Jake Wood

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 163lb (185cm, 73kg)

Born: June 22, 1937 in Elizabeth, NJ us

School: Delaware State University (Dover, DE)

Debut: April 11, 1961 (Age 23-293d, 11,811th in major league history)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 11, 1967 (Age 30-050d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Jacob Wood

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

1877

469

.250

279

RBI

168

OBP

.312

SLG

.362

OPS

.674

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1957	20	DET-min	D	102	476	415	93	132	25	8	15	52	19		59	84	.318	.403	.525	.929		218		1	0	1			ERI · NYPL
1958	21	DET-min	C,B	120	526	458	89	140	26	12	9	71	14		61	123	.306	.386	.474	.860		217		1	3	3	0		IDF,DHM · PION,CARL
1959	22	WSH-DET-min	B,A	117	488	434	73	134	19	15	8	56	20		42	104	.309	.374	.477	.851		207		5	4	3	5		FOX,KNX · IIIL,SALL
1960	23	DET-min	AAA	149	664	610	101	186	24	18	12	76	34		43	126	.305	.349	.462	.812		282		2	3	6	2		DEN · AA
1961	24	DET	AL	162	731	663	96	171	17	14	11	69	30	9	58	*141*	.258	.320	.376	.695	83	249	8	4	2	4	2	*4/H	RoY-6
1962	25	DET	AL	111	404	367	68	83	10	5	8	30	24	3	33	59	.226	.291	.346	.637	68	127	5	1	2	1	0	4H
1963	26	DET	AL	85	385	351	50	95	11	2	11	27	18	5	24	61	.271	.330	.407	.737	103	143	2	7	3	0	0	4/H5
1964	27	DET	AL	64	130	125	11	29	2	2	1	7	0	0	4	24	.232	.254	.304	.558	54	38	0	0	0	1	0	H34/57
1965	28	DET	AL	58	115	104	12	30	3	0	2	7	3	3	10	19	.288	.357	.375	.732	108	39	7	1	0	0	0	H4/356
1966	29	DET	AL	98	264	230	39	58	9	3	2	27	4	3	28	48	.252	.336	.343	.679	94	79	7	1	5	0	0	4H/53
1967	30	CIN-DET-min	AAA	45																									BFL,TOL · IL
1967	30	TOT	MLB	30	39	37	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.081	.128	.108	.236	-32	4	1	0	0	0	0	H/349
1967	30	DET	AL	14	21	20	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.050	.095	.100	.195	-43	2	1	0	0	0	0	H/34
1967	30	CIN	NL	16	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.118	.167	.118	.284	-21	2	0	0	0	0	0	H/9
1968	31	CLE-min	AAA	62	221	206	18	51	12	0	1	15	4	2	9	32	.248	.281	.320	.601		66		1	4	1			POR · PCL
1969	32	DET-min	AA	124	509	445	67	114	31	6	13	58	16	7	62	66	.256	.348	.440	.789		196		1	1	0			MTG · SOUL
7 Yrs				608	2068	1877	279	469	53	26	35	168	79	23	159	362	.250	.312	.362	.674	83	679	30	14	12	6	2
162 Game Avg.				162	551	500	74	125	14	7	9	45	21	6	42	96	.250	.312	.362	.674	83	181	8	4	3	2	1

DET (7 yrs)				592	2050	1860	278	467	53	26	35	167	79	23	158	359	.251	.314	.364	.678	84	677	30	14	12	6	2
CIN (1 yr)				16	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.118	.167	.118	.284	-21	2	0	0	0	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				592	2050	1860	278	467	53	26	35	167	79	23	158	359	.251	.314	.364	.678	84	677	30	14	12	6	2
NL (1 yr)				16	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.118	.167	.118	.284	-21	2	0	0	0	0	0

for the free Baseball Reference newsletter and get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day.

It's also available for football, basketball and hockey.

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Advanced Batting

See More Advanced Batting

Compare Jake Wood to

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Player News

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Transactions

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Other Resources & Links

More Wood Pages

Jake Wood Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Batting Splits

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Jake Wood Pages at Baseball Reference