George Wood (baseball)
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Born: November 9, 1858 Pownal, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
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Died: April 4, 1924 (aged 65) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 1, 1880, for the Worcester Ruby Legs | |||
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| September 29, 1892, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
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| Batting average | .273 | ||
| Home runs | 68 | ||
| Runs batted in | 601 | ||
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George Albert Wood (November 9, 1858 – April 4, 1924), also known as "Dandy" Wood, was a Canadian-born professional baseball player and manager whose career spanned from 1878 to 1896. He played 13 seasons of Major League Baseball, primarily as an outfielder, for the Worcester Ruby Legs (1880), Detroit Wolverines (1881–85), Philadelphia Quakers (1886–89), Philadelphia Athletics (1890–91), Baltimore Orioles (1889, 1892), and Cincinnati Reds (1892). In 1891, he served as both a player and the manager of the Athletics.
Wood was born in Pownal, Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1858. He was the son of Joseph A. Wood and Mary Ann Jenkins and is believed to be the first major league player from Prince Edward Island, and one of only three in major history, along with Henry Oxley and Vern Handrahan. Wood moved with his family to East Boston as a child in 1867.
Wood began his professional baseball career in 1878 and 1879 playing for teams in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Manchester, New Hampshire. His batting average 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.
In 1880, the Worcester baseball club became known as the Worcester Ruby Legs and was admitted to the National League. Wood made his major league debut with Worcester on May 1, 1880. On May 7, 1880, he initiated a triple play. Wood appeared in 81 of 83 games in Worcester's inaugural major league season, with 80 of those games being as an outfielder. Playing against National League competition, Wood's batting average dropped from .368 in 1879 to .245 in 1880. Wood played well defensively, however, and his .887 fielding percentage was the fifth highest among all of the league's outfielders.
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