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George Wood (baseball)

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The Players' League disbanded after the 1890 season, but the Philadelphia club was admitted to the American Association. Wood stayed with the club and also served as the team's manager in 1891. He led the team to 67–55 record and batted for a career high .309 average, eighth best in the league. He
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reported on the game as follows: "A very singular contest took place at New Orleans‚ La.‚ on April 4‚ 1880‚ when five Northern professionals succeeded in defeating the colored professional nine of that city by a score of 17 to 3." According to the account reported 14 months later in the Chicago
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Wood had the best season of his career in 1883. That year, he compiled a .302 batting average with 26 doubles, 11 triples, five home runs, and 47 RBIs. He also showed range in the outfield and led the league's outfielders with 226 outfield putouts. Applying the
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On May 2, 1881, Wood hit a triple, scored a run, and turned a double play in the first major league baseball game ever played in Detroit. By the end of the 1881 season, Wood ranked among the National League leaders with nine
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During the winter after the 1888 season, Wood was part of the All-America baseball team that travelled around the world playing a series of games against the
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in 1879 was .368. In December 1879, he travelled to Havana as the left fielder of the first American team to play a Cuban all-star team.
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The 1892 season was Wood's last in the major leagues. He played parts of the season for both the Baltimore Orioles (21 games) and the
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in the final week of the season. On opening day in 1887, he hit the first home run at the new Philadelphia ball park dubbed the
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champion with seven home runs and ranked second in the league with 12 triples. He also led the league's outfielders with eight
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In November 1885, Wood was returned to the control of the National League and was claimed in January 1886 by the
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was also among the league's leaders with 14 triples, (8th), 242 times on base (8th), and a .399
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After his playing career was over, Wood served as an umpire for a time. He died in 1924 at
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turned from the outfield and ranked fifth among the league's outfielders with an .884
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player and manager whose career spanned from 1878 to 1896. He played 13 seasons of
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Wood began his professional baseball career in 1878 and 1879 playing for teams in
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at the White House when they returned to the United States in April 1889.
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Wood also participated in an early integrated baseball game. The
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was the fifth highest among all of the league's outfielders.
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September 29, 1892, for the Cincinnati Reds
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In 1880, the Worcester baseball club became known as the
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The Ballplayers – George Wood | BaseballLibrary.com
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Index


Outfielder
Pownal, Prince Edward Island
British North America
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Batting average
Home runs
Runs batted in
Worcester Ruby Legs
1880
Detroit Wolverines
1881
1885
Philadelphia Quakers
1886
1889
Baltimore Orioles
1889
Philadelphia Athletics
1890
1891
Baltimore Orioles
1892
Cincinnati Reds
1892
Philadelphia Athletics
1891
NL home run leader
Member of the Canadian
Baseball Hall of Fame

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