Ken Wood
1948–1953 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
342G
.224AVG
.298OBP
.393SLG
More career statistics
223H
34HR
143RBI
1SB
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 | 7 | 6 |
| Batting · Walks | 102 | 101 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 342 | 1,109 | 995 | 110 | 223 | 52 | 7 | 34 | 143 | 102 | 141 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 391 | .224 | .298 | .393 | .691 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1950-09-07 to 1950-09-14
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1951-07-04 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1950-09-17 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1950-04-23 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 173 | 539 | 118 | 19 | 78 | 52 | 70 | .248 | .315 | .447 |
| Away | 169 | 570 | 105 | 15 | 65 | 49 | 71 | .202 | .270 | .343 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 126 | 30 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 18 | .256 | .302 | .479 |
| May | 59 | 145 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 19 | .139 | .255 | .262 |
| June | 54 | 164 | 31 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 20 | .204 | .256 | .382 |
| July | 66 | 223 | 40 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 30 | .196 | .256 | .338 |
| August | 69 | 241 | 52 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 30 | .246 | .320 | .389 |
| September | 54 | 200 | 51 | 9 | 31 | 18 | 23 | .282 | .345 | .508 |
| October | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 55 | 172 | 35 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 20 | .233 | .326 | .360 |
| cleveland-guardians | 55 | 188 | 33 | 8 | 27 | 16 | 30 | .193 | .261 | .380 |
| chicago-white-sox | 50 | 158 | 28 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 25 | .203 | .278 | .384 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 47 | 150 | 36 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 14 | .259 | .300 | .475 |
| boston-red-sox | 45 | 167 | 40 | 6 | 30 | 14 | 19 | .267 | .323 | .500 |
| new-york-yankees | 44 | 124 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 16 | .189 | .266 | .279 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 32 | 102 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | .215 | .275 | .344 |
| st-louis-browns | 14 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | .233 | .312 | .349 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  St. Louis Browns | 10 | 24 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .083 | – | – |
| 1949 | St. Louis Browns | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1950 | St. Louis Browns | 128 | 369 | 83 | 13 | 62 | – | .225 | – | – |
| 1951 | St. Louis Browns | 109 | 333 | 79 | 15 | 44 | 1 | .237 | – | – |
| 1952 | Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 76 | 230 | 52 | 6 | 32 | – | .226 | – | – |
| 1953 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 12 | 33 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .212 | – | – |