MLB / Players

Jake Wood

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 163 lb
BornJune 22, 1937 · Elizabeth, NJ, USA
MLB debutApril 11, 1961
Final gameAugust 11, 1967
Seasons7 (1961–1967)

Detroit Tigers 1961–1966; Cincinnati Reds 1967; Detroit Tigers 1967

Percentile snapshot

1961 season — qualified batters

G
162
96.4
PA
731
97.6
AB
663
98.8
R
96
79.8
H
171
81
2B
17
17.9
3B
14
100
HR
11
31
RBI
69
47.6
BB
58
51.2
SO
141
0
SB
30
96.4
CS
9
7.1
BA
.258
15.5
OBP
.320
19
SLG
.376
23.8
OPS
.695
22.6
wRC+
84.0
19
OPS+
84.7
21.4
wOBA
.317
22.6
sWAR
1.3
22.6

of 85 qualified 1961 batters (min 505 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
3.5
75.4

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1961162731663961711714116958141309.258.320.376.69584.084.7.3171.3
196211140436768831058303359243.226.291.346.63768.769.4.292-0.1
196385385351509511211272461185.271.330.407.737106.1103.1.3341.7
1964641301251129221742400.232.254.304.55847.454.0.252-0.5
19655811510412303027101933.288.357.375.732113.8107.8.3410.6
196698264230395893227284843.252.336.343.679100.594.6.3181.0
196730393733100121000.081.128.108.236-48.3-32.6.120-0.6

Career totals

G
608
PA
2,068
AB
1,877
R
279
H
469
2B
53
3B
26
HR
35
RBI
168
BB
159
SO
362
SB
79
BA
.2499
OBP
.3123
SLG
.3617
OPS
.6740

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1962-07-08BAL @ DET Gameday422002308
1963-05-08NYY @ DET Gameday522002208
1961-05-07DET @ CWS Gameday332011327
1964-07-11BOS @ DET Gameday422011117
1961-08-08DET @ CWS Gameday505100106

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.