Woodie Held
1954–1969 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1961-71)
1,390G
.240AVG
.331OBP
.421SLG
More career statistics
963H
179HR
559RBI
14SB
1Rare feat
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 | 4,019 | 4,020 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 11 | 15 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 944 | 949 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,645 | 4,647 |
| Batting · Runs | 524 | 525 |
| Batting · RBI | 559 | 558 |
| Batting · Walks | 508 | 509 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,390 | 4,645 | 4,019 | 524 | 963 | 150 | 22 | 179 | 559 | 508 | 944 | 14 | 11 | 56 | 28 | 1,694 | .240 | .331 | .421 | .752 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1962-09-09 to 1962-09-22
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Hits, Three Strikeouts | 1962-06-08 | 1 in 1,070 games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1959-04-14 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1959-07-26 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 677 | 2218 | 446 | 81 | 235 | 260 | 419 | .233 | .318 | .400 |
| Away | 713 | 2429 | 517 | 98 | 323 | 249 | 530 | .245 | .315 | .441 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 120 | 426 | 95 | 23 | 63 | 53 | 81 | .262 | .347 | .496 |
| May | 255 | 871 | 171 | 32 | 107 | 105 | 177 | .231 | .317 | .412 |
| June | 273 | 908 | 184 | 35 | 105 | 89 | 194 | .231 | .301 | .402 |
| July | 227 | 748 | 162 | 27 | 95 | 78 | 140 | .249 | .321 | .432 |
| August | 270 | 859 | 165 | 28 | 84 | 95 | 187 | .222 | .303 | .378 |
| September | 236 | 808 | 181 | 34 | 102 | 87 | 163 | .259 | .332 | .457 |
| October | 9 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .200 | .259 | .280 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 171 | 580 | 121 | 22 | 73 | 59 | 122 | .238 | .310 | .411 |
| detroit-tigers | 169 | 578 | 114 | 23 | 63 | 67 | 112 | .231 | .313 | .412 |
| chicago-white-sox | 166 | 580 | 130 | 17 | 52 | 49 | 95 | .250 | .309 | .395 |
| new-york-yankees | 165 | 541 | 109 | 15 | 54 | 62 | 118 | .236 | .316 | .384 |
| baltimore-orioles | 158 | 561 | 122 | 26 | 67 | 47 | 118 | .243 | .301 | .455 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 132 | 463 | 95 | 22 | 70 | 49 | 93 | .237 | .311 | .465 |
| minnesota-twins | 98 | 308 | 61 | 18 | 43 | 40 | 64 | .236 | .328 | .471 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 93 | 291 | 65 | 9 | 43 | 38 | 45 | .264 | .354 | .431 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 |  New York Yankees | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1957 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees | 93 | 327 | 78 | 20 | 49 | 4 | .239 | – | – |
| 1958 | Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Athletics | 114 | 275 | 56 | 7 | 33 | 1 | .204 | – | – |
| 1959 |  Cleveland Guardians | 143 | 525 | 132 | 29 | 71 | 1 | .251 | – | – |
| 1960 | Cleveland Guardians | 109 | 376 | 97 | 21 | 67 | – | .258 | – | – |
| 1961 | Cleveland Guardians | 146 | 510 | 136 | 23 | 78 | – | .267 | – | – |
| 1962 | Cleveland Guardians | 139 | 466 | 116 | 19 | 58 | 5 | .249 | – | – |
| 1963 | Cleveland Guardians | 133 | 416 | 103 | 17 | 61 | 2 | .248 | – | – |
| 1964 | Cleveland Guardians | 118 | 364 | 86 | 18 | 49 | 1 | .236 | – | – |
| 1965 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 122 | 332 | 82 | 16 | 54 | – | .247 | – | – |
| 1966 |  Baltimore Orioles | 56 | 82 | 17 | 1 | 7 | – | .207 | – | – |
| 1967 | Baltimore Orioles, California Angels | 84 | 182 | 37 | 5 | 23 | – | .203 | – | – |
| 1968 | California Angels, Chicago White Sox | 73 | 99 | 14 | – | 2 | – | .141 | – | – |
| 1969 |  Chicago White Sox | 56 | 63 | 9 | 3 | 6 | – | .143 | – | – |