Gary
Woods
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: July 20, 1954 in Usa, CA, SANTA BARBARA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1985   
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
1976 21 TOR AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7
1977 22 TOR AL     4 4 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1978 23 TOR AL     4 4 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1979 24 TOR AL     4 4 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1980 25 TOR AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1981 26 TOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 7
1982 27 TOR AL     6 6 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 4 5 7 7 7
1983 28 NYG NL $ 400,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 4 5 7 7 7
1984 29 NYG NL $ 400,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1985 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 4 5 7 7 7
1986 31 CLE AL $ 1,580,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 4 5 7 7 7
1987 32 CLE AL $ 1,580,000   7 7 8 1 1 1 7 7 7 5 4 5 7 7 7
1988 33 WAS NL $ 2,489,752   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 7 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
1989 34 WAS NL $ 2,489,752   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 7
1990 35 CLE AL $ 1,000,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,489,752   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
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
1976 21 AA   109 339 47 82 21 3 8 39 0 0 33 57 .242 .309 .392 .701 41.3  
    A   19 40 4 13 3 0 1 14 0 0 5 7 .325 .400 .475 .875 7.2  
1977 22 AA   116 404 43 116 22 1 7 50 2 1 37 40 .287 .347 .399 .745 54.9  
1978 23 AA   137 489 38 132 22 4 6 51 1 3 49 56 .270 .336 .368 .705 60.2  
1979 24 AAA   25 97 15 26 11 0 2 21 0 0 9 4 .268 .330 .443 .773 13.5  
    AA   110 387 39 84 13 0 9 45 0 2 38 47 .217 .287 .320 .607 36.5  
1980 25 AAA   137 550 62 168 45 1 5 57 0 2 56 53 .305 .370 .418 .788 80.9  
1981 26 TOR AL 45 120 9 32 11 0 0 13 2 0 11 15 .267 .326 .358 .684 14.5 2.2
    A   25 97 15 40 7 0 3 20 1 0 19 9 .412 .509 .577 1.086 25.5  
1982 27 TOR AL 74 156 13 39 10 0 0 13 0 0 4 14 .250 .269 .314 .583 11.0 0.5
1983 28 NYG NL 73 195 23 53 7 3 2 22 3 0 9 19 .272 .304 .369 .673 20.1 3.2
1984 29 NYG NL 56 142 22 45 11 2 0 25 0 0 10 24 .317 .362 .423 .784 19.8 5.2
1985 30 NYG NL 48 84 9 20 4 0 3 20 0 0 3 13 .238 .264 .393 .657 7.9 1.0
  CLE AL 56 157 27 50 8 0 4 16 0 0 14 18 .318 .372 .446 .818 23.4 5.2
  TOT   104 241 36 70 12 0 7 36 0 0 17 31 .290 .336 .427 .763 31.3 6.2
1986 31 CLE AL 129 386 53 110 24 1 2 32 1 1 23 57 .285 .325 .368 .693 44.1 6.9
1987 32 CLE AL 155 601 101 172 40 2 3 56 2 1 50 85 .286 .340 .374 .714 73.5 11.8
1988 33 WAS NL 126 405 49 105 30 0 2 52 1 1 32 68 .259 .311 .348 .659 42.2 5.5
1989 34 WAS NL 65 144 18 37 8 1 0 10 0 0 12 18 .257 .314 .326 .640 13.4 1.8
1990 35 CLE AL 97 269 27 80 20 0 3 33 1 2 23 44 .297 .351 .405 .757 36.5 5.7
10 Years Sim 924 2659 351 743 173 9 19 292 10 5 191 375 .279 .327 .373 .699 306.4 48.9
2 Years AAA 162 647 77 194 56 1 7 78 0 2 65 57 .300 .365 .422 .787 94.4  
4 Years AA 472 1619 167 414 78 8 30 185 3 6 157 200 .256 .320 .369 .689 193.0  
2 Years A 44 137 19 53 10 0 4 34 1 0 24 16 .387 .472 .547 1.020 32.7  
8 Years Minors 678 2403 263 661 144 9 41 297 4 8 246 273 .275 .341 .394 .735 320.1  
162 Game Average 466 61 130 30 1 3 51 1 0 33 65 .279 .327 .373 .699 53.7  
Career Highs 155 601 101 172 40 3 7 56 3 2 50 85 .317 .362 .427 .784 73.5  
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   1525 218 404 89 6 12 169 5 3 104 209 .265 .311 .355 .665 163.8
vs LH   1134 133 339 84 3 7 123 5 2 87 166 .299 .348 .397 .745 149.7
Home 435 1262 174 368 86 6 7 141 3 2 94 171 .292 .340 .386 .726 158.8
Away 489 1397 177 375 87 3 12 151 7 3 97 204 .268 .315 .361 .676 154.7
RISP   648 0 190 50 3 5 256 0 0 49 98 .293 .337 .403 .739 85.0
Pinch Hitting   162 23 56 13 1 3 43 0 0 4 15 .346 .357 .494 .851 25.4
Close/Late   341 35 101 24 0 2 37 0 0 18 28 .296 .327 .384 .711 40.7
Mar/Apr 131 386 53 122 33 1 3 51 0 1 29 44 .316 .363 .430 .793 55.8
May 148 417 58 119 25 1 3 39 3 1 31 55 .285 .336 .372 .707 50.5
June 152 410 53 119 29 3 4 56 1 0 31 47 .290 .338 .405 .743 54.0
July 151 444 57 110 23 3 4 57 0 1 33 74 .248 .298 .340 .638 44.3
August 181 514 59 132 28 1 0 31 3 1 35 78 .257 .304 .315 .619 48.1
Sep/Oct 161 488 71 141 35 0 5 58 3 1 32 77 .289 .331 .391 .723 60.7
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
1981 26 TOR AL CF 31 29 243.3 52 1 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.7
    3B 5 2 19.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.95   0.0
    2B 3 1 14.0 4 5 0 1 1.000 5.79   0.1
    RF 3 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    1B 2 1 11.0 14 3 1 1 .944 13.91   0.0
    SS 3 1 9.7 2 5 0 1 1.000 6.52   0.1
1982 27 TOR AL CF 22 14 123.7 18 1 1 0 .950 1.38   0.3
    SS 18 4 62.0 10 21 0 6 1.000 4.50   0.3
    3B 11 6 60.0 6 15 0 0 1.000 3.15   0.3
    1B 6 3 40.0 52 4 1 3 .982 12.60   0.1
    2B 10 2 33.0 8 18 0 3 1.000 7.09   0.2
    RF 6 2 27.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 28 NYG NL RF 18 13 125.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.5
    CF 15 15 122.7 25 0 1 0 .962 1.83    
    LF 15 6 68.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.85    
    1B 7 7 52.0 53 4 0 8 1.000 9.87   0.1
    SS 15 0 26.0 2 11 1 1 .929 4.50   0.1
    2B 2 0 6.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1984 29 NYG NL CF 15 15 124.0 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.5
    RF 15 12 90.3 18 0 2 0 .900 1.79    
    SS 10 0 22.0 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.05   0.1
    1B 5 1 16.0 14 3 0 0 1.000 9.56   0.0
    LF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    2B 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1985 30 NYG NL CF 12 10 67.5 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.3
    LF 8 6 41.8 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.0
    SS 8 1 19.7 3 11 1 2 .933 6.40   0.1
    1B 7 1 16.9 19 1 0 2 1.000 10.65   0.0
    3B 4 2 15.5 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.32   0.0
    RF 4 1 11.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.76   0.0
    2B 3 1 9.5 3 2 0 0 1.000 4.74   0.0
  CLE AL CF 13 11 132.8 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.37   1.0
    LF 10 7 82.2 19 1 0 1 1.000 2.19   0.0
    SS 10 2 38.7 5 21 1 3 .963 6.05   0.3
    1B 9 1 33.1 38 2 0 3 1.000 10.88   0.1
    3B 5 2 30.5 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.66   0.2
    RF 4 2 23.2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.16   0.0
    2B 3 1 18.8 6 3 0 1 1.000 4.31   0.1
  TOT   CF 25 21 200.3 52 1 0 0 1.000 2.38   1.2
      LF 18 13 124.0 28 2 0 1 1.000 2.18   0.0
      SS 18 3 58.4 8 32 2 5 .952 6.16   0.4
      1B 16 2 50.0 57 3 0 5 1.000 10.80   0.1
      3B 9 4 46.0 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.54   0.2
      RF 8 3 35.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.03   0.0
      2B 6 2 28.3 9 5 0 1 1.000 4.45   0.1
1986 31 CLE AL SS 75 68 587.3 97 229 6 31 .982 5.00   2.2
    RF 19 15 127.7 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.83   0.6
    CF 6 5 46.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
    2B 11 1 32.0 8 14 0 1 1.000 6.19   0.1
    LF 6 2 28.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.57    
    1B 4 2 20.0 27 2 0 4 1.000 13.05   0.0
    3B 5 1 19.0 2 5 1 0 .875 3.32   0.1
1987 32 CLE AL RF 146 145 1259.7 284 2 1 0 .997 2.04   3.1
    CF 4 3 27.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67    
    SS 2 1 11.0 3 3 0 2 1.000 4.91   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 10.84   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1988 33 WAS NL 1B 34 32 288.0 331 28 4 29 .989 11.22   0.3
    LF 28 28 246.3 45 2 0 1 1.000 1.72   1.4
    RF 14 12 101.0 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.76    
    CF 18 3 44.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.42    
    3B 6 2 20.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.1
    SS 7 1 19.7 2 10 1 2 .923 5.49   0.1
    2B 5 1 17.0 5 10 0 1 1.000 7.94   0.1
1989 34 WAS NL 1B 20 11 117.7 143 9 3 16 .981 11.63   0.2
    SS 16 5 70.7 5 17 0 2 1.000 2.80   0.2
    2B 19 5 65.7 16 26 0 6 1.000 5.76   0.4
    3B 8 4 44.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.1
    CF 5 5 41.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.2
    LF 2 2 16.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81    
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1990 35 CLE AL RF 44 39 343.0 74 0 0 0 1.000 1.94   1.6
    CF 17 11 108.3 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.58    
    SS 15 6 70.0 14 28 2 7 .955 5.40   0.4
    3B 9 2 30.3 2 8 1 0 .909 2.97   0.1
    1B 4 2 21.0 20 2 0 1 1.000 9.43   0.0
    2B 2 1 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    LF 3 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  RF 274 242 2124.7 475 2 3 0 .994 2.02   5.8
  CF 158 121 1080.9 236 4 2 0 .992 2.00   2.9
  SS 179 89 936.7 143 361 12 58 .977 4.84   3.8
  1B 99 61 616.7 712 58 9 68 .988 11.24   1.0
  LF 79 51 502.0 101 4 0 2 1.000 1.88   1.4
  3B 54 21 240.0 17 52 2 1 .972 2.59   0.9
  2B 60 13 210.0 53 86 0 14 1.000 5.96   1.0
Career Totals   903 598 5710.9 1737 567 28 143 .988 3.63   17.0
Career Highs   154 149 1300.3 427 250 7 36 .997 5.99    
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
1983 28 NYG NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1984 29 NYG NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 30 CLE AL 12 14 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714
1988 33 WAS NL 6 25 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .160 .192 .160 .352
Career Post-Season Batting 22 43 5 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 .186 .205 .233 .437
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.
Games
1987-8-155
Runs
1987-7-101
Doubles
1987-10-40
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 67th overall pick, by Toronto in 1976
Injured on 4/24/1977 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 9/1/1977 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 6/26/1979 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/10/1980 with a Bruised Heel, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 5/4/1981, off Jerry Reuss (IND)
Injured on 6/6/1981 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Released by Toronto on 10/13/1982
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/9/1983 to a 2-year deal worth $400,000 per year
4/3/1983: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Hit first career homerun on 5/18/1983, off Mike Mcqueen (CLE)
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (A) on 7/1/1985 (Going to NYG: P Paul Boris. Going to CLE: CF Gary Woods)
Won World Championship with Cleveland (A) in 1985
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,580,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/18/1986 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/25/1986 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for one week
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,580,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/5/1988 to a 2-year deal worth $2,489,752 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/12/1990 to a 2-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year