Wilbur Wood
1961–1978 · bats R / throws L · ALS, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates
651G
.084AVG
.140OBP
.090SLG
More career statistics
27H
0HR
13RBI
1SB
164–156W–L
2,684.0IP
1,411K
3.24ERA
297GS
57SV
4Rare 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 · Strikeouts | 189 | 190 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 8,052 | 8,053 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 651 | 381 | 322 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 189 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | .084 | .140 | .090 | .230 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,684.0 | 651 | 297 | 114 | 164 | 156 | 57 | 2,582 | 1,130 | 965 | 209 | 724 | 1,411 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 | 1.232 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1972-05-15 to 1972-05-19
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1973-07-20 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1974-05-07 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1977-09-10 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 326 | 184 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 86 | .102 | .120 | .115 |
| Away | 325 | 197 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 104 | .067 | .127 | .067 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 74 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .045 | .071 | .045 |
| May | 105 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | .093 | .102 | .093 |
| June | 120 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 30 | .081 | .160 | .097 |
| July | 133 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 45 | .080 | .108 | .093 |
| August | 121 | 70 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 31 | .140 | .171 | .140 |
| September | 95 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 38 | .054 | .103 | .054 |
| October | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 65 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .080 | .226 | .080 |
| new-york-yankees | 63 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | .107 | .152 | .107 |
| minnesota-twins | 60 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .150 | .136 | .200 |
| california-angels | 57 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 | .095 | .122 | .095 |
| cleveland-guardians | 56 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .167 | .194 | .167 |
| athletics | 53 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | .042 | .062 | .042 |
| boston-red-sox | 45 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | .083 | .074 | .083 |
| baltimore-orioles | 44 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .045 | .040 | .045 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 |  Boston Red Sox | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 13 | 7 |
| 1962 | Boston Red Sox | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 7 | 3 |
| 1963 | Boston Red Sox | 25 | 12 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 64 | 28 |
| 1964 | Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 23 | 12 |
| 1965 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 51 | 29 |
| 1967 |  Chicago White Sox | 51 | 16 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .062 | 95 | 47 |
| 1968 | Chicago White Sox | 88 | 22 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .091 | 159 | 74 |
| 1969 | Chicago White Sox | 76 | 15 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 120 | 73 |
| 1970 | Chicago White Sox | 77 | 18 | 2 | – | 3 | – | .111 | 121 | 85 |
| 1971 | Chicago White Sox | 44 | 96 | 5 | – | – | 1 | .052 | 334 | 210 |
| 1972 | Chicago White Sox | 49 | 125 | 17 | – | 7 | – | .136 | 376 | 193 |
| 1973 | Chicago White Sox | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 359 | 199 |
| 1974 | Chicago White Sox | 42 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 320 | 169 |
| 1975 | Chicago White Sox | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 291 | 140 |
| 1976 | Chicago White Sox | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 56 | 31 |
| 1977 | Chicago White Sox | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 122 | 42 |
| 1978 | Chicago White Sox | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 168 | 69 |