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Wilbur Wood

White Sox Career team 1967 to 1978
Position P
Born Oct 22, 1941

Key Insights

1978
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Reggie Jackson has taken Wood deep 8 times, once every 14.0 plate appearances between them.

112 career plate appearances against him.
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Bobby Mitchell has hit .571/.571/1.286 against Wood over 14 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

8 for 14 with 2 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .652 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Rusty Staub is 1 for 22 against Wood, a .045 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

25 career plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Wood throws than Al Kaline: 57.1% of the swings between them come up empty.

74 plate appearances between them. 93rd percentile of the 11 matchups on his own record.
One opponent brings the best out of him

Richie Scheinblum has hit .062/.059/.062 against Wood over 17 plate appearances, the least any regular opponent has managed.

1 for 16 with 0 home runs and 4 strikeouts, against a .652 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Wood has walked Mickey Mantle 4 times in 13 plate appearances, 30.8% of them.

4 walks in 13 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 22, 1941