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Ken Wood
Kenneth Lanier Wood

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 28, 1948
Final Game May 23, 1953
Born July 1, 1924 in Lincolnton, NC
Died November 22, 2007

Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 23 SLB AL  10   24    2    2   0  1   0    2   0  0   1   4  .083  .120  .167  -25    4   1           0   2
 1949 24 SLB AL   7    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .143  .000  -61    0   0           0   0
 1950 25 SLB AL 128  369   42   83  24  0  13   62   0  4  38  58  .225  .299  .396   74  146   3           1  16 MVP-29
 1951 26 SLB AL 109  333   40   79  19  0  15   44   1  2  27  49  .237  .296  .429   92  143   6           1  11
 1952 27 TOT AL  76  230   26   52   8  6   6   32   0  1  33  25  .226  .323  .391  100   90   0           0   6
         BOS AL  15   20    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   4  .100  .217  .100  -13    2   0           0   0
         WSH AL  61  210   26   50   8  6   6   32   0  1  30  21  .238  .333  .419  111   88   0           0   6
 1953 28 WSH AL  12   33    0    7   1  0   0    3   0  0   2   3  .212  .257  .242   37    8   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      342  995  110  223  52  7  34  143   1  7 102 141  .224  .298  .393   81  391  10   0   0   2  36
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        471   52  106  25  3  16   68   0  3  48  67  .224  .298  .393   81  185   5   0   0   1  17
 Career High    128  369   42   83  24  6  15   62   1  4  38  58  .237  .323  .429  100  146   6   0   0   1  16
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 23 SLB AL   26   25    0   0.0   107| .083  .275| .120  .361| .167  .398| .287  .759| -25  .000  -4.7  -0.5   0%
 1949 24 SLB AL    7    6    0   0.0   110| .000  .276| .143  .368| .000  .400| .143  .768| -61  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1950 25 SLB AL  411  309   42   3.6   117| .225  .283| .299  .371| .396  .424| .695  .796|  74  .357 -16.8  -1.6   0%
 1951 26 SLB AL  367  273   41   4.0   105| .237  .271| .296  .353| .429  .397| .725  .750|  92  .450  -5.9  -0.6  33%
 1952 27 TOT AL  263  185   29   4.2    95| .226  .258| .323  .337| .391  .376| .714  .713| 100  .509  -0.6   0.0   0%
         BOS AL   23   18    0   0.0   103| .100  .269| .217  .350| .100  .393| .317  .743| -13  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%
         WSH AL  240  167   29   4.7    94| .238  .257| .333  .336| .419  .375| .752  .710| 111  .556   2.6   0.3   0%
 1953 28 WSH AL   35   27    2   2.0   101| .212  .267| .257  .343| .242  .393| .499  .736|  37  .186  -3.0  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1109  825  114   3.7   107| .224  .272| .298  .356| .393  .402| .691  .758|  81  .403 -32.4  -3.1  12%

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1948 23 SLB AL OF 5 10 1 0 0 1.000 .973 2.20 2.36 0 0 5 1949 24 SLB AL OF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.27 2 0 1 1950 25 SLB AL OF 94 162 16 9 2 .952 .979 1.89 2.34 7 0 88 1951 26 SLB AL OF 100 179 7 8 0 .959 .977 1.86 2.23 29 4 69 1952 27 TOT AL OF 69 169 6 9 1 .951 .980 2.54 2.18 55 3 13 BOS AL OF 13 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 0.62 2.18 1 0 12 WSH AL OF 56 161 6 8 1 .954 .980 2.98 2.18 54 3 1 1953 28 WSH AL OF 7 13 1 0 1 1.000 .979 2.00 2.19 7 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 23 SLB AL OF 5 10 1 0 0 1.000 .973 2.20 2.36 0 0 5 1949 24 SLB AL OF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.27 2 0 1 1950 25 SLB AL OF 94 162 16 9 2 .952 .979 1.89 2.34 7 0 88 1951 26 SLB AL OF 100 179 7 8 0 .959 .977 1.86 2.23 29 4 69 1952 27 TOT AL OF 69 169 6 9 1 .951 .980 2.54 2.18 55 3 13 BOS AL OF 13 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 0.62 2.18 1 0 12 WSH AL OF 56 161 6 8 1 .954 .980 2.98 2.18 54 3 1 1953 28 WSH AL OF 7 13 1 0 1 1.000 .979 2.00 2.19 7 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 278 533 31 26 4 .956 .978 2.03 2.26 100 7 176 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 278 533 31 26 4 .956 .978 2.03 2.26
An Important note about our fielding stats

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)
1950-AL-29-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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 1941 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.

November 28, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Gus Niarhos to the Boston Red Sox for Les Moss and Tom Wright.

June 9, 1952: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Archie Wilson.


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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