Wilbur Wood

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: October 22, 1941 in Cambridge, MA us

High School: Belmont HS (Belmont, MA)

Debut: June 30, 1961 (Age 19-251d, 11,862nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 4.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: August 22, 1978 (Age 36-304d)
vs. KCR 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: Wilbur Forrester Wood

Nicknames: Wilbah

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

50.0

164

156

ERA

3.24

651

297

2684.0

1411

WHIP

1.232

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-16 / in Starts: 12-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	624	3	Apr 9	CHW		BOS	L,0-5	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	7	5	2	5	3	1	0	2.00	5.03	39	12	13	1	1	6	57			1	0	2	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.177	.92	-0.15%	-0.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
2	625	6	Apr 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-8	L(0-2)	3	7.2	10	4	4	5	4	1	0	3.24	5.11	38	9	10	1	0	10	42			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	.82	-0.063	1.13	-0.05%	-0.76	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d2
3	626	9	Apr 17	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	GS-5		3	4.1	8	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.29	5.49	23	7	7	0	2	7	29			0	1	1	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.080	1.32	-0.06%	-2.47	1b start a 2	5b 12- 1 out a2
4	627	11	Apr 22	CHW	@	TOR	L,2-4	GS-8	L(0-3)	4	7.2	8	4	4	2	2	2	0	4.40	5.69	33	10	12	1	5	7	47			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.129	.93	-0.09%	-0.78	1b start tie	8b -23 2 out d2
5	628	15	Apr 26	CHW		DET	W,7-2	CG	W(1-3)	3	9.0	6	2	0	3	3	0	0	3.35	5.03	38	16	10	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.18	0.208	.76	0.08%	2.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	629	19	May 2	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	W(2-3)	5	9.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.28	4.56	37	12	12	3	0	8	60			0	1	1	33	1	2	1	0	1	1	1.54	0.256	.77	0.08%	1.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
7	630	25	May 12	CHW		MIL	W,4-3	GS-5	W(3-3)	9	4.1	6	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.53	4.55	21	6	4	0	0	5	37			1	1	0	15	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.29	-0.102	.58	-0.03%	-1.51	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out a1
8	631	29	May 16	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	GS-3	L(3-4)	3	2.0	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	4.25	4.47	13	3	3	1	0	7	22			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.256	.28	-0.04%	-3.03	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d3
9	632	32	May 19	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-2	GS-8	W(4-4)	2	8.0	8	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.98	4.09	34	4	13	0	0	8	63			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.52	0.243	.59	0.06%	1.54	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
10	633	36	May 23	CHW	@	CAL	L,4-5	GS-5		3	4.1	8	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.27	4.19	21	5	5	2	0	6	32			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.21	-0.368	.49	-0.09%	-2.60	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out tie
11	634	40	May 27	CHW		OAK	L,3-4	GS-9		3	9.0	4	3	3	4	4	2	1	4.12	4.44	33	13	7	0	0	4	67			0	1	1	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.05	0.115	.20	0.01%	1.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
12	635	44	May 30	CHW		CAL	W,6-2	GS-8	W(5-4)	2	7.0	8	2	2	1	1	1	1	3.98	4.49	28	8	9	1	0	8	53			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	.86	0.175	.22	0.03%	0.95	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	636	48	Jun 4	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-13	GS-3	L(5-5)	4	2.1	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.30	4.45	13	4	1	0	1	6	29			0	1	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.350	.72	-0.12%	-3.11	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d1
14	637	52	Jun 8	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-1	GS-8	W(6-5)	3	7.2	7	1	1	4	5	1	0	4.04	4.46	33	9	8	1	0	7	62			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	0.386	.80	0.12%	2.62	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a1
15	638	57	Jun 13	CHW		CLE	W,10-9	GS-1		4	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.43	4.49	4	0	0	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.262	1.08	-0.16%	-2.98	1t start tie	1t 12- 0 out d2
16	639	62	Jun 18(1)	CHW		KCR	L,2-3	GS-9		4	8.2	5	2	2	7	5	1	0	4.23	4.57	36	11	8	0	4	5	64			4	1	1	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.49	0.250	3.03	0.31%	1.86	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out tie
17	640	68	Jun 24	CHW		MIN	W,7-4	GS-7	W(7-5)	5	6.2	6	3	2	1	2	0	0	4.13	4.43	26	11	6	0	0	6	53			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	.84	0.032	.69	0.02%	0.91	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
18	641	72	Jun 27	CHW	@	SEA	W,10-6	GS-9	W(8-5)	2	8.2	7	6	6	3	4	1	0	4.29	4.41	36	13	9	1	0	7	47			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.122	.23	0.04%	-1.90	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	642	76	Jul 2(1)	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-5	GS-8	W(9-5)	4	7.1	6	5	5	3	5	2	0	4.40	4.51	30	8	8	0	0	6	48			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.048	.46	0.02%	-1.67	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 1 out a3
20	643	81	Jul 6	CHW		BOS	L,6-7	GS-6		3	5.0	8	5	5	2	3	2	0	4.58	4.64	24	6	6	1	2	7	32			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.293	.53	-0.12%	-3.00	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d3
21	644	85	Jul 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	W(10-5)	6	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	1	1	4.35	4.60	35	16	8	1	0	6	73			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.257	.34	0.07%	3.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
22	645	90	Jul 18	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-7	GS-3	L(10-6)	4	2.0	5	6	6	2	0	2	0	4.67	4.80	13	2	4	0	0	5	20			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	.67	-0.294	.12	-0.03%	-4.04	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out d4
23	646	93	Jul 22	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	GS-7	L(10-7)	3	6.1	9	7	7	4	0	0	0	4.90	4.79	33	10	10	0	0	9	23			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	1	1	.76	-0.252	.05	-0.01%	-3.83	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d5
24	647	97	Jul 26	CHW		OAK	L,4-8	GS-4	L(10-8)	3	3.1	8	3	3	0	0	1	0	4.98	4.82	18	7	3	1	0	8	32			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	-0.222	.10	-0.01%	-1.60	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d1
25	648	101	Jul 30(1)	CHW		TEX	W,5-4	GS-4		3	3.1	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.04	4.77	17	5	5	0	0	7	34			2	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.194	.02	0.00%	-1.98	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	649	106	Aug 4	CHW	@	DET	L,1-7	GS-8	L(10-9)	4	7.1	8	7	7	6	6	2	0	5.21	4.87	36	9	7	1	0	8	34			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.155	.02	0.00%	-2.29	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out d4
27	650	112	Aug 10	CHW	@	TOR	L,3-7	GS-7	L(10-10)	5	7.0	7	5	5	6	3	1	0	5.26	4.93	33	11	6	0	0	7	40			0	1	1	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.435	.00	0.00%	-1.67	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
28	651	123	Aug 22	CHW		KCR	L,3-6	8-GF		11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.20	4.92	8	3	3	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.95	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 3
							12-16		W-L:10-10	3.7	168.0	187	103	97	74	69	23	3	5.20	4.92	753	1.17		4%	4%	180	44	0	---%	14	9	8	655	21	3	1	10	7	9	.99	-1.529	.64	-0.13%	-23.21

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