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Wilbur Wood Wilbur Forrester (Jr.) Wood (Wilbah) Bats Right, Throws Left Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb. MLB Debut June 30, 1961 Final Game August 22, 1978 Born October 22, 1941 in Cambridge, MA (age 83)

• Pitched a one-hitter for CHA vs. OAA on August 31, 1971

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1963 21 SLN NL   1   0 1.000  15   0   0   7   0   0   25.1   32   118   20   14   7    7   1   2    8   0  0  4.97  
 1964           [Did not play]
 1965 23 PIN NL   2   4  .333  32   1   0  15   3   0   51.2   45   220   20   12   3   17   3   1   28   0  0  2.09  
 1966           [Did not play]
 1967 25 CHA AL   3   2  .600  63   4   0  24   4   0  103.0   75   419   24   16   1   30   6   1   48   3  0  1.40  
 1968 26 CHA AL   9   9  .500  69   1   1  55  28   0  117.1   85   449   28   23   5   21   4   2   54   3  1  1.76  CY-9
 1969 27 CHA AL   5   3  .625  73   0   0  46  20   0  116.1  119   485   53   43  16   20   2   4   66   6  2  3.33  
 1970 28 CHA AL   2   5  .286  47   0   0  36  20   0   62.1   61   256   24   23   6   15   0   0   47   1  0  3.32  
 1971 29 CHA AL  20  13  .606  41  41  21   0   0   7  320.2  264  1272  102   85  24   61   1   9  199   4  0  2.39  CY-6
 1972 30 CHA AL  25  12  .676  44  44  26   0   0   3  363.2  294  1473  121  109  26   91   2   9  165   9  0  2.70  CY-2
 1973 31 CHA AL  14  22  .389  45  44  20   0   0   2  351.0  419  1518  187  160  24   97   2  11  153   4  0  4.10  
 1974 32 MON NL  21   8  .724  41  41   5   0   0   2  298.1  275  1235  105   93  22   72   1   8  184   5  0  2.81  CY-5
 1975 33 MON NL  15  12  .556  37  37   4   0   0   2  263.1  235  1104  107   89  22   98   8   6  136   8  2  3.04  CY-14
 1976 34 MON NL   1   3  .250   7   7   0   0   0   0   43.1   40   179   17   14   3   12   0   0   28   1  0  2.91  
 1977           [Did not play]
 1978 36 MON NL   2   1  .667   3   3   0   0   0   0   17.2   23    84   13   11   3    7   0   0    9   1  0  5.60  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 13 Seasons     120  94  .561 517 223  77 183  75  16 2134.0 1967  8812  821  692 162  548  30  53 1125  45  5  2.92
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With CHA      78  66  .542 382 134  68 161  72  12 1434.1 1317  5872  539  459 102  335  17  36  732  30  3  2.88
   With MON      39  24  .619  88  88   9   0   0   4  622.2  573  2602  242  207  50  189   9  14  357  15  2  2.99
   With PIN       2   4  .333  32   1   0  15   3   0   51.2   45   220   20   12   3   17   3   1   28   0  0  2.09
   With SLN       1   0 1.000  15   0   0   7   0   0   25.1   32   118   20   14   7    7   1   2    8   0  0  4.97
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     164 156  .512 651 297 114 198  57  24 2684.0 2582 11154 1130  965 209  724  71  63 1411  72  6  3.24
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1963 21 SLN NL  25   20   7.0   1          2   0   0  .000   1    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  107   
 1964           [Did not play]
 1965 23 PIN NL  32   19   3.3   5  4.00    3   0   0  .000   0    3    1  .333    0    0  .000  -40   
 1966           [Did not play]
 1967 25 CHA AL  24   24   2.0   5  3.25   13   1   0  .077   3    5    2  .400   11    4  .733 -158   
 1968 26 CHA AL  31   25   1.9  36  7.00   17   1   0  .059   0    1    1 1.000    7    6  .538  -83   
 1969 27 CHA AL  27   53   4.1  26         13   3   0  .231   0    7    5  .714   11    2  .846  -18   
 1970 28 CHA AL  29   26   3.9  23          2   0   0  .000   0    3    1  .333    5    1  .833   -5   
 1971 29 CHA AL  12  100   2.8   0  3.83  100   6   0  .060   0    6    5  .833   22    6  .786   -7   
 1972 30 CHA AL  24  125   3.1   0  4.00  115  11   0  .096   3   13    8  .615   28    4  .875  -31   
 1973 31 CHA AL  16  200   5.2   0  4.25    0   0   0  .000   1   14   13  .929   33   10  .767   20   
 1974 32 MON NL  29  119   3.6   0  5.12   98   4   0  .041   3   12    8  .667   16    3  .842  -52   
 1975 33 MON NL  29  107   3.6   0  3.73   84   5   0  .060   3   18   15  .833   31   11  .738 -114   
 1976 34 MON NL  33   17   3.7   0  3.43   13   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    5    1  .833   10   
 1977           [Did not play]
 1978 36 MON NL  17   13   6.8   0  4.67    4   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000   88   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 13 Seasons          854   3.6  96        464  31   0  .067  14   85   61  .718  169   48  .779  -36   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #3 (Class of 1963/1978): 4 of 19 votes, 21.1% -- continues to next ballot
• Ballot #4 (Class of 1962/1979): 1 of 15 votes, 6.7% -- dropped from future ballots

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1974 NLCS  MON CIN   L    1 19.64   0-1   0  1   3.2   9   8   2   3
 1975 NLCS  MON LAN   L    1  1.23   0-1   0  1   7.1   9   1   0   2
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Draft History

• 1963: Round 5 (#69 overall) by SLN
• 1965: Round 2 (#28 overall) by PIN

Transaction History

• 1974-01: traded by CHA to MON with Ted Sizemore, Bill Robinson for Larry Parrish, Ernie McAnally, Jesus Alou

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1963 SLN 90-72 Mike Rescigno 1965 PIN 92-70 Dennis Van Langen 1967 CHA 88-74 Jon Fellows 1968 CHA 77-85 Ben Lea 1969 CHA 77-85 Ben Lea 1970 CHA 53-109 Ben Lea 1971 CHA 91-71 Ben Lea 1972 CHA 85-77 Ben Lea 1973 CHA 89-74 Ben Lea 1974 MON 109-53 Steve Bivens 1975 MON 93-69 Steve Bivens 1976 MON 75-87 Steve Bivens 1978 MON 78-84 Steve Bivens

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