Gene Woodling
1943–1962 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators (1961-71)
1,797G
.284AVG
.386OBP
.431SLG
More career statistics
1,585H
147HR
830RBI
29SB
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 5,587 | 5,586 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 45 | 53 |
| Batting · Doubles | 257 | 256 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 477 | 476 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,613 | 6,615 |
| Batting · Runs | 830 | 831 |
| Batting · RBI | 830 | 829 |
| Batting · Walks | 921 | 922 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,797 | 6,613 | 5,587 | 830 | 1,585 | 257 | 63 | 147 | 830 | 921 | 477 | 29 | 45 | 28 | 31 | 2,409 | .284 | .386 | .431 | .817 |
Streaks
17longest hitting streak · 1960-08-15 to 1960-08-31
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1949-05-08 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 57 | Triple Play | 1953-09-02 | 1 in 498 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1953-04-19 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 880 | 3156 | 736 | 76 | 361 | 440 | 235 | .277 | .373 | .419 |
| Away | 917 | 3459 | 849 | 71 | 468 | 482 | 241 | .290 | .385 | .442 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 156 | 535 | 123 | 8 | 62 | 88 | 39 | .280 | .394 | .411 |
| May | 308 | 1152 | 274 | 24 | 125 | 178 | 80 | .288 | .392 | .430 |
| June | 334 | 1260 | 296 | 30 | 172 | 171 | 76 | .277 | .371 | .419 |
| July | 372 | 1404 | 353 | 27 | 181 | 179 | 99 | .295 | .379 | .441 |
| August | 359 | 1367 | 346 | 44 | 185 | 188 | 106 | .298 | .391 | .483 |
| September | 265 | 888 | 189 | 14 | 104 | 117 | 76 | .248 | .345 | .367 |
| October | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .556 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 245 | 895 | 204 | 15 | 102 | 128 | 67 | .273 | .371 | .388 |
| chicago-white-sox | 235 | 831 | 197 | 19 | 105 | 116 | 66 | .277 | .377 | .430 |
| detroit-tigers | 230 | 858 | 200 | 21 | 97 | 114 | 58 | .274 | .366 | .429 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 218 | 809 | 206 | 17 | 103 | 108 | 46 | .299 | .388 | .456 |
| cleveland-guardians | 197 | 788 | 200 | 20 | 89 | 118 | 62 | .303 | .404 | .440 |
| new-york-yankees | 140 | 514 | 128 | 16 | 73 | 68 | 41 | .292 | .381 | .442 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 127 | 463 | 108 | 14 | 67 | 72 | 33 | .286 | .389 | .469 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 98 | 357 | 83 | 5 | 41 | 50 | 25 | .276 | .373 | .412 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  Cleveland Guardians | 8 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 5 | – | .320 | – | – |
| 1946 | Cleveland Guardians | 61 | 133 | 25 | – | 9 | 1 | .188 | – | – |
| 1947 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 22 | 79 | 21 | – | 10 | – | .266 | – | – |
| 1949 |  New York Yankees | 112 | 296 | 80 | 5 | 44 | 2 | .270 | – | – |
| 1950 | New York Yankees | 122 | 449 | 127 | 6 | 60 | 5 | .283 | – | – |
| 1951 | New York Yankees | 120 | 420 | 118 | 15 | 71 | – | .281 | – | – |
| 1952 | New York Yankees | 123 | 408 | 126 | 12 | 63 | 1 | .309 | – | – |
| 1953 | New York Yankees | 125 | 395 | 121 | 10 | 58 | 2 | .306 | – | – |
| 1954 | New York Yankees | 97 | 304 | 76 | 3 | 40 | 3 | .250 | – | – |
| 1955 | Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians | 126 | 404 | 104 | 8 | 53 | 3 | .257 | – | – |
| 1956 | Cleveland Guardians | 100 | 317 | 83 | 8 | 38 | 2 | .262 | – | – |
| 1957 | Cleveland Guardians | 133 | 429 | 138 | 19 | 78 | – | .322 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Baltimore Orioles | 133 | 413 | 114 | 15 | 64 | 4 | .276 | – | – |
| 1959 | Baltimore Orioles | 140 | 440 | 132 | 14 | 77 | 1 | .300 | – | – |
| 1960 | Baltimore Orioles | 140 | 435 | 123 | 11 | 62 | 3 | .283 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 110 | 342 | 107 | 10 | 57 | 1 | .313 | – | – |
| 1962 | New York Mets, Washington Senators (1961-71) | 125 | 297 | 82 | 10 | 40 | 1 | .276 | – | – |