Woody English
1927–1938 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, NLS
1,262G
.286AVG
.366OBP
.378SLG
More career statistics
1,356H
32HR
422RBI
57SB
3Rare 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 · Doubles | 236 | 237 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,356 | 1,355 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 536 | 539 |
| Batting · Runs | 801 | 802 |
| Batting · RBI | 422 | 426 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 57 | 59 |
| Batting · Triples | 52 | 51 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,262 | 5,469 | 4,746 | 801 | 1,356 | 236 | 52 | 32 | 422 | 571 | 536 | 57 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1,792 | .286 | .366 | .378 | .744 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1930-09-01 to 1930-09-16
34longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1930-08-18 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1930-08-19 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1931-07-19 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 603 | 2606 | 652 | 13 | 192 | 279 | 245 | .290 | .357 | .385 |
| Away | 659 | 2863 | 703 | 19 | 234 | 292 | 294 | .282 | .348 | .370 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 108 | 474 | 109 | 2 | 32 | 48 | 43 | .266 | .331 | .334 |
| May | 228 | 954 | 231 | 3 | 79 | 94 | 96 | .274 | .341 | .366 |
| June | 239 | 1035 | 261 | 8 | 77 | 118 | 113 | .297 | .366 | .390 |
| July | 241 | 1078 | 283 | 9 | 91 | 102 | 106 | .298 | .357 | .401 |
| August | 248 | 1084 | 258 | 6 | 90 | 120 | 105 | .276 | .349 | .369 |
| September | 191 | 820 | 208 | 4 | 53 | 87 | 75 | .293 | .360 | .382 |
| October | 7 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .227 | .292 | .227 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 194 | 864 | 228 | 6 | 86 | 94 | 75 | .305 | .373 | .412 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 186 | 820 | 196 | 4 | 74 | 95 | 75 | .280 | .355 | .346 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 179 | 772 | 203 | 2 | 60 | 75 | 79 | .300 | .360 | .386 |
| new-york-giants | 178 | 748 | 181 | 11 | 60 | 75 | 91 | .277 | .342 | .382 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 175 | 752 | 194 | 4 | 54 | 75 | 65 | .297 | .358 | .395 |
| cincinnati-reds | 173 | 739 | 160 | 2 | 47 | 75 | 70 | .248 | .318 | .333 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 157 | 707 | 178 | 3 | 36 | 73 | 78 | .291 | .355 | .393 |
| chicago-cubs | 20 | 67 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | .259 | .358 | .276 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 |  Chicago Cubs | 88 | 334 | 97 | 1 | 29 | 1 | .290 | – | – |
| 1928 | Chicago Cubs | 116 | 475 | 142 | 2 | 37 | 4 | .299 | – | – |
| 1929 | Chicago Cubs | 144 | 608 | 168 | 1 | 52 | 13 | .276 | – | – |
| 1930 | Chicago Cubs | 156 | 638 | 214 | 14 | 60 | 3 | .335 | – | – |
| 1931 | Chicago Cubs | 156 | 634 | 201 | 2 | 52 | 12 | .317 | – | – |
| 1932 | Chicago Cubs | 127 | 522 | 142 | 3 | 47 | 7 | .272 | – | – |
| 1933 | Chicago Cubs | 105 | 398 | 104 | 3 | 40 | 5 | .261 | – | – |
| 1934 | Chicago Cubs | 109 | 421 | 117 | 3 | 32 | 6 | .278 | – | – |
| 1935 | Chicago Cubs | 34 | 84 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .202 | – | – |
| 1936 | Chicago Cubs | 64 | 182 | 45 | – | 20 | 1 | .247 | – | – |
| 1937 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 129 | 378 | 90 | 1 | 42 | 4 | .238 | – | – |
| 1938 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 34 | 72 | 18 | – | 7 | 2 | .250 | – | – |