.8 23.4
1949 26 BOS AL 149 527 122 165 20 9 35 143 0 0 117 15 .313 .433 .584 1.018 126.1 22.8
1950 27 BOS AL 156 557 126 171 28 4 28 115 0 0 127 35 .307 .434 .522 .956 124.1 25.7
1951 28 TAM AL 155 577 115 174 24 6 42 142 2 1 110 38 .302 .411 .582 .993 129.5 22.6
1952 29 TAM AL 156 557 96 160 21 3 30 94 1 1 122 32 .287 .416 .497 .914 114.7 22.3
1953 30 TAM AL 159 555 109 166 27 2 25 115 0 0 120 38 .299 .418 .490 .908 114.7 24.7
1954 31 TAM AL 151 575 96 150 24 3 29 114 0 0 110 49 .261 .378 .464 .843 104.3 20.2
1955 32 BRK NL 147 515 115 143 29 1 30 98 0 0 96 52 .278 .389 .513 .902 100.1 20.6
1956 33 BRK NL 154 534 106 150 29 5 33 121 0 0 105 46 .281 .402 .539 .941 113.2 27.1
1957 34 BRK NL 138 439 84 106 20 2 22 63 0 0 76 73 .241 .353 .446 .800 72.0 14.4
1958 35 BRK NL 72 233 40 47 5 0 12 25 0 0 38 43 .202 .316 .378 .694 29.5 4.0
  PIT NL 20 35 5 6 1 0 3 6 0 0 1 9 .171 .194 .457 .652 3.3 0.1
  TOT   92 268 45 53 6 0 15 31 0 0 39 52 .198 .302 .388 .690 32.9 4.1
    AAA   31 100 28 26 3 0 12 30 1 0 28 15 .260 .422 .650 1.072 27.5  
15 Years Sim 2180 7548 1474 2127 351 57 400 1498 3 3 1523 566 .282 .400 .502 .903 1512.3 290.5
3 Years AAA 170 615 138 178 22 5 40 111 19 13 130 52 .289 .417 .537 .953 135.6  
162 Game Average 560 109 158 26 4 29 111 0 0 113 42 .282 .400 .502 .903 112.4  
Career Highs 159 577 128 174 33 9 42 143 2 1 143 73 .320 .451 .584 1.018 129.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5088 1094 1550 248 39 300 1090 3 2 1104 337 .305 .426 .546 .971 1168.2
vs LH   2460 380 577 103 18 100 408 0 1 419 229 .235 .345 .413 .758 376.3
Home 1094 3708 702 1059 176 32 186 733 3 1 749 279 .286 .403 .501 .904 760.9
Away 1086 3840 772 1068 175 25 214 765 0 2 774 287 .278 .397 .504 .901 783.6
RISP   1978 0 600 97 24 112 1041 0 0 458 146 .303 .422 .547 .968 463.0
Pinch Hitting   143 32 41 9 0 8 34 0 0 40 17 .287 .443 .517 .961 33.8
Close/Late   889 167 243 37 10 41 175 0 0 212 59 .273 .412 .476 .888 183.6
Mar/Apr 374 1325 248 381 65 7 63 258 2 0 260 109 .288 .401 .490 .890 265.9
May 395 1382 270 364 47 15 72 285 0 1 272 104 .263 .384 .475 .859 262.6
June 384 1313 250 361 62 6 68 259 0 0 275 79 .275 .397 .487 .884 263.4
July 334 1140 230 328 47 11 62 204 0 1 219 94 .288 .402 .511 .913 234.7
August 369 1291 259 386 62 14 68 228 1 1 266 96 .299 .416 .527 .943 281.5
Sep/Oct 324 1097 217 307 68 4 67 264 0 0 231 84 .280 .403 .532 .936 236.3
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
1944 21 BOS AL RF 100 95 846.0 188 2 1 0 .995 2.02   2.6
    LF 46 44 391.3 64 3 0 0 1.000 1.54    
1945 22 BOS AL LF 75 72 615.3 132 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   2.8
    RF 52 48 435.0 87 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1946 23 BOS AL RF 148 144 1272.7 304 6 1 2 .997 2.19   4.2
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1947 24 BOS AL RF 126 114 1032.0 252 3 0 2 1.000 2.22   2.6
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1948 25 BOS AL LF 127 125 1123.0 237 1 2 0 .992 1.91   3.9
    RF 26 17 168.3 39 2 0 0 1.000 2.19    
    CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1949 26 BOS AL LF 142 139 1252.7 279 4 5 1 .983 2.03   3.7
    RF 4 0 8.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.24    
1950 27 BOS AL RF 124 123 1095.3 250 1 0 1 1.000 2.06   5.2
    LF 30 24 232.7 44 0 1 0 .978 1.70    
1951 28 TAM AL LF 135 133 1196.7 268 4 2 2 .993 2.05   3.1
    RF 20 16 156.0 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.79    
1952 29 TAM AL LF 147 146 1300.0 307 2 1 0 .997 2.14   3.4
    RF 3 2 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
1953 30 TAM AL RF 137 135 1225.3 280 1 1 1 .996 2.06   2.5
    LF 18 13 119.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1954 31 TAM AL RF 150 149 1333.7 246 0 1 0 .996 1.66   2.1
    LF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1955 32 BRK NL LF 133 129 1138.3 260 5 3 2 .989 2.10   1.8
    RF 11 0 17.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.60    
1956 33 BRK NL LF 145 139 1243.7 318 4 4 2 .988 2.33   2.4
    RF 8 1 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1957 34 BRK NL LF 110 107 957.3 233 2 2 1 .992 2.21   2.4
    RF 20 0 38.7 10 1 0 1 1.000 2.56    
    CF 1 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1958 35 BRK NL LF 42 42 415.3 88 1 1 0 .989 1.93   0.9
    RF 11 8 91.6 19 1 0 1 1.000 1.97   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  PIT NL LF 12 12 54.6 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.1
    RF 3 2 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 1166 1125 10045.5 2258 26 21 8 .991 2.05   24.5
  RF 943 854 7766.2 1725 17 4 8 .998 2.02   19.1
  CF 4 1 23.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.14   0.0
  SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2114 1980 17838.4 3986 43 25 16 .994 2.03   43.6
Career Highs   156 149 1352.7 323 6 5 2 1.000 2.34    
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
1948 25 BOS AL 9 25 13 9 3 0 4 12 0 0 13 0 .360 .579 .960 1.539
1953 30 TAM AL 10 33 9 6 0 1 1 6 0 0 9 6 .182 .356 .333 .689
Career Post-Season Batting 19 58 22 15 3 1 5 18 0 0 22 6 .259 .458 .603 1.061
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
1944-9-.320
 On-Base Pct
1944-2-.436
1948-2-.451
1949-2-.433
1950-3-.434
1951-4-.411
1952-2-.416
1953-3-.418
1956-4-.402
CAR-16-.400
 Slugging Pct
1944-4-.540
1946-8-.489
1949-3-.584
1950-9-.522
1951-4-.582
1956-10-.539
CAR-42-.502
 OPS
1944-2-.976
1946-9-.870
1948-2-.947
1949-2-1.018
1950-5-.956
1951-4-.993
1953-6-.908
1956-5-.941
CAR-19-.903
 XR
1944-7-109.6
1946-6-106.7
1948-2-118.8
1949-2-126.1
1950-5-124.1
1951-2-129.5
1952-7-114.7
1953-5-114.7
1956-4-113.2
CAR-23-1512.3
 Games
1948-3-157
1950-3-156
1951-8-155
1952-3-156
1953-2-159
Runs
1948-3-128
1949-4-122
1950-3-126
1951-6-115
1953-7-109
1955-4-115
1956-5-106
CAR-23-1474
 Total Bases
1946-10-271
1949-8-308
1951-2-336
1956-10-288
 Triples
1947-9-6
1949-3-9
1951-7-6
1956-10-5
 Homeruns
1944-6-21
1946-4-32
1948-10-23
1949-4-35
1951-2-42
1954-10-29
1956-8-33
CAR-31-400
 RBIs
1948-6-116
1949-1-143
1950-9-115
1951-2-142
1953-3-115
1954-7-114
1956-4-121
CAR-29-1498
 Walks
1944-8-104
1946-6-108
1948-2-143
1949-3-117
1950-3-127
1951-2-110
1952-2-122
1953-2-120
1954-4-110
1955-8-96
1956-3-105
1957-10-76
CAR-12-1523
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 132    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 55    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1943
Had first career hit on 4/2/1944, off Van Mungo (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1944, off Ted Wilks (SEM)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1944, hitting .350 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1944, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1944, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 6/24/1945 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 5/2/1947
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 9/26/1948
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1948, hitting .341 with 8 HR, 33 RBI
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1948
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1948
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,521,429 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 5/11/1949
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1949, hitting .429 with 1 HR, 13 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1949, hitting .474 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1949
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,128,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against New York (A), driving in 8 runs on 9/30/1950
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1950
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/5/1951 to a 4-year deal worth $15,500,001 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1951, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Brooklyn on 6/13/1951
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1951, hitting .347 with 11 HR, 28 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1951
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 6/9/1952
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (N) on 8/29/1952
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1952
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1954, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
9/22/1954: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $14,865,889 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Tampa Bay to Brooklyn on 2/7/1955 (Going to BRK: RF Gene Woodling. Going to TAM: LF Don Lenhardt)
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1955
Drove in 8 runs against Boston (N) on 5/25/1956
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1956
Had 2000th career hit on 5/21/1957, off Walt Masterson (TAM)
Traded from Brooklyn to Pittsburgh on 7/1/1958 (Going to BRK: LF Bob Nieman, 1B Ed Stevens. Going to PIT: LF Bill Howerton, LF Gene Woodling)
 
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