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Wilbur Wood
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Birthdate: 10/22/1941
Height / Weight: 6' 0" / 180 lbs.
Place of Birth: Cambridge, MA, USA
Bats / Throws: R / L

Baseball Historian Biography

Wilbur Wood with his tantalizing knuckle ball won 20 games four years in a row for the second division Chicago White Sox, from 1971-1974. He went 22-13, 24-7, 24-20, 20-19, averaging almost 340 innings per/yr. Wilbur Wood started as a relief pitcher and in 1968, was 13-12, 1.87 ERA, 16 saves and set the AL record for most games pitched, 88. In that year, he was voted the AL's Fireman of the Year. In 1971, Sox' manager Chuck Tanner moved Wood into the starting rotation and 14 of his 22 wins came on only two days rest, he finished 22-13 with a low 1.91 ERA. In 1972 Iron Man Wilbur Wood started 49 games, the second highest total in this century, only two behind Jack Chesbro's modern day record. Wood's 376 innings were most since Grover Cleveland Alexander 387 in 1917.

 

'The Sporting News' selected Wood as the AL Pitcher of the Year. Wilbur Wood went 24-17, 2.51 ERA and issued fewer than 2 walks per nine innings and worked 10 games without surrendering a single base on balls. In 1973, he pitched both games of a doubleheader, pitching six innings for the win; completing a suspended game. He then started the 2nd game and won 4-0. Later that year, Wood started both games of a regularly scheduled twin-bill but was mauled 12-2 and 7-0. In May 1976, he was hit in the knee-cap by a hard liner while pitching and missed the rest of the season. Wood never fully recovered and lost control of his knuckle ball due to the knee injury and retired in 1978. Wilbur Wood stats: 164-156, 3.24 ERA, 651 G, 297 GC, 114 GC, 24 shutouts, 57 saves in 2684 innings, allowed only 724 walks, 1411 K's with a low .308 on base pct. baseballhistorian.com We tip our cap to this all-time popular Chicago White Sox pitcher, a true Iron Man with a will-to-pitch. Chicago White Sox Baseball History


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1961 BOS (AL) 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.0 14 8 8 2 7 0 7 1 0 0 5.54
1962 BOS (AL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 6 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.52
1963 BOS (AL) 25 6 0 5 0 0 0 64.2 67 35 27 10 13 1 28 2 3 1 3.76
1964 BOS (AL) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 13 11 11 1 3 2 5 2 0 0 17.47
1964 PIT (NL) 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 17.1 16 8 7 0 11 3 7 3 2 1 3.63
1965 PIT (NL) 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 51.1 44 21 18 3 16 3 29 1 1 0 3.16
1967 CHW (AL) 51 8 4 2 4 0 0 95.1 95 34 26 2 28 4 47 6 1 2 2.45
1968 CHW (AL) 88 2 13 12 16 0 0 159.0 127 39 33 8 33 12 74 3 3 0 1.87
1969 CHW (AL) 76 0 10 11 15 0 0 119.2 113 48 40 13 40 15 73 5 3 0 3.01
1970 CHW (AL) 77 0 9 13 21 0 0 121.2 118 50 38 7 36 7 85 4 2 0 2.81
1971 CHW (AL) 44 42 22 13 1 22 7 334.0 272 95 71 21 62 2 210 6 7 0 1.91
1972 CHW (AL) 49 49 24 17 0 20 8 376.2 325 119 105 28 74 5 193 11 7 0 2.51
1973 CHW (AL) 49 48 24 20 0 21 4 359.1 381 166 138 25 91 3 199 7 7 0 3.46
1974 CHW (AL) 42 42 20 19 0 22 1 320.1 305 143 128 27 80 8 169 5 9 0 3.60
1975 CHW (AL) 43 43 16 20 0 14 2 291.1 309 148 133 26 92 5 140 6 5 2 4.11
1976 CHW (AL) 7 7 4 3 0 5 1 56.1 51 24 14 3 11 0 31 1 0 0 2.24
1977 CHW (AL) 24 18 7 8 0 5 1 122.2 139 75 68 10 50 0 42 0 10 0 4.99
1978 CHW (AL) 28 27 10 10 0 4 0 168.0 187 103 97 23 74 1 69 9 3 0 5.20
18 years   651 297 164 156 57 114 24 2684.0 2582 1130 965 209 724 71 1411 72 63 6 3.24
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1961 BOS (AL) 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1962 BOS (AL) 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1963 BOS (AL) 25 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 .0 .0 SLG
1964 BOS (AL) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1964 PIT (NL) 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .0 .0 SLG
1965 PIT (NL) 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1967 CHW (AL) 51 16 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 .63 .118 SLG
1968 CHW (AL) 88 22 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 17 0 0 0 0 2 0 .91 .167 SLG
1969 CHW (AL) 76 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 1 2 0 .0 .63 SLG
1970 CHW (AL) 77 18 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 .111 .111 SLG
1971 CHW (AL) 44 96 1 5 0 0 0 0 11 57 1 0 0 0 17 0 .52 .150 SLG
1972 CHW (AL) 49 125 8 17 0 0 0 7 6 65 0 0 0 0 13 0 .136 .176 SLG
1973 CHW (AL) 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1974 CHW (AL) 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1975 CHW (AL) 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1976 CHW (AL) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1977 CHW (AL) 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1978 CHW (AL) 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
18 years   651 322 11 27 2 0 0 13 20 189 1 0 0 1 38 0 .84 .140 .SLG



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