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Smoky Joe Wood
Full name Joe Wood Born October 25, 1889, Kansas City, Missouri Died July 27, 1985, West Haven, Connecticut Buried at Wood Family Cemetery, Shohola, Pennsylvania Born as: Howard Ellsworth Wood First Game: August 24, 1908 ; Final Game: September 24, 1922 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 180 Father of Joe Wood Ejections: 1910 (1), 1914 (2), 1915 (1), 1917 (1). Total: 5 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1908 BOS A Daily Splits 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1908 BOS A
1909 BOS A Daily Splits 24 55 4 9 0 1 0 3 2 8 1 1 0 0 .164 .207 .200 0.0 1909 BOS A
1910 BOS A Daily Splits 35 69 9 18 2 1 1 5 5 16 0 3 0 0 .261 .311 .362 0.0 1910 BOS A
1911 BOS A Daily Splits 44 88 15 23 4 2 2 11 10 0i 23 1 6 0 0i 1 0i .261 .343 .420 0.0 1911 BOS A
1912 BOS A Daily Splits 43 124 16 36 13 1 1 13 11 0 25 0 6 0 2 0 0 3 .290 .348 .435 0.0 1912 BOS A
1913 BOS A Daily Splits 25 56 10 15 5 0 0 4i 4 0i 7 0 1 0 0i 2i 1 0i .268 .317 .357 0.0 1913 BOS A
1914 BOS A Daily Splits 21 43 2 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 14 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .140 .213 .163 0.0 1914 BOS A
1915 BOS A Daily Splits 29 54 6 14 1 1 1 8 5 0 10 0 5 0 3 0 1 1 .259 .322 .370 0.0 1915 BOS A
1917 CLE A Daily Splits 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1917 CLE A
1918 CLE A Daily Splits 119 422 41 125 22 4 5 66 36 3 38 3 20 0 9 10 8 11 .296 .356 .403 0.6 1918 CLE A
1919 CLE A Daily Splits 72 192 30 49 10 6 0 26 32 0 21 2 9 0 9 3 3 3 .255 .367 .370 -0.6 1919 CLE A
1920 CLE A Daily Splits 61 137 25 37 11 2 1 30 25 0 16 2 12 0 3 5 1 1 .270 .390 .401 0.0 1920 CLE A
1921 CLE A Daily Splits 66 194 32 71 16 5 4 60 25 0 17 0 10 0 5 3 2 0 .366 .438 .562 1.1 1921 CLE A
1922 CLE A Daily Splits 142 505 74 150 33 8 8 92 50 0 63 6 22 0 10 14 5 1 .297 .367 .442 0.0 1922 CLE A
Total (14 Years) Splits 697 1952 266 553 118 31 23 319i 208 3i 264 16 96 0 41i 38i 23 20i .283 .357 .411 1.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1912 BOS A Daily Splits 4 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 1912 BOS A
1920 CLE A Daily Splits 4 10 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .273 .300 1920 CLE A
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 8 17 3 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .316 .294 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1908 BOS A Daily Splits 6 2 1 1 3 0 22.2 14 104 0 12 6 16 11 0i 0 1 0 0i 0i 1 1 2.38 4.50 -0.2 1908 BOS A
1909 BOS A Daily Splits 24 19 13 4 3 0 160.2 121 629 1 51 39 43 88 4i 5 6 0 8i 5i 11 7 2.18 3.32 0.5 1909 BOS A
1910 BOS A Daily Splits 35 17 14 3 13 0 196.2 155 771 3 81 37 56 145 17i 5 10 0 7i 8i 12 13 1.69 3.53 1.9 1910 BOS A
1911 BOS A Daily Splits 44 33 25 5 11 3 275.2 226 1102 2 113 62 76 2i 231 14i 10 11 0 23i 6i 23 17 2.02 4.76 5.7 1911 BOS A
1912 BOS A Daily Splits 43 38 35 10 5 1 344 267 1328 2 104 73 82 2 258 30 7 12 0 38 3 12 41 34 5 1.91 5.61 7.5 1912 BOS A
1913 BOS A Daily Splits 23 18 12 1 4 2 145.2 120 599 0 54 37 61 0i 123 17i 8 8 0 13i 3i 1i 8i 11 5 2.29 5.89 1.8 1913 BOS A
1914 BOS A Daily Splits 18 14 11 1 4 1 113.1 94 444 1 38 33 34 0 67 13 5 0 0 17 3 3 13 10 3 2.62 4.07 0.4 1914 BOS A
1915 BOS A Daily Splits 25 16 10 3 8 2 157.1 120 620 1 32 26 44 0 63 20 3 1 0 15 6 11 11 15 5 1.49 4.44 3.9 1915 BOS A
1917 CLE A Daily Splits 5 1 0 0 3 1 15.2 17 65 0 7 6 7 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 3.45 3.00 -0.1 1917 CLE A
1919 CLE A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 0.1 1919 CLE A
1920 CLE A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 11 0 5 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 22.50 - -0.2 1920 CLE A
Total (11 Years) Splits 225 158 121 28 56 11 1434.1 1138 5677 10 497 324 421 4 989 118 43 49 0 123 36 27 74i117 57 2.03 4.68 21.3 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
i - incomplete World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1912 BOS A Daily Splits 4 3 2 0 1 0 22 27 93 0 11 11 3 0 21 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 3 1 4.50 3.67 1912 BOS A
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1908 BOS A Daily Splits P 6 2 1 22.2 3 5 1 1 0 0 1i 0 .889
1909 BOS A Daily Splits P 24 19 13 160.2 7 27 1 0 0 0 14i 0 .971
1910 BOS A Daily Splits P 35 17 14 196 17 62 2 3 0 0 23i 0 .975
1911 BOS A Daily Splits P 44 33 25 275.1 23 67 5 3 0 0 35i 5i .947
1912 BOS A Daily Splits P 43 38 35 344 41 110 4 2 0 9 42 28 8 .974
1913 BOS A Daily Splits P 23 18 12 145.1 9 55 3 1 0 0 16i 8 1i .955
1914 BOS A Daily Splits P 18 14 11 113.1 13 28 0 0 0 3 25 9 2 1.000
1915 BOS A Daily Splits P 25 16 10 157.1 8 48 1 6 0 0 8 6 0 .982
1917 CLE A Daily Splits P 5 1 0 15.2 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1.000
1918 CLE A Daily Splits OF 96 93 89 843.1 193 10 8 3 0 .962 85 3 10
1918 CLE A LF 85 81 79 738.2 170 11 8 3 0 .958
1918 CLE A 2B 19 19 18 167 47 67 8 3 0 .934
1918 CLE A RF 10 10 9 85.2 17 0 0 0 0 1.000
1918 CLE A 1B 4 3 3 30 33 0 1 1 0 .971
1918 CLE A CF 3 2 1 19 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
1919 CLE A Daily Splits OF 65 55 47 473.1 90 6 7 1 1 .932 15 6 45
1919 CLE A RF 45 37 29 306 44 4 4 1 0 .923
1919 CLE A LF 15 14 14 130 37 1 2 0 0 .950
1919 CLE A CF 6 4 4 37.1 10 1 1 0 1 .917
1919 CLE A P 1 0 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1920 CLE A Daily Splits OF 55 37 24 352.1 71 5 1 1 0 .987 2 4 49
1920 CLE A RF 49 36 24 327.2 65 2 1 1 0 .985
1920 CLE A CF 4 1 0 16.1 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1920 CLE A LF 2 0 0 8.1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000
1920 CLE A P 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
1921 CLE A Daily Splits OF 65 49 31 447.1 105 3 3 1 0 .973 0 12 56
1921 CLE A RF 56 41 24 357.1 78 2 3 1 0 .964
1921 CLE A CF 12 8 7 90 28 1 1 0 0 .967
1922 CLE A Daily Splits OF 141 139 132 1225 249 18 11 5 0 .960 2 1 138
1922 CLE A RF 138 137 130 1206 241 18 11 5 0 .959
1922 CLE A LF 2 2 2 18 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1922 CLE A CF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total ( 5 Years) Splits OF 422 373 323 3341.1 708 42 30 11 1 .962 104 26 298
Total ( 5 Years) RF 298 261 216 2282.2 445 26 19 8 0 .961
Total (11 Years) P 225 158 121 1433 123 409 17 16 0 12 167i 59i 12i .969
Total ( 4 Years) LF 104 97 95 895 213 13 10 3 0 .958
Total ( 5 Years) CF 26 15 12 163.2 45 2 2 0 1 .959
Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 19 19 18 167 47 67 8 3 0 .934
Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 4 3 3 30 33 0 1 1 0 .971
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
i - incomplete World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1912 BOS A Daily Splits P 4 3 2 22 2 5 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1.000
1920 CLE A Daily Splits OF 4 3 2 29 7 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4
1920 CLE A RF 4 3 2 29 7 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) Splits OF 4 3 2 29 7 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4
Total ( 1 Year ) RF 4 3 2 29 7 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) P 4 3 2 22 2 5 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
9- 2-1910 BOX BOS A Bull Perrine Call at HP
9- 7-1914(2) BOX BOS A Ollie Chill Call at HP
9- 9-1914 BOX BOS A Ollie Chill Call at HP
4-16-1915 BOX BOS A Tommy Connolly Bench jockeying
8- 3-1917 BOX CLE A Billy Evans Call at HP
Transaction Information
Sold by Kansas City (American Association) to Boston Red Sox (August, 1908).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to Cleveland Indians for $15000 (February 24, 1917 ).
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