Wilford
Woodworth
 
Nickname: Red Wood
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 260
 
Born: July 12, 1929 in Orem Ut
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Comeback Player OTY 1962   
Batter of the Year Award 1955   
All-Star Selections 1955    1956    1957    1959   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Batter of the Year Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1950 20 NYA AL 79 224 22 43 7 0 7 31 2 1 20 30 .192 .264 .317 .581 18.1  
1951 21 NYA AL 99 253 30 57 6 2 13 38 4 4 25 41 .225 .305 .419 .724 32.7 3.7
1952 22 NYA AL 102 297 38 63 9 3 14 53 4 2 28 44 .212 .287 .404 .691 33.2 2.8
1953 23 NYA AL 118 374 43 78 13 4 13 53 2 4 40 46 .209 .289 .369 .658 43.0 4.5
1954 24 NYA AL 145 519 98 146 27 6 33 110 5 2 91 83 .281 .389 .547 .937 107.9 18.9
1955 25 NYA AL 147 520 128 165 29 3 51 142 5 2 94 82 .317 .424 .679 1.102 136.7 29.8
1956 26 NYA AL 142 506 106 129 26 5 37 111 5 3 100 86 .255 .383 .545 .929 104.3 20.2
1957 27 NYA AL 88 308 60 86 17 5 20 58 2 0 49 43 .279 .385 .562 .946 63.1 12.1
1958 28 NYA AL 121 423 62 103 13 3 25 77 4 2 63 76 .243 .349 .466 .815 71.5 11.3
1959 29 NYA AL 140 535 105 144 30 6 39 109 8 3 70 114 .269 .357 .566 .923 102.0 19.3
1960 30 NYA AL 150 537 80 130 32 0 36 114 2 2 83 102 .242 .347 .503 .849 94.2 15.7
1961 31 NYA AL 143 519 85 111 17 3 27 85 1 1 90 105 .214 .337 .414 .751 77.1 11.9
1962 32 NYA AL 149 503 97 128 22 3 38 108 7 1 83 107 .254 .364 .537 .901 101.7 19.3
1963 33 NYA AL 145 489 71 118 24 4 21 84 3 0 82 113 .241 .358 .436 .794 79.2 14.6
1964 34 NYA AL 122 331 57 61 12 2 17 52 1 0 51 97 .184 .301 .387 .688 41.6 4.0
1965 35 NYA AL 151 486 59 101 21 2 17 53 2 0 82 117 .208 .329 .364 .694 64.2 10.9
16 Years Sim 2041 6824 1141 1663 305 51 408 1278 57 27 1051 1286 .244 .350 .483 .833 1170.4 199.1
162 Game Average 541 90 131 24 4 32 101 4 2 83 102 .244 .350 .483 .833 92.9  
Career Highs 151 537 128 165 32 6 51 142 8 4 100 117 .317 .424 .679 1.102 136.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4777 816 1201 223 36 292 908 40 19 733 888 .251 .356 .497 .852 850.5
vs LH   2047 325 462 82 15 116 370 17 8 318 398 .226 .336 .450 .787 322.6
Home 1016 3340 580 819 131 30 206 654 37 9 504 661 .245 .350 .487 .838 581.3
Away 1025 3484 561 844 174 21 202 624 20 18 547 625 .242 .349 .478 .828 591.9
RISP   1857 0 478 92 19 113 852 0 0 331 376 .257 .368 .510 .878 355.9
Pinch Hitting   124 24 25 1 0 7 25 1 0 14 24 .202 .287 .379 .666 14.7
Close/Late   804 109 189 34 9 34 124 0 0 150 160 .235 .357 .427 .784 130.8
Mar/Apr 274 966 163 262 49 8 65 194 5 2 137 178 .271 .367 .540 .907 186.5
May 403 1384 208 324 62 10 80 239 11 6 204 259 .234 .338 .467 .805 223.9
June 377 1218 211 289 54 8 62 215 13 3 191 226 .237 .346 .447 .794 196.1
July 336 1122 216 291 55 6 76 226 6 5 190 204 .259 .369 .522 .891 216.6
August 368 1192 193 283 49 11 66 225 13 8 189 231 .237 .348 .463 .811 197.0
Sep/Oct 283 942 150 214 36 8 59 179 9 3 140 188 .227 .334 .470 .805 153.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1950 20 NYA AL 3B 67 55 487.3 43 122 5 9 .971 3.05 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 4 34.3 7 0 1 0 .875 1.84 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 1 9.0 1 7 1 1 .889 8.00 0 0 .000 0  
1951 21 NYA AL 3B 70 64 509.0 33 137 5 14 .971 3.01 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    LF 14 14 109.0 21 0 2 0 .913 1.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 22 NYA AL 3B 71 56 537.3 44 135 14 7 .927 3.00 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    LF 15 15 126.7 31 0 2 0 .939 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 5 5 43.0 5 10 0 2 1.000 3.14 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 1 8.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1953 23 NYA AL RF 50 47 406.0 100 1 3 0 .971 2.24 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    LF 47 46 388.3 96 1 6 0 .942 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 11 10 88.0 8 12 1 0 .952 2.05 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 1 1 10.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 2.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 13.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1954 24 NYA AL RF 132 131 1167.0 308 6 7 0 .978 2.42 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    SS 7 7 61.0 11 16 0 4 1.000 3.98 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1955 25 NYA AL RF 89 89 795.0 206 3 5 2 .977 2.37 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    3B 55 47 439.0 36 122 1 16 .994 3.24 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    LF 2 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0  
1956 26 NYA AL 3B 139 134 1209.3 85 245 15 25 .957 2.46 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    LF 1 0 6.7 2 1 0 1 1.000 4.05 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1957 27 NYA AL 3B 82 81 720.3 58 153 10 15 .955 2.64 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    LF 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 4.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 1 1 1.000 0 0.1
1958 28 NYA AL 3B 110 108 987.7 66 234 14 20 .955 2.73 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    LF 8 0 19.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.26 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 29 NYA AL 3B 134 134 1194.0 88 248 20 17 .944 2.53 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    C 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 30 NYA AL 3B 144 144 1277.0 95 283 24 18 .940 2.66 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 31 NYA AL 3B 135 135 1190.3 89 247 17 12 .952 2.54 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    LF 6 5 60.0 22 1 0 1 1.000 3.45 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 1 0 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 32 NYA AL 3B 141 133 1184.0 76 257 19 22 .946 2.53 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 33 NYA AL 3B 137 129 1182.0 92 220 18 11 .945 2.38 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 34 NYA AL 3B 100 84 768.0 58 145 4 14 .981 2.38 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    RF 4 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 27.00 1 1 1.000 0 0.0
1965 35 NYA AL 3B 113 110 969.0 72 192 6 20 .978 2.45 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    LF 36 34 298.7 80 0 1 0 .988 2.41 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  3B 1509 1424 12742.3 943 2752 173 220 .955 2.61 0 0 .000 0 39.4
  RF 277 267 2380.0 615 10 15 2 .977 2.36 0 0 .000 0 9.3
  LF 140 119 1068.3 270 3 12 2 .958 2.30 0 0 .000 0 1.6
  SS 15 13 126.0 18 32 1 7 .980 3.57 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  1B 3 1 13.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 10.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 6 0 12.7 11 3 0 0 1.000 9.95 2 2 1.000 0 0.2
  2B 3 1 12.0 1 10 1 1 .917 8.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1954 1825 16355.3 1873 2811 202 232 .959 2.58 2 2 1.000 0 51.0
Career Highs   149 144 1280.0 319 283 24 26 .984 3.05 1 1 1.000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1956 26 NYA AL 7 21 3 4 2 0 1 4 1 0 5 2 .190 .370 .429 .799
1959 29 NYA AL 5 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .105 .190 .105 .296
Career Post-Season Batting 12 40 4 6 2 0 1 4 1 0 7 6 .150 .292 .275 .567
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1955-3-.424
Slugging Pct
1954-6-.547
1955-1-.679
1956-5-.545
1959-4-.566
1962-8-.537
CAR-42-.483
OPS
1954-5-.937
1955-2-1.102
1956-6-.929
1959-7-.923
XR
1954-6-107.9
1955-2-136.7
1956-10-104.3
1959-9-102.0
Games
1960-3-150
Runs
1955-2-128
1956-5-106
1959-4-105
Total Bases
1954-8-284
1955-1-353
1956-8-276
1959-5-303
Doubles
1955-5-29
1959-8-30
1960-6-32
Triples
1959-9-6
Homeruns
1954-6-33
1955-1-51
1956-3-37
1958-8-25
1959-4-39
1960-5-36
1962-3-38
CAR-7-408
RBIs
1954-5-110
1955-2-142
1956-5-111
1959-5-109
1960-5-114
1962-9-108
CAR-48-1278
Walks
1954-7-91
1955-6-94
1956-4-100
1960-8-83
1961-8-90
1963-8-82
CAR-49-1051
Strikeouts
1954-8-83
1955-9-82
1956-6-86
1959-2-114
1960-6-102
1961-4-105
1962-5-107
1963-2-113
1965-5-117
CAR-4-1286
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 19)
   Gray Ink Test: 96    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 132)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 49    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 58)
 
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