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Hal Woodeshick
Harold Joseph Woodeshick

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 14, 1956
Final Game September 4, 1967
Born August 24, 1932 in Wilkes-Barre, PA

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1956 23 DET AL   0   2   2   2   0   0   0  0    5.3   12    8    8   1    3    1   0   0    30   0   0 13.50  4.12   30 2.813
 1958 25 CLE AL   6   6  14   9   3   0   3  0   71.7   71   32   29   4   25   27   6   1   303   0   1  3.64  3.69  101 1.340
 1959 26 WSH AL   2   4  31   3   0   0   9  0   61.0   58   39   25   2   36   30   1   4   277   8   0  3.69  3.94  107 1.541
 1960 27 WSH AL   4   5  41  14   1   0  14  4  115.0  131   67   60   7   60   46   3   4   527   3   0  4.70  3.95   84 1.661
 1961 28 TOT AL   4   3  19   8   1   0   2  0   58.7   63   36   34   6   41   37   3   5   279   1   0  5.22  3.97   76 1.773
         WSA AL   3   2   7   6   1   0   0  0   40.3   38   19   18   3   24   24   3   4   181   0   0  4.02  3.90   97 1.537
         DET AL   1   1  12   2   0   0   2  0   18.3   25   17   16   3   17   13   0   1    98   1   0  7.85  4.10   52 2.291
 1962 29 HOU NL   5  16  31  26   2   1   3  0  139.3  161   84   68   3   54   82   3  13   630   1   1  4.39  3.74   85 1.543
 1963 30 HOU NL  11   9  55   0   0   0  39 10  114.0   75   29   25   3   42   94   6   8   466   6   1  1.97  3.16  160 1.026 AS
 1964 31 HOU NL   2   9  61   0   0   0  48 23   78.3   73   32   24   3   32   58   7   7   340  11   0  2.76  3.43  124 1.340
 1965 32 TOT NL   6   6  78   0   0   0  47 18   92.0   74   27   23   4   45   59   2   8   384  16   1  2.25  3.67  163 1.293
         HOU NL   3   4  27   0   0   0  13  3   32.3   27   13   11   3   18   22   0   4   140   5   1  3.06  3.33  109 1.392
         STL NL   3   2  51   0   0   0  34 15   59.7   47   14   12   1   27   37   2   4   244  11   0  1.81  3.86  213 1.240
 1966 33 STL NL   2   1  59   0   0   0  23  4   70.3   57   17   15   5   23   30   1   2   282   6   1  1.92  3.61  188 1.137
 1967 34 STL NL   2   1  36   0   0   0   9  2   41.7   41   29   24   2   28   20   3   3   199   9   0  5.18  3.27   63 1.656
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .415  44  62 427  62   7   1 197 61  847.3  816  400  335  40  389  484  35  55  3717  61   5  3.56  3.65  103 1.422
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   8  59   8   0   0  27  8  117.7  113   55   46   5   54   67   4   7   516   8   0  3.56  3.65  103 1.422
 Career High     11  16  78  26   3   1  48 23  139.3  161   84   68   7   60   94   7  13   630  16   1  1.92  3.97  188 1.026
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 25 CLE AL  14   24    1    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  14  .167  .167  .167   -7    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 26 WSH AL  32    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1960 27 WSH AL  41   29    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2  12  .069  .129  .069  -45    2   6   0   0   0   1
 1961 28 TOT AL  19   20    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  10  .100  .143  .100  -33    2   0   0   0   0   0
         WSA AL   7   16    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   9  .125  .125  .125  -31    2   0   0   0   0   0
         DET AL  12    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .200  .000  -42    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1962 29 HOU NL  31   37    0    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   3  15  .081  .150  .081  -34    3   3   0   0   0   1
 1963 30 HOU NL  55   23    2    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  11  .130  .167  .130  -11    3   0   0   0   0   0 AS
 1964 31 HOU NL  61   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   5  .000  .167  .000  -47    0   1   0   0   0   1
 1965 32 TOT NL  78   14    1    1   0  0   0    3   0  0   1   5  .071  .133  .071  -41    1   1   0   0   0   0
         HOU NL  27    6    0    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   1  .167  .167  .167   -2    1   1   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  51    8    1    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   4  .000  .111  .000  -67    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1966 33 STL NL  59    5    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .200  .200  .400   62    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1967 34 STL NL  36    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     428  174    5   16   1  0   0    4   0  0  10  85  .092  .141  .098  -32   17  11   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         66    2    6   0  0   0    2   0  0   4  32  .092  .141  .098  -32    6   4   0   0   0   1
 Career High     78   37    2    4   1  0   0    3   0  0   3  15                           4   6   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 25 CLE AL   24   20    1   1.3    97| .167  .260| .167  .329| .167  .396| .334  .725|  -7  .106  -3.6  -0.4   0%
 1959 26 WSH AL    8    8    0   0.0    98| .000  .260| .000  .332| .000  .398| .000  .730|-100  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1960 27 WSH AL   37   34    0   0.0   102| .069  .265| .129  .338| .069  .405| .198  .743| -45  .000  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1961 28 TOT AL   21   18    0   0.0   101| .100  .260| .143  .335| .100  .404| .243  .739| -33  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
         WSA AL   16   14    0   0.0   100| .125  .258| .125  .332| .125  .401| .250  .734| -31  .000  -3.0  -0.3   0%
         DET AL    5    4    0   0.0   106| .000  .267| .200  .343| .000  .416| .200  .759| -42  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1962 29 HOU NL   43   38    1   0.7    97| .081  .261| .150  .328| .081  .397| .231  .724| -34  .031  -6.8  -0.7   0%
 1963 30 HOU NL   24   20    1   1.4    84| .130  .247| .167  .308| .130  .370| .297  .678| -11  .125  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1964 31 HOU NL   13   12    0   0.0    89| .000  .258| .167  .314| .000  .382| .167  .697| -47  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1965 32 TOT NL   16   14    0   0.0    95| .071  .260| .133  .325| .071  .394| .204  .719| -41  .000  -2.7  -0.3   0%
         HOU NL    7    6    0   0.0    87| .167  .249| .167  .311| .167  .376| .334  .687|  -2  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         STL NL    9    8    0   0.0   101| .000  .269| .111  .334| .000  .407| .111  .741| -67  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1966 33 STL NL    5    4    0   0.0    96| .200  .265| .200  .323| .400  .399| .600  .722|  62  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1967 34 STL NL    4    4    0   0.0    89| .000  .257| .000  .319| .000  .377| .000  .696|-100  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      195  172    3   0.5    96| .092  .259| .141  .327| .098  .394| .239  .720| -32  .017 -31.6  -3.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1956 23 DET AL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.80 3.40 1.87 2 5.3 1958 25 CLE AL P 14 4 26 4 4 .882 .962 2.14 0.82 3.77 1.95 9 71.7 1959 26 WSH AL P 31 1 16 2 0 .895 .955 0.55 0.85 2.51 2.05 3 61.0 1960 27 WSH AL P 41 4 33 4 1 .902 .966 0.90 0.78 2.90 1.96 14 115.0 1961 28 TOT AL P 19 6 19 3 0 .893 .954 1.32 0.83 3.84 2.06 8 58.6 WSA AL P 7 4 11 1 0 .938 .955 2.14 0.83 3.35 2.05 6 40.3 DET AL P 12 2 8 2 0 .833 .952 0.83 0.83 4.92 2.07 2 18.3 1962 29 HOU NL P 31 7 26 3 0 .917 .948 1.06 0.82 2.13 2.07 26 139.3 1963 30 HOU NL P 55 6 33 3 1 .929 .951 0.71 0.84 3.08 2.06 0 114.0 AS 1964 31 HOU NL P 61 5 23 5 0 .848 .952 0.46 0.84 3.22 2.14 0 78.3 1965 32 TOT NL P 78 11 24 1 1 .972 .956 0.45 0.81 3.42 2.08 0 92.0 HOU NL P 27 4 7 1 1 .917 .957 0.41 0.81 3.07 2.09 0 32.3 STL NL P 51 7 17 0 0 1.000 .956 0.47 0.81 3.62 2.08 0 59.7 1966 33 STL NL P 59 7 26 0 1 1.000 .948 0.56 0.74 4.22 1.96 0 70.3 1967 34 STL NL P 36 2 12 2 1 .875 .959 0.39 0.78 3.02 2.01 0 41.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1956 23 DET AL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.80 3.40 1.87 2 5.3 1958 25 CLE AL P 14 4 26 4 4 .882 .962 2.14 0.82 3.77 1.95 9 71.7 1959 26 WSH AL P 31 1 16 2 0 .895 .955 0.55 0.85 2.51 2.05 3 61.0 1960 27 WSH AL P 41 4 33 4 1 .902 .966 0.90 0.78 2.90 1.96 14 115.0 1961 28 TOT AL P 19 6 19 3 0 .893 .954 1.32 0.83 3.84 2.06 8 58.6 WSA AL P 7 4 11 1 0 .938 .955 2.14 0.83 3.35 2.05 6 40.3 DET AL P 12 2 8 2 0 .833 .952 0.83 0.83 4.92 2.07 2 18.3 1962 29 HOU NL P 31 7 26 3 0 .917 .948 1.06 0.82 2.13 2.07 26 139.3 1963 30 HOU NL P 55 6 33 3 1 .929 .951 0.71 0.84 3.08 2.06 0 114.0 1964 31 HOU NL P 61 5 23 5 0 .848 .952 0.46 0.84 3.22 2.14 0 78.3 1965 32 TOT NL P 78 11 24 1 1 .972 .956 0.45 0.81 3.42 2.08 0 92.0 HOU NL P 27 4 7 1 1 .917 .957 0.41 0.81 3.07 2.09 0 32.3 STL NL P 51 7 17 0 0 1.000 .956 0.47 0.81 3.62 2.08 0 59.7 1966 33 STL NL P 59 7 26 0 1 1.000 .948 0.56 0.74 4.22 1.96 0 70.3 1967 34 STL NL P 36 2 12 2 1 .875 .959 0.39 0.78 3.02 2.01 0 41.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 427 54 239 27 9 .916 .955 0.69 0.81 3.11 2.03 62 847.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 427 54 239 27 9 .916 .955 0.69 0.81 3.11 2.03 62 847
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1967   WS    STL BOS     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1     1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1967   WS    STL BOS     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1963   HOU NL      0  0  0   2     1   0   0   1   3  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1963   HOU NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1963 *

Games
1963 NL-55-7
1964 NL-61-7
1965 NL-78-2
1966 NL-59-9

Saves
1963 NL-10-10
1964 NL-23-1
1965 NL-18-4

Losses
1962 NL-16-7

Wild Pitches
1962 NL-13-3

Hit Batsmen
1958 AL-6-9
1964 NL-7-7

Games Finished
1963 NL-39-4
1964 NL-48-4
1965 NL-47-2

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 13 (1298) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1195) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 16.0 (705) (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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Transactions 

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

Before 1951 Season: Sent from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Duluth (Northern) in an unknown transaction.

Before 1952 Season: Sent from the Oil City (Mid-Atlantic) to the New York Giants in an unknown transaction.

November 27, 1955: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from the New York Giants in the 1955 minor league draft.

February 18, 1958: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Jay Porter to the Cleveland Indians for Jim Hegan and Hank Aguirre.

May 25, 1959: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Hal Naragon to the Washington Senators for Ed Fitz Gerald.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the Minnesota Twins in the 1960 expansion draft.

June 5, 1961: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Detroit Tigers for Chuck Cottier.

October 12, 1961: Purchased by the Houston Colt .45's from the Detroit Tigers.

June 15, 1965: Traded by the Houston Astros with Chuck Taylor to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Cuellar and Ron Taylor.

October 20, 1967: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.


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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