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Gene Woodling
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Birthdate: 8/16/1922
Died: 6/2/2001
Height / Weight: ' " / 195 lbs.
Place of Birth: Akron, OH, USA
Bats / Throws: L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A well-known, highly regarded all-around athlete, Gene Woodling compiled an outstanding 17-year career, hit over .300 five times and won five World Series rings while playing left-field for the New York Yankees, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953. One of baseball's more popular players during the '50s, Woodling was an outstanding glove man, a line drive hitter with plenty of punch in his bat and a great eye at the plate. In 1953 for the World Champion Yankees, he hit .306, with 26 doubles, 4 triples, 10 home runs, and walked 82 times while striking out just 29 times - for a robust .429 on-base-pct.

After his batting slipped in the 1954 season, Woodling was traded to Baltimore, then the following year to Cleveland. The 1957 season for the Indians was his best offensive year, Woodling hit .321, third best in the AL, powered 25 Ds, 19 HRs, scored 74 runs, 78 RBIs, 65 Ws, 35 Ks.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
19 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1943 CLE (AL) 8 25 5 8 2 1 1 5 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 .320 .346 SLG
1946 CLE (AL) 61 133 8 25 1 4 0 9 16 13 1 2 0 1 5 0 .188 .280 SLG
1947 PIT (NL) 22 79 7 21 2 2 0 10 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 .266 .326 SLG
1949 NYY (AL) 112 296 60 80 13 7 5 44 52 21 2 2 0 1 7 0 .270 .381 SLG
1950 NYY (AL) 122 449 81 127 20 10 6 60 70 31 5 3 0 1 3 0 .283 .381 SLG
1951 NYY (AL) 120 420 65 118 15 8 15 71 62 37 0 4 0 0 3 0 .281 .373 SLG
1952 NYY (AL) 122 408 58 126 19 6 12 63 59 31 1 4 0 1 3 0 .309 .397 SLG
1953 NYY (AL) 125 395 64 121 26 4 10 58 82 29 2 7 0 3 2 0 .306 .429 SLG
1954 NYY (AL) 97 304 33 76 12 5 3 40 53 35 3 4 0 0 0 3 .250 .358 SLG
1955 BAL (AL) 47 145 22 32 6 2 3 18 24 18 1 1 4 1 0 3 .221 .329 SLG
1955 CLE (AL) 79 259 33 72 15 1 5 35 36 15 2 4 2 3 1 4 .278 .368 SLG
1956 CLE (AL) 100 317 56 83 17 0 8 38 69 29 2 6 2 3 7 3 .262 .395 SLG
1957 CLE (AL) 133 430 74 138 25 2 19 78 64 35 0 5 2 3 4 5 .321 .408 SLG
1958 BAL (AL) 133 413 57 114 16 1 15 65 66 49 4 2 3 2 3 1 .276 .378 SLG
1959 BAL (AL) 140 440 63 132 22 2 14 77 78 35 1 1 4 0 1 5 .300 .402 SLG
1960 BAL (AL) 140 435 68 123 18 3 11 62 84 40 3 0 7 4 3 3 .283 .401 SLG
1961 WSA (AL) 110 342 39 107 16 4 10 57 50 24 1 0 3 2 1 1 .313 .403 SLG
1962 WSA (AL) 44 107 19 30 4 0 5 16 24 5 1 0 4 2 1 0 .280 .421 SLG
1962 NYM (NL) 81 190 18 52 8 1 5 24 24 22 0 0 3 1 0 3 .274 .353 SLG
19 years   1796 5587 830 1585 257 63 147 830 921 479 29 45 34 28 46 31 .284 .386 .SLG



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