Jake Wood
1961–1967 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers
608G
.250AVG
.312OBP
.362SLG
More career statistics
469H
35HR
168RBI
79SB
2Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 23 | 25 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 608 | 2,068 | 1,877 | 279 | 469 | 53 | 26 | 35 | 168 | 159 | 362 | 79 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 679 | .250 | .312 | .362 | .674 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1963-06-12 to 1963-06-26
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1961-08-08 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1962-06-10 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1961-05-02 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 316 | 1042 | 243 | 22 | 88 | 85 | 168 | .260 | .315 | .379 |
| Away | 292 | 1026 | 226 | 13 | 80 | 74 | 194 | .240 | .292 | .345 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 53 | 180 | 39 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 26 | .248 | .328 | .369 |
| May | 132 | 515 | 113 | 12 | 49 | 37 | 84 | .240 | .291 | .378 |
| June | 131 | 502 | 123 | 8 | 39 | 37 | 93 | .270 | .319 | .371 |
| July | 139 | 446 | 95 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 64 | .234 | .283 | .345 |
| August | 87 | 220 | 53 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 48 | .264 | .314 | .393 |
| September | 63 | 196 | 44 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 44 | .247 | .311 | .298 |
| October | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .333 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 73 | 246 | 62 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 40 | .273 | .317 | .401 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 69 | 232 | 51 | 1 | 18 | 21 | 35 | .252 | .310 | .347 |
| minnesota-twins | 68 | 235 | 58 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 53 | .256 | .268 | .335 |
| baltimore-orioles | 67 | 228 | 44 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 38 | .215 | .281 | .337 |
| boston-red-sox | 63 | 228 | 49 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 43 | .232 | .285 | .365 |
| cleveland-guardians | 62 | 209 | 51 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 34 | .274 | .340 | .382 |
| chicago-white-sox | 59 | 213 | 59 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 38 | .309 | .357 | .461 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 59 | 209 | 45 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 34 | .234 | .278 | .354 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 |  Detroit Tigers | 162 | 663 | 171 | 11 | 69 | 30 | .258 | – | – |
| 1962 | Detroit Tigers | 111 | 367 | 83 | 8 | 30 | 24 | .226 | – | – |
| 1963 | Detroit Tigers | 85 | 351 | 95 | 11 | 27 | 18 | .271 | – | – |
| 1964 | Detroit Tigers | 64 | 125 | 29 | 1 | 7 | – | .232 | – | – |
| 1965 | Detroit Tigers | 58 | 104 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 3 | .288 | – | – |
| 1966 | Detroit Tigers | 98 | 230 | 58 | 2 | 27 | 4 | .252 | – | – |
| 1967 | Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers | 30 | 37 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .081 | – | – |