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Woody English
Elwood George English

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 155 lb.

Debut April 26, 1927
Final Game July 1, 1938
Born March 2, 1906 in Fredonia, OH
Died September 26, 1997 in Newark, OH

Nephew of Paul Carpenter

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1927 21 CHC NL  87  334   46   97  14  4   1   28   1     16  26  .290  .325  .365   84  122  23           1    
 1928 22 CHC NL 116  475   68  142  22  4   2   34   4     30  28  .299  .343  .375   88  178  15           2    
 1929 23 CHC NL 144  608  131  168  29  3   1   52  13     68  50  .276  .352  .339   72  206  21           3    
 1930 24 CHC NL 156  638  152  214  36 17  14   59   3    100  72  .335  .430  .511  125  326  11           6    
 1931 25 CHC NL 156  634  117  202  38  8   2   53  12     68  80  .319  .391  .413  114  262  18           7     MVP-4
 1932 26 CHC NL 127  522   70  142  23  7   3   47   5     55  73  .272  .344  .360   90  188  12           2    
 1933 27 CHC NL 105  398   54  104  19  2   3   41   5     53  44  .261  .348  .342   98  136   6           0   7 AS
 1934 28 CHC NL 109  421   65  117  26  5   3   31   6     48  65  .278  .353  .385   99  162   5           1   6
 1935 29 CHC NL  34   84   11   17   2  0   2    8   1     20   4  .202  .368  .298   80   25   3           2   0
 1936 30 CHC NL  64  182   33   45   9  0   0   20   1     40  28  .247  .394  .297   87   54   6           4   3
 1937 31 BRO NL 129  378   45   90  16  2   1   42   4     65  55  .238  .350  .299   76  113   3           0  14
 1938 32 BRO NL  34   72    9   18   2  0   0    7   2      8  11  .250  .333  .278   68   20   0           1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1261 4746  801 1356 236 52  32  422  57  0 571 536  .286  .366  .378   95 1792 123   0   0  29  32
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        610  103  174  30  7   4   54   7  0  73  69  .286  .366  .378   95  230  16   0   0   4   4
 Career High    156  638  152  214  38 17  14   59  13  0 100  80  .335  .430  .511  125  326  23   0   0   7  14
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1927 21 CHC NL  374  260   39   4.0   104| .290  .290| .325  .349| .365  .400| .690  .749|  84  .439  -7.9  -0.8     
 1928 22 CHC NL  522  348   61   4.7   108| .299  .289| .343  .354| .375  .411| .718  .764|  88  .489  -8.2  -0.8     
 1929 23 CHC NL  700  461   72   4.2   121| .276  .304| .352  .368| .339  .443| .691  .812|  72  .377 -24.7  -2.2     
 1930 24 CHC NL  755  435  139   8.5   127| .335  .313| .430  .372| .511  .466| .941  .837| 125  .663  30.5   2.6     
 1931 25 CHC NL  727  450  101   6.0   105| .319  .288| .391  .347| .413  .406| .804  .753| 114  .617  16.0   1.6     
 1932 26 CHC NL  591  392   64   4.4   103| .272  .283| .344  .336| .360  .410| .704  .745|  90  .470  -5.7  -0.6     
 1933 27 CHC NL  457  307   47   4.1    91| .261  .274| .348  .327| .342  .375| .690  .702|  98  .503   1.1   0.1     
 1934 28 CHC NL  475  315   57   4.8   103| .278  .285| .353  .340| .385  .405| .738  .744|  99  .508   1.2   0.1     
 1935 29 CHC NL  109   70    9   3.4   104| .202  .287| .368  .342| .298  .409| .666  .751|  80  .362  -1.2  -0.1     
 1936 30 CHC NL  232  146   21   3.9   105| .247  .288| .394  .348| .297  .403| .691  .751|  87  .413  -0.3   0.0     
 1937 31 BRO NL  446  305   40   3.5   103| .238  .282| .350  .344| .299  .400| .649  .745|  76  .386  -9.7  -1.0     
 1938 32 BRO NL   81   56    7   3.4   100| .250  .277| .333  .341| .278  .394| .611  .736|  68  .378  -2.8  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5469 3545  657   5.0   108| .286  .291| .366  .350| .378  .416| .744  .766|  95  .507 -11.7  -1.4     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1927 21 CHC NL  SS   84    177  281   29   47  .940  .944  5.45  5.18            
                 3B    1      2    4    0    0 1.000  .952  6.00  2.80            
 1928 22 CHC NL  SS  114    245  382   36   85  .946  .950  5.50  5.22            
                 3B    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.95            
 1929 23 CHC NL  SS  144    332  497   39  107  .955  .950  5.76  5.37            
 1930 24 CHC NL  3B   83     83  135    6   19  .973  .950  2.63  2.71            
                 SS   78    173  251   16   57  .964  .952  5.44  5.36            
 1931 25 CHC NL  SS  138    322  441   28   75  .965  .954  5.53  5.06            
                 3B   18     18   41    1    3  .983  .944  3.28  2.72            
 1932 26 CHC NL  3B   93     96  173   12   13  .957  .945  2.89  2.74            
                 SS   38     66  102    8   17  .955  .946  4.42  5.07            
 1933 27 CHC NL  3B  103     80  173    7    9  .973  .949  2.46  2.89             AS
                 SS    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  4.90             AS
 1934 28 CHC NL  SS   56     61  109    5   22  .971  .951  3.04  5.14            
                 3B   46     74  132    5    5  .976  .945  4.48  2.73            
                 2B    7     10   19    4    4  .879  .963  4.14  5.46            
 1935 29 CHC NL  3B   16      8   25    5    2  .868  .940  2.06  2.71            
                 SS   12     21   29    1    4  .980  .947  4.17  5.10            
 1936 30 CHC NL  SS   42     75  127    5   27  .976  .945  4.81  5.10            
                 3B   17     14   21    0    3 1.000  .946  2.06  2.51            
                 2B    1      3    4    0    0 1.000  .959  7.00  5.30            
 1937 31 BRO NL  SS  116    220  303   24   51  .956  .951  4.51  4.85            
                 2B   11     19   21    2    3  .952  .959  3.64  5.33            
 1938 32 BRO NL  3B   21     16   30    2    4  .958  .945  2.19  2.87            
                 2B    3      7    7    0    1 1.000  .972  4.67  5.40            
                 SS    3      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.33  4.90            

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1934 28 CHC NL  2B    7     10   19    4    4  .879  .963  4.14  5.46            
 1936 30 CHC NL  2B    1      3    4    0    0 1.000  .959  7.00  5.30            
 1937 31 BRO NL  2B   11     19   21    2    3  .952  .959  3.64  5.33            
 1938 32 BRO NL  2B    3      7    7    0    1 1.000  .972  4.67  5.40            

 1927 21 CHC NL  3B    1      2    4    0    0 1.000  .952  6.00  2.80            
 1928 22 CHC NL  3B    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.95            
 1930 24 CHC NL  3B   83     83  135    6   19  .973  .950  2.63  2.71            
 1931 25 CHC NL  3B   18     18   41    1    3  .983  .944  3.28  2.72            
 1932 26 CHC NL  3B   93     96  173   12   13  .957  .945  2.89  2.74            
 1933 27 CHC NL  3B  103     80  173    7    9  .973  .949  2.46  2.89            
 1934 28 CHC NL  3B   46     74  132    5    5  .976  .945  4.48  2.73            
 1935 29 CHC NL  3B   16      8   25    5    2  .868  .940  2.06  2.71            
 1936 30 CHC NL  3B   17     14   21    0    3 1.000  .946  2.06  2.51            
 1938 32 BRO NL  3B   21     16   30    2    4  .958  .945  2.19  2.87            

 1927 21 CHC NL  SS   84    177  281   29   47  .940  .944  5.45  5.18            
 1928 22 CHC NL  SS  114    245  382   36   85  .946  .950  5.50  5.22            
 1929 23 CHC NL  SS  144    332  497   39  107  .955  .950  5.76  5.37            
 1930 24 CHC NL  SS   78    173  251   16   57  .964  .952  5.44  5.36            
 1931 25 CHC NL  SS  138    322  441   28   75  .965  .954  5.53  5.06            
 1932 26 CHC NL  SS   38     66  102    8   17  .955  .946  4.42  5.07            
 1933 27 CHC NL  SS    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  4.90            
 1934 28 CHC NL  SS   56     61  109    5   22  .971  .951  3.04  5.14            
 1935 29 CHC NL  SS   12     21   29    1    4  .980  .947  4.17  5.10            
 1936 30 CHC NL  SS   42     75  127    5   27  .976  .945  4.81  5.10            
 1937 31 BRO NL  SS  116    220  303   24   51  .956  .951  4.51  4.85            
 1938 32 BRO NL  SS    3      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  0.33  4.90            

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  SS  826   1693 2523  191  492  .957  .950  5.10  5.15            
                 3B  400    391  734   38   58  .967  .947  2.81  2.77            
                 2B   22     39   51    6    8  .938  .963  4.09  5.38            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total      1248   2123 3308  235  558  .959  .949  4.35  4.39
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1929   WS    CHC PHA     L   5  21   1   4  2  0  0   0   1   6  .190  .227  .286   0  1   0   0   0 
 1932   WS    CHC NYY     L   4  17   2   3  0  0  0   1   2   2  .176  .263  .176   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   9  38   3   7  2  0  0   1   3   8  .184  .244  .237   0  2   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1933   CHC NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1933 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1931-NL-4-0.38
Car-505-0.38 shares

On-base %
1930 NL-.430-7

Games
1930 NL-156-1
1931 NL-156-1

At Bats
1929 NL-608-10
1930 NL-638-5
1931 NL-634-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1929 NL-700-7
1930 NL-755-1
1931 NL-727-1

Runs
1929 NL-131-6
1930 NL-152-3
1931 NL-117-3

Hits
1930 NL-214-7
1931 NL-202-3

Total Bases
1930 NL-326-8
1931 NL-262-9

Doubles
1931 NL-38-7

Triples
1930 NL-17-3

Bases on Balls
1930 NL-100-3
1931 NL-68-5
1932 NL-55-9
1933 NL-53-8
1937 NL-65-8

Strikeouts
1929 NL-50-10
1930 NL-72-2
1931 NL-80-2
1932 NL-73-2
1934 NL-65-6

Stolen Bases
1931 NL-12-10

Singles
1929 NL-135-9
1930 NL-147-6
1931 NL-154-2

Runs Created
1930 NL-139-8
1931 NL-101-8

Times on Base
1930 NL-320-1
1931 NL-277-2

Hit By Pitch
1930 NL-6-5
1931 NL-7-2

Sac. Hits
1929 NL-21-10
1931 NL-18-4
1932 NL-12-10

Outs
1929 NL-461-1
1930 NL-435-5
1931 NL-450-2

        

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 35 (679) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 22.9 (504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 35.0 (510) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 5, 1936: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Roy Henshaw to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Lonny Frey.

July 8, 1938: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

February 23, 1939: Returned to the Brooklyn Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds following previous waiver selection.

February 23, 1939: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

May 16, 1939: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago Cubs.

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