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Joe Wood
Joe Wood (Smoky Joe)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut August 24, 1908
Final Game September 24, 1922
Born October 25, 1889 in Kansas City, MO
Died July 27, 1985 in West Haven, CT

Father of Joe Wood

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1908 18 BOS AL   1   1   6   2   1   1   3  0   22.7   14   12    6   0   16   11   1   0    94       0  2.38  2.46  103 1.324
 1909 19 BOS AL  11   7  24  19  13   4   3  0  160.7  121   51   39   1   43   88   6   5   629       0  2.18  2.50  114 1.021
 1910 20 BOS AL  12  13  35  17  14   3  13  0  198.7  155   81   37   3   56  145  10   5   771       0  1.68  2.54  152 1.062
 1911 21 BOS AL  23  17  44  33  25   5  11  3  275.7  226  113   62   2   76  231  11  10  1102       0  2.02  3.27  162 1.096
 1912 22 BOS AL  34   5  43  38  35  10   5  1  344.0  267  104   73   2   82  258  12   7  1362       0  1.91  3.40  178 1.015 MVP-5
 1913 23 BOS AL  11   5  23  18  12   1   5  2  145.7  120   54   37   0   61  123   8   8   597       0  2.29  2.93  128 1.243
 1914 24 BOS AL  10   3  18  14  11   1   4  1  113.3   94   38   33   1   34   67   0   5   444       0  2.62  2.68  102 1.129
 1915 25 BOS AL  15   5  25  16  10   3   8  2  157.3  120   32   26   1   44   63   1   3   600       0  1.49  2.78  187 1.042
 1917 27 CLE AL   0   1   5   1   0   0   3  1   15.7   17    7    6   0    7    2   0   0    62       0  3.45  2.82   82 1.532
 1919 29 CLE AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  1    0.7    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     3       0  0.00  3.35  inf 0.000
 1920 30 CLE AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    4    5    5   0    2    1   0   0    11       0 22.50  3.79   17 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .672 117  57 225 158 121  28  57 11 1436.3 1138  497  324  10  421  989  49  43  5675       0  2.03  2.96  146 1.085
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    20  10  39  28  21   4  10  1  255.0  202   88   57   1   74  175   8   7  1007   0   0  2.03  2.96  146 1.085
 Career High     34  17  44  38  35  10  13  3  344.0  267  113   73   3   82  258  12  10  1362   0   0  1.49  3.40  187 1.015

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 18 BOS AL   6    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1909 19 BOS AL  24   55    4    9   0  1   0    3   0      2      .164  .207  .200   27   11   1           1    
 1910 20 BOS AL  35   69    9   18   2  1   1    5   0      5      .261  .311  .362  109   25   3           0    
 1911 21 BOS AL  44   88   15   23   4  2   2   11   1     10      .261  .343  .420  113   37   6           1    
 1912 22 BOS AL  43  124   16   36  13  1   1   13   0     11      .290  .348  .435  119   54   6           0     MVP-5
 1913 23 BOS AL  24   56   10   15   5  0   0   10   1      4   7  .268  .317  .357   95   20   1           0    
 1914 24 BOS AL  21   43    2    6   1  0   0    1   1      3  14  .140  .213  .163   13    7   1           1    
 1915 25 BOS AL  29   54    6   14   1  1   1    7   1  1   5  10  .259  .322  .370  110   20   5           0    
 1917 27 CLE AL  10    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1918 28 CLE AL 119  422   41  125  22  4   5   66   8     36  38  .296  .356  .403  120  170  20           3    
 1919 29 CLE AL  72  192   30   49  10  6   0   27   3     32  21  .255  .367  .370  102   71   9           2    
 1920 30 CLE AL  61  137   25   37  11  2   1   30   1  1  25  16  .270  .390  .401  107   55  12           2    
 1921 31 CLE AL  66  194   32   71  16  5   4   60   2  0  25  17  .366  .438  .562  151  109  10           0    
 1922 32 CLE AL 142  505   74  150  33  8   8   92   5  1  50  63  .297  .367  .442  109  223  22           6    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     696 1952  266  553 118 31  23  325  23  3 208 189  .283  .357  .411  111  802  96   0   0  16   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        454   62  129  27  7   5   76   5  1  48  44  .283  .357  .411  111  187  22   0   0   4   0
 Career High    142  505   74  150  33  8   8   92   8  1  50  63  .297  .367  .442  120  223  22   0   0   6   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 18 BOS AL    7    7    0   0.0    71| .000  .249| .000  .307| .000  .317| .000  .623|-100  .000  -1.6  -0.2     
 1909 19 BOS AL   59   47    2   1.1    75| .164  .255| .207  .316| .200  .323| .407  .639|  27  .141  -4.8  -0.6     
 1910 20 BOS AL   77   54    8   4.0    77| .261  .252| .311  .319| .362  .326| .673  .644| 109  .600   0.4   0.1     
 1911 21 BOS AL  105   71   12   4.5    95| .261  .280| .343  .346| .420  .368| .763  .714| 113  .540   1.4   0.1     
 1912 22 BOS AL  141   94   19   5.4    95| .290  .278| .348  .348| .435  .366| .783  .714| 119  .640   3.2   0.3     
 1913 23 BOS AL   61   42    6   3.8    89| .268  .268| .317  .340| .357  .352| .674  .692|  95  .523  -0.3   0.0     
 1914 24 BOS AL   48   38    1   0.7    82| .140  .257| .213  .330| .163  .336| .376  .665|  13  .056  -4.6  -0.5     
 1915 25 BOS AL   64   46    6   3.5    81| .259  .252| .322  .329| .370  .330| .692  .660| 110  .509   0.4   0.0  50%
 1917 27 CLE AL    6    6    0   0.0    85| .000  .263| .000  .335| .000  .340| .000  .674|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.2     
 1918 28 CLE AL  481  317   60   5.2    89| .296  .271| .356  .343| .403  .345| .759  .688| 120  .670  10.1   1.1     
 1919 29 CLE AL  235  152   26   4.6   100| .255  .283| .367  .350| .370  .381| .737  .731| 102  .556   1.4   0.2     
 1920 30 CLE AL  176  113   21   5.0   109| .270  .295| .390  .360| .401  .405| .791  .765| 107  .538   2.8   0.3  50%
 1921 31 CLE AL  229  133   48   9.7   116| .366  .302| .438  .368| .562  .424|1.000  .792| 151  .764  15.8   1.5 100%
 1922 32 CLE AL  583  378   81   5.8   111| .297  .294| .367  .359| .442  .413| .809  .773| 109  .586   7.0   0.7  83%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     2272 1498  290   5.2    99| .283  .282| .357  .350| .411  .379| .768  .729| 111  .603  29.9   2.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1908 18 BOS AL P 6 3 5 1 1 .889 .941 1.33 2.28 3.17 3.21 2 22.7 1909 19 BOS AL P 24 7 27 1 0 .971 .942 1.42 2.25 1.90 3.19 19 160.7 1910 20 BOS AL P 35 17 62 2 3 .975 .942 2.26 2.35 3.58 3.29 17 198.7 1911 21 BOS AL P 44 23 67 5 3 .947 .938 2.05 1.89 2.94 2.88 33 275.7 1912 22 BOS AL P 43 41 110 4 2 .974 .940 3.51 1.95 3.95 2.96 38 344.0 1913 23 BOS AL P 23 9 55 3 1 .955 .937 2.78 1.83 3.95 3.01 18 145.7 1914 24 BOS AL P 18 13 28 0 0 1.000 .936 2.28 1.74 3.26 2.96 14 113.3 1915 25 BOS AL P 25 8 48 1 6 .982 .936 2.24 1.80 3.20 3.01 16 157.3 1917 27 CLE AL P 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 1.40 1.84 4.01 3.04 1 15.7 1918 28 CLE AL OF 95 193 10 8 4 .962 .962 2.14 2.17 84 1 10 2B 19 47 67 8 3 .934 .958 6.00 5.31 1B 4 33 0 1 0 .971 .985 8.25 10.90 1919 29 CLE AL OF 64 90 6 7 1 .932 .958 1.50 2.16 15 6 43 P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.80 12.86 2.57 0 0.7 1920 30 CLE AL OF 55 71 5 1 0 .987 .962 1.38 2.16 5 2 48 P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.70 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 1921 31 CLE AL OF 64 105 3 3 1 .973 .960 1.69 2.21 0 21 56 1922 32 CLE AL OF 141 249 18 11 5 .960 .964 1.89 2.22 2 1 138
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1918 28 CLE AL 1B 4 33 0 1 0 .971 .985 8.25 10.90 1918 28 CLE AL 2B 19 47 67 8 3 .934 .958 6.00 5.31 1918 28 CLE AL OF 95 193 10 8 4 .962 .962 2.14 2.17 84 1 10 1919 29 CLE AL OF 64 90 6 7 1 .932 .958 1.50 2.16 15 6 43 1920 30 CLE AL OF 55 71 5 1 0 .987 .962 1.38 2.16 5 2 48 1921 31 CLE AL OF 64 105 3 3 1 .973 .960 1.69 2.21 0 21 56 1922 32 CLE AL OF 141 249 18 11 5 .960 .964 1.89 2.22 2 1 138 1908 18 BOS AL P 6 3 5 1 1 .889 .941 1.33 2.28 3.17 3.21 2 22.7 1909 19 BOS AL P 24 7 27 1 0 .971 .942 1.42 2.25 1.90 3.19 19 160.7 1910 20 BOS AL P 35 17 62 2 3 .975 .942 2.26 2.35 3.58 3.29 17 198.7 1911 21 BOS AL P 44 23 67 5 3 .947 .938 2.05 1.89 2.94 2.88 33 275.7 1912 22 BOS AL P 43 41 110 4 2 .974 .940 3.51 1.95 3.95 2.96 38 344.0 1913 23 BOS AL P 23 9 55 3 1 .955 .937 2.78 1.83 3.95 3.01 18 145.7 1914 24 BOS AL P 18 13 28 0 0 1.000 .936 2.28 1.74 3.26 2.96 14 113.3 1915 25 BOS AL P 25 8 48 1 6 .982 .936 2.24 1.80 3.20 3.01 16 157.3 1917 27 CLE AL P 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 1.40 1.84 4.01 3.04 1 15.7 1919 29 CLE AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.80 12.86 2.57 0 0.7 1920 30 CLE AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.70 4.50 2.70 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 419 708 42 30 11 .962 .962 1.79 2.19 106 31 295 P* 225 123 409 17 16 .969 .939 2.36 1.99 158 1436.3 2B 19 47 67 8 3 .934 .958 6.00 5.31 1B 4 33 0 1 0 .971 .985 8.25 10.90 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 667 911 518 56 30 .962 .953 2.14 2.26
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1912   WS    BOS NYG     W   4   3   4.50  3  1  0  2  22    27  11   3  21 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1912   WS    BOS NYG     W   4   7   1   2  0  0  0   1   1   0  .286  .375  .286   0  0   0   0   0 
 1920   WS    CLE BRO     W   4  10   2   2  1  0  0   0   1   2  .200  .273  .300   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0   8  17   3   4  1  0  0   1   2   2  .235  .316  .294   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1912-AL-5-0.34
Car-549-0.34 shares

Batting Average
1918 AL-.296-10

Doubles
1918 AL-22-7

Home Runs
1918 AL-5-5

RBI
1918 AL-66-3
1922 AL-92-9

Strikeouts
1918 AL-38-10
1922 AL-63-5

Runs Created
1918 AL-60-10

Extra-Base Hits
1918 AL-31-10

Power/Speed Number
1918 AL-6.2-6

At Bats per Home Run
1918 AL-84.4-6

ERA
1910 AL-1.68-8
1911 AL-2.02-3
1912 AL-1.91-2
1915 AL-1.49-1
Car-2.03-4

Wins
1911 AL-23-4
1912 AL-34-1

Won-Loss %
1909 AL-.611-10
1912 AL-.872-1
1913 AL-.688-7
1914 AL-.769-3
1915 AL-.750-1
Car-.672-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1909 AL-1.021-8
1910 AL-1.062-8
1911 AL-1.096-3
1912 AL-1.015-2
1915 AL-1.042-4
Car-1.085-11

Hits Allowed/9IP
1909 AL-6.78-5
1910 AL-7.02-10
1911 AL-7.38-2
1912 AL-6.99-2
1915 AL-6.86-3
Car-7.13-12

Bases on Balls/9IP
1912 AL-2.15-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1909 AL-4.93-8
1910 AL-6.57-2
1911 AL-7.54-1
1912 AL-6.75-2

Games
1911 AL-44-3
1912 AL-43-3

Saves
1911 AL-3-4
1919 AL-1-10

Innings
1911 AL-275.7-5
1912 AL-344.0-3

Strikeouts
1910 AL-145-6
1911 AL-231-2
1912 AL-258-2
1913 AL-123-10

Games Started
1911 AL-33-4
1912 AL-38-3

Comp. Games
1911 AL-25-5
1912 AL-35-1

Shutouts
1909 AL-4-9
1911 AL-5-3
1912 AL-10-1
1915 AL-3-8

Hits Allowed
1912 AL-267-5

SO to Walk
1910 AL-2.59-6
1911 AL-3.04-2
1912 AL-3.15-2

Losses
1910 AL-13-9
1911 AL-17-3

Wild Pitches
1911 AL-10-4
1913 AL-8-9

Hit Batsmen
1910 AL-10-9
1912 AL-12-4

Batters Faced
1911 AL-1102-5
1912 AL-1362-3

Games Finished
1910 AL-13-4
1911 AL-11-7

Adjusted ERA+
1910 AL-152-7
1911 AL-162-3
1912 AL-178-2
1915 AL-187-2
Car-146-5

Youngest Player
1908 AL-18-1
1909 AL-19-3

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 17 (118) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Batting - 18 (1051) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 91 (241) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1629) Pitching - 39.0 (73) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 67.5 (169) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August, 1908: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Kansas City (American Association).

February 24, 1917: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Boston Red Sox for $15,000.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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